Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India.
Assembly segments
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Kishtwar (assembly constituency no. 51)
- Inderwal (assembly constituency no. 52)
- Doda (assembly constituency no. 53)
- Bhadarwah (assembly constituency no. 54)
- Ramban (SC) (assembly constituency no. 55)
- Banihal (assembly constituency no. 56)
- Gulabgarh (assembly constituency no. 57)
- Reasi (assembly constituency no. 58)
- Gool-Arnas (assembly constituency no. 59)
- Udhampur (assembly constituency no. 60)
- Chenani (SC) (assembly constituency no. 61)
- Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 62)
- Bani (assembly constituency no. 63)
- Basohli (assembly constituency no. 64)
- Kathua (assembly constituency no. 65)
- Billawar (assembly constituency no. 66)
- Hiranagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
Members of Parliament
- 1967: Karan Singh, Indian National Congress (U)
- 1971: Karan Singh, Indian National Congress (U)
- 1977: Karan Singh, Indian National Congress (U)
- 1980: G.L. Dogra, Indian National Congress
- 1984: G.L. Dogra, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Dharam Pal Sharma, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Chaman Lal Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Chaman Lal Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Chaman Lal Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Chaudhary Lal Singh, Indian National Congress
- 2009: Chaudhary Lal Singh, Indian National Congress
Election results
| General Election, 2004: Udhampur |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Congress |
Ch. Lal Singh |
240,872 |
39.61 |
|
|
BJP |
Chaman Lal Gupta |
193,697 |
31.85 |
|
|
JKN |
Khalid Najib Suharwardy |
69,971 |
11.51 |
|
|
JKNPP |
Bhim Singh |
49,869 |
8.20 |
|
|
BSP |
Jia Lal Verma |
18,974 |
3.12 |
|
|
Indian Justice Party |
Amar Nath |
5,031 |
0.83 |
|
|
Independent |
Ranbir Singh |
3,968 |
0.65 |
|
|
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) |
Kuldeep Kumar |
3,288 |
0.54 |
|
|
Independent |
Jatinder Singh |
3,288 |
0.54 |
|
|
Republican Party of India |
Puran Chand |
2,579 |
0.42 |
|
|
Independent |
Suram Chand |
2,349 |
0.39 |
|
|
Independent |
Kesari Shashi Kumar |
2,179 |
0.36 |
|
|
Samata Party |
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 |
|
|
Secular Party of India |
Surjit Singh "G" Sitara |
1,391 |
0.23 |
|
|
Forward Bloc |
Kaloo Chowdhury |
1,371 |
0.23 |
|
|
Samajwadi Party |
Surinder Singh |
1,222 |
0.20 |
|
|
Independent |
Sanju Gupta |
926 |
0.15 |
|
| Majority |
47,175 |
|
|
| Turnout |
608,074 |
45.09 |
|
|
Congress gain from BJP |
Swing |
|
|
See also
References