Mendhar Assembly constituency
| Mendhar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 90 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Poonch |
| LS constituency | Anantnag-Rajouri |
| Established | 1962 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JKNC |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Mendhar Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, a northern Union Territory of India. Mendhar is also part of Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.[1][2][3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Pir Jamat Ali Shah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan | Independent | |
| 1983 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | ||
| 1987 | Nisar Ahamed Khan | ||
| 1996[4] | |||
| 2002 | Javed Ahmed Rana[5] | ||
| 2008 | Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan[6] | Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | |
| 2014 | Javed Ahmed Rana[7] | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| 2024 | |||
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNC | Javed Ahmed Rana | 32,176 | 38.99 |  8.76
| |
| BJP | Murtaza Ahmed Khan | 17,270 | 20.87 |  18.62
| |
| Independent | Mohd Ashfaq | 13,750 | 16.62 | N/A | |
| Independent | Shazad Ahmed Malik | 10,675 | 12.90 | N/A | |
| JKPDP | Nadeem Ahmed Khan | 7,135 | 8.62 | 25.31
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 490 | 0.59 | 0.05
| |
| Independent | Waseem Hayat | 379 | 0.46 | N/A | |
| Independent | Nazir Hussain | 289 | 0.35 | N/A | |
| BSP | Noor Mohammad | 286 | 0.35 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mohd Asif | 284 | 0.34 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,906 | 18.02 | 4.20
| ||
| Turnout | 82,734 | 75.57 | 4.52
| ||
| Registered electors | 1,09,474 | ||||
| JKNC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNC | Javed Ahmed Rana | 31,186 | 47.75 | ||
| JKPDP | Mohammad Maroof Khan | 22,161 | 33.93 | ||
| INC | Murtaza Ahmed Khan | 7,255 | 11.11 | ||
| BJP | Zulfiqar Hussain Khan | 1,472 | 2.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 351 | 0.54 | ||
| Majority | 9,025 | 13.82 | |||
| Turnout | 65,317 | 80.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 81,554 | ||||
| JKNC gain from JKPDP | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders". Election Commission of India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Mendhar Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 1996". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2002". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2008". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.