Shopian Assembly constituency

Shopian
Constituency No. 37 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Shopian
LS constituency	Srinagar
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shabir Ahmad Kullay
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Shopian Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Shopian is also part of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Abdul Majid Bandey		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967	S. A. Shamim		Independent
1972	Abdul Majid Bandey
1977	Sheikh Muhammad Mansoor		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1983
1987
1996	Sheikh Muhammad Rafi
2002	Gulam Hassan Khan		Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2008	Abdul Razaq Zawoora
2014	Mohammad Yousuf Bhat
2024	Shabir Ahmad Kullay		Independent

Election results

2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Shopian[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shabir Ahmad Kullay	14,113	23.74	4.78
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammad Rafi	12,906	21.71	9.05
	Independent	Raja Abdul Waheed	10,440	17.56	N/A
	BJP	Javed Ahmad Qadri	6,895	11.60	3.49
	JKPDP	Yawar Shafi Bandey	5,486	9.23	24.97
	JKAP	Owais Mushtaq	3,076	5.17	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,559	2.62	0.66
	JKNPP	Mushtaq Ahmad Khan	1,448	2.44	N/A
	Independent	Suhail Ahmad Mir	1,221	2.05	N/A
	Independent	Mohd Yaqoob Malla	959	1.61	N/A
	Independent	Feroz Ahmad Najar	770	1.30	N/A
	Independent	Riyaz Ahmad Gorsi	584	0.98	N/A
Majority			1,207	2.03	3.65
Turnout			59,457	59.13	8.48
	Independent gain from JKPDP		Swing

2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Shopian[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Mohammad Yousuf Bhat	14,262	34.2
	Independent	Shabir Ahmad Kullay	11,986	28.52
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammad Rafi	5,280	12.66
	BJP	Javed Ahmad Qadri	3,384	8.11
	INC	Mushtaq Ahmad Khanday	2,642	6.33
	Independent	Tariq Ahmad Ahanger	894	2.14
	CPI	Abdul Rashid	849	2.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	819	1.96
Majority			2,366	5.68
Turnout			41,706	50.65
Registered electors			82,348
	JKPDP hold		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam,Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders". Election Commission of India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Shopian Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
4. https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/ConstituencywiseU0837.htm
5. "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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