Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)
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.
Assembly segments
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- 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)
Members of Parliament
Year | Winner | Party |
---|---|---|
1957 | Inderjit Malhotra | Indian National Congress |
1967 | Karan Singh | Indian National Congress |
1968^ | G S Brigadier | 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 |
1988^ | Bhim Singh | Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party |
1989 | Dharam Paul | 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 |
2019 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ by poll
Election Results
2019 result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Dr. Jitendra Singh | 7,24,311 | 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 | Lal Singh | 19,049 | 1.61 | ---- | |
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 | -0.05 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +14.60 |
2014 result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Dr. Jitendra Singh | 4,87,369 | 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 | -- | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 10,478 | 1.01 | -- | |
Majority | 60,976 | 5.85 | +3.66 | ||
Turnout | 10,41,758 | 70.91 | +26.03 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | +8.86 | |||
2004 result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ch. Lal Singh | 2,40,872 | 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 | ||
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
- Doda district
- Kathua district
- Kishtwar district
- Ramban district
- Reasi district
- Udhampur district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
- "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.
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