Jammu Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Jammu
State:Jammu and Kashmir
Established:1962
Electors:17,80,835[1]
Incumbent Image Size:90
Mp:Jugal Kishore Sharma
Latest Election Year:2024
Assembly Cons:Samba
Vijaypur
Nagrota
Gandhinagar
Jammu East
Jammu West
Bishnah
Ranbir Singh Pura
Suchetgarh
Marh
Raipur Domana
Akhnoor
Marh
Chhamb
Nowshera
Kalakote
Reservation:None
Incumbent Image:Jugal Kishore Sharma.jpg
Preceded By:Madan Lal Sharma

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.

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

Members of Parliament

YearWinnerParty
1962Inder Jit Malhotra
1967
1971
1977Thakur Baldev Singh
1980Girdhari Lal Dogra
1984Janak Raj Gupta
1989
1996Mangat Ram Sharma
1998Vishno Datt Sharma
1999
2002Chowdhary Talib Hussain
2004Madan Lal Sharma
2009
2014Jugal Kishore Sharma
2019
2024
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Election results

General elections 2009

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
  2. Web site: Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir . Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir . 2008-10-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081231174529/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html . 2008-12-31 .