Anantnag | |
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Former Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
Assembly constituencies | 16: Tral, Pampore, Pulwama, Rajpora, Wachi, Shopian, Noorabad, Kulgam, Hom Shali Bugh, Anantnag, Devsar, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara, Pahalgam |
Established | 1967 |
Abolished | 2024 |
Reservation | None |
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.
Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following 16 assembly segments: [1]
After 2024: See Anantnag–Rajouri
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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