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Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Udhampur (Jammu & Kashmir) was won by Dr. Jitendra Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 357,252 votes over Vikramaditya Singh. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1967 G.S. Brigadier Indian National Congress 134,684 54.9% B. Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 56,878 (23.2 pts)
1971 Karan Singh Indian National Congress 125,890 61.0% Baldev Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 72,587 (35.2 pts)
1977 Karan Singh Indian National Congress 130,272 56.7% Om Parkash Saraf (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 58,956 (25.7 pts)
1980 Karan Singh Congress (U) 176,757 53.4% Devi Das Thakur (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference) 55,429 (16.7 pts)
1984 Girdhari Lal Dogra Indian National Congress 206,639 57.0% Bhim Singh (JPP) 111,490 (30.7 pts)
1989 Dharam Paul Indian National Congress 127,161 40.7% Abdul Rehman (Janata Dal) 30,810 (9.8 pts)
1996 Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 166,206 37.6% Janak Raj Gupta (Indian National Congress) 70,055 (15.8 pts)
1998 Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 250,813 48.7% Rajinder Singh Chib (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference) 81,364 (15.8 pts)
1999 Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 194,678 49.0% Jagjiwan Lal (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference) 118,307 (29.8 pts)
2004 Ch. Lal Singh Indian National Congress 240,872 39.6% Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta (Bharatiya Janata Party) 47,175 (7.8 pts)
2009 Ch. Lal Singh Indian National Congress 231,853 37.9% Dr. Nirmal Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) 13,394 (2.2 pts)
2014 Dr. Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 487,369 46.8% Ghulam Nabi Azad (Indian National Congress) 60,976 (5.9 pts)
2019 Dr. Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 724,311 61.8% Vikramaditya Singh (Indian National Congress) 357,252 (30.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
G.S. Brigadier Indian National Congress 134,684 54.9%
B. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 77,806 31.7%
S.Dass Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 32,926 13.4%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Karan Singh Indian National Congress 125,890 61.0%
Baldev Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 53,303 25.8%
Abdul Rashid Independent 13,460 6.5%
Gopal Dass Independent 3,524 1.7%
Pritam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 2,762 1.3%
Jia Lal Independent 2,644 1.3%
Shanker Dass Independent 2,461 1.2%
Gulam Mir Independent 2,433 1.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Karan Singh Indian National Congress 130,272 56.7%
Om Parkash Saraf Bharatiya Lok Dal 71,316 31.0%
Sadullah Tantray Independent 14,144 6.2%
Jia Lal Independent 7,309 3.2%
Jagat Ram Aryan Independent 4,032 1.8%
Goverdhan Dutt Independent 2,724 1.2%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Karan Singh Congress (U) 176,757 53.4%
Devi Das Thakur Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 121,328 36.6%
Krishan Datt Dogra Independent 25,665 7.8%
Sat Pal Independent 2,713 0.8%
Babu Ram Independent 1,849 0.6%
Ram Swaroop Independent 1,719 0.5%
Kamal Kumar Dubey Independent 1,118 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Girdhari Lal Dogra Indian National Congress 206,639 57.0%
Bhim Singh JPP 95,149 26.2%
Baldev Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 37,309 10.3%
Dev Raj Independent 2,673 0.7%
Kamal Kumar Dubey Independent 2,556 0.7%
Roop Lal Kanathia Independent 2,545 0.7%
G.D.Sharma Independent 2,539 0.7%
Abdul Rehman LKD 2,423 0.7%
Narinder Singh Jamwal Independent 2,230 0.6%
Rakesh Chander Independent 1,845 0.5%
Ali Mohd. Independent 1,718 0.5%
Jai Lal Independent 1,500 0.4%
Ram Lal Rao Independent 1,452 0.4%
