Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)
Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India. Ladakh lok Sabha constituency is the largest Lok Sabha constituency in India in terms of area with a total area of 173266.37 km2.[1][2] The number of electors(voters) in Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency) is 1.59 lakhs.
Assembly segments
Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1967 | K.G. Bakula | Indian National Congress | |
1971 | |||
1977 | Parvati Devi | ||
1980 | P. Namgyal | ||
1984 | |||
1989 | Mohamad Hassan Commander | Independent | |
1991 election not held due to Kashmir insurgency | |||
1996 | P. Namgyal | Indian National Congress | |
1998 | Syed Hussain | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
1999 | Hassan Khan | ||
2004 | Thupstan Chhewang | Independent | |
2009 | Hassan Khan | ||
2014 | Thupstan Chhewang | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election results
16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Thupstan Chhewang | 31,111 | 26.36 | +24.15 | |
Independent | Ghulam Raza | 31,075 | 26.33 | +26.33 | |
Independent | Syed Mohd Kazim | 28,234 | 23.92 | +23.92 | |
INC | Tsering Samphel | 26,402 | 22.37 | -4.11 | |
Majority | 36 | 0.03 | -3.33 | ||
Turnout | 1,18,029 | 70.78 | |||
BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thupstan Chhewang | 66,839 | 51.84 | ||
JKN | Hassan Khan | 41,126 | 31.90 | ||
Independent | Wazir Mohd. Ali | 18,117 | 14.05 | ||
BJP | Sonam Palzor | 2,849 | 2.21 | ||
Majority | 25,713 | ||||
Turnout | 128,931 | 73.52 | |||
Independent gain from JKN | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ Ladakh, India's largest Lok Sabha seat, votes Wednesday
- ↑ How valuable is your vote? http://www.livemint.com/Politics/beVMOBCpLAp2Nn2pKBkKQM/How-valuable-is-your-vote.html
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ↑ "List of contesting candidates : Ladakh" (pdf). CEO Jammu & Kashmir. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 : To the 14th Lok Sabha" (pdf). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
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