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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 = Wachi<br />
|type= SLA<br />
|state = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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|district = [[Shopian district|Shopian]]<br />
|established = 1987<br />
| abolished = 2018<br />
|electors = <!-- number of electors at last election. Add a ref --><br />
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}}<br />
'''Wachi''' was a legislative constituency of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] in the [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/rs-1-cr-released-for-wachi-constituency/|title=Rs 1 cr released for Wachi constituency}}</ref> [[Wachi]] assembly constituency was a part of [[Shopian]], a hill district of the union territory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/wachi.html |title=Wachi Election 2014, Results, Candidate List and winner of Wachi Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency, Jammu and Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/polling-stations/wachi.html |title=Polling Booth in Wachi Assembly Constituency, Jammu and Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/jammu-and-kashmir-elections-nc-pdp-in-a-close-contest-in-both-shopian-and-wachi-731107.html |title=Jammu and Kashmir elections: NC, PDP in a close contest in both Shopian and Wachi|date=13 December 2014}}</ref> It was officially replaced and renamed as the [[Zainapora Assembly constituency]] in May 2022<ref name="l854">{{cite web | title=Kashmir: Zainpora (Wachi) Constituency Profile | website=Kashmir Life | date=2024-09-04 | url=https://kashmirlife.net/zainapora-assembly-constituency-a-profile-365330/ | access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref> after the parliament of India introduced [[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019]].<ref name="p993">{{cite web | last=Ashiq | first=Damini Nath & Peerzada | title=Delimitation panel notifies new J&K Assembly constituencies | website=The Hindu | date=2022-05-05 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jk-delimitation-panel-makes-final-report-public-reserves-two-seats-for-pandits/article65384399.ece | access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref><ref name="y558">{{cite web | last=Bhat | first=Gulzar | title=Multi-cornered contest to be witnessed on twin assembly seats in Shopian | website=Greaterkashmir | date=2024-08-31 | url=https://m.greaterkashmir.com/article/multi-cornered-contest-to-be-witnessed-on-twin-assembly-seats-in-shopian/326093 | access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref><br />
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==Members==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Year<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| Nazir Ahmad Wani<ref name=election1987>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3793-jammu-kashmir-1987/ |title=Jammu & Kashmir 1987 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=2 December 2023 |url-access=limited}}</ref><br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| Mohammad Jabar Mir<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]] |url-access=limited |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|[[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002]]<br />
|[[Mohammad Khalil Naik]]<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 |url-access=limited}}</ref><br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<br />
|[[Mehbooba Mufti]]<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 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/mehbooba-mufti-wins-anantnag-assembly-by-election-533665.html |title=Mehbooba Mufti wins Anantnag assembly by-election|date=25 June 2016}}</ref><br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
|[[Aijaz Ahmad Mir]]<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 />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
=== 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]]: Wachi<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 />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Aijaz Ahmad Mir]]<br />
|party = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party<br />
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==References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|https://jkla.neva.gov.in/}}<br />
*[https://jammukashmir.s3waas.gov.in/ Jammu and Kashmir district portal]<br />
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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Shopian district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1987]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2019]]<br />
[[Category:2019 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1987 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]</div>MalissaHoskins