Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency
Udhampur JK-4 | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 16,23,195[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. The constituency covers 20,230 square kilometres of mountainous Himalayan terrain, and is comparable to the size of Israel. It is composed of the districts of Kishtwar, Ramban, Kathua, Doda, Reasi, and Udhampur. Udhampur constituency's population is over 2,400,000, and exceeds the population of New Mexico. The seat from 1967-1980 was held by Karan Singh, the former crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir.
Previous Assembly segments[edit]
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Kishtwar (assembly constituency no. 51)
- Inderwal (assembly constituency no. 52)
- Doda (assembly constituency no. 53)
- Bhadarwah (assembly constituency no. 54)
- Ramban (SC) (assembly constituency no. 55)
- Banihal (assembly constituency no. 56)
- Gulabgarh (assembly constituency no. 57)
- Reasi (assembly constituency no. 58)
- Gool Arnas (assembly constituency no. 59)
- Udhampur (assembly constituency no. 60)
- Chenani (SC) (assembly constituency no. 61)
- Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 62)
- Bani (assembly constituency no. 63)
- Basohli (assembly constituency no. 64)
- Kathua (assembly constituency no. 65)
- Billawar (assembly constituency no. 66)
- Hiranagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
New Assembly segments[edit]
AC No. | AC Name | District |
---|---|---|
48 | Inderwal | Kishtwar |
49 | Kishtwar | |
50 | Padder-Nagseni | |
51 | Bhadarwah | Doda |
52 | Doda | |
53 | Doda West | |
54 | Ramban | Ramban |
55 | Banihal | |
59 | Udhampur West | Udhampur |
60 | Udhampur East | |
61 | Chenani | |
62 | Ramnagar (SC) | |
63 | Bani | Kathua |
64 | Billawar | |
65 | Basohli | |
66 | Jasrota | |
67 | Kathua (SC) | |
68 | Hiranagar |
Members of Parliament[edit]
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | Inderjit Malhotra | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | Karan Singh | ||
1968^ | G S Brigadier | ||
1971 | Karan Singh | ||
1977 | |||
1980 | Indian National Congress (Urs) | ||
1984 | Girdhari Lal Dogra | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | Dharam Paul | ||
1996 | Chaman Lal Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1998 | |||
1999 | |||
2004 | Chaudhary Lal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | |||
2014 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2019 |
^ by poll
Election results[edit]
2024[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Jitendra Singh | ||||
INC | Chaudhary Lal Singh | ||||
DPAP | G. M. Saroori | New | |||
BSP | Amit Kumar | ||||
JKNPP | Balwan Singh | ||||
ESBD | Manoj Kumar | New | |||
IND | Mehraj Din Malik | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 11,08,206[a] | 68.27 | 2.74 | ||
gain from | Swing |
- ^ does not include postal ballots
2019[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Jitendra Singh | 724,311 | 61.38 | 14.60 | |
INC | Vikramaditya Singh | 3,67,059 | 31.10 | 9.83 | |
JKNPP | Harsh Dev Singh | 24,319 | 2.06 | 0.37 | |
DSSP | Ch. Lal Singh | 19,049 | 1.61 | New | |
BSP | Tilak Raj Bhagat | 16,601 | 1.41 | −0.17 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 7,568 | 0.64 | 0.37 | |
Majority | 3,57,252 | 30.28 | 24.43 | ||
Turnout | 11,82,680 | 71.01 | 0.10 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | 14.60 |
2014[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Jitendra Singh | 487,369 | 46.78 | 11.07 | |
INC | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 4,26,393 | 40.93 | 3.03 | |
JKPDP | Mohd. Arshad Malik | 30,461 | 2.92 | 2.03 | |
JKNPP | Prof. Bhim Singh | 25,312 | 2.43 | 8.93 | |
BSP | Dharam Pal Balgotra | 16,437 | 1.58 | 1.93 | |
IND | Anil Khajuria | 15,188 | 1.46 | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 10,478 | 1.01 | -- | |
IND | Dr. Nazakat Hussain[3] | 9,217 | New | ||
IND | Bansi Lal | 7,339 | -- | New | |
Majority | 60,976 | 5.85 | 3.66 | ||
Turnout | 10,41,758 | 70.91 | 26.03 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | 8.86 |
2009[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ch. Lal Singh | 231,853 | 37.9 | 1.17 | |
BJP | Dr Nirmal Singh | 2,18,459 | 35.7 | 3.85 | |
JKNPP | Bhim Singh | 69,463 | 11.4 | 3.2 | |
JKPDP | Balbir Singh | 30,294 | 5.00 | New | |
BSP | Rakesh Wazir | 21,445 | 3.5 | 0.38 | |
Communist Party Of India | Adrees Ahmad Tabbasum | 16,598 | 2.7 | New | |
IND | Naresh Dogra | 4,918 | 0.8 | New | |
IND | Mohd. Yousuf | 4,630 | 0.8 | New | |
Backward Classes Democratic Party | Bodh Raj | 4,095 | 0.7 | New | |
IND | Atul Sharma | 2,415 | 0.4 | New | |
IND | Dev Raj | 2,234 | 0.4 | New | |
BBP | Kanchan Sharma | 1,985 | 0.3 | New | |
AIFB | Master William Gill | 1,808 | 0.3 | 0.07 | |
RKSP | Rajesh Manchanda | 1,528 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,394 | 0.022 | 0.06 | ||
Turnout | 13,63,060 | 44.9 | 0.19 | ||
INC hold | Swing |
2004[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ch. Lal Singh | 240,872 | 39.61 | ||
BJP | Chaman Lal Gupta | 1,93,697 | 31.85 | ||
JKNC | Khalid Najib Suharwardy | 69,971 | 11.51 | ||
JKNPP | Bhim Singh | 49,869 | 8.20 | ||
BSP | Jia Lal Verma | 18,974 | 3.12 | ||
IJP | Amar Nath | 5,031 | 0.83 | ||
Independent | Ranbir Singh | 3,968 | 0.65 | ||
SJP(R) | Kuldeep Kumar | 3,288 | 0.54 | ||
Independent | Jatinder Singh | 3,288 | 0.54 | ||
RPI | Puran Chand | 2,579 | 0.42 | ||
Independent | Suram Chand | 2,349 | 0.39 | ||
Independent | Kesari Shashi Kumar | 2,179 | 0.36 | ||
Samata Party | Bashir Ahmed Sheikh | 2,122 | 0.35 | ||
Independent | Dev Raj | 1,858 | 0.31 | ||
Independent | Rajinder Kumar | 1,620 | 0.27 | ||
Independent | Sudesh Kumar Sharma | 1,499 | 0.25 | ||
Secular Party of India | Surjit Singh "G" Sitara | 1,391 | 0.23 | ||
AIFB | Kaloo Chowdhury | 1,371 | 0.23 | ||
SP | Surinder Singh | 1,222 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Sanju Gupta | 926 | 0.15 | ||
Majority | 47,175 | ||||
Turnout | 608,074 | 45.09 | |||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
See also[edit]
- Doda district
- Kathua district
- Kishtwar district
- Ramban district
- Reasi district
- Udhampur district
- List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References[edit]
- ^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ^ "Udhampur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Udhampur Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage".
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.