Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India.Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is the largest Lok Sabha constituency in India in terms of area with 173266.37 km².^[1][2] The number of electors(voters) in Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency) is 1.59 lakhs.

Assembly segments

Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]

1. Nobra (assembly constituency no. 47)
2. Leh (assembly constituency no. 48)
3. Kargil (assembly constituency no. 49)
4. Zanskar (assembly constituency no. 50)

Members of Parliament

Key

  INC     Independent     JKN     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	1967	K.G. Bakula	Indian National Congress
	1971	K.G. Bakula	Indian National Congress
	1977	Parvati Devi	Indian National Congress
	1980	P. Namgyal	Indian National Congress
	1984	P. Namgyal	Indian National Congress
	1989	Mohamad Hassan Commander	Independent
1991 election not held due to Kashmir insurgency
	1996	P. Namgyal	Indian National Congress
	1998	Syed Hussain	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
	1999	Hassan Khan	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
	2004	Thupstan Chhewang	Independent
	2009	Hassan Khan	Independent
	2014	Thupstan Chhewang	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections

Indian general elections, 2014: Ladakh ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Thupstan Chhewang	31,111	26.36	+24.15
	Independent	Ghulam Raza	31,075	26.33	+26.33
	Independent	Syed Mohd Kazim	28,234	23.92	+23.92
	INC	Tsering Samphel	26,402	22.37	-4.11
Majority			36	0.03	-3.33
Turnout			1,18,029	70.78
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections

General Election, 2004: Ladakh ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Thupstan Chhewang	66,839	51.84
	JKN	Hassan Khan	41,126	31.90
	Independent	Wazir Mohd. Ali	18,117	14.05
	BJP	Sonam Palzor	2,849	2.21
Majority			25,713
Turnout			128,931	73.52
	Independent gain from JKN		Swing

See also

• Leh district
• Kargil district
• Malkajgiri (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Lakshadweep (Lok Sabha constituency)
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. Ladakh, India's largest Lok Sabha seat, votes Wednesday
2. How valuable is your vote? http://www.livemint.com/Politics/beVMOBCpLAp2Nn2pKBkKQM/How-valuable-is-your-vote.html?utm_source=copy
3. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
4. "List of contesting candidates : Ladakh" (pdf). CEO Jammu & Kashmir. April 23, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
5. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 : To the 14th Lok Sabha" (pdf). Election Commission of India. Retrieved Jan 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)