Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jammu Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: जम्मू लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state 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. R S Pura (assembly constituency no. 75)
  9. Suchetgarh (assembly constituency no. 76)
  10. Marh (assembly constituency no. 77)
  11. Raipur Domana (assembly constituency no. 78)
  12. Akhnoor (assembly constituency no. 79)
  13. Chhamb (SC) (assembly constituency no. 80)
  14. Nowshehra (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

Key

 INC    Independent    INC(I)    BJP    JKN  

ElectionMemberParty
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 (Indira)
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 By-election [2] 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

Election results

Indian general elections, 2014: Jammu
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Jugal Kishore Sharma 6,19,995 49.34 +18.52
INC Madan Lal Sharma 3,62,715 28.87 -16.40
PDP Yash Pal Sharma 1,68,554 13.41 +2.34
BSP Ashok Kumar 31,199 2.48 N /A
NOTA None of the Above 4,382 0.35 N/A
Majority 2,57,280 20.47 +6.08
Turnout 12,53,593 67.83 N/A
BJP gain from INC Swing +10.32

See also

References

  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  2. By-election due to death of sitting MP Vishno Datt Sharma

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