Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir
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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. It is currently represented by Union minister Jitendra Singh since 2014 from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
| Udhampur JK-4 | |
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| 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 | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
Following is the list of Legislative Assembly Constituencies that fall under Udhampur Lok Sabha in 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 | |||
| 51 | Bhadarwah | Doda | Daleep Singh Parihar | ||
| 52 | Doda | Mehraj Malik | AAP | ||
| 53 | Doda West | Shakti Raj | BJP | ||
| 54 | Ramban | Ramban | Arjun Singh Raju | JKNC | |
| 55 | Banihal | Sajad Shaheen | |||
| 59 | Udhampur West | Udhampur | Pawan Kumar Gupta | BJP | |
| 60 | Udhampur East | Ranbir Singh Pathania | |||
| 61 | Chenani | Balwant Singh Mankotia | |||
| 62 | Ramnagar (SC) | Sunil Bhardwaj | |||
| 63 | Bani | Kathua | Rameshwar Singh | IND | |
| 64 | Billawar | Satish Kumar Sharma | BJP | ||
| 65 | Basohli | Darshan Kumar | |||
| 66 | Jasrota | Rajiv Jasrotia | |||
| 67 | Kathua (SC) | Bharat Bhushan | |||
| 68 | Hiranagar | Vijay Kumar | |||
Members of Parliament
| 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 Rana | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
^ by poll
Election results
2024
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2004
| 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 | ||||