Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency

Ladakh
LA-1
Ladakh ; LA-1
Lok Sabha constituency
	Location of Ladakh Constituency in India (lighter shade denotes claimed but not controlled areas)
Constituency details
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
Established	1967
Total electors	184,808
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Mohammad Haneefa
Party	IND
Alliance	None
Elected year	2024

Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is the only Lok Sabha constituency of the UT of Ladakh, India. It is the largest such constituency in India, in terms of area, with a total area of 173,266 square kilometres (66,898 sq mi). The number of electors in the constituency was 184,808 in 2024.^[2]

CountryIndia

Union TerritoryLadakh

Established1967

Total electors184,808^[1]

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Year	Name
1967	Kushok Bakula^[3]^[4]	Indian National Congress
1971	Kushok Bakula^[3]^[4]
1977	Parvati Devi^[5]
1980	Phuntsog Namgyal
1984	Phuntsog Namgyal
1989	Mohamad Hassan Commander	Independent
1996	Phuntsog Namgyal	Indian National Congress
1998	Syed Hussain^[6]	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1999	Hassan Khan^[7]	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2004	Thupstan Chhewang	Independent
2009	Hassan Khan^[8]	Independent
2014	Thupstan Chhewang	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Jamyang Tsering Namgyal^[9]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Mohmad Haneefa	Independent


2024			48.15%
2019			33.94%
2014			26.36%
2009			29.84%
2004			51.84%
1999			45.04%
1998			59.94%
1996			52.10%
1989			52.65%
1984			55.59%
1980			44.47%
1977			53.32%
1971			55.41%
1967			0.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	Mohmad Haneefa	65,259	48.15	*New*
	INC	Tsering Namgyal	37,397	27.59	10.79
	BJP	Tashi Gyalson	31,956	23.58	10.36
	NOTA	None of the above	912	0.67	0.06
Majority			27,862	20.56	11.92
Turnout			135,662	71.19
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	48.15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jamyang Tsering Namgyal	42,914	33.94	7.58
	IND	Sajjad Hussain	31,984	25.30	New
	IND	Asgar Ali Karbalai	29,365	23.23	New
	INC	Rigzin Spalbar	21,241	16.80	5.57
	NOTA	None of the Above	922	0.73	0.29
Majority			10,930	8.64	8.61
Turnout			1,27,350	71.05	0.35
	BJP hold		Swing	7.58

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Thupstan Chhewang	31,111	26.36	New
	IND	Ghulam Raza	31,075	26.33	New
	IND	Syed Mohd Kazim	28,234	23.92	New
	INC	Tsering Samphel	26,402	22.37	4.11
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,207	1.02	New
Majority			36	0.03	3.33
Turnout			1,19,068	71.40
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Hassan Khan	32,701	29.84
	INC	Phuntsog Namgyal	29,017	26.48
	IND	Asgar Ali Karbalaie	24,498	22.36
	IND	Thinless Angmo	22,717	20.73
	JKPDP	Ghulam Murtaza	642	0.59
Majority			3,684	3.36
Turnout			109,575	71.86
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Thupstan Chhewang	66,839	51.84
	JKNC	Hassan Khan	41,126	31.90
	IND	Wazir Mohd. Ali	18,117	14.05
	BJP	Sonam Palzor	2,849	2.21
Majority			25,713	19.94
Turnout
	Swing to Independent from JKNC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JKNC	Hassan Khan	52,187	45.04
	INC	Thupstan Chhewang	50,097	43.24
	BJP	Sonam Paljor	5,801	5.01
	JD(S)	Nassurullah Advocate	4,626	3.99
	IND	Mohd Hassan Commandar	1,530	1.32
	IND	Mohd Murtaza	1,470	1.27
	IND	Kamal Kishore	149	0.13
Majority			2,090	1.80
Turnout			117,671	81.88
	JKNC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JKNC	Syed Hussain	62,432	59.94
	INC	Phuntsog Namgyal	31,875	30.61
	BJP	Spalzes Angmo	8,759	8.41
	BSP	Mohd. Yaqoob Beijel	1,083	1.04
Majority			30,557	29.33
Turnout			105,265	73.36
	Swing to JKNC from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Phuntsog Namgyal	54,592	52.10
	IND	Qamar Ali Akhoon	44,457	42.43
	BJP	Spalzes Angmo	5,728	5.47
Majority			10,135	9.67
Turnout			106,347	80.93
	Swing to INC from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Thupstan Chhewang	66,839	51.84
	JKNC	Hassan Khan	41,126	31.90
	IND	Wazir Mohd. Ali	18,117	14.05
	BJP	Sonam Palzor	2,849	2.21
Majority			25,713	19.94
Turnout			128,931	73.52
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Mohd. Hassan	45,151	52.65
	INC	Phuntsong Namgyal	40,612	47.35
Majority			4,539	5.30
Turnout			87,863	86.36
	Swing to Independent from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Phuntsog Namgyal	33,037	55.59
	JKNC	Qamar Ali	25,060	42.17
	IND	Sonam Wangdus	1,331	2.24
Majority			7,977	13.42
Turnout			61,264	68.29
	Swing to INC from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Phuntsog Namgyal	20,314	44.47
	JKNC	Kacho Habib Ullah Khan	14,262	31.22
	IND	Kacho Mohd Ali Khan	10,797	23.64
	IND	Mohd Ali alias Ali Kargil	303	0.66
Majority			6,052	13.25
Turnout			48,000	61.83
	Swing to Independent from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Parvati Devi	23,130	53.32
	IND	Mohammad Ali alias Ali Kargil	20,253	46.68
Majority			2,877	6.64
Turnout			45,581	70.44
	INC hold		Swing

1967 Indian general election: Ladakh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kushok Bakula	Uncontested
Majority			Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.00
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kushok Bakula	20,783	55.41
	IND	Sonam Wahgdus	16,726	44.59
Majority			4,057	10.82
Turnout			37,521	71.26
	INC hold		Swing