Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jammu Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: जम्मू लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) 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.

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)

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

^ by poll

Election results

General elections 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Jugal Kishore Sharma 8,58,066 58.02 +8.68
INC Raman Bhalla 5,55,191 37.54 +8.67
BSP Badri Nath 14,276 0.97 -1.51
SS Manish Sahni 1,192 0.08 +0.08
JKNPP Prof. Bhim Singh 4,016 0.27 -0.45
Independent Subhash Chander 3,739 0.25 New
NOTA None of the Above 2,618 0.18 -0.17
Majority 3,02,875 20.40 -0.07
Turnout 14,84,387 72.50 +4.67
BJP hold Swing

General elections 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Jugal Kishore Sharma 6,19,995 49.34 +18.40
INC Madan Lal Sharma 3,62,715 28.87 -16.46
JKPDP Yashpal Sharma 1,68,554 13.41 +2.30
BSP Ashok Kumar 31,199 2.48 -3.45
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 +6.08
Turnout 12,53,593 67.83 +18.80
BJP gain from INC Swing +4.31

General elections 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Madan Lal Sharma 3,82,305 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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