Udhampur Assembly constituency

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Udhampur
Former constituency for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
LS constituency Udhampur
Established1962
Abolished2018

Udhampur was one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Udhampur was also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. [1]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1962 Amar Nath Sharma Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967 H. Raj Indian National Congress
1972 Dev Datt
1977 Shiv Charan Gupta Independent politician
1983 Balak Ram Indian National Congress
1987
1996 Shiv Charan Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Balwant Singh Mankotia Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
2008
2014 Pawan Kumar Gupta Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pawan Kumar Gupta 36,226 42.57% New
JKNPP Balwant Singh Mankotia 21,57625.36%Decrease2.svg10.14
BJP Pawan Khajuria20,17423.71%Decrease2.svg7.90
JKNC Sunil Verma1,4401.69%Decrease2.svg2.38
INC Ashok Kumar Gupta1,2491.47%Decrease2.svg13.45
JKPDP Sukhdev Sharma1,1491.35%New
Independent Soma1,0881.28%New
BSP Ranjit Singh8821.04%Decrease2.svg8.20
NOTA None of the Above6530.77%New
Margin of victory14,65017.22%Increase2.svg13.33
Turnout 85,09179.44%Increase2.svg10.79
Registered electors 1,07,118Increase2.svg3.32
Independent gain from JKNPP Swing Increase2.svg7.08

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKNPP Balwant Singh Mankotia 25,259 35.49% Decrease2.svg4.90
BJP Pawan Kumar Gupta 22,49431.61%Increase2.svg7.51
INC Brij Mohan10,61714.92%Decrease2.svg4.10
BSP Dhani Ram Atri6,5719.23%Increase2.svg6.81
JKNC Sunil Verma2,8954.07%Decrease2.svg5.28
Margin of victory2,7653.89%Decrease2.svg12.40
Turnout 71,16468.64%Increase2.svg10.25
Registered electors 1,03,673Decrease2.svg0.93
JKNPP hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.90

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKNPP Balwant Singh Mankotia 24,679 40.39% Increase2.svg38.63
BJP Pawan Kumar Gupta 14,72724.10%Decrease2.svg33.73
INC Yash Paul Khajuria11,62319.02%Increase2.svg0.20
JKNC Kuldeep Kumar5,7139.35%Decrease2.svg7.01
BSP Vijay Kumar1,4782.42%New
Independent Som Raj9041.48%New
Independent Rajinder Kumar4890.80%New
JD(U) Hem Raj Sharma4750.78%New
Margin of victory9,95216.29%Decrease2.svg22.72
Turnout 61,10358.39%Increase2.svg3.12
Registered electors 1,04,642Increase2.svg45.89
JKNPP gain from BJP Swing Decrease2.svg17.44

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shiv Charan Gupta 22,928 57.83% Increase2.svg19.20
INC Balak Ram7,46318.82%Decrease2.svg34.90
JKNC Bharat Bhushan6,48716.36%New
JD Dwarka Nath1,1792.97%New
CPI Shiv Nath7972.01%New
JKNPP Balwant Singh Mankotia 6961.76%Decrease2.svg1.19
Margin of victory15,46539.01%Increase2.svg23.92
Turnout 39,64556.14%Decrease2.svg8.68
Registered electors 71,725Increase2.svg30.75
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg4.11

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Balak Ram 18,847 53.72% Increase2.svg8.40
BJP Shiv Charan Gupta 13,55238.63%Increase2.svg16.74
JKNPP Romesh Kumar Kapoor1,0342.95%New
Independent Paras Ram5221.49%New
Independent Gopal Swami3210.91%New
Independent Romesh Chander3110.89%New
Margin of victory5,29515.09%Decrease2.svg8.34
Turnout 35,08264.93%Increase2.svg5.92
Registered electors 54,857Increase2.svg16.20
INC hold Swing Increase2.svg8.40

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Balak Ram 12,417 45.32% Increase2.svg4.01
BJP Shiv Charan Gupta 5,99821.89%New
Independent Jay Mala3,76813.75%New
JKNC Gopalswami2,96210.81%Increase2.svg5.16
CPI Paras Ram9203.36%New
Independent Suresh Kumar2330.85%New
Independent Harpal Singh2250.82%New
Independent Amrit Sagar1670.61%New
Margin of victory6,41923.43%Increase2.svg20.60
Turnout 27,39659.06%Increase2.svg5.49
Registered electors 47,211Increase2.svg16.93
INC gain from Independent Swing Increase2.svg1.19

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Shiv Charan Gupta 9,363 44.14% New
INC Faqir Chand8,76341.31%Decrease2.svg18.14
JKNC Sadhu Ram1,1985.65%New
Independent Jarnail Singh7233.41%New
Independent Ashok Kumar5642.66%New
Independent Govind Ram2461.16%New
Independent Mohammed Maqbool1350.64%New
Margin of victory6002.83%Decrease2.svg21.73
Turnout 21,21353.20%Decrease2.svg8.51
Registered electors 40,375Increase2.svg21.00
Independent gain from INC Swing Decrease2.svg15.31

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Dev Datt 12,111 59.45% Increase2.svg19.26
ABJS Paras Ram7,10734.89%Increase2.svg1.74
INC(O) Jeewan Lal4992.45%New
Independent Prehlad Sing3511.72%New
Independent Kanshi Ram1760.86%New
Independent Girdhari1280.63%New
Margin of victory5,00424.56%Increase2.svg17.52
Turnout 20,37263.04%Increase2.svg1.53
Registered electors 33,369Increase2.svg9.85
INC hold Swing Increase2.svg19.26

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC H. Raj 7,267 40.19% New
ABJS P. Ram5,99333.15%New
Independent B. Singh4,20123.24%New
Democratic National Conference N. Nand4812.66%New
Independent I. Dass1380.76%New
Margin of victory1,2747.05%Increase2.svg5.88
Turnout 18,08061.60%Decrease2.svg1.87
Registered electors 30,378Increase2.svg15.58
INC gain from JKNC Swing Decrease2.svg9.41

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Udhampur [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKNC Amar Nath Sharma 8,003 49.60% New
Jammu Praja Parishad Paras Ram7,81548.44%New
Independent Shiv Lal3161.96%New
Margin of victory1881.17%
Turnout 16,13461.94%
Registered electors 26,282
JKNC win (new seat)

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