Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency

Anantnag
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
Union TerritoryJammu and Kashmir
Assembly constituencies16: Tral, Pampore, Pulwama, Rajpora, Wachi, Shopian, Noorabad, Kulgam, Hom Shali Bugh, Anantnag, Devsar, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara, Pahalgam
Established1967
Abolished2024
ReservationNone

Anantnag was one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. It was officially replaced and renamed as the Anantnag-Rajouri Constituency in May 2022.

Assembly segments

Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following 16 assembly segments:[1]

  1. Tral
  2. Pampore
  3. Pulwama
  4. Rajpora
  5. Wachi
  6. Shopian
  7. Noorabad
  8. Kulgam
  9. Hom Shali Bugh
  10. Anantnag
  11. Devsar
  12. Dooru
  13. Kokernag
  14. Shangus
  15. Bijbehara
  16. Pahalgam

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
1967 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Indian National Congress
1971
1977
1980 Ghulam Rasool Kochak Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1984 Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah
1989 Piyare Lal Handoo
1996 Mohammad Maqbool Dar Janata Dal
1998 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Indian National Congress
1999 Ali Muhammad Naik Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2004 Mehbooba Mufti Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party
2009 Mirza Mehboob Beg Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2014 Mehbooba Mufti Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party
2019 Hasnain Masoodi Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

After 2024: See Anantnag–Rajouri

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Hasnain Masoodi 40,180 32.17 −3.81
INC Ghulam Ahmad Mir 33,504 26.83 New
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 30,524 24.44 −28.97
BJP Sofi Yousuf 10,225 8.19 +6.93
JKPC Ch. Zaffar Ali 1,646 1.32 New
NOTA None of the Above 937 0.75
Majority 6,676 5.34 −12.09
Turnout 1,24,896 8.96 −19.88
JKNC gain from JKPDP Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 2,00,429 53.41 +8.51
JKNC Mirza Mehboob Beg 1,35,012 35.98 −10.55
Independent Tanveer Hussain Khan 7,340 1.96 New
BJP Mushtaq Ahmad Malik 4,720 1.26 +0.03
JKNPP Syed Abid Ahmad Shah 4,345 1.16 New
NOTA None of the Above 5,936 1.58 New
Majority 65,417 17.43 +15.80
Turnout 3,75,279 28.84 +1.74
JKPDP gain from JKNC Swing +6.88

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Anantnag[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Mirza Mehboob Beg 148,317 46.53 +22.90
JKPDP Peer Mohammed Hussain 143,093 44.90 −4.65
BJP Mohammad Sidiq Khan 3,918 1.23 −1.99
Majority 5,224 1.63 −24.29
Turnout 318,726 27.10 +12.06
JKNC gain from JKPDP Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 74,436 49.55
JKNC Mirza Mehboob Beg 35,498 23.63
CPI(M) Mohamad Yusuf Tarigami 18,466 12.29
BJP Sofi Mohf. Yousuf 4,836 3.22
Independent Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather 2,827 1.88
Independent Ab. Majeed Naikoo 2,760 1.84
Independent Mohd. Maqbool Dar 2,691 1.79
LJP Sanjay Saraf 1,595 1.06
Independent Gh. Rasool 1,586 1.06
AIFB Hamidullah Wani 1,504 1.00
Independent Gh. Mohi-ud-din Dar 1,278 0.85
RLD Mohd. Yousuf Qurashi 1,115 0.74
Samata Party Gh. Mohd. Tantary 864 0.58
Independent Ramesh Kumar Bhat 763 0.51
Majority 38,938 25.92
Turnout 150,219 15.04
JKPDP gain from JKNC Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Constituency-wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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