Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency

Udhampur
JK-4
Udhampur ; JK-4
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
Established	1957
Total electors	16,23,195
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Jitendra Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Last updated June 13, 2024

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

Following is the list of Legislative Assembly Constituencies that fall under Udhampur Lok Sabha in the of Jammu and Kashmir after delimitation was undertaken in 2022.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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	Ramban
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

Year	Winner
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	Indian National Congress
1996	Chaman Lal Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2004	Chaudhary Lal Singh	Indian National Congress
2009	Chaudhary Lal Singh	Indian National Congress
2014	Dr. Jitendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Udhampur ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jitendra Singh	571,076	51.28	10.10
	INC	Chaudhary Lal Singh	4,46,703	40.11	9.01
	DPAP	G. M. Saroori	39,599	3.56	New
	BSP	Amit Kumar	8,642	0.78	0.63
	IND	Mohd Ali Gujjar	7,158	0.64	New
	ESBD	Manoj Kumar	6,834	0.61	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,938	1.16	0.52
Majority			1,24,373	11.17	19.11
Turnout			11,13,696
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Udhampur
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

2014 Indian general elections: Udhampur
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	Bhim Singh (politician)	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^[6]	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

2009 Indian general elections: Udhampur ^[7]
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

2004 Indian general elections: Udhampur
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

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References

↑ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
↑ "Notification by Delimitation Commission" (PDF). egazette.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2022.
↑ "Final Delimitation Order" (PDF). Jammu and Kashmir CEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2022.
↑ "Constituency map" (PDF). Jammu and Kashmir CEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2023.
↑ "Jammu & Kashmir 2024". Election Commission of India.
↑ "Udhampur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Udhampur Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage".
↑ "Jammu & Kashmir 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.

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[1] ttps://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf

[2] "Notification by Delimitation Commission" (PDF). egazette.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2022.

[3] "Final Delimitation Order" (PDF). Jammu and Kashmir CEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2022.

[4] "Constituency map" (PDF). Jammu and Kashmir CEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2023.

[election2024-5] "Jammu & Kashmir 2024". Election Commission of India.

[6] "Udhampur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Udhampur Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage".

[election2009-7] "Jammu & Kashmir 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.

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