Kulgam Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Kulgam is also part of Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
| Kulgam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 39 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Kulgam |
| LS constituency | Anantnag-Rajouri |
| Established | 1962 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Mohammed Yaqub Bhat | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1972 | Abdul Razak Mir | Jamaat-e-Islami | |
| 1977 | Ghulam Nabi Dar | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| 1983 | |||
| 1987 | Haji Abdul Parak Mir | Independent | |
| 1996 | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami[2] | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Election Results
edit2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami | 33,634 | 44.86 | ||
| Independent | Sayar Ahmad Reshi | 25,796 | 34.40 | ||
| JKPDP | Md. Amin Dar | 7,561 | 10.08 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,358 | 1.81 | ||
| Majority | 7,838 | 10.46 | |||
| Turnout | 74,978 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami | 20,574 | 38.64% | ||
| JKPDP | Nazir Ahmad Laway | 20,240 | 38.06% | ||
| JKNC | Imran Nabi Dar | 8,273 | 15.56% | ||
| BJP | Ghulam Hassan Zargar | 1,944 | 3.66% | ||
| Majority | 334 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
2008
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami | 17,175 | 34.24% | ||
| JKPDP | Nazir Ahmad Laway | 16,939 | 33.77% | ||
| JKNC | Safder Ali Khan | 5,792 | 11.55% | ||
| Majority | 236 | ||||
| Turnout | 50,185 | 61.64% | |||
| Registered electors | 81,414 | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Kulgam Assembly Constituency
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.