Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India.

Assembly segments

Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  1. Kishtwar (assembly constituency no. 51)
  2. Inderwal (assembly constituency no. 52)
  3. Doda (assembly constituency no. 53)
  4. Bhadarwah (assembly constituency no. 54)
  5. Ramban (SC) (assembly constituency no. 55)
  6. Banihal (assembly constituency no. 56)
  7. Gulabgarh (assembly constituency no. 57)
  8. Reasi (assembly constituency no. 58)
  9. Gool-Arnas (assembly constituency no. 59)
  10. Udhampur (assembly constituency no. 60)
  11. Chenani (SC) (assembly constituency no. 61)
  12. Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 62)
  13. Bani (assembly constituency no. 63)
  14. Basohli (assembly constituency no. 64)
  15. Kathua (assembly constituency no. 65)
  16. Billawar (assembly constituency no. 66)
  17. Hiranagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1967 Karan Singh Indian National Congress
1971 Karan Singh Indian National Congress
1977 Karan Singh Indian National Congress
1980 Karan Singh Indian National Congress (Urs)
1984 Girdhari Lal Dogra Indian National Congress
1989 Dharam Pal Sharma Indian National Congress
1991 election not held due to Kashmir insurgency
1996 Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Chaudhary Lal Singh Indian National Congress
2009 Chaudhary Lal Singh Indian National Congress
2014 Dr. Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2014 results

Indian general elections, 2014: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Dr. Jitendra Singh 4,87,369 46.76 +11.05
INC Ghulam Nabi Azad 4,26,393 40.91 +3.01
PDP Mohd. Arshad Malik 30,461 2.92 N/A
JKNPP Prof. Bhim Singh 25,312 2.43 N /A
NOTA None of the Above 10,478 1.01
Majority 60,976 5.85 +3.66
Turnout 10,41,758 70.91 N/A
BJP gain from INC Swing +11.01

2004 results

Indian general elections, 2004: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Ch. Lal Singh 2,40,872 39.61
BJP Chaman Lal Gupta 1,93,697 31.85
JKN Khalid Najib Suharwardy 69,971 11.51
JKNPP Bhim Singh 49,869 8.20
BSP Jia Lal Verma 18,974 3.12
Indian Justice Party 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
Forward Bloc 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

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

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