Udhampur Assembly constituency

Udhampur was one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Udhampur was also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Udhampur
Former constituency for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Lok Sabha constituency	Udhampur
Established	1962
Abolished	2018

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Amar Nath Sharma		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	H. Raj		Indian National Congress
1972	Dev Datt
1977	Shiv Charan Gupta		Independent politician
1983	Balak Ram		Indian National Congress
1987
1996	Shiv Charan Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Balwant Singh Mankotia		Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
2008
2014	Pawan Kumar Gupta		Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pawan Kumar Gupta	36,226	42.57%	New
	JKNPP	Balwant Singh Mankotia	21,576	25.36%	10.14
	BJP	Pawan Khajuria	20,174	23.71%	7.90
	JKNC	Sunil Verma	1,440	1.69%	2.38
	INC	Ashok Kumar Gupta	1,249	1.47%	13.45
	JKPDP	Sukhdev Sharma	1,149	1.35%	New
	Independent	Soma	1,088	1.28%	New
	BSP	Ranjit Singh	882	1.04%	8.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	653	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			14,650	17.22%	13.33
Turnout			85,091	79.44%	10.79
Registered electors			1,07,118		3.32
	Independent gain from JKNPP		Swing	7.08

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNPP	Balwant Singh Mankotia	25,259	35.49%	4.90
	BJP	Pawan Kumar Gupta	22,494	31.61%	7.51
	INC	Brij Mohan	10,617	14.92%	4.10
	BSP	Dhani Ram Atri	6,571	9.23%	6.81
	JKNC	Sunil Verma	2,895	4.07%	5.28
Margin of victory			2,765	3.89%	12.40
Turnout			71,164	68.64%	10.25
Registered electors			1,03,673		0.93
	JKNPP hold		Swing	4.90

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNPP	Balwant Singh Mankotia	24,679	40.39%	38.63
	BJP	Pawan Kumar Gupta	14,727	24.10%	33.73
	INC	Yash Paul Khajuria	11,623	19.02%	0.20
	JKNC	Kuldeep Kumar	5,713	9.35%	7.01
	BSP	Vijay Kumar	1,478	2.42%	New
	Independent	Som Raj	904	1.48%	New
	Independent	Rajinder Kumar	489	0.80%	New
	JD(U)	Hem Raj Sharma	475	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			9,952	16.29%	22.72
Turnout			61,103	58.39%	3.12
Registered electors			1,04,642		45.89
	JKNPP gain from BJP		Swing	17.44

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shiv Charan Gupta	22,928	57.83%	19.20
	INC	Balak Ram	7,463	18.82%	34.90
	JKNC	Bharat Bhushan	6,487	16.36%	New
	JD	Dwarka Nath	1,179	2.97%	New
	CPI	Shiv Nath	797	2.01%	New
	JKNPP	Balwant Singh Mankotia	696	1.76%	1.19
Margin of victory			15,465	39.01%	23.92
Turnout			39,645	56.14%	8.68
Registered electors			71,725		30.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	4.11

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balak Ram	18,847	53.72%	8.40
	BJP	Shiv Charan Gupta	13,552	38.63%	16.74
	JKNPP	Romesh Kumar Kapoor	1,034	2.95%	New
	Independent	Paras Ram	522	1.49%	New
	Independent	Gopal Swami	321	0.91%	New
	Independent	Romesh Chander	311	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			5,295	15.09%	8.34
Turnout			35,082	64.93%	5.92
Registered electors			54,857		16.20
	INC hold		Swing	8.40

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balak Ram	12,417	45.32%	4.01
	BJP	Shiv Charan Gupta	5,998	21.89%	New
	Independent	Jay Mala	3,768	13.75%	New
	JKNC	Gopalswami	2,962	10.81%	5.16
	CPI	Paras Ram	920	3.36%	New
	Independent	Suresh Kumar	233	0.85%	New
	Independent	Harpal Singh	225	0.82%	New
	Independent	Amrit Sagar	167	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			6,419	23.43%	20.60
Turnout			27,396	59.06%	5.49
Registered electors			47,211		16.93
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	1.19

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shiv Charan Gupta	9,363	44.14%	New
	INC	Faqir Chand	8,763	41.31%	18.14
	JKNC	Sadhu Ram	1,198	5.65%	New
	Independent	Jarnail Singh	723	3.41%	New
	Independent	Ashok Kumar	564	2.66%	New
	Independent	Govind Ram	246	1.16%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Maqbool	135	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			600	2.83%	21.73
Turnout			21,213	53.20%	8.51
Registered electors			40,375		21.00
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	15.31

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dev Datt	12,111	59.45%	19.26
	ABJS	Paras Ram	7,107	34.89%	1.74
	INC(O)	Jeewan Lal	499	2.45%	New
	Independent	Prehlad Sing	351	1.72%	New
	Independent	Kanshi Ram	176	0.86%	New
	Independent	Girdhari	128	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			5,004	24.56%	17.52
Turnout			20,372	63.04%	1.53
Registered electors			33,369		9.85
	INC hold		Swing	19.26

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. Raj	7,267	40.19%	New
	ABJS	P. Ram	5,993	33.15%	New
	Independent	B. Singh	4,201	23.24%	New
	Democratic National Conference	N. Nand	481	2.66%	New
	Independent	I. Dass	138	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			1,274	7.05%	5.88
Turnout			18,080	61.60%	1.87
Registered electors			30,378		15.58
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	9.41

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Udhampur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Amar Nath Sharma	8,003	49.60%	New
	JPP	Paras Ram	7,815	48.44%	New
	Independent	Shiv Lal	316	1.96%	New
Margin of victory			188	1.17%
Turnout			16,134	61.94%
Registered electors			26,282
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

• Udhampur
• Udhampur district
• List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly