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{{Short description|Jammu and Kashmiri Politician}}
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| name = Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal
| image = The Health Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal calling the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (IC), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.JPG
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| office = MLA Ramgarh
| constituency = [[Ramgarh, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency|Ramgarh]]
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| office2 = Member of Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir from Ramgrah
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| term_start2 = 2024
| term_end = 2014
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| education = MBBS
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Poonam Manyal
| children = 2
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| occupation = Politician
| office3 = Former Health Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, He is an MLA from Samba Assembly constituency
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'''Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal''' (born 21 April 1969) is an Indian politician from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. The current MLA of [[Ramgarh, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency|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 [[Samba district]]. He won the [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samba Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Get Samba Lok Sabha Election Results and Candidate List |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/jammu-kashmir-assembly-election/samba-constituency/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=The Indian Express }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jammu Kashmir Election 2023: Get Latest Updates of Constituency List in Jammu Kashmir Assembly Election 2023 |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/jammu-kashmir-assembly-election/constituencies-list/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=The Indian Express }}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal is from Diani Village, Samba Tehsil and District, Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Nations Herald |first=TNH |date=2024-11-14 |title=A Life of Service and Leadership :- Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal |url=https://thenationsherald.com/a-life-of-service-and-leadership-dr-devinder-kumar-manyal/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=The Nations Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> 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, [[Bijapur]]. Later, he did a Diploma in Orthopaedics at Wardha Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devinder Kumar Manyal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SAMBA (SC)(SAMBA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/jk2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=605 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal won the Samba Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 34,075 votes and defeated his nearest rival, [[Yash Paul Kundal]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party]], by a margin of 22,118 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Nitin |date=2024-08-30 |title=Samba Assembly Elections 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/jammu-and-kashmir/samba-assembly-elections-2024-constituency-profile-winners-margin-party-wise-candidates-2024-08-30-949302 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.indiatvnews.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-23 |title=Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election winners list |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/jammu-and-kashmir/story/jammu-kashmir-election-winners-list-assembly-polls-results-bjp-congress-pdp-nc-232557-2014-12-23 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=India Today }}</ref> Later, he won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, the [[Ramgarh, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency|Ramgarh]] Assembly constituency in the [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 35,672 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Yash Paul Kundal of [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 14,202 votes.<ref name="J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Ramgarh">{{cite news|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0869.htm|title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Ramgarh|last1=Election Commission of India|date=8 October 2024|accessdate=19 October 2024}}</ref>

== Electoral performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %|| Ref
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|[[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]]||[[Ramgarh, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency|Ramgarh, Jammu and Kashmir]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Won}}||51.53%||Yash Paul Kundal||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||31.02%||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bandipora|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|access-date=10 October 2024|date=8 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010072117/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|archive-date=10 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]||[[Samba Assembly constituency|Samba]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Won}}||53.08%||[[Yash Paul Kundal]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party}}||18.63%||<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613150235/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-date=2019-06-13 |access-date= |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
|}

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

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