Jammu Lok Sabha constituency

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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
'''Jammu Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the five [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] union territory of in northern [[India]]. This constituency was created in 1967.

==Assembly segments==
Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html |title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir |accessdate=2008-10-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231174529/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html |archivedate=2008-12-31 }}</ref>
# [[Samba (Vidhan Sabha Assembly constituency)|Samba (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 68)
# [[Vijaypur (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)|Vijaypur]] (assembly constituency no. 69)
# [[Nagrota (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nagrota]] (assembly constituency no. 70)
# [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)|Gandhinagar]] (assembly constituency no. 71)
# [[Jammu East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jammu East]] (assembly constituency no. 72)
# [[Jammu West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jammu West]] (assembly constituency no. 73)
# [[Bishnah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnah]] (assembly constituency no. 74)
# [[Ranbir Singh Pura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranbir Singh Pura]] (assembly constituency no. 75)
#[[Suchetgarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Suchetgarh]] (assembly constituency no. 76)
#[[Marh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Marh]] (assembly constituency no. 77)
#[[Raipur Domana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raipur Domana (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 78)
#[[Akhnoor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Akhnoor]] (assembly constituency no. 79)
#[[Chhamb (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chhamb (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 80)
#[[Nowshera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nowshera]] (assembly constituency no. 81)
#[[Darhal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darhal]] (assembly constituency no. 82)
#[[Rajouri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajouri]] (assembly constituency no. 83)
#[[Kalakote (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalakot]] (assembly constituency no. 84)
#[[Surankote (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Surankote]] (assembly constituency no. 85)
#[[Mendhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mendhar]] (assembly constituency no. 86)
#[[Poonch Haveli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Poonch-Haveli]] (assembly constituency no. 87)

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Winner
! Party
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Inder Jit Malhotra]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[Thakur Baldev Singh]]
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[Girdhari Lal Dogra]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| rowspan="2" |Janak Rai Gupta
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|-
| colspan="3" |<small>''[[1991 Indian general election|1991]] election not held due to [[Kashmir insurgency]]''</small>
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Mangat Ram Sharma]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Vishno Datt Sharma]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|2002^
|Chowdhary Talib Hussain
|[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Madan Lal Sharma]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jugal Kishore Sharma]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|}
^ by poll

==Election results==
===General elections 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Jammu]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jugal Kishore Sharma]]
|votes = 8,58,066
|percentage = 58.02
|change = +8.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Raman Bhalla
|votes = 5,55,191
|percentage = 37.54
|change = +8.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate =Badri Nath
|votes = 14,276
|percentage = 0.97
|change =-1.51
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate =[[Bhim Singh (politician)|Prof. Bhim Singh]]
|party = Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
|votes = 4,016
|percentage = 0.27
|change = -0.45
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Subhash Chander
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,739
|percentage = 0.25
|change = New
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiv Sena
|candidate =Manish Sahni
|votes = 1,192
|percentage = 0.08
|change =+0.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 2,618
|percentage = 0.18
|change = -0.17
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,02,875
|percentage = 20.40
|change = -0.07
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,84,387
|percentage = 72.50
|change = +4.67
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|loser =
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Jammu]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jugal Kishore Sharma]]
|votes = 6,19,995
|percentage = 49.34
|change = +18.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Madan Lal Sharma]]
|votes = 3,62,715
|percentage = 28.87
|change = -16.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
|candidate = Yashpal Sharma
|votes = 1,68,554
|percentage = 13.41
|change = +2.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ashok Kumar
|votes = 31,199
|percentage = 2.48
|change = -3.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Hari Chand Jalmeria
|party = Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
|votes = 9,071
|percentage = 0.72
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 4,382
|percentage = 0.35
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,57,280
|percentage = 20.47
|change = +6.08
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,53,593
|percentage = 67.83
|change = +18.80
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = +4.31
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General elections 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Jammu]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Madan Lal Sharma]]
|votes = 3,82,305
|percentage = 45.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Lila Karan Sharma
|votes = 2,60,932
|percentage = 30.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
|candidate = S. Tarlok Singh
|votes = 93,730
|percentage = 11.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate =Hussain Ali
|votes =49,988
|percentage =5.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,21,373
|percentage =14.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,42,899
|percentage =49.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress

|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Jammu district]]
* [[Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir|Poonch district]]
* [[Rajouri district]]
* [[Samba district]]
* [[Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/jammu_kashmir/jammu/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Jammu lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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