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Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) was won by Jugal Kishore (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 302,875 votes over Raman Bhalla. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1967 I.J. Malhotra Indian National Congress 139,036 48.4% A. Rehman (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 58,168 (20.3 pts)
1971 Inderjit Malhotra Indian National Congress 169,009 60.0% Abdul Rehman (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 84,796 (30.1 pts)
1977 Thakur Baldev Singh Independent 153,837 44.6% Balraj Puri (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference) 27,939 (8.1 pts)
1980 Girdhari Lal Dogra Congress (I) 249,760 62.5% Thakur Baldev Singh (Janata Party) 134,257 (33.6 pts)
1984 Janak Raj Gupta Indian National Congress 262,796 46.5% Shabir Ahmed Salaria (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference) 120,192 (21.3 pts)
1989 Janak Rai Gupta Indian National Congress 239,701 41.8% Rajinder Singh Chib (Janata Dal) 21,695 (3.8 pts)
1996 Mangat Ram Sharma Indian National Congress 194,228 34.2% Vaid Vishno Dutt (Bharatiya Janata Party) 46,733 (8.2 pts)
1998 Vaid Vishno Dutt Bharatiya Janata Party 336,472 43.3% Janak Raj Gupta (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference) 127,901 (16.4 pts)
1999 Vishno Datt Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 289,412 43.5% Rajinder Singh Chib (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference) 142,019 (21.3 pts)
2004 Madan Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 319,994 38.9% Dr. Nirmal Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) 17,568 (2.1 pts)
2009 Madan Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 382,305 45.3% Lila Karan Sharma (Bharatiya Janata Party) 121,373 (14.4 pts)
2014 Jugal Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party 619,995 49.5% Madan Lal Sharma (Indian National Congress) 257,280 (20.5 pts)
2019 Jugal Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party 858,066 58.1% Raman Bhalla (Indian National Congress) 302,875 (20.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
I.J. Malhotra Indian National Congress 139,036 48.4%
A. Rehman Bharatiya Jana Sangh 80,868 28.2%
R. Singh Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 36,425 12.7%
K.D. Sethi DNC 30,788 10.7%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Inderjit Malhotra Indian National Congress 169,009 60.0%
Abdul Rehman Bharatiya Jana Sangh 84,213 29.9%
Avtar Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 9,896 3.5%
Dhan Raj Praja Socialist Party 5,332 1.9%
Sagar Chand Independent 3,125 1.1%
Omprakash Independent 2,930 1.0%
Nasib Singh Independent 2,453 0.9%
Pishori Lal Independent 2,344 0.8%
Madan Singh Independent 2,209 0.8%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thakur Baldev Singh Independent 153,837 44.6%
Balraj Puri Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 125,898 36.5%
Abdul Rehman Bharatiya Lok Dal 45,882 13.3%
Bhim Singh Independent 8,172 2.4%
Chaudhary Shabir Ahmed Salaria Independent 3,841 1.1%
Ashwani Kumar Soni Independent 2,018 0.6%
Jagat Ram Aryan Independent 1,909 0.6%
M. C. Mehta Independent 1,812 0.5%
Nazir Ahmad Ganai Independent 1,543 0.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Girdhari Lal Dogra Congress (I) 249,760 62.5%
Thakur Baldev Singh Janata Party 115,503 28.9%
Babu Ram Independent 9,881 2.5%
Bhagat Ram Chand Independent 6,328 1.6%
Nazir Ahmed Ganai Independent 5,536 1.4%
Om Prakash Bhagat Independent 4,103 1.0%
Ch. Ram Swaroop Sharabi Independent 3,745 0.9%
Kamal Kumar Dubey Independent 2,637 0.7%
Uday Chand Independent 2,406 0.6%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Janak Raj Gupta Indian National Congress 262,796 46.5%
Shabir Ahmed Salaria Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 142,604 25.2%
Karan Singh Independent 139,913 24.8%
Om Raj Gorka Independent 7,035 1.2%
Krit Paul Independent 2,501 0.4%
Bansi Lal Independent 1,859 0.3%
Sushil Kumar Independent 1,584 0.3%
Hari Om Raina Independent 1,374 0.2%
Bhagat Singh Sandhu Independent 1,203 0.2%
Mohan Lal Sapolia Independent 1,179 0.2%
Babu Ram Manhas Independent 645 0.1%
Harjeet Singh Independent 562 0.1%
Subash Chander Sethi Independent 548 0.1%
Sat Paul Bhagat Independent 461 0.1%
Babu Ram Sharma Independent 445 0.1%
Ram Saroop Independent 334 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Janak Rai Gupta Indian National Congress 239,701 41.8%
Rajinder Singh Chib Janata Dal 218,006 38.0%
Girdhari Lal Bahujan Samaj Party 42,453 7.4%
