Anantnag Assembly constituency

Anantnag
Constituency No. 44 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
LS constituency	Anantnag - Rajouri
Established	1951
Entitlement to vote[1]	Yes
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Peerzada Mohammad Syed
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

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.

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

• 1951 : Mirza Afzal Beg, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
• 1962: Shamasuddin, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Shamasuddin, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Shamasuddin, Indian National Congress
• 1974: Mirza Afzal Beg, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
• 1977: Mirza Afzal Beg, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
• 1983: Mirza Mehboob Beg, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
• 1987: Mohammad Syeed Shah, Independent
• 1996: Safdar Ali Beg, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

Year	Member	Party
2002	Mirza Mehboob Beg		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2008	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed		Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2014[2]
2016[a]	Mehbooba Mufti
2024[3]	Peerzada Mohammad Syed		Indian National Congress

1. by-election

Election results

2024

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

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

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

• Anantnag
• List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

References

1. As per article 88/177 of Constitution of India
2. "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. 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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