Kulgam Assembly constituency

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Kulgam
Constituency No. 39 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kulgam
LS constituency Anantnag
Established1962

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]

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Member of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
2014 Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami [2] Communist Party of India

Election results

2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Kulgam [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors

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References

  1. Sitting and previous MLAs from Kulgam Assembly Constituency
  2. 1 2 "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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