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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Mendhar<br />
| mla = [[Javed Ahmed Rana]]<br />
| party = [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|JKNC]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| state = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| district = [[Poonch district, India|Poonch]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag-Rajouri]]<br />
| established = 1962<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 90<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mendhar Assembly constituency''' is one of the 90 constituencies in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], a northern [[Union Territory]] of [[India]]. Mendhar is also part of [[Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag-Rajouri constituency]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12211-delimitation-of-constituencies-in-jammu-kashmir-assamarunachal-pradesh-manipur-and-nagaland-notification-dated-06032020/ |title=Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India |newspaper=eci.gov.in |accessdate=2021-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/13193-delimitation-of-constituencies-in-jammu-kashmir-notification-dated-03032021/ |title=Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders |website=Election Commission of India |date= 3 March 2021 |accessdate= 2021-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Mendhar Assembly Constituency|url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/mendhar.html|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Elections.in}}</ref><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Election<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| Pir Jamat Ali Shah<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan=2|Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam<br />
|-<br />
| [[1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan=2|Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| rowspan=2|Nisar Ahamed Khan<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<ref name=election1996>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3794-jammu-kashmir-1996/ |title=Jammu & Kashmir 1996 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002]]<br />
| [[Javed Ahmed Rana]]<ref name=election2002>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3795-jammu-kashmir-2002/ |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2002 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<br />
| Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan<ref name=election2008>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3796-jammu-kashmir-2008/ |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2008 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[Javed Ahmed Rana]]<ref name=election2014>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2014 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
===Assembly Election 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bandipora|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|access-date=10 October 2024|date=8 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010072117/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|archive-date=10 October 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Javed Ahmed Rana]] |party=Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |votes=32,176 |percentage=38.89% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Murtaza Ahmed Khan]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=17,270 |percentage=20.87% |change={{increase}}18.62 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Ashfaq |party=Independent politician |votes=13,750 |percentage=16.62% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shazad Ahmed Malik |party=Independent politician |votes=10,675 |percentage=12.90% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nadeem Ahmed Khan |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=7,135 |percentage=8.62% |change={{decrease}}25.30 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=490 |percentage=0.59% |change={{increase}}0.05 }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,906 |percentage=18.02% |change= {{increase}}4.20 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=82,734 |percentage=75.57% |change= {{decrease}}4.52 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,09,474 |ref = |change= {{increase}}34.23 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{decrease}}8.85 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613150235/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-date=2019-06-13 |access-date= |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Javed Ahmed Rana]] |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=31,186 |percentage=47.75% |change={{increase}}1.33 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Mahroof Khan |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=22,161 |percentage=33.93% |change={{decrease}}13.70 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Murtaza Ahmed Khan]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=7,255 |percentage=11.11% |change={{increase}}8.55 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Zulfqar Hussain Khan |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=1,472 |percentage=2.25% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Sharief Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=830 |percentage=1.27% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nisar Ahmed Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=534 |percentage=0.82% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nisar Hussain Shah |party=Independent politician |votes=495 |percentage=0.76% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=351 |percentage=0.54% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=9,025 |percentage=13.82% |change= {{increase}}12.60 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=65,317 |percentage=80.09% |change= {{increase}}2.24 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 81,554 |ref = |change= {{increase}}4.15 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |swing= {{increase}}0.11 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 2008 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/10-Detailed%20Results.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225073739/https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/10-Detailed%20Results.pdf|archive-date=25 December 2024|access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=29,036 |percentage=47.63% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Javed Ahmed Rana]] |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=28,294 |percentage=46.42% |change={{decrease}}4.98 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Majid Ahmed Khan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=1,559 |percentage=2.56% |change={{decrease}}6.45 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mughal Hussain Khan |party=Samajwadi Party |votes=438 |percentage=0.72% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shamim Ahmed |party=Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference |votes=374 |percentage=0.61% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=742 |percentage=1.22% |change= {{decrease}}15.26 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=60,958 |percentage=77.85% |change= {{increase}}18.06 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 78,302 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}1.91 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{decrease}}3.76 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Assembly Election 2002 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/StatRep_JK_02.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127192246/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/StatRep_JK_02.