Rajouri Assembly constituency

Rajouri
Constituency No. 85 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateJammu and Kashmir
DistrictRajouri
LS constituencyAnantnag-Rajouri
Established1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2024

Rajouri Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, a northern Union Territory of India. Rajouri is also part of Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1962 Abdul Aziz Shawal Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967 Abdul Rashid
1972 Chowdhary Talib Hussain
1977
1983
1987 Mirsa Abdul Rashid
1996 Mohammad Sharief Tariq[4]
2002 Mohammad Aslam[5]
2008 Shabbir Ahmed Khan[6] Indian National Congress
2014 Qamar Hussain[7] Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2024 Iftkar Ahmed Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Iftkar Ahmed 28,923 45.04% Increase17.43
BJP Vibod Kumar 27,519 42.85% Increase15.05
Independent Mian Mohammed Mehfooz 4,052 6.31% New
JKAP Manzoor Hussain Shah 1,766 2.75% New
JKPDP Tasadiq Hussain 727 1.13% Decrease29.50
NOTA None of the Above 538 0.84% Decrease0.14
Margin of victory 1,404 2.19% Decrease0.64
Turnout 64,220 56.88% Decrease19.21
Registered electors 1,12,904 Decrease2.37
INC gain from JKPDP Swing Increase14.41

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Qamar Hussain 26,954 30.63% Increase17.46
BJP Chowdhary Talib Hussain 24,464 27.80% Increase15.94
INC Shabir Ahmed Khan 24,296 27.61% Increase13.98
JKNC Mirza Abdul Rashid 4,888 5.56% Decrease4.93
Independent Yog Raj 1,744 1.98% New
Independent Mohammed Farooq 1,733 1.97% New
Independent Ghulam Mustafa 587 0.67% New
NOTA None of the Above 864 0.98% New
Margin of victory 2,490 2.83% Increase2.38
Turnout 87,992 76.09% Increase5.97
Registered electors 1,15,647 Increase10.37
JKPDP gain from INC Swing Increase17.00

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shabir Ahmed Khan 10,013 13.63% Decrease17.39
JKPDP Tasadiq Hussain 9,680 13.18% New
Independent Chowdhary Talib Hussain 8,763 11.93% New
BJP Vibodh Gupta 8,712 11.86% Decrease8.65
JKNC Mohammed Aslam Khan 7,706 10.49% Decrease29.51
Independent Qamar Hussain 7,035 9.58% New
Independent Mohammed Sharief Tariq 5,299 7.21% New
Margin of victory 333 0.45% Decrease8.52
Turnout 73,469 70.12% Increase43.10
Registered electors 1,04,783 Decrease5.14
INC gain from JKNC Swing Decrease26.37

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Mohammed Aslam 11,933 40.00% Decrease10.74
INC Qamar Hussain 9,255 31.02% Decrease4.29
BJP Yog Raj 6,120 20.51% Increase8.57
Independent Qamer Robbani 656 2.20% New
Independent Mohammed Maroof Khan 419 1.40% New
Independent Shafaqat Wani 280 0.94% New
Independent Babu Ram Sharma 240 0.80% New
Margin of victory 2,678 8.98% Decrease6.45
Turnout 29,836 27.05% Decrease37.64
Registered electors 1,10,458 Increase39.69
JKNC hold Swing Decrease10.74

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Mohammed Sharief Tariq 25,934 50.73% New
INC Chowdhary Talib Hussain 18,048 35.31% Decrease36.71
BJP Vibod Kumar Gupta 6,103 11.94% New
JD Qamer Robbani 580 1.13% New
JKNPP Natter Singh 380 0.74% New
Margin of victory 7,886 15.43% Decrease33.66
Turnout 51,120 65.45% Decrease16.55
Registered electors 79,073 Increase38.27
JKNC gain from INC Swing Decrease21.28

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mirsa Abdul Rashid 33,443 72.02% Increase28.27
Independent Chowdhary Talib Hussain 10,648 22.93% New
Independent Ashok Kumar Sharma 1,348 2.90% New
Independent Khadam Hussain 349 0.75% New
Independent Saire Begum 285 0.61% New
Margin of victory 22,795 49.09% Increase42.89
Turnout 46,438 82.74% Increase11.93
Registered electors 57,187 Increase11.89
INC gain from JKNC Swing Increase22.07

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Talib Hussain 17,683 49.95% Increase18.59
INC Mirza Abdul Rashid 15,488 43.75% Increase3.77
JKNC Nazir Ahmed Mir 1,145 3.23% Decrease28.12
BJP Roop Lal 883 2.49% New
Margin of victory 2,195 6.20% Decrease2.42
Turnout 35,403 70.64% Increase10.97
Registered electors 51,109 Increase26.85
JKNC gain from INC Swing Increase9.97

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Talib Hussain 9,390 39.98% Decrease45.02
JKNC Mohammed Sharif 7,365 31.36% New
Independent Mohammed Aslam 4,969 21.15% New
JP Ghulam Qadir Mir 1,638 6.97% New
Margin of victory 2,025 8.62% Decrease65.36
Turnout 23,489 59.62% Increase5.84
Registered electors 40,291 Increase26.86
INC hold Swing Decrease45.02

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Talid Hussain 14,159 84.99% Increase28.45
ABJS Roop Lal 1,835 11.02% Decrease9.84
Independent Gulzar Ahmed 457 2.74% New
Independent Mohammed Sharif 208 1.25% New
Margin of victory 12,324 73.98% Increase38.30
Turnout 16,659 53.88% Decrease12.23
Registered electors 31,759 Increase51.78
INC hold Swing Increase28.45

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Rashid 7,653 56.54% New
ABJS P. Ram 2,823 20.86% New
JKNC L. Hussain 2,193 16.20% Decrease60.56
Democratic National Conference Dev Raj 867 6.41% Decrease16.84
Margin of victory 4,830 35.68% Decrease17.84
Turnout 13,536 67.38% Decrease1.83
Registered electors 20,925 Decrease24.72
INC gain from JKNC Swing Decrease20.22

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Abdul Aziz Shawal 14,192 76.76% New
Democratic National Conference Dev Raj 4,297 23.24% New
Margin of victory 9,895 53.52%
Turnout 18,489 81.60%
Registered electors 27,795
JKNC win (new seat)

See also

References

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