Ram Lal Independent 1,043 0.3%
Raiz-Ul-Gani JKP 646 0.2%
Subash Chander Rattan Pal Independent 363 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dharam Paul Indian National Congress 127,161 40.7%
Abdul Rehman Janata Dal 96,351 30.8%
Baldev Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 39,509 12.6%
Bhim Singh JPP 22,625 7.2%
Gulabrai Independent 8,474 2.7%
Romesh Chander Independent 3,784 1.2%
Bhaguram Independent 2,744 0.9%
Jugal Kishor Independent 1,884 0.6%
Ramlal Rao PBI 1,718 0.5%
Subash Independent 1,391 0.4%
Ali Mohd. Independent 990 0.3%
Rakesh Kumar Independent 974 0.3%
Rasal Chand Independent 896 0.3%
Abdul Qayoom Independent 809 0.3%
Devraj Independent 719 0.2%
Ranoon Devi Independent 430 0.1%
Rahm Ali Independent 411 0.1%
Harbans Singh Independent 396 0.1%
Dewanchand Independent 380 0.1%
Desraj Independent 360 0.1%
Jatinder Singh Alias Babu Singh Independent 259 0.1%
Harnam Dass Independent 200 0.1%
Vinod Balli Independent 166 0.1%
Hemraj Independent 131 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 166,206 37.6%
Janak Raj Gupta Indian National Congress 96,151 21.7%
Devi Dass Thakur Janata Dal 81,123 18.3%
Tulsi Das Bahujan Samaj Party 32,011 7.2%
Bhim Singh JPP 23,611 5.3%
Gulchain Singh Charak AIIC(T) 9,269 2.1%
Jatinder Singh Independent 2,830 0.6%
Jialal Kotwal Independent 2,363 0.5%
Devinder Kumar Sharma Independent 2,169 0.5%
Dev Raj Independent 1,996 0.5%
Ram Singh Independent 1,972 0.4%
Jagdev Raj Independent 1,883 0.4%
Babu Parma Nand Independent 1,865 0.4%
Girdhari Lal Dogra Independent 1,734 0.4%
Sanjay Langer Independent 1,501 0.3%
Bua Ditta Independent 1,436 0.3%
Gopal Krishan Independent 1,394 0.3%
Raj Kumar Independent 1,184 0.3%
Hasham Ali Independent 1,166 0.3%
Shashi Independent 1,061 0.2%
Punjab Singh Independent 900 0.2%
Sham Narain Mehta Independent 884 0.2%
Sushil Kumar Independent 865 0.2%
Indra Rani Independent 737 0.2%
Sheela Devi Independent 652 0.1%
Uttam Chand Independent 604 0.1%
Mohd. Iqbal Independent 587 0.1%
Mohan Krishan Sharma Independent 525 0.1%
Bikram Singh Independent 515 0.1%
Surjit Singh Independent 512 0.1%
Subash Chander Rattanpal Independent 473 0.1%
Ali Mohd. Independent 370 0.1%
Rattan Kumar Independent 309 0.1%
Anchal Singh Independent 257 0.1%
Kamal Kumar Dubey Independent 254 0.1%
Subash Chander Independent 244 0.1%
Kirpal Singh Independent 217 0.0%
Ram Lal Independent 208 0.0%
Krishna Devi Independent 190 0.0%
Kaku Dutt Independent 79 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 250,813 48.7%
Rajinder Singh Chib Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 169,449 32.9%
Thakur Randhir Singh Indian National Congress 36,731 7.1%
Khalil Allaha Bahujan Samaj Party 28,617 5.6%
Prof Bhim Singh NPAP 13,734 2.7%
Dooni Chand Thakur BKKGP 6,512 1.3%
Jagdish Raj Shastry Samajwadi Party 3,587 0.7%
Shashi Kumar ABJS 1,256 0.2%
Dev Raj Independent 928 0.2%
Mehboob Ali Khan Independent 816 0.2%
Ashwani Kumar Independent 776 0.2%
Ghulam Ali Independent 723 0.1%
Koshal Kumar Sharma Independent 493 0.1%
Sudarshan Kumar LS 483 0.1%
Rajesh Manchanda Rashtriya Janata Dal 390 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 194,678 49.0%
Jagjiwan Lal Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 76,371 19.2%
Balbir Singh Indian National Congress 75,838 19.1%
Roop Lal Bahujan Samaj Party 22,278 5.6%
Prof. Bhim Singh JKNPP 12,787 3.2%
Jagdish Raj Independent 5,947 1.5%
Abdul Kabir SJP(R) 2,283 0.6%
Pardeep Singh Nationalist Congress Party 2,131 0.5%
Kabir Shah Janata Dal (Secular) 1,685 0.4%
Gulam Mohd Rashtriya Lok Dal 623 0.2%
Dev Raj Independent 601 0.2%
Shashi Kumar ABJS 528 0.1%
Rajinder Sharma Janata Party 501 0.1%
Des Raj Rashtriya Janata Dal 430 0.1%
Surender Pal Mahajan Independent 356 0.1%
Pandit Hem Raj Sharma Independent 150 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ch. Lal Singh Indian National Congress 240,872 39.6%
Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 193,697 31.9%
