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

## 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 | Member | Party |
| 48 | Inderwal | Kishtwar | Payare Lal Sharma | IND |
| 49 | Kishtwar | Kishtwar | Shagun Parihar | BJP |
| 50 | Padder-Nagseni | Kishtwar | Sunil Kumar Sharma | BJP |
| 51 | Bhadarwah | Doda | Daleep Singh Parihar | BJP |
| 52 | Doda | Doda | Mehraj Malik | AAP |
| 53 | Doda West | Doda | Shakti Raj | BJP |
| 54 | Ramban | Ramban | Arjun Singh Raju | JKNC |
| 55 | Banihal | Ramban | Sajad Shaheen | JKNC |
| 59 | Udhampur West | Udhampur | Pawan Kumar Gupta | BJP |
| 60 | Udhampur East | Udhampur | Ranbir Singh Pathania | BJP |
| 61 | Chenani | Udhampur | Balwant Singh Mankotia | BJP |
| 62 | Ramnagar (SC) | Udhampur | Sunil Bhardwaj | BJP |
| 63 | Bani | Kathua | Rameshwar Singh | IND |
| 64 | Billawar | Kathua | Satish Kumar Sharma | BJP |
| 65 | Basohli | Kathua | Darshan Kumar | BJP |
| 66 | Jasrota | Kathua | Rajiv Jasrotia | BJP |
| 67 | Kathua (SC) | Kathua | Bharat Bhushan | BJP |
| 68 | Hiranagar | Kathua | Vijay Kumar | BJP |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1957 | Inderjit Malhotra | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Karan Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1968^ | G. S. Brigadier | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Karan Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Karan Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Karan Singh | Indian National Congress (U) |
| 1984 | Girdhari Lal Dogra | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Dharam Paul | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Chaman Lal Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1998 | Chaman Lal Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Chaman Lal Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Chaudhary Lal Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Chaudhary Lal Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Jitendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Jitendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Jitendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ by poll

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general election: Udhampur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jitendra Singh | 571,076 | 51.28 | 10.10 |
| | INC | Chaudhary Lal Singh | 4,46,703 | 40.11 | 9.01 |
| | DPAP | G. M. Saroori | 39,599 | 3.56 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 12,938 | 1.16 | 0.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,24,373 | 11.17 | 19.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,13,696 | 68.27 | 2.74 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 10.10 | |

### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Udhampur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jitendra Singh | 724,311 | 61.38 | 14.60 |
| | INC | Vikramaditya Singh | 3,67,059 | 31.10 | 9.83 |
| | JKNPP | Harsh Dev Singh | 24,319 | 2.06 | 0.37 |
| | DSSP | Chaudhary 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 | 0.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,57,252 | 30.28 | 24.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,82,680 | 71.01 | 0.10 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 14.60 | |

### 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Udhampur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jitendra Singh | 487,369 | 46.78 | 11.07 |
| | INC | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 4,26,393 | 40.93 | 3.03 |
| | JKPDP | Mohd. Arshad Malik | 30,461 | 2.92 | 2.03 |
| | JKNPP | Bhim Singh | 25,312 | 2.43 | 8.93 |
| | BSP | Dharam Pal Balgotra | 16,437 | 1.58 | 1.93 |
| | IND | Anil Khajuria | 15,188 | 1.46 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 10,478 | 1.01 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60,976 | 5.85 | 3.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,41,758 | 70.91 | 26.03 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 8.86 | |

### 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Udhampur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ch. Lal Singh | 231,853 | 37.90 | 1.71 |
| | BJP | Nirmal Kumar Singh | 2,18,459 | 35.71 | 3.86 |
| | JKNPP | Bhim Singh | 69,463 | 11.36 | 3.16 |
| | JKPDP | Balbir Singh | 30,294 | 4.95 | New |
| | BSP | Rakesh Wazir | 21,445 | 3.51 | 0.39 |
| | CPI | Adrees Ahmad Tabbasum | 16,598 | 2.71 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,394 | 2.19 | 0.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,63,060 | 44.90 | 0.19 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Udhampur :
| Party | 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 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,175 | 7.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,08,074 | 45.09 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |