Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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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.

Previous Assembly segments[edit]

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[edit]

AC No. AC Name District
48 Inderwal Kishtawar
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[edit]

Year Winner Party
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
1988^ No result[2]
1989 Dharam Paul Indian National Congress
1991 election not held due to Kashmir insurgency
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

^ by poll

Election Results[edit]

2019 result[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Jitendra Singh 7,24,311 61.38 +14.60
INC Vikramaditya Singh 3,67,059 31.10 -9.83
style="background-color: Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party|Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/shortname]] Harsh Dev Singh 24,319 2.06 -0.37
DSSP Lal Singh 19,049 1.61 ----
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 -0.05
BJP hold Swing +14.60

2014 result[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Jitendra Singh 4,87,369 46.78 +11.07
INC Ghulam Nabi Azad 4,26,393 40.93 +3.03
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]] Mohd. Arshad Malik 30,461 2.92 -2.03
style="background-color: Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party|Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/shortname]] Prof. Bhim Singh 25,312 2.43 -8.93
BSP Dharam Pal Balgotra 16,437 1.58 -1.93
IND. Anil Khajuria 15,188 1.46 --
NOTA None of the Above 10,478 1.01 --
IND. Dr. Nazakat Hussain 9,217 -- --

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IND. Bansi Lal 7,339 -- --
Majority 60,976 5.85 +3.66
Turnout 10,41,758 70.91 +26.03
BJP gain from INC Swing +8.86

2004 result[edit]

2004 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ch. Lal Singh 2,40,872 39.61
BJP Chaman Lal Gupta 1,93,697 31.85
[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference/meta/shortname]] Khalid Najib Suharwardy 69,971 11.51
style="background-color: Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party|Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party/meta/shortname]] 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
[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Template:Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/shortname]] Kuldeep Kumar 3,288 0.54
Independent Jatinder Singh 3,288 0.54
[[Republican Party of India|Template:Republican Party of India/meta/shortname]] Puran Chand 2,579 0.42
Independent Suram Chand 2,349 0.39
Independent Kesari Shashi Kumar 2,179 0.36
[[Samata Party|Template:Samata Party/meta/shortname]] 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
style="background-color: Template:Secular Party of India/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Secular Party of India|Template:Secular Party of India/meta/shortname]] 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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ↑ Mohd. Ayub Khan v. Prof. Bhim Singh And Others, Supreme Court Of India (Mar 14, 1996), casemine.com, retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Udhampur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Udhampur Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage".

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