Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency

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, Reasi, and Udhampur. Udhampur constituency’s population is over 2,400,000, and exceeds the population of New Mexico. The seat from 1967-1980 was held by Karan Singh, the former crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir.

Udhampur
JK-4
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir
Established 1957
Total electors 16,23,195
Reservation None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent

Jitendra Singh
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Assembly segments

Following is the list of Legislative Assembly Constituencies that fall under Udhampur Lok Sabha in the of Jammu and Kashmir after delimitation was undertaken in 2022.

AC No. AC Name District
48 Inderwal Kishtwar
49 Kishtwar
50 Padder-Nagseni
51 Bhadarwah Doda
52 Doda
53 Doda West
54 Ramban Ramban
55 Banihal
59 Udhampur West Udhampur
60 Udhampur East
61 Chenani
62 Ramnagar (SC)
63 Bani Kathua
64 Billawar
65 Basohli
66 Jasrota
67 Kathua (SC)
68 Hiranagar

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 (Urs)
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 Dr. Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

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Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 571,076 51.28 Decrease10.10
INC Chaudhary Lal Singh 4,46,703 40.11 Increase9.01
DPAP G. M. Saroori 39,599 3.56 New
BSP Amit Kumar 8,642 0.78 Decrease0.63
IND Mohd Ali Gujjar 7,158 0.64 New
ESBD Manoj Kumar 6,834 0.61 New
NOTA None of the Above 12,938 1.16 Increase0.52
Majority 1,24,373 11.17 Decrease19.11
Turnout 11,13,696 Decrease
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 724,311 61.38 Increase14.60
INC Vikramaditya Singh 3,67,059 31.10 Decrease9.83
JKNPP Harsh Dev Singh 24,319 2.06 Decrease0.37
DSSP Ch. 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 Decrease0.37
Majority 3,57,252 30.28 Increase24.43
Turnout 11,82,680 71.01 Increase0.10
BJP hold Swing Increase14.60

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jitendra Singh 487,369 46.78 Increase 11.07
INC Ghulam Nabi Azad 4,26,393 40.93 Increase 3.03
JKPDP Mohd. Arshad Malik 30,461 2.92 Decrease 2.03
JKNPP Bhim Singh (politician) 25,312 2.43 Decrease 8.93
BSP Dharam Pal Balgotra 16,437 1.58 Decrease 1.93
IND Anil Khajuria 15,188 1.46 New
NOTA None of the Above 10,478 1.01
IND Dr. Nazakat Hussain[6] 9,217 New
IND Bansi Lal 7,339 New
Majority 60,976 5.85 Increase3.66
Turnout 10,41,758 70.91 Increase26.03
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase8.86

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Udhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ch. Lal Singh 231,853 37.9 Decrease1.17
BJP Dr Nirmal Singh 2,18,459 35.7 Increase3.85
JKNPP Bhim Singh 69,463 11.4 Increase3.2
JKPDP Balbir Singh 30,294 5.00 New
BSP Rakesh Wazir 21,445 3.5 Increase0.38
Communist Party Of India Adrees Ahmad Tabbasum 16,598 2.7 New
IND Naresh Dogra 4,918 0.8 New
IND Mohd. Yousuf 4,630 0.8 New
Backward Classes Democratic Party Bodh Raj 4,095 0.7 New
IND Atul Sharma 2,415 0.4 New
IND Dev Raj 2,234 0.4 New
BBP Kanchan Sharma 1,985 0.3 New
AIFB Master William Gill 1,808 0.3 Increase0.07
RKSP Rajesh Manchanda 1,528 0.2 New
Majority 13,394 0.022 Decrease0.06
Turnout 13,63,060 44.9 Decrease0.19
INC hold Swing

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Udhampur
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
IJP Amar Nath 5,031 0.83
Independent Ranbir Singh 3,968 0.65
SJP(R) Kuldeep Kumar 3,288 0.54
Independent Jatinder Singh 3,288 0.54
RPI Puran Chand 2,579 0.42
Independent Suram Chand 2,349 0.39
Independent Kesari Shashi Kumar 2,179 0.36
Samata Party Bashir Ahmed Sheikh 2,122 0.35
Independent Dev Raj 1,858 0.31
Independent Rajinder Kumar 1,620 0.27
Independent Sudesh Kumar Sharma 1,499 0.25
Secular Party of India Surjit Singh “G” Sitara 1,391 0.23
AIFB Kaloo Chowdhury 1,371 0.23
SP Surinder Singh 1,222 0.20
Independent Sanju Gupta 926 0.15
Majority 47,175
Turnout 608,074 45.09
INC gain from BJP Swing