Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)
Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India. This constituency was created in 1967.
Assembly segments
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)
- R S Pura (assembly constituency no. 75)
- Suchetgarh (assembly constituency no. 76)
- Marh (assembly constituency no. 77)
- Raipur Domana (assembly constituency no. 78)
- Akhnoor (assembly constituency no. 79)
- Chhamb (SC) (assembly constituency no. 80)
- Nowshehra (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
Key
INC Independent INC(I) BJP JKN
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Inder Jit Malhotra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Inder Jit Malhotra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Thakur Baldev Singh | Independent | |
| 1980 | Girdhari Lal Dogra | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1984 | Janak Rai Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Janak Rai Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Vishno Datt Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | Mangat Ram Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Vishno Datt Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | Vishno Datt Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 By-election [2] | Chowdhary Talib Hussain | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| 2004 | Madan Lal Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Madan Lal Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Jugal Kishore Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
| Indian general elections, 2014: Jammu | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BJP | Jugal Kishore Sharma | 6,19,995 | 49.46 | +18.52 | |
| INC | Madan Lal Sharma | 3,62,715 | 28.93 | -16.40 | |
| PDP | Yashpal Sharma | 1,68,554 | 13.45 | +2.34 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,382 | 0.35 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,57,280 | 20.52 | +6.13 | ||
| Turnout | 12,53,593 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +10.32 | |||
See also
- Jammu district
- Poonch district
- Rajouri district
- Samba district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ By-election due to death of sitting MP Vishno Datt Sharma
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