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Ladakh: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Thupstan Chhewang from Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won the elections by a margin of 36 votes. The polling / voting in Ladakh constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 5 on 6 May. The major contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party#s Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and Congress Party#s Rigzin spalbar

Ladakh 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party won 3 out of the 6 parliamentary seat with 34.4 percent vote share while the Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party managed to win just 3 seats with a 20.5 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Ladakh Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 70.78% Lok Sabha percent with 67.28% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 74.52% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 1207 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 4 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Ladakh, 0 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Thupstan Chhewang of the Bharatiya Janta Party as he defeated Ghulam Raza by a margin of 36 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Ladakh constituency in Jammu & Kashmir

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Independent and Indian National Congress here Independent candidate defeated his Indian National Congress counterpart with a difference of 3684 votes.
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections: In 14th Lok Sabha election, Independent candidate defeated Jammu & Kashmir National Conference candidate with a difference of 25713 votes. Here, Independent leader Thupstan Chhewang attained 66839 votes and Jammu & Kashmir National Conference candidate Hassan Khan bagged 41126 votes
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections: In 13th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Jammu & Kashmir National Conference and Indian National Congress here Jammu & Kashmir National Conference candidate defeated his Indian National Congress counterpart with a difference of 2090 votes.
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections: In 12th Lok Sabha election, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 30557 votes. Here, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leader Syed Hussain attained 62432 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Phuntsog Namgyal bagged 31875 votes
• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections: In 11th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Independent candidate with a difference of 10135 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Phuntsog Namgyal attained 54592 votes and Independent candidate Qamar Ali Akhoon bagged 44457 votes
• 1989 Lok Sabha Elections: In Ninth Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Independent and Indian National Congress here Independent candidate defeated his Indian National Congress counterpart with a difference of 4539 votes.
• 1984 Lok Sabha Elections: In 8th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Indian National Congress and Jammu & Kashmir National Conference here Indian National Congress candidate defeated his Jammu & Kashmir National Conference counterpart with a difference of 7977 votes.
• 1980 Lok Sabha Elections: In 7th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Independent and Jammu & Kashmir National Conference here Independent candidate defeated his Jammu & Kashmir National Conference counterpart with a difference of 6052 votes.
• 1977 Lok Sabha Elections: In Sixth Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Indian National Congress and IND here Indian National Congress candidate defeated his IND counterpart with a difference of 2877 votes.
• 1971 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fifth Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Indian National Congress and IND here Indian National Congress candidate defeated his IND counterpart with a difference of 4057 votes.
• 1967 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fourth Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Indian National Congress and ; here Indian National Congress candidate defeated his counterpart with a difference of 0 votes.