Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency

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Anantnag
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly constituencies16: Tral, Pampore, Pulwama, Rajpora, Wachi, Shopian, Noorabad, Kulgam, Hom Shali Bugh, Anantnag, Devsar, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara, Pahalgam
Established1967
Abolished2022
ReservationNone

Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency 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.

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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

YearWinnerParty
1967 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Indian National Congress
1971
1977
1980 Ghulam Rasool Kochak Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1984 Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah
1989 Pyare Lal Handoo
1996 Mohammad Maqbool Dar Janata Dal
1998 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Indian National Congress
1999 Ali Mohammed 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

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Anantnag
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKNC Hasnain Masoodi 40,180 32.17 -3.81
INC Ghulam Ahmad Mir 33,50426.83New
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 30,52424.44-28.97
BJP Sofi Yousuf10,2258.19+6.93
JKPC Ch. Zaffar Ali1,6461.32New
NOTA None of the Above 9370.75
Majority6,6765.34-12.09
Turnout 1,24,8968.96-19.88
JKNC gain from JKPDP Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Anantnag
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 2,00,42953.41+8.51
JKNC Mirza Mehboob Beg 1,35,01235.98-10.55
IndependentTanveer Hussain Khan7,3401.96New
BJP Mushtaq Ahmad Malik4,7201.26+0.03
JKNPP Syed Abid Ahmad Shah4,3451.16New
NOTA None of the Above 5,9361.58New
Majority65,41717.43+15.80
Turnout 3,75,27928.84+1.74
JKPDP gain from JKNC Swing +6.88

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Anantnag [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKNC Mirza Mehboob Beg 148,31746.53+22.90
JKPDP Peer Mohammed Hussain 143,09344.90-4.65
BJP Mohammad Sidiq Khan3,9181.23-1.99
Majority5,2241.63-24.29
Turnout 318,72627.10+12.06
JKNC gain from JKPDP Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Anantnag
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 74,43649.55
JKNC Mirza Mehboob Beg 35,49823.63
CPI(M) Mohamad Yusuf Tarigami 18,46612.29
BJP Sofi Mohf. Yousuf4,8363.22
Independent Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather2,8271.88
Independent Ab. Majeed Naikoo2,7601.84
Independent Mohd. Maqbool Dar2,6911.79
LJP Sanjay Saraf1,5951.06
Independent Gh. Rasool1,5861.06
AIFB Hamidullah Wani1,5041.00
Independent Gh. Mohi-ud-din Dar1,2780.85
RLD Mohd. Yousuf Qurashi1,1150.74
Samata Party Gh. Mohd. Tantary8640.58
Independent Ramesh Kumar Bhat7630.51
Majority38,93825.92
Turnout 150,21915.04
JKPDP gain from JKNC Swing

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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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