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 1962.

Jammu
JK-5
Lok Sabha constituency
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Interactive Map Outlining Jammu Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateJammu and Kashmir
Assembly constituenciesSamba
Vijaypur
Nagrota
Gandhinagar
Jammu East
Jammu West
Bishnah
Ranbir Singh Pura
Suchetgarh
Marh
Raipur Domana
Akhnoor
Marh
Chhamb
Nowshera
Kalakote
Established1962
Total electors17,80,835[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024
Preceded byMadan Lal Sharma

Previous Assembly segments

Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  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 NameDistrict
56Gulabgarh (ST)Reasi
57Reasi
58Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
69Ramgarh (SC)Samba
70Samba
71Vijaypur
72Bishnah (SC)Jammu
73Suchetgarh (SC)
74R.S. Pura - Jammu South
75Bahu
76Jammu East
77Nagrota
78Jammu West
79Jammu North
80Marh (SC)
81Akhnoor (SC)
82Chhamb
83Kalakote - SunderbaniRajouri

Members of Parliament

YearWinnerParty
1962Inder Jit MalhotraIndian National Congress
1967
1971
1977Thakur Baldev SinghIndependent
1980Girdhari Lal DograIndian National Congress
1984Janak Raj GuptaIndian National Congress
1989
1996Mangat Ram SharmaIndian National Congress
1998Vishno Datt SharmaBharatiya Janata Party
1999
2002Chowdhary Talib HussainJammu & Kashmir National Conference
2004Madan Lal SharmaIndian National Congress
2009
2014Jugal Kishore SharmaBharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

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Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Jammu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPJugal Kishore Sharma 687,588 53.46 4.56
INCRaman Bhalla5,52,09042.93 5.39
BSPJagdish Raj10,3000.81
NOTANone of the Above4,645
Majority1,35,49810.53
Turnout12,86,144[a]72.22 0.28
BJP holdSwing

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jammu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPJugal Kishore Sharma 858,066 58.02 8.68
INCRaman Bhalla555,19137.54 8.67
BSPBadri Nath14,2760.97 1.51
JKNPPProf. Bhim Singh4,0160.27 0.45
IndependentSubhash Chander3,7390.25New
SHSManish Sahni1,1920.08New
NOTANone of the Above2,6180.18 0.17
Majority3,02,87520.40 0.07
Turnout14,84,38772.50 4.67
BJP holdSwing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jammu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPJugal Kishore Sharma 619,995 49.34 18.46
INCMadan Lal Sharma3,62,71528.87 16.38
JKPDPYashpal Sharma1,68,55413.41 2.32
BSPAshok Kumar31,1992.48 3.44
JKNPPHari Chand Jalmeria9,0710.72New
NOTANone of the Above4,3820.35New
Majority2,57,28020.47 6.07
Turnout12,53,59367.83 18.71
BJP gain from INCSwing 4.31

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Jammu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCMadan Lal Sharma 382,305 45.25
BJPLila Karan Sharma2,60,93230.88
JKPDPS. Tarlok Singh93,73011.09
BSPHussain Ali49,9885.92
Majority1,21,37314.40
Turnout8,42,89949.12
INC holdSwing

See also

References

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