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. 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. In the controversial 1988 by-election the Election Commission of India attempted to rig the election against opposition leader Bhim Singh who won by a margin of 32,000 votes.
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
Election results
2014 results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Dr. Jitendra Singh | 4,87,369 | 46.76 | +11.05 | |
INC | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 4,26,393 | 40.91 | +3.01 | |
PDP | Mohd. Arshad Malik | 30,461 | 2.92 | N/A | |
JKNPP | Prof. Bhim Singh | 25,312 | 2.43 | N /A | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 10,478 | 1.01 | ||
Majority | 60,976 | 5.85 | +3.66 | ||
Turnout | 10,41,758 | 70.91 | N/A | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | +11.01 | |||
2004 results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ch. Lal Singh | 2,40,872 | 39.61 | ||
BJP | Chaman Lal Gupta | 1,93,697 | 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 | ||
SJP(R) | Kuldeep Kumar | 3,288 | 0.54 | ||
Independent | Jatinder Singh | 3,288 | 0.54 | ||
RPI | 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 | ||
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
- Doda district
- Kathua district
- Kishtwar district
- Ramban district
- Reasi district
- Udhampur 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.