Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha
(parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir
state in northern India
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
(parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
state in northern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Assembly segments
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:- Kishtwar (assembly constituency no. 51)
- Inderwal (assembly constituency no. 52)
- Doda (assembly constituency no. 53)
- Bhadarwah (assembly constituency no. 54)
- Ramban (SC) (assembly constituency no. 55)
- Banihal (assembly constituency no. 56)
- Gulabgarh (assembly constituency no. 57)
- Reasi (assembly constituency no. 58)
- Gool-Arnas (assembly constituency no. 59)
- Udhampur (assembly constituency no. 60)
- Chenani (SC) (assembly constituency no. 61)
- Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 62)
- Bani (assembly constituency no. 63)
- Basohli (assembly constituency no. 64)
- Kathua (assembly constituency no. 65)
- Billawar (assembly constituency no. 66)
- Hiranagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
Members of Parliament
- 1967: Karan SinghKaran SinghKaran Singh is an MP in the Rajya Sabha, a senior member of the ruling Indian National Congress Party serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations , India's Ambassador to UNESCO, Chairman of the Auroville Foundation and of the Temple...
, Indian National Congress (U) - 1971: Karan SinghKaran SinghKaran Singh is an MP in the Rajya Sabha, a senior member of the ruling Indian National Congress Party serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations , India's Ambassador to UNESCO, Chairman of the Auroville Foundation and of the Temple...
, Indian National Congress (U) - 1977: Karan SinghKaran SinghKaran Singh is an MP in the Rajya Sabha, a senior member of the ruling Indian National Congress Party serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations , India's Ambassador to UNESCO, Chairman of the Auroville Foundation and of the Temple...
, Indian National Congress (U) - 1980: G.L. Dogra, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1984: G.L. Dogra, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1989: Dharam Pal Sharma, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1996: Chaman Lal GuptaChaman Lal GuptaChaman Lal Gupta is a former minister of state in the Government of India. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he held a portfolio of food processing and civil avaiation....
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... - 1998: Chaman Lal GuptaChaman Lal GuptaChaman Lal Gupta is a former minister of state in the Government of India. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he held a portfolio of food processing and civil avaiation....
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... - 1999: Chaman Lal GuptaChaman Lal GuptaChaman Lal Gupta is a former minister of state in the Government of India. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he held a portfolio of food processing and civil avaiation....
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... - 2004: Chaudhary Lal Singh, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 2009: Chaudhary Lal Singh, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
Election results
See also
- Doda districtDoda DistrictArea11,691 km²Population525,000 Population density36/km2 Literacy18.5% Doda is a district of Jammu region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India...
- Kathua districtKathua districtKathua district is one of 22 administrative districts that comprise the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is surrounded by Jammu to the northwest, the Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the state of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Punjab to the south, and Pakistan's working boundary to...
- Kishtwar district
- Ramban district
- Reasi districtReasi DistrictReasi is one of the oldest towns of the Jammu and Kashmir State. It was the seat of the erstwhile Bhimgarh State, said to have been established by Raja Bhim Dev somewhere in the 8th century. It remained an independent principality till 1822, when Maharaja Gulab Singh the then King of Jammu...
- Udhampur districtUdhampur DistrictUdhampur is a district in Jammu and Kashmir. The town of Udhampur is the headquarters of this district.The 2001 census indicates the population of the district to be 743,509. There are 871 females for every 1000 males in the district. The overall literacy rate is 54.16%, with 66.43% for males and...
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