Chaman Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 35,323 6.2%
Ghulam Rasool Asghar JNP (JP) 11,049 1.9%
Babu Ram Sharma Independent 7,608 1.3%
Mohd. Shareef Shad Independent 3,620 0.6%
Bansi Lal Independent 2,576 0.4%
Mahmood Ahmed Independent 2,374 0.4%
Bachan Lal Independent 2,138 0.4%
Ajit Singh Independent 1,817 0.3%
Kamal Gouria Independent 1,156 0.2%
Gurdarshan Singh Independent 943 0.2%
Des Raj Independent 912 0.2%
Sushil Kumar Salani Independent 777 0.1%
Mohd. Anwar Independent 749 0.1%
Kewal Misra Independent 637 0.1%
Ashok Kumar Independent 534 0.1%
Amrit Lal Independent 379 0.1%
Ram Saroop Independent 255 0.0%
Surender Singh Independent 216 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mangat Ram Sharma Indian National Congress 194,228 34.2%
Vaid Vishno Dutt Bharatiya Janata Party 147,495 26.0%
Abdul Rehman Sheikh Bahujan Samaj Party 91,580 16.1%
Balwan Singh Janata Dal 88,272 15.6%
Babu Paramanand Independent 5,133 0.9%
Ram Saroop Independent 4,976 0.9%
Qummer Rubbani Independent 3,689 0.7%
Surjit Singh Independent 3,369 0.6%
Navin Bakshi JPP 3,175 0.6%
Manohar Singh Independent 3,049 0.5%
Bansi Lal Independent 2,199 0.4%
Anil Sawhney AIIC(T) 2,142 0.4%
Rattan Lal Independent 2,072 0.4%
Satish Poonchi Independent 1,943 0.3%
Vimla Dogra Independent 1,841 0.3%
Kn. Raghubir Singh Independent 1,723 0.3%
Jagdev Singh Independent 1,407 0.2%
Sushil Kumar Bali Independent 1,400 0.2%
Jagdish Kumar Independent 1,179 0.2%
Rajesh Kohli Independent 913 0.2%
Farhat Ahmed Independent 880 0.2%
Tejpal Singh Independent 763 0.1%
Koshal Kumar Independent 582 0.1%
Rajinderpal Singh Independent 580 0.1%
Mohan Singh Independent 577 0.1%
Jugal Kishore Independent 520 0.1%
Badri Nath Independent 503 0.1%
Krit Pal Independent 458 0.1%
Rajinder Singh Jamwal Independent 429 0.1%
Vijay Rajya Pathania Independent 230 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vaid Vishno Dutt Bharatiya Janata Party 336,472 43.3%
Janak Raj Gupta Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 208,571 26.8%
Mangat Ram Sharma Indian National Congress 140,832 18.1%
Girdhari Lal Bahujan Samaj Party 74,030 9.5%
Satish Poonchi LS 3,647 0.5%
Som Nath RPI 2,698 0.3%
Rajinder Kumar Independent 2,199 0.3%
Anam Hafiz Choudhary Independent 1,686 0.2%
Surjit Singh Independent 1,151 0.1%
Sunil Gupta Independent 1,031 0.1%
Som Nath Independent 981 0.1%
Hardev Singh Samajwadi Party 766 0.1%
Sunder Singh Independent 766 0.1%
Vidhi Sharan Singh Independent 759 0.1%
Prem Nath Independent 698 0.1%
Subash Chander Independent 685 0.1%
Vijay Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 584 0.1%
Ghulam Ali Independent 301 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vishno Datt Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 289,412 43.5%
Rajinder Singh Chib Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 147,393 22.1%
Madan Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 126,356 19.0%
Makhan Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 53,665 8.1%
Sardar Tarlok Singh Independent 15,598 2.3%
Qammar Rabbani Independent 7,890 1.2%
Shamsher Singh Bhau SJP(R) 7,041 1.1%
Bachan Singh Independent 2,878 0.4%
Hussain Ahmed Nationalist Congress Party 2,456 0.4%
Sat Paul CPI (ML) Liberation 1,787 0.3%
Vivek Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,743 0.3%
Davinder Kumar Independent 1,510 0.2%
Anil Sharma Janata Party 1,414 0.2%
Subash Chander Langer SPI 1,180 0.2%
Kamal Goria Independent 1,127 0.2%
Jaimal Ram Independent 899 0.1%
Vijay Kumar Independent 837 0.1%
Bhagwati Sharan Janata Dal (Secular) 755 0.1%
Om Prakash BRPP 655 0.1%
Jaswinder Singh Independent 648 0.1%
Durga Dass Independent 446 0.1%
Tripta Kumari SPSP 231 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Madan Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 319,994 38.9%
Dr. Nirmal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 302,426 36.8%
Surjit Singh Slathia Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 120,397 14.7%
Tirath Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 29,498 3.6%
S.Kuldeep Singh JKNPP 9,195 1.1%
Pankaj Kohli Samajwadi Party 4,661 0.6%
Shahzad Khan Independent 3,803 0.5%
Ramesh Chander Sharma Independent 3,315 0.4%
Sharaz Ahmad Independent 2,956 0.4%
Yudhvir Singh Independent 2,300 0.3%
Balbir Singh Independent 2,060 0.3%
Om Parkash Malhotra Independent 1,902 0.2%
Rajan Padri AIFB 1,746 0.2%
Charanjit Singh Bali Independent 1,707 0.2%
Satish Poonchi Independent 1,656 0.2%
Subhash Chander Langer SPI 1,650 0.2%
Sudesh Puri SAP 1,620 0.2%
Qari Zahir Abbas Bhatti Janata Dal (Secular) 1,616 0.2%
