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.
| 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[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
editFollowing 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
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 (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 | |||
^ by poll
Election results
edit2024
edit| 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 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 12,938 | 1.16 | 0.52
| |
| Majority | 1,24,373 | 11.17 | 19.11
| ||
| Turnout | 11,13,696 | 68.27 | 2.74
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | 10.10
|
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2019
edit| 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 | Chaudhary 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
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2014
edit| 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 | 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 | New | |
| Majority | 60,976 | 5.85 | 3.66
| ||
| Turnout | 10,41,758 | 70.91 | 26.03
| ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 8.86
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2009
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ch. Lal Singh | 231,853 | 37.90 | 1.71
| |
| BJP | Nirmal Kumar Singh | 2,18,459 | 35.71 | 3.86
| |
| JKNPP | Bhim Singh | 69,463 | 11.36 | 3.16
| |
| JKPDP | Balbir Singh | 30,294 | 4.95 | New | |
| BSP | Rakesh Wazir | 21,445 | 3.51 | 0.39
| |
| CPI | Adrees Ahmad Tabbasum | 16,598 | 2.71 | New | |
| Majority | 13,394 | 2.19 | 0.06
| ||
| Turnout | 13,63,060 | 44.90 | 0.19
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| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2004
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). elections24.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. 25 May 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - UDHAMPUR". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.