Elections Archive

GEN · Jammu Kashmir

Udhampur

Chaman Lal Gupta (BJP) won by 70,055 votes (15.8%).

Electors
8,62,236
Votes polled
4,59,456
Valid votes
Turnout
53.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 15.8% (median 9.4%). Back to Jammu Kashmir · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
11.3%(-19.2%)
Turnout
68.6%(-10.6%)
NOTA
1.2%
Top-2 squeeze
92.5%

Winning margin over time · Udhampur

1967197119771980198419891996199819992004200920142019202435%

Candidates

Candidates · Udhampur 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chaman Lal GuptaWinnerBJP1,66,20637.6%
2Janak Raj GuptaINC96,15121.7%
3Devi Dass ThakurJD81,12318.3%
4Tulsi DasBSP32,0117.2%
5Bhim SinghJPP23,6115.3%
6Gulchain Singh CharakAIIC(T)9,2692.1%
7Jatinder SinghIND2,8300.6%
8Jialal KotwalIND2,3630.5%
9Devinder Kumar SharmaIND2,1690.5%
10Dev RajIND1,9960.5%
11Ram SinghIND1,9720.4%
12Jagdev RajIND1,8830.4%
13Babu Parma NandIND1,8650.4%
14Girdhari Lal DograIND1,7340.4%
15Sanjay LangerIND1,5010.3%
16Bua DittaIND1,4360.3%
17Gopal KrishanIND1,3940.3%
18Raj KumarIND1,1840.3%
19Hasham AliIND1,1660.3%
20ShashiIND1,0610.2%
21Punjab SinghIND9000.2%
22Sham Narain MehtaIND8840.2%
23Sushil KumarIND8650.2%
24Indra RaniIND7370.2%
25Sheela DeviIND6520.1%
26Uttam ChandIND6040.1%
27Mohd. IqbalIND5870.1%
28Mohan Krishan SharmaIND5250.1%
29Bikram SinghIND5150.1%
30Surjit SinghIND5120.1%
31Subash Chander RattanpalIND4730.1%
32Ali Mohd.IND3700.1%
33Rattan KumarIND3090.1%
34Anchal SinghIND2570.1%
35Kamal Kumar DubeyIND2540.1%
36Subash ChanderIND2440.1%
37Kirpal SinghIND2170.0%
38Ram LalIND2080.0%
39Krishna DeviIND1900.0%
40Kaku DuttIND790.0%

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