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Javed Ahmed Rana]] |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=24,530 |percentage=51.39% |change={{increase}}13.93 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rafiq Hussain Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=16,665 |percentage=34.92% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Zaffar-Ullah |party=Indian National Congress |votes=4,299 |percentage=9.01% |change={{decrease}}2.08 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Majid Ahmad Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=1,212 |percentage=2.54% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mumtaz Ahmad Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=1,023 |percentage=2.14% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,865 |percentage=16.48% |change= {{increase}}10.96 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=47,729 |percentage=60.29% |change= {{decrease}}7.92 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 79,826 |ref = |change= {{increase}}21.15 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{increase}}13.93 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1996 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-JK96.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117084805/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-JK96.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Nisar Ahmed Khan |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=16,716 |percentage=37.47% |change={{decrease}}14.99 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Javed Ahmed Rana]] |party=Independent politician |votes=14,256 |percentage=31.95% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan |party=Janata Dal |votes=5,645 |percentage=12.65% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ch. Lal Mohammed Sabir |party=Indian National Congress |votes=4,946 |percentage=11.09% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ch. Mohammed Sadeeq Naz |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=2,507 |percentage=5.62% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Rashid |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=401 |percentage=0.90% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,460 |percentage=5.51% |change= {{decrease}}4.47 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=44,613 |percentage=68.59% |change= {{decrease}}11.98 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 65,888 |ref = |change= {{increase}}38.97 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{decrease}}14.99 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1987 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReport_jk_87.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114084427/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReport_jk_87.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Nisar Ahamed Khan |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=19,820 |percentage=52.46% |change={{decrease}}2.30 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Lal Mohammed Sabir |party=Independent politician |votes=16,049 |percentage=42.48% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sardar Rafiq Hussain |party=Independent politician |votes=1,442 |percentage=3.82% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Rashid |party=Independent politician |votes=289 |percentage=0.76% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,771 |percentage=9.98% |change= {{decrease}}1.06 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=37,782 |percentage=80.64% |change= {{increase}}3.12 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 47,412 |ref = |change= {{increase}}13.95 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{decrease}}2.30 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1983 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReport_JK_1983.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117082124/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReport_JK_1983.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Ragfiq Hussain Khan |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=17,445 |percentage=54.76% |change={{increase}}24.16 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Sadiq |party=Indian National Congress |votes=13,926 |percentage=43.71% |change={{increase}}14.68 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Majid Ahmed Khan |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=489 |percentage=1.53% |change={{decrease}}29.06 }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,519 |percentage=11.05% |change= {{increase}}10.68 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=31,860 |percentage=77.51% |change= {{increase}}12.54 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 41,607 |ref = |change= {{increase}}25.81 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Independent politician |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1977 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReport_JK_77.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117081946/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReport_JK_77.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Rafiq Hissain Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=6,556 |percentage=30.96% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Sadiq |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=6,479 |percentage=30.59% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shah Mohammed |party=Indian National Congress |votes=6,148 |percentage=29.03% |change={{decrease}}38.44 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Majid Ahmed Khan |party=Janata Party |votes=1,994 |percentage=9.42% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=77 |percentage=0.36% |change= {{decrease}}34.57 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=21,177 |percentage=65.23% |change= {{decrease}}1.45 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 33,070 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}33.87 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Independent politician |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}36.51 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1972 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_JK_72.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083027/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_JK_72.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Choudhry Mohammed Aslam |party=Indian National Congress |votes=22,094 |percentage=67.47% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Sayeed Beig |party=Independent politician |votes=10,654 |percentage=32.53% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=11,440 |percentage=34.93% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=32,748 |percentage=66.60% |change= {{increase}}65.49 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 50,008 |ref = |change= {{increase}}25.16 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Assembly Election 1967 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report_Jk_1967.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006052138/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report_Jk_1967.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |candidate=M. Aslam |party=Indian National Congress |votes=39,954 |percentage= |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 39,954 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}9.05 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1962 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Mendhar<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_JK_1962.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006183842/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_JK_1962.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |candidate=Pir Jamat Ali Shah |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=43,930 |percentage= |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 43,930 |ref = |change= }}<br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Mendhar]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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