Anantnag Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in India
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Anantnag Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India.
| Anantnag | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 44 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Anantnag |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Anantnag - Rajouri |
| Established | 1951 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Peerzada Mohammad Syed | 6,679 | 23.77 |  3.78 | |
| JKPDP | Mirza Mehboob Beg | 4,993 | 17.77 |  45.24 | |
| JKAP | Hilal Ahmad Shah | 4,245 | 15.11 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mansoor Hussain Soharvardi | 4,047 | 14.40 | N/A | |
| DPAP | Mir Altaf Hussain | 2,331 | 8.30 | New | |
| Independent | Mohd Asif Bhat | 1,930 | 6.87 | N/A | |
| BJP | Syed Wajahat Hussain | 1,508 | 5.37 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 640 | 2.28 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tawseef Nisar | 560 | 1.99 | N/A | |
| Independent | Javaid Ahmad Rather | 236 | 0.84 | N/A | |
| Independent | Bilal Ahmad Mir | 209 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| RLJP | Sanjay Saraf | 161 | 0.57 | N/A | |
| JKANC | Rafiq Ahmed Kunroo | 155 | 0.55 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 1,686 | 6.00 | 36.47 | ||
| Turnout | 28,096 | 46.01 | 12.18 | ||
| INC gain from JKPDP | Swing | ||||
2016 bye-election
2014
| 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 | ||||