Darhal Assembly constituency

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Darhal Malkan
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Country India
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
LS constituency Jammu
Established1967

Darhal is one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Darhal Malkan is also part of Rajouri anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. [1] [2] [3]

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Member of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
2014 Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali [4] Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party

Election results

2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Darhal [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JKPDP Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors

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References

  1. Sitting and previous MLAs from Darhal Assembly Constituency
  2. "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.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 562.
  4. 1 2 "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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