Jammu Lok Sabha constituency

Jammu
JK-5
Jammu ; JK-5
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Jammu Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly constituencies	Gulabgarh ; Reasi ; Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ; Ramgarh ; Vijaypur ; Nagrota ; Jammu East ; Jammu North ; Jammu West ; Bishnah ; Ranbir Singh Pura ; Bahu ; Suchetgarh ; Marh ; Akhnoor ; Kalakote-Sunderbani ; Chhamb ; Samba
Established	1962
Total electors	17,80,835
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Jugal Kishore Sharma
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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.

Assembly segments

AC No.	AC Name	District	Member
56	Gulabgarh (ST)	Reasi	Khurshied Ahmed	JKNC
57	Reasi		Kuldeep Raj Dubey	BJP
58	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi		Baldev Raj Sharma
69	Ramgarh (SC)	Samba	Devinder Kumar Manyal
70	Samba		Surjeet Singh Slathia
71	Vijaypur		Chander Prakash Ganga
72	Bishnah (SC)	Jammu	Rajeev Kumar
73	Suchetgarh (SC)		Gharu Ram Bhagat
74	RS Pora-Jammu South		Narinder Singh Raina
75	Bahu		Vikram Randhawa
76	Jammu East		Yudhvir Sethi
77	Nagrota		Devyani Singh Rana
78	Jammu West		Arvind Gupta
79	Jammu North		Sham Lal Sharma
80	Marh (SC)		Surinder Kumar
81	Akhnoor (SC)		Mohan Lal
82	Chhamb		Satish Sharma	IND
83	Kalakote-Sunderbani	Rajouri	Randhir Singh	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner
1962	Inder Jit Malhotra	Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977	Thakur Baldev Singh	Independent
1980	Girdhari Lal Dogra	Indian National Congress
1984	Janak Raj Gupta
1989	Janak Raj Gupta
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
2024

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Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			53.46%
2019			58.02%
2014			49.34%
2009			45.25%
2004			38.94%
2002 (By-Poll)			34.87%
1999			43.46%
1998			43.26%
1996			34.24%
1989			41.82%
1984			46.51%
1980			62.46%
1977			44.60%
1971			60.04%
1967			48.42%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Jammu^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jugal Kishore Sharma	687,588	53.46	4.56
	INC	Raman Bhalla	552,090	42.93	5.39
	BSP	Jagdish Raj	10,300	0.81	0.16
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,645	0.36	0.18
Majority			135,498	10.53	9.95
Turnout			1,302,176	72.22	0.28
	BJP hold		Swing	4.56

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jugal Kishore Sharma	858,066	58.02	8.68
	INC	Raman Bhalla	555,191	37.54	8.67
	BSP	Badri Nath	14,276	0.97	1.51
	JKNPP	Prof. Bhim Singh	4,016	0.27	0.45
	Independent	Subhash Chander	3,739	0.25	New
	SS	Manish Sahni	1,192	0.08	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,618	0.18	0.17
Majority			302,875	20.48	0.01
Turnout			1,484,387	72.50	4.67
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jugal Kishore Sharma	619,995	49.34	18.46
	INC	Madan Lal Sharma	362,715	28.87	16.38
	JKPDP	Yashpal Sharma	168,554	13.41	2.32
	BSP	Ashok Kumar	31,199	2.48	3.44
	JKNPP	Hari Chand Jalmeria	9,071	0.72	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,382	0.35	New
Majority			257,280	20.47	6.07
Turnout			1,253,593	67.83	18.71
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	4.31

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Madan Lal Sharma	382,305	45.25
	BJP	Lila Karan Sharma	260,932	30.88
	JKPDP	S. Tarlok Singh	93,730	11.09
	BSP	Hussain Ali	49,988	5.92
Majority			121,373	14.40
Turnout			842,899	49.12
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Madan Lal Sharma	319,994	38.94
	BJP	Dr. Nirmal Singh	302,426	36.81
	JKNC	Surjit Singh Slathia	120,397	14.65
	BSP	Tirath Kumar	29,498	3.59
	IND	15 Independent Candidates	27,382	3.33
	OTH	7 Other Party Candidates	21,973	2.67
Majority			17,568	2.13
Turnout
	Swing to INC from JKNC		Swing

