Jammu Lok Sabha constituency

Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir union territory of in northern India. This constituency was created in 1967.

Jammu
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateJammu and Kashmir
Assembly constituenciesSamba
Vijaypur
Nagrota
Gandhinagar
Jammu East
Jammu West
Bishnah
Ranbir Singh Pura
Suchetgarh
Marh
Raipur Domana
Akhnoor
Marh
Chhamb
Nowshera
Darhal
Rajouri
Kalakote
Surankote
Mendhar
Poonch Haveli
Established1962
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byMadan Lal Sharma

Previous Assembly segments

Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  1. Samba (SC) (assembly constituency no. 68)
  2. Vijaypur (assembly constituency no. 69)
  3. Nagrota (assembly constituency no. 70)
  4. Gandhinagar (assembly constituency no. 71)
  5. Jammu East (assembly constituency no. 72)
  6. Jammu West (assembly constituency no. 73)
  7. Bishnah (assembly constituency no. 74)
  8. Ranbir Singh Pura (assembly constituency no. 75)
  9. Suchetgarh (assembly constituency no. 76)
  10. Marh (assembly constituency no. 77)
  11. Raipur Domana (SC) (assembly constituency no. 78)
  12. Akhnoor (assembly constituency no. 79)
  13. Chhamb (SC) (assembly constituency no. 80)
  14. Nowshera (assembly constituency no. 81)
  15. Darhal (assembly constituency no. 82)
  16. Rajouri (assembly constituency no. 83)
  17. Kalakot (assembly constituency no. 84)
  18. Surankote (assembly constituency no. 85)
  19. Mendhar (assembly constituency no. 86)
  20. Poonch-Haveli (assembly constituency no. 87)

New Assembly segments

AC No. AC Name District
56 Gulabgarh (ST) Reasi
57 Reasi
58 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
69 Ramgarh (SC) Samba
70 Samba
71 Vijaypur
72 Bishnah (SC) Jammu
73 Suchetgarh (SC)
74 R.S. Pura - Jammu South
75 Bahu
76 Jammu East
77 Nagrota
78 Jammu West
79 Jammu North
80 Marh (SC)
81 Akhnoor (SC)
82 Chhamb
83 Kalakote - Sunderbani Rajouri

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
1962 Inder Jit Malhotra Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977 Thakur Baldev Singh Independent
1980 Girdhari Lal Dogra Indian National Congress
1984 Janak Rai Gupta Indian National Congress
1989
1991 Election not held due to Kashmir insurgency
1996 Mangat Ram Sharma Indian National Congress
1998 Vishno Datt Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2002^ Chowdhary Talib Hussain Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2004 Madan Lal Sharma Indian National Congress
2009
2014 Jugal Kishore Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

^ by poll

Election results

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jugal Kishore Sharma 858,066 58.02 Increase8.68
INC Raman Bhalla 5,55,191 37.54 Increase8.67
BSP Badri Nath 14,276 0.97 Decrease1.51
JKNPP Prof. Bhim Singh 4,016 0.27 Decrease0.45
Independent Subhash Chander 3,739 0.25 New
SHS Manish Sahni 1,192 0.08 New
NOTA None of the Above 2,618 0.18 Decrease0.17
Majority 3,02,875 20.40 Decrease0.07
Turnout 14,84,387 72.50 Increase4.67
BJP hold Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jugal Kishore Sharma 619,995 49.34 Increase18.46
INC Madan Lal Sharma 3,62,715 28.87 Decrease16.38
JKPDP Yashpal Sharma 1,68,554 13.41 Increase2.32
BSP Ashok Kumar 31,199 2.48 Decrease3.44
JKNPP Hari Chand Jalmeria 9,071 0.72 New
NOTA None of the Above 4,382 0.35 New
Majority 2,57,280 20.47 Increase6.07
Turnout 12,53,593 67.83 Increase18.71
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase4.31

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Madan Lal Sharma 382,305 45.25
BJP Lila Karan Sharma 2,60,932 30.88
JKPDP S. Tarlok Singh 93,730 11.09
BSP Hussain Ali 49,988 5.92
Majority 1,21,373 14.40
Turnout 8,42,899 49.12
INC hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.

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