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 segments[edit | edit source]
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 Parliament[edit | edit source]
| 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 results[edit | edit source]
General elections 2019[edit | edit source]
| 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 | |
| JKNPP | 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 2014[edit | edit source]
| 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 | |
| JKPDP | Yashpal Sharma | 1,68,554 | 13.41 | +2.30 | |
| BSP | Ashok Kumar | 31,199 | 2.48 | −3.45 | |
| JKNPP | 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 2009[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Madan Lal Sharma | 3,82,305 | 45.25 | ||
| BJP | Lila Karan Sharma | 2,60,932 | 30.88 | ||
| JKPDP | 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 also[edit | edit source]
- Jammu district
- Poonch district
- Rajouri district
- Samba district
- Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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.