Anantnag Assembly constituency

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

Anantnag
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateJammu and Kashmir
DistrictAnantnag
LS constituencyAnantnag

In 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party won the seat and retained it in 2014 and became Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir.In 1977 Mirza Afzal Beg won the seat and became the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. His son Mirza Mehboob Beg won this seat twice in 1983 and 2002 . Mirza Mehboob Beg also served as the Health Minister .

Member of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Party
2016[lower-alpha 1] Mehbooba Mufti Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
  1. by-election

Election results

2016 bye-election
Bye-election, 2016: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 17,701 63.01
INC Hilal Ahmad Shah 5,616 19.99
Margin of victory 12,085 42.47
Turnout 28,458 33.83
JKPDP hold Swing

2014
2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Anantnag
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Mufti Mohammad Sayeed 16,983 51.30
INC Hilal Ahmad Shah 10,955 33.03
Margin of victory 6,088 18.34
Turnout 33,200 39.71
JKPDP hold Swing

See also

References
  1. Elections In
  2. "2014 Assembly Election Results of Jammu & Kasmir / Jharkhand"
  3. Azad slams Mufti remark, asks BJP to explain
  4. "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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