Anantnag Assembly constituency

Anantnag Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India.

Anantnag
Constituency No. 44 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateJammu and Kashmir
DistrictAnantnag
LS constituencyAnantnag - Rajouri
Established1951
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
Elected year2024

In 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party won the seat and retained it in 2014 and became Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir.In 1977 Mirza Afzal Beg won the seat and became the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. His son Mirza Mehboob Beg won this seat twice in 1983 and 2002 . Mirza Mehboob Beg also served as the Health Minister .

Member of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
2002 Mirza Mehboob Beg Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2008 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2014[1]
2016[a] Mehbooba Mufti
2024[2] Peerzada Mohammad Syed Indian National Congress
  1. ^ by-election

Election results

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2024

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2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Peerzada Mohammad Syed 6,679 23.77  3.78
JKPDP Mirza Mehboob Beg 4,993 17.77  45.24
JKAP Hilal Ahmad Shah 4,245 15.11 N/A
Independent Mansoor Hussain Soharvardi 4,047 14.40 N/A
DPAP Mir Altaf Hussain 2,331 8.30 New
Independent Mohd Asif Bhat 1,930 6.87 N/A
BJP Syed Wajahat Hussain 1,508 5.37 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 640 2.28 N/A
Independent Tawseef Nisar 560 1.99 N/A
Independent Javaid Ahmad Rather 236 0.84 N/A
Independent Bilal Ahmad Mir 209 0.74 N/A
RLJP Sanjay Saraf 161 0.57 N/A
JKANC Rafiq Ahmed Kunroo 155 0.55 N/A
Margin of victory 1,686 6.00  36.47
Turnout 28,096 46.01  12.18
INC gain from JKPDP Swing

2016 bye-election

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Bye-election, 2016: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 17,701 63.01
INC Hilal Ahmad Shah 5,616 19.99
Margin of victory 12,085 42.47
Turnout 28,458 33.83
JKPDP hold Swing

2014

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2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Mufti Mohammad Sayeed 16,983 51.30
INC Hilal Ahmad Shah 10,955 33.03
Margin of victory 6,088 18.34
Turnout 33,200 39.71
JKPDP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ India Today (8 October 2024). "J&K Election Results 2024: Full list of constituency wise winners". Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

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