Kishtwar Assembly constituency

Kishtwar
Constituency No. 49 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
LS constituency	Udhampur
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent TBA
Party	TBA
Elected year	2014

Kishtwar Assembly constituency is one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Kishtwar is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Syed Mir Badshah		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967	Ghulam Mustafa		Indian National Congress
1972	Pir Nizamuddin
1977	Bashir Ahmad Kichloo		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1983	Ghulam Hussain Arman		Indian National Congress
1987	Bashir Ahmad Kichloo		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1996	Bashir Ahmad Kichloo
2002	Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo
2008	Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo
2014	Sunil Kumar Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Next	TBA		TBA

Election results

2014

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Election, 2014: Kishtwar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Kumar Sharma	28,054	45.37	+12.69
	JKNC	Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo	25,202	40.76	+3.48
	JKPDP	Firdous Ahmed Tak	6,432	10.4	-9.86
	INC	Nek Ram	782	1.26	-1.9
	None of the Above	None of the Above	279	0.45
Majority			2,852	4.61
Turnout			61,832	78.1	+3.7
	BJP gain from JKNC		Swing

2008

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Election, 2008: Kishtwar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo	19,248	37.48	-3.84
	BJP	Sunil Kumar	16,783	32.68	New
	JKPDP	Syed Asgar Ali	10,403	20.26	New
	INC	Thakur Jugal Bhandari	1,621	3.16	-34.05
Majority			2,465	4.8
Turnout			51,356	74.4	+19.58
	JKNC hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
• Kishtwar district

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 Kishtwar Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
4. "Jammu and Kashmir General Legislative Election 2014". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
5. "Jammu and Kashmir General Legislative Election 2008". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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