Sonawar Assembly constituency

Sonawar
Former constituency for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Srinagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Srinagar
Established	1996
Abolished	2018

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1996	Ghulam Mohammed Bawan		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002	Mohammad Yasin Shah
2008	Farooq Abdullah
2009 By-election	Mohammad Yasin Shah		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2014	Mohammad Ashraf Mir		Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Sonawar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Mohammad Ashraf Mir	14,283	41.88%	5.16
	JKNC	Omar Abdullah	9,500	27.85%	New
	Independent	Peer Bilal Ahmad	4,394	12.88%	New
	JKPC	Laldin Mir	1,996	5.85%	New
	BJP	Darakhshan Andrabi	1,100	3.23%	New
	INC	Khem Lata Wakhlu	808	2.37%	New
	Independent	Parvez Jamal	458	1.34%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	305	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			4,783	14.02%	13.77
Turnout			34,107	44.00%	15.58
Registered electors			77,512		11.95
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	5.42

Assembly By-election 2009

2009 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by-election  : Sonawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammad Yasin Shah	9,306	47.29%	New
	JKPDP	Mohammed Ashraf Mir	9,256	47.04%	19.18
	JKANC	Mohammed Ahmad Shah	1,115	5.67%	New
Margin of victory			50	0.25%	0.12
Turnout			19,677	28.42%	8.24
Registered electors			69,235		2.12
	JKNC gain from JKNC		Swing	19.06

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Sonawar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	7,018	28.23%	26.42
	JKPDP	Sheikh Ghulam Qadir Pardesi	6,924	27.86%	0.25
	INC	Khem Lata Wakhloo	4,301	17.30%	6.52
	JKNPP	Bashir Ahmad Kathoo	894	3.60%	New
	Independent	Syed Mohammed Shah	743	2.99%	New
	RJD	Merajuddin Ganai	712	2.86%	New
	Independent	Rafi Ud Din Ahmed	530	2.13%	New
Margin of victory			94	0.38%	26.67
Turnout			24,856	36.66%	26.70
Registered electors			67,796		7.15
	JKNC hold		Swing	26.42

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Sonawar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammad Yasin Shah	3,445	54.66%	4.26
	JKPDP	Ghulam Hussain Wani	1,740	27.61%	New
	INC	Khemlata Wakhloo	680	10.79%	5.82
	BJP	Gopi Krishen Mujoo	232	3.68%	New
	Independent	Hafiza Bagum	206	3.27%	New
Margin of victory			1,705	27.05%	13.15
Turnout			6,303	9.96%	22.47
Registered electors			63,272		22.44
	JKNC hold		Swing	4.26

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Sonawar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ghulam Mohammed Bawan	9,873	58.92%	New
	JD	Bashir Ahmad Kuthoo	3,137	18.72%	New
	INC	Sheikh Ghulam Qadir Pardesi	2,783	16.61%	New
	JKNPP	Abdul Rashid Lone	572	3.41%	New
	Independent	Hafiza Begum	307	1.83%	New
Margin of victory			6,736	40.20%
Turnout			16,757	34.50%
Registered electors			51,675
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

• Sonwar Bagh
• List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

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 20 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 20 June 2021.
3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Sonawar Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
4. "Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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