Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency

Udhampur
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Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
Union TerritoryJammu and Kashmir
Established1957
Total electors16,23,195[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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, and Udhampur. Udhampur constituency's population is over 2,400,000, and exceeds the population of New Mexico. The seat from 1967 to 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 Member Party
48 Inderwal Kishtwar Payare Lal Sharma IND
49 Kishtwar Shagun Parihar BJP
50 Padder-Nagseni Sunil Kumar Sharma BJP
51 Bhadarwah Doda Daleep Singh Parihar BJP
52 Doda Mehraj Malik AAP
53 Doda West Shakti Raj BJP
54 Ramban Ramban Arjun Singh Raju JKNC
55 Banihal Sajad Shaheen JKNC
59 Udhampur West Udhampur Pawan Kumar Gupta BJP
60 Udhampur East Ranbir Singh Pathania BJP
61 Chenani Balwant Singh Mankotia BJP
62 Ramnagar (SC) Sunil Bhardwaj BJP
63 Bani Kathua Rameshwar Singh IND
64 Billawar Satish Kumar Sharma BJP
65 Basohli Darshan Kumar BJP
66 Jasrota Rajiv Jasrotia BJP
67 Kathua (SC) Bharat Bhushan BJP
68 Hiranagar Vijay Kumar BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
1957 Inderjit Malhotra Indian National Congress
1967 Karan Singh
1968^ G. S. Brigadier
1971 Karan Singh
1977
1980 Indian National Congress (U)
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 Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

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Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Udhampur[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 571,076 51.28 Decrease10.10
INC Chaudhary Lal Singh 4,46,703 40.11 Increase9.01
DPAP G. M. Saroori 39,599 3.56 New
NOTA None of the Above 12,938 1.16 Increase0.52
Majority 1,24,373 11.17 Decrease19.11
Turnout 11,13,696 68.27 Decrease2.74
BJP hold Swing Decrease10.10

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 724,311 61.38 Increase14.60
INC Vikramaditya Singh 3,67,059 31.10 Decrease9.83
JKNPP Harsh Dev Singh 24,319 2.06 Decrease0.37
DSSP Chaudhary Lal Singh 19,049 1.61 New
BSP Tilak Raj Bhagat 16,601 1.41 Decrease0.17
NOTA None of the Above 7,568 0.64 Decrease0.37
Majority 3,57,252 30.28 Increase24.43
Turnout 11,82,680 71.01 Increase0.10
BJP hold Swing Increase14.60

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 487,369 46.78 Increase11.07
INC Ghulam Nabi Azad 4,26,393 40.93 Increase3.03
JKPDP Mohd. Arshad Malik 30,461 2.92 Decrease2.03
JKNPP Bhim Singh 25,312 2.43 Decrease8.93
BSP Dharam Pal Balgotra 16,437 1.58 Decrease1.93
IND Anil Khajuria 15,188 1.46 New
NOTA None of the Above 10,478 1.01 New
Majority 60,976 5.85 Increase3.66
Turnout 10,41,758 70.91 Increase26.03
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase8.86

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Udhampur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ch. Lal Singh 231,853 37.90 Decrease1.71
BJP Nirmal Kumar Singh 2,18,459 35.71 Increase3.86
JKNPP Bhim Singh 69,463 11.36 Increase3.16
JKPDP Balbir Singh 30,294 4.95 New
BSP Rakesh Wazir 21,445 3.51 Increase0.39
CPI Adrees Ahmad Tabbasum 16,598 2.71 New
Majority 13,394 2.19 Decrease0.06
Turnout 13,63,060 44.90 Decrease0.19
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
Majority 47,175 7.76
Turnout 6,08,074 45.09
INC gain from BJP Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). elections24.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. 25 May 2024.
  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.
  5. ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2024". Election Commission of India.
  6. ^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - UDHAMPUR". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.

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