In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
A vote-bank bastion of the regional political outfit Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, the Baramulla Parliamentary constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha seats in J&K. The total number of electorates in the Baramulla Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 1) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,054,496 of which 550,443 are males and 504,053 are females.
Quick facts for Baramulla |
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| Assembly Constituencies | 15 |
| Ruling Party | JKPDP
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| MP | Muzaffar Hussain Baig |
| Electorals 2014 | Male | Female | Total |
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| No. of Electorals | 550443 | 504053 | 1054496 |
| Polling stations | 1468 |
It is spread over the districts of Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipur. Fifteen Vidhan Sabha segments comprise this constituency, out of which Uri, Pattan, Sopore, Baramulla, Gulmarg, Rafiabad and Sangrama are in the Baramulla district, while Karnah, Kupwara, Handwara, Lolab and Langate are part of the Kupwara district. The remaining three segments are part of the Bandipur district. The city of Baramulla, which is the fifth most populous town in the state, is the administrative headquarters of the Baramulla district. The economy of this constituency is dependent on strong agricultural production as this region is famous for being the largest producer of superior-quality horticultural products, such as apples, which are exported to all parts of the world.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Baramulla parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Baramulla constituency is Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig of PDP.
| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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| 2014 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | M | PDP | 175277 | Sharief Ud-Din Shariq | M | JKNPP | 146058 |
| 2009 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Shariq,Shri Sharifuddin | M | JKN | 203022 | Mohd. Dilawar Mir | M | JKPDP | 138208 |
| 2004 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Abdul Rashid Shaheen | M | JKN | 127653 | Nizam-Uddin Bhat | M | JKPDP | 117758 |
| 1999 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Abdul Rashid Shaheen | M | JKN | 84243 | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | M | IND | 48130 |
| 1998 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Professor Saifuddin Soz | M | JKN | 131164 | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | M | IND | 93179 |
| 1996 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Gh. Rasool Kar | M | INC | 110331 | Gh. Nabi Mir | M | IND | 45350 |
| 1989 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Saif Ud Din Soze | M | JKN | 35139 | Sheikh Ad. Rahman | M | IND | 719 |
| 1984 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Saif -Ud- Din Soz | M | JKN | 234357 | Mohi -Ud -Din -Wani | M | IND | 93938 |
| 1980 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Khawaja Mubarak Shah | M | JKN | 178533 | Muzaffar Hussain Beg | M | IND | 75256 |
| 1977 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Abdul Ahad | M | JKN | 147222 | Syed Alishah Geelani | M | IND | 100202 |
| 1971 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | Syed Ahmad Aga | M | INC | 93041 | Syed Ali Shah Gilani | M | IND | 78543 |
| 1967 | 1 | Baramulla | GEN | S.A. Agha | M | INC | 101769 | A.G. Malik | M | JKN | 81254 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Baramulla parliamentary constituency.
| Names of Assembly Constituencies |
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| Karnah | Handwara | Rafiabad |
| Kupwara | Langate | Sopore |
| Lolab | Uri | Gurez |
| Bandipur | Sangrama | Gulmarg |
| Sonawari | Baramulla | Pattan |