2002 by-election

2002 Jammu by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JKNC	Chowdhary Talib Hussain	253,891	34.87
	BJP	Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh	198,402	27.24
	INC	Madan Lal Sharma	186,124	25.56
	BSP	Sheikh Abdul Rehman	46,608	6.40
	JKPDP	Master Tasadiq Hussain	20,354	2.79
	JKNPP	Prof. Bhim Singh	11,113	1.53
	IND	Er. Tahir Naseem Manhas	3,697	0.51
	JD(S)	Dhanraj Bargotra	1,275	0.18
	IND	Om Prakash Sharma	1,236	0.17
	IND	Koshal Sharma	1,129	0.16
	IND	Zahir Abbas	1,092	0.15
	IND	Subash Sharma	914	0.13
	IND	Vinay Kumar	756	0.10
	IND	Surjit Singh 'G' Sitara	679	0.09
	IND	Chouwdhary Ram Saroop	661	0.08
	IND	Jagdish Raj	304	0.04
Majority			55,489	7.63
Turnout
	Swing to JKNC from BJP		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vishno Datt Sharma	289,412	43.46
	JKNC	Rajinder Singh Chib	147,393	22.13
	INC	Madan Lal Sharma	126,356	18.97
	BSP	Makhan Singh	53,665	8.06
	IND	Sardar Tarlok Singh	15,598	2.34
	IND	Qammar Rabbani	7,890	1.18
	SJP(R)	Shamsher Singh Bhau	7,041	1.06
	IND	7 Independent Candidates	8,345	1.27
	OTH	8 Other Party Candidates	10,221	1.53
Majority			142,019	21.33
Turnout			676,708	46.77
	BJP hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vaid Vishno Dutt	336,472	43.26
	JKNC	Janak Raj Gupta	208,571	26.81
	INC	Mangat Ram Sharma	140,832	18.11
	BSP	Girdhari Lal	74,030	9.52
	IND	10 Independent Candidates	10,257	1.33
	OTH	4 Other Party Candidates	7,695	1.00
Majority			127,901	16.45
Turnout			789,529	54.72
	Swing to BJP from INC		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mangat Ram Sharma	194,228	34.24
	BJP	Vaid Vishno Dutt	147,495	26.00
	BSP	Abdul Rehman Sheikh	91,580	16.14
	JD	Balwan Singh	88,272	15.56
	IND	24 Independent Candidates	40,415	7.12
	OTH	2 Other Party Candidates	5,317	0.94
Majority			46,733	8.24
Turnout			581,314	48.18
	INC hold		Swing

1991

The 1991 Indian general election was not held in Jammu and Kashmir due to severe insurgency and the breakdown of law and order that peaked between 1990 and 1991. During this period, the state was under Governor's Rule and direct Central Government administration from January 1990 to October 1996, with Lok Sabha elections resuming only in May 1996.

1989

1989 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Janak Rai Gupta	239,701	41.82
	JD	Rajinder Singh Chib	218,006	38.03
	BSP	Girdhari Lal	42,453	7.41
	BJP	Chaman Lal	35,323	6.16
	JP	Ghulam Rasool Asghar	11,049	1.93
	IND	16 Independent Candidates	26,691	4.65
Majority			21,695	3.79
Turnout			584,078	56.89
	INC hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Janak Raj Gupta	262,796	46.51
	JKNC	Shabir Ahmed Salaria	142,604	25.24
	IND	Karan Singh	139,913	24.76
	IND	13 Independent Candidates	19,730	3.49
Majority			120,192	21.27
Turnout			576,390	71.00
	INC hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Girdhari Lal Dogra	249,760	62.46
	JP	Thakur Baldev Singh	115,503	28.88
	IND	7 Independent Candidates	34,636	8.66
Majority			134,257	33.58
Turnout			410,072	59.31
	Swing to INC(I) from Independent		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Thakur Baldev Singh	153,837	44.60
	JKNC	Balraj Puri	125,898	36.50
	JP	Abdul Rehman	45,882	13.30
	IND	6 Independent Candidates	19,295	5.60
Majority			27,939	8.10
Turnout			355,660	59.18
	Swing to Independent from INC		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Inderjit Malhotra	169,009	60.04
	ABJS	Abdul Rehman	84,213	29.91
	SAD	Avtar Singh	9,896	3.52
	PSP	Dhan Raj	5,332	1.89
	IND	Sagar Chand	3,125	1.11
	IND	Omprakash	2,930	1.04
	IND	Nasib Singh	2,453	0.87
	IND	Pishori Lal	2,344	0.83
	IND	Madan Singh	2,209	0.78
Majority			84,796	30.12
Turnout			292,392	60.48
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Jammu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	I. J. Malhotra	139,036	48.42
	ABJS	A. Rehman	80,868	28.17
	JKNC	R. Singh	36,425	12.69
	DNC	K. D. Sethi	30,788	10.72
Majority			58,168	20.25
Turnout			297,653	67.56
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024.
↑ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Jammu". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

External links

Jammu lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[1] "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Jammu-2] Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Jammu". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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