Mushtaq Ahmed Independent 1,491 0.2%
Sanjeev Kumar Manmotra LJP 1,485 0.2%
Subash Sharma Independent 1,298 0.2%
Ch. Mohd. Iqbal Independent 1,193 0.1%
Gurdeep Singh Bijral Independent 1,039 0.1%
Jasbir Singh Independent 1,010 0.1%
Lochan Singh Independent 871 0.1%
Shukeel Kumar Gupta Independent 781 0.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Madan Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 382,305 45.3%
Lila Karan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 260,932 30.9%
S.Tarlok Singh JKPDP 93,730 11.1%
Hussain Ali Bahujan Samaj Party 49,988 5.9%
Labha Ram Gandhi Independent 17,978 2.1%
Uday Chand DGPP 5,660 0.7%
Ramesh Chander Sharma Independent 3,627 0.4%
Naresh Dogra Independent 3,469 0.4%
Ch. Mushtaq Hussain Chouhan Independent 3,388 0.4%
Sanjay Kumar Independent 3,243 0.4%
Shakeela Bano Independent 2,934 0.3%
Paras Ram Poonchi Independent 2,213 0.3%
Qari Zahir Abbas Bhatti AIFB 1,820 0.2%
Hilal Ahmed Baig Independent 1,794 0.2%
Abdul Majeed Malik BCDP 1,739 0.2%
Sant Ram BBP 1,552 0.2%
Satish Poonchi Independent 1,520 0.2%
Surjit Singh 'G' Sitara RKSP 1,412 0.2%
Balwan Singh Independent 1,344 0.2%
Ashok Kumar Independent 1,342 0.2%
Sanjeev Kumar Manmotra LJP 1,324 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jugal Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party 619,995 49.5%
Madan Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 362,715 28.9%
Yashpal Sharma JKPDP 168,554 13.4%
Ashok Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 31,199 2.5%
Hari Chand Jalmeria JKNPP 9,071 0.7%
Mohd. Imtiaz Independent 7,423 0.6%
Perseen Singh Independent 7,173 0.6%
Gursagar Singh SDP 6,042 0.5%
Nirmal Singh Independent 5,286 0.4%
Vijay Kumar Independent 5,125 0.4%
Labha Ram Independent 5,046 0.4%
None Of The Above Independent 4,382 0.3%
Abdul Majid Chouhan Independent 4,177 0.3%
Bahadur Singh Chowdhary Samajwadi Party 3,164 0.3%
Raj Kumar Independent 2,991 0.2%
Ashok Kumar Sharma Independent 2,582 0.2%
Mohd. Abbas Khan Independent 2,469 0.2%
Subash Chander AJKKMP 2,205 0.2%
Mehar Manav Bhagat BBP 2,013 0.2%
Satish Poonchi Independent 1,981 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jugal Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party 858,066 58.1%
Raman Bhalla Indian National Congress 555,191 37.6%
Badri Nath Bahujan Samaj Party 14,276 1.0%
Lal Singh DSSP 7,539 0.5%
Prof. Bhim Singh JKNPP 4,016 0.3%
Javaid Ahmed AIFB 3,866 0.3%
Subash Chander Independent 3,739 0.3%
Satish Poonchi Independent 3,077 0.2%
Er. Ghulam Mustafa Chowdhary Independent 2,745 0.2%
Perseen Singh Independent 2,612 0.2%
Tarseem Lal Khullar Independent 2,384 0.2%
Balwan Singh Independent 2,194 0.1%
Anil Singh Independent 2,131 0.1%
Syed Aqib Hussain IPP 1,723 0.1%
Mohd Younis JKPPAP 1,612 0.1%
Syed Zeshan Haider Independent 1,582 0.1%
Sakander Ahmad Nourani Independent 1,428 0.1%
Sushil Kumar HND 1,281 0.1%
Rajiv Chuni Independent 1,269 0.1%
Bahadur Independent 1,201 0.1%
Manish Sahni Shiv Sena 1,192 0.1%
Gursagar Singh Nationalist Congress Party 1,103 0.1%
Shazad Shabnam Independent 1,009 0.1%
Ajay Kumar Independent 941 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1967: Indian National Congress margin 20.3 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 30.1 pts 1977: Independent margin 8.1 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 33.6 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 21.3 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 3.8 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 8.2 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 16.4 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 21.3 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 2.1 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 14.4 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 20.5 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 20.5 pts 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Jammu has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Independent, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Jammu in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Jugal Kishore (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, in 2019 with 858,066 votes (58.1%), a margin of 302,875 votes over Raman Bhalla.

Which parties have won Jammu since 1967?

Since 1967, Jammu has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Jammu?

The closest result on record for Jammu was 2004, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 17,568 votes (2.1 percentage points).

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