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-Rajouri
Established1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
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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]

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Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1962Mohammed Yaqub Bhat Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967 Indian National Congress
1972Abdul Razak Mir Jamaat-e-Islami
1977Ghulam Nabi Dar Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1983
1987Haji Abdul Parak MirIndependent
1996 Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami [2] Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2002
2008
2014
2024

Election Results

2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Kulgam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami 33,634 44.86
Independent Sayar Ahmad Reshi25,79634.40
JKPDP Md. Amin Dar7,56110.08
NOTA None of the above 1,3581.81
Majority7,83810.46
Turnout 74,978
CPI(M) hold Swing

2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Kulgam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami 20,574 38.64%
JKPDP Nazir Ahmad Laway20,24038.06%
JKNC Imran Nabi Dar8,27315.56%
BJP Ghulam Hassan Zargar1,9443.66%
Majority334
Turnout
Registered electors

2008

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Kulgam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami 17,175 34.24%
JKPDP Nazir Ahmad Laway16,93933.77%
JKNC Safder Ali Khan5,79211.55%
Majority236
Turnout 50,18561.64%
Registered electors 81,414

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References

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

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