Devinder Kumar Manyal
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Devinder Kumar Manyal (born 21 April 1969) is an Indian politician from
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. The current MLA of Ramgarh and former health minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He was an MLA from Samba Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in
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. He won the
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representing the
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.


Early life and education

Manyal is from Diani Village, Samba Tehsil and District, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Late Som Nath Manyal, a retired politician. He is a doctor by profession and a retired government employee and his wife is a doctor in government service. He completed his MBBS at B.L.D.E. Medical College,
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. Later, he did a Diploma in Orthopaedics at Wardha Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College,
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Career

Manyal won the Samba Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the
2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in five phases from 25 November – 20 December 2014. Voters elected 87 members to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, which en ...
. He polled 34,075 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Yash Paul Kundal of
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, by a margin of 22,118 votes. Later, he won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, the Ramgarh Assembly constituency in the
2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir from 2024 elections in India, 18 September to 1 October 2024 in 3 phases to elect List of constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative A ...
. He polled 35,672 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Yash Paul Kundal of
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, by a margin of 14,202 votes.


Electoral performance


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manyal, Devinder Kumar 1970 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jammu and Kashmir People from Samba district Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018 Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2024–2029