Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)
Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir union territory of in northern India. This constituency was created in 1967.
Assembly segmentsEdit
Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Samba (SC) (assembly constituency no. 68)
- Vijaypur (assembly constituency no. 69)
- Nagrota (assembly constituency no. 70)
- Gandhinagar (assembly constituency no. 71)
- Jammu East (assembly constituency no. 72)
- Jammu West (assembly constituency no. 73)
- Bishnah (assembly constituency no. 74)
- Ranbir Singh Pura (assembly constituency no. 75)
- Suchetgarh (assembly constituency no. 76)
- Marh (assembly constituency no. 77)
- Raipur Domana (SC) (assembly constituency no. 78)
- Akhnoor (assembly constituency no. 79)
- Chhamb (SC) (assembly constituency no. 80)
- Nowshera (assembly constituency no. 81)
- Darhal (assembly constituency no. 82)
- Rajouri (assembly constituency no. 83)
- Kalakot (assembly constituency no. 84)
- Surankote (assembly constituency no. 85)
- Mendhar (assembly constituency no. 86)
- Poonch-Haveli (assembly constituency no. 87)
Members of ParliamentEdit
| Year | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Inder Jit Malhotra | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | ||
| 1971 | ||
| 1977 | Thakur Baldev Singh | Independent |
| 1980 | Girdhari Lal Dogra | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Janak Rai Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | ||
| 1991 election not held due to Kashmir insurgency | ||
| 1996 | Mangat Ram Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Vishno Datt Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | ||
| 2002^ | Chowdhary Talib Hussain | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 2004 | Madan Lal Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | ||
| 2014 | Jugal Kishore Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | ||
^ by poll
Election resultsEdit
General elections 2019Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jugal Kishore Sharma | 8,58,066 | 58.02 | +8.68 | |
| INC | Raman Bhalla | 5,55,191 | 37.54 | +8.67 | |
| BSP | Badri Nath | 14,276 | 0.97 | -1.51 | |
| [[Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party|Template:Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/shortname]] | Prof. Bhim Singh | 4,016 | 0.27 | -0.45 | |
| Independent | Subhash Chander | 3,739 | 0.25 | New | |
| SHS | Manish Sahni | 1,192 | 0.08 | +0.08 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,618 | 0.18 | -0.17 | |
| Majority | 3,02,875 | 20.40 | -0.07 | ||
| Turnout | 14,84,387 | 72.50 | +4.67 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General elections 2014Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jugal Kishore Sharma | 6,19,995 | 49.34 | +18.40 | |
| INC | Madan Lal Sharma | 3,62,715 | 28.87 | -16.46 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|Template:Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] | Yashpal Sharma | 1,68,554 | 13.41 | +2.30 |
| BSP | Ashok Kumar | 31,199 | 2.48 | -3.45 | |
| [[Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party|Template:Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/shortname]] | Hari Chand Jalmeria | 9,071 | 0.72 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,382 | 0.35 | New | |
| Majority | 2,57,280 | 20.47 | +6.08 | ||
| Turnout | 12,53,593 | 67.83 | +18.80 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +4.31 | |||
General elections 2009Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Madan Lal Sharma | 3,82,305 | 45.25 | ||
| BJP | Lila Karan Sharma | 2,60,932 | 30.88 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|Template:Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] | S. Tarlok Singh | 93,730 | 11.09 | |
| BSP | Hussain Ali | 49,988 | 5.92 | ||
| Majority | 1,21,373 | 14.40 | |||
| Turnout | 8,42,899 | 49.12 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "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.