Ladakh Lok Sabha Constituency Constituency number: 4 Total electors: 1,61,644 (2014 estimates) Female electors: 79,730 Male electors: 81,910 Reserved: No Delimited: No Assembly Constituencies: Nubra, Leh, Kargil, Zanskar Results in last four elections: In 1999, NC candidate Hassan Khan won the election and was elected MP. Independent candidate Thupstan Chhewang won the election in 2004. In 2009, Hassan Khan ran as an independent candidate and won the election. In 2014, Chhewang ran the election with a BJP ticket won a majority by a mere 36 votes. In 2018, Chhewang resigned from his post as well as the BJP leaving the seat vacant. Demographics: The constituency, consisting of Kargil and Ladakh districts, is one of the biggest in size in India. It is demographically divided between the Shia-dominated Kargil and Buddhist-dominated Ladakh. The tug-of-war between the two different demographics is an essential part of local politics.
Ladakh Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 LIVE Updates: BJP's Jamyang Tsering Namgyal leads by over 9000 votes
FP Research
• May 23, 2019, 19:00:55 IST
In 2014, Chhewang ran the election with a BJP ticket won a majority by a mere 36 votes, but resigned in 2018 from his seat in Ladakh and from BJP, leaving the seat vacant.
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