Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency

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Udhampur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

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.

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Previous 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)

New Assembly segments

AC No.AC NameDistrict
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

YearWinnerParty
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

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Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Udhampur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jitendra Singh
INC Chaudhary Lal Singh
DPAP G. M. Saroori
BSP Amit Kumar
JKNPP Balwan Singh
ESBD Manoj Kumar
IND Mehraj Din Malik
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Udhampur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 724,311 61.38 Increase2.svg14.60
INC Vikramaditya Singh 3,67,05931.10Decrease2.svg9.83
JKNPP Harsh Dev Singh24,3192.06Decrease2.svg0.37
DSSP Ch. Lal Singh 19,0491.61New
BSP Tilak Raj Bhagat16,6011.41−0.17
NOTA None of the Above 7,5680.64Decrease2.svg0.37
Majority3,57,25230.28Increase2.svg24.43
Turnout 11,82,68071.01Increase2.svg0.10
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg14.60

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Udhampur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 487,369 46.78 Increase2.svg11.07
INC Ghulam Nabi Azad 4,26,39340.93Increase2.svg3.03
JKPDP Mohd. Arshad Malik30,4612.92Decrease2.svg2.03
JKNPP Prof. Bhim Singh 25,3122.43Decrease2.svg8.93
BSP Dharam Pal Balgotra16,4371.58Decrease2.svg1.93
IND Anil Khajuria15,1881.46New
NOTA None of the Above 10,4781.01--
IND Dr. Nazakat Hussain [2] 9,217New
IND Bansi Lal7,339--New
Majority60,9765.85Increase2.svg3.66
Turnout 10,41,75870.91Increase2.svg26.03
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg8.86

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Udhampur [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ch. Lal Singh 231,853 37.9 Decrease2.svg1.17
BJP Dr Nirmal Singh 2,18,45935.7Increase2.svg3.85
JKNPP Bhim Singh 69,46311.4Increase2.svg3.2
JKPDP Balbir Singh30,2945.00New
BSP Rakesh Wazir21,4453.5Increase2.svg0.38
Communist Party Of India Adrees Ahmad Tabbasum16,5982.7New
IND Naresh Dogra4,9180.8New
IND Mohd. Yousuf4,6300.8New
Backward Classes Democratic Party Bodh Raj4,0950.7New
IND Atul Sharma2,4150.4New
IND Dev Raj2,2340.4New
BBP Kanchan Sharma1,9850.3New
AIFB Master William Gill1,8080.3Increase2.svg0.07
RKSP Rajesh Manchanda1,5280.2New
Majority13,3940.022Decrease2.svg0.06
Turnout 13,63,06044.9Decrease2.svg0.19
INC hold Swing

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Udhampur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ch. Lal Singh 240,872 39.61
BJP Chaman Lal Gupta 1,93,69731.85
JKNC Khalid Najib Suharwardy69,97111.51
JKNPP Bhim Singh 49,8698.20
BSP Jia Lal Verma18,9743.12
IJP Amar Nath5,0310.83
Independent Ranbir Singh3,9680.65
SJP(R) Kuldeep Kumar3,2880.54
Independent Jatinder Singh3,2880.54
RPI Puran Chand2,5790.42
Independent Suram Chand2,3490.39
Independent Kesari Shashi Kumar2,1790.36
Samata Party Bashir Ahmed Sheikh2,1220.35
Independent Dev Raj1,8580.31
Independent Rajinder Kumar1,6200.27
Independent Sudesh Kumar Sharma1,4990.25
Secular Party of India Surjit Singh "G" Sitara1,3910.23
AIFB Kaloo Chowdhury1,3710.23
SP Surinder Singh1,2220.20
Independent Sanju Gupta9260.15
Majority47,175
Turnout 608,07445.09
INC gain from BJP Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Udhampur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Udhampur Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage".
  3. ↑ "Jammu & Kashmir 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.

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