Jammu Lok Sabha constituency of Jammu and Kashmir: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Jammu is one of the six Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. 

Jammu registered 72.49 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 3.31 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 2005780 while the total voter turnout is 1454045. While in 2014, the constituency registered 69.18 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1810449 while the total voter's turnout was 1252429.

The first phase of voting in two constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir ended on April 11. The fate of 24 candidates will be decided on May 23 when counting of votes takes place and the result is declared.

Altogether 56 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of polling in two Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu Lok Sabha constituency comprises of twenty assembly segments namely, Samba (SC), Vijaypur, Nagrota, Gandhinagar, Jammu East, Jammu West, Bishnah, Ranbir Singh Pura, Suchetgarh, Marh, Raipur Domana, Akhnoor, Chhamb (SC), Nowshera, Darhal, Rajouri, Kalakot, Surankote, Mendhar and Poonch-Haveli.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Jammu Lok Sabha constituency of Jammu and Kashmir.

1	Badri Nath	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Prof. Bhim Singh	Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party
3	Jugal Kishore	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Raman Bhalla	Indian National Congress
5	Javaid Ahmed	All India Forward Bloc
6	Sushil Kumar	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
7	Syed Aqib Hussain	Independent People’s Party
8	Gursagar Singh	Navarang Congress Party
10	Lal Singh	Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party,
11	Mohd Younis	Jammu & Kashmir Pir Panjal Awami Party
12	Manish Sahni	Shivsena
13	Ajay Kumar	Independent
14	Anil Singh	Independent
15	Balwan Singh	Independent
16	Bahadur	Independent
17	Perseen Singh	Independent
18	Tarseem Lal Khullar	Independent
19	Rajiv Chuni	Independent
20	Subash Chander	Independent
21	Satish Poonchi	Independent
22	Sakander Ahmad Nourani	Independent
23	Syed Zeshan Haider	Independent
24	Shazad Shabnam	Independent
25	Er. Ghulam Mustafa Chowdhary	Independent
26	Syed Aqib Hussain	Independent People’s Party

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jugal Kishore had won the seat by a massive margin of 2,57,280 votes. While Jugal Kishore Sharma had secured 6,19,995 votes, Congress candidate Madan Lal Sharma had bagged 3,62,715 votes. 

In 2009, Congress leader Madan Lal Sharma had bagged 382305 votes to win the seat against his nearest rival Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lila Karan Sharma who secured 2,60,932 votes.

In the 2019 election, BJP has named Jugal Kishore Sharma while Congress has nominated Raman Bhalla from the seat.