| Kulgam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 39 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India | 
| State | Jammu and Kashmir | 
| District | Kulgam | 
| Lok Sabha constituency | Anantnag-Rajouri | 
| Established | 1962 | 
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
|   | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
| Elected year | 2024 | 
Kulgam Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Kulgam is also part of Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. [1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Mohammed Yaqub Bhat | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1972 | Abdul Razak Mir | Jamaat-e-Islami | |
| 1977 | Ghulam Nabi Dar | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| 1983 | |||
| 1987 | Haji Abdul Parak Mir | Independent | |
| 1996 | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami [2] | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Major boundary change occurred between 2024 and 2014, comparisons may be not accurate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | 33,634 | 44.86% | ||
| Independent | Sayar Ahmad Reshi | 25,796 | 34.40% | New | |
| JKPDP | Mohammed Amin Dar | 7,561 | 10.08% | ||
| JKAP | Mohammad Aaqib Dar | 2,726 | 3.64% | New | |
| Independent | Zaman Irshad Parry | 993 | 1.32% | New | |
| Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) | Sudarshan Singh | 778 | 1.04% | New | |
| Aman Aur Shanti Tehreek-E-Jammu and Kashmir | Abdul Ahad Mir | 646 | 0.86% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,358 | 1.81% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,838 | 10.45% | |||
| Turnout | 74,978 | 63.91% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,17,322 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | 20,574 | 38.69% | ||
| JKPDP | Nazir Ahmad Laway | 20,240 | 38.06% | ||
| JKNC | Imran Nabi Dar | 8,273 | 15.56% | ||
| BJP | Ghulam Hassan Zargar | 1,944 | 3.66% | New | |
| INC | Peer Nazim-Ud-Din | 519 | 0.98% | New | |
| Independent | Towseef Ahmad Shah | 483 | 0.91% | New | |
| Independent | Rashida Mir | 350 | 0.66% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 674 | 1.27% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 334 | 0.63% | |||
| Turnout | 53,178 | 56.36% | |||
| Registered electors | 94,362 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | 17,175 | 34.24% | ||
| JKPDP | Nazir Ahmad Laway | 16,939 | 33.77% | ||
| JKNC | Safder Ali Khan | 5,792 | 11.55% | ||
| Independent | Mohmad Ayoub Dar | 2,116 | 4.22% | New | |
| Independent | Peer Nizam Ud Din | 1,344 | 2.68% | New | |
| Independent | Mohmad Yousuf Lone | 975 | 1.94% | New | |
| Independent | Rashida Akbar | 829 | 1.65% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 236 | 0.47% | |||
| Turnout | 50,163 | 61.61% | |||
| Registered electors | 81,414 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | 8,346 | 51.72% | ||
| JKNC | Ghulam Nabi Dar | 3,461 | 21.45% | New | |
| JKPDP | Mohammed Yousf Lone | 3,011 | 18.66% | New | |
| RJD | Abdul Rashid Lone | 503 | 3.12% | New | |
| BJP | Manzoor Ahmed | 493 | 3.05% | New | |
| Independent | Ramesh Kumar Bhat | 324 | 2.01% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,885 | 30.27% | |||
| Turnout | 16,138 | 24.40% | |||
| Registered electors | 66,159 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | 21,837 | 69.65% | ||
| JD | Habibullah Laway | 5,671 | 18.09% | New | |
| JKAL | Mohammed Ismail Bhat | 2,745 | 8.76% | New | |
| INC | Abdul Aziz Zargar | 1,098 | 3.50% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 16,166 | 51.56% | |||
| Turnout | 31,351 | 59.65% | |||
| Registered electors | 55,292 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Haji Abdul Pazak Mir | 15,607 | 49.95% | New | |
| JKNC | Ghulam Nabi Dar | 12,031 | 38.50% | ||
| CPI(M) | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | 3,196 | 10.23% | ||
| Independent | Mohammed Yousuf Wani | 413 | 1.32% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,576 | 11.44% | |||
| Turnout | 31,247 | 79.97% | |||
| Registered electors | 40,282 | ||||
| Independent gain from JKNC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNC | Ghulam Nabi Dar | 9,723 | 38.03% | ||
| JI | Sheikh Ghulam Hassan | 6,843 | 26.77% | ||
| INC | Habib Ullah Laway | 5,002 | 19.57% | ||
| CPI(M) | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | 2,168 | 8.48% | New | |
| JKNC | Mohammed Yaqoob | 1,051 | 4.11% | ||
| Independent | Abdul Majid Khan | 302 | 1.18% | New | |
| Independent | Ghulam Modh. Bandey | 190 | 0.74% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,880 | 11.26% | |||
| Turnout | 25,566 | 79.98% | |||
| Registered electors | 33,431 | ||||
| JKNC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNC | Ghulam Nabi Dar | 8,833 | 42.63% | New | |
| JI | Abdul Razak Mir | 6,403 | 30.91% | ||
| JP | Mohammad Yaqub Baht | 2,944 | 14.21% | New | |
| INC | Habibuyllah Loqay | 1,851 | 8.93% | ||
| Independent | Ghulam Mohammad Banday | 442 | 2.13% | New | |
| Independent | Mohan Lal | 245 | 1.18% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,430 | 11.73% | |||
| Turnout | 20,718 | 74.92% | |||
| Registered electors | 28,643 | ||||
| JKNC gain from JI | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JI | Abdul Razak Mir | 8,137 | 38.66% | New | |
| Independent | Habibulla Lawi | 7,094 | 33.71% | New | |
| INC | Mohammed Yazoob Bhat | 5,815 | 27.63% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,043 | 4.96% | |||
| Turnout | 21,046 | 68.63% | |||
| Registered electors | 32,951 | ||||
| JI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. Y. Bhat | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 28,729 | ||||
| INC gain from JKNC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNC | Mohammed Yaqub Bhat | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 24,928 | ||||
| JKNC win (new seat) | |||||