Khalid Najib Suharwardy Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 69,971 11.5%
Prof. Bhim Singh JKNPP 49,869 8.2%
Jia Lal Verma Bahujan Samaj Party 18,974 3.1%
Amar Nath IJP 5,031 0.8%
Ranbir Singh Independent 3,968 0.7%
Jatinder Singh Independent 3,288 0.5%
Kuldeep Kumar SJP(R) 3,288 0.5%
Puran Chand RPI 2,579 0.4%
Suram Chand Independent 2,349 0.4%
Kesari Shashi Kumar Independent 2,179 0.4%
Bashir Ahmed Sheikh SAP 2,122 0.3%
Dev Raj Independent 1,858 0.3%
Rajinder Kumar Independent 1,620 0.3%
Sudesh Kumar Sharma Independent 1,499 0.2%
Surjit Singh "G" Sitara SPI 1,391 0.2%
Kaloo Chowdhry AIFB 1,371 0.2%
Surinder Singh Samajwadi Party 1,222 0.2%
Sanju Gupta Independent 926 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ch. Lal Singh Indian National Congress 231,853 37.9%
Dr. Nirmal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 218,459 35.7%
Prof. Bhim Singh JKNPP 69,463 11.4%
Balbir Singh JKPDP 30,294 5.0%
Rakesh Wazir Bahujan Samaj Party 21,445 3.5%
Adrees Ahmad Tabbasum Communist Party of India 16,598 2.7%
Naresh Dogra Independent 4,918 0.8%
Mohd. Yousuf Independent 4,630 0.8%
Bodh Raj BCDP 4,095 0.7%
Atul Sharma Independent 2,415 0.4%
Dev Raj Independent 2,234 0.4%
Kanchan Sharma BHBP 1,985 0.3%
Master William Gill AIFB 1,808 0.3%
Rajesh Manchanda RKSP 1,528 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 487,369 46.8%
Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress 426,393 40.9%
Mohd Arshad Malik JKPDP 30,461 2.9%
Prof. Bhim Singh JKNPP 25,312 2.4%
Dharam Pal Balgotra Bahujan Samaj Party 16,437 1.6%
Anil Khajuria Independent 15,188 1.5%
None Of The Above Independent 10,478 1.0%
Nazakat Hussain Independent 9,217 0.9%
Bansi Lal Independent 7,339 0.7%
Anil Kumar Gupta Independent 5,755 0.6%
Sham Lal AJKKMP 2,187 0.2%
Girdhari Lal BBP 1,971 0.2%
Smt. Amrit Barsha Samajwadi Party 1,842 0.2%
Jagdish Kumar JMBP 1,809 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 724,311 61.8%
Vikramaditya Singh Indian National Congress 367,059 31.3%
Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP 24,319 2.1%
Lal Singh DSSP 19,049 1.6%
Tilak Raj Bhagat Bahujan Samaj Party 16,601 1.4%
Firdous Ahmed Bawani Independent 5,543 0.5%
Garib Singh Independent 4,984 0.4%
Shaber Ahmed Independent 4,442 0.4%
Mohd Ayub Nationalist Congress Party 1,673 0.1%
Meenakshi Shiv Sena 1,660 0.1%
Rakesh Mudgal Independent 1,607 0.1%
Bansi Lal Independent 1,307 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 23.2 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 35.2 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 25.7 pts 1980: Congress (U) margin 16.7 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 30.7 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 9.8 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 15.8 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 15.8 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 29.8 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 7.8 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 2.2 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 5.9 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 30.5 pts 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Udhampur 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, Congress (U), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Udhampur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Dr. Jitendra Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, in 2019 with 724,311 votes (61.8%), a margin of 357,252 votes over Vikramaditya Singh.

Which parties have won Udhampur since 1967?

Since 1967, Udhampur has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (U), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Udhampur?

The closest result on record for Udhampur was 2009, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 13,394 votes (2.2 percentage points).

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