Constituency
168. Jammu
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-JAMMU
INC 45.3%won by 14.4%BJP 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.1% to 14.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 49.0%.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
17,19,897
Turnout
49.0%
Valid votes
8,43,314
Margin
1,21,373
14.39%
Candidates
21 contested · winner INC- 1MADAN LAL SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC3,82,30545.3%
- 2LILA KARAN SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,60,93230.9%
- 3S.TARLOK SINGHJKPDP · JKPDP93,73011.1%
- 4HUSSAIN ALIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP49,9885.9%
- 5LABHA RAM GANDHIIndependent · IND17,9782.1%
- 6UDAY CHANDDGPP · DGPP5,6600.7%
- 7RAMESH CHANDER SHARMAIndependent · IND3,6270.4%
- 8NARESH DOGRAIndependent · IND3,4690.4%
- 9CH. MUSHTAQ HUSSAIN CHOUHANIndependent · IND3,3880.4%
- 10SANJAY KUMARIndependent · IND3,2430.4%
- 11SHAKEELA BANOIndependent · IND2,9340.3%
- 12PARAS RAM POONCHIIndependent · IND2,2130.3%
- 13QARI ZAHIR ABBAS BHATTIAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB1,8200.2%
- 14HILAL AHMED BAIGIndependent · IND1,7940.2%
- 15ABDUL MAJEED MALIKBCDP · BCDP1,7390.2%
- 16SANT RAMBBP · BBP1,5520.2%
- 17SATISH POONCHIIndependent · IND1,5200.2%
- 18SURJIT SINGH 'G' SITARARKSP · RKSP1,4120.2%
- 19BALWAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,3440.2%
- 20ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND1,3420.2%
- 21SANJEEV KUMAR MANMOTRALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,3240.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +12.3%
- INC share
- 38.9% → 45.3%
- BJP share
- 36.8% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- 44.4% → 49.0%