Kishtwar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Kishtwar
Constituency
for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
DistrictKishtwar
StateJammu and Kashmir
Lok Sabha ConstituencyUdhampur
Current constituency
Created2014
PartyTBA
MLATBA

Kishtwar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Kishtwar is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election Member Party
1962 Syed Mir Badshah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967 Ghulam Mustafa Indian National Congress
1972 Pir Nizamuddin Indian National Congress
1977 Bashir Ahmad Kichloo Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1983 Ghulam Hussain Arman Indian National Congress
1987 Bashir Ahmad Kichloo Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1996 Bashir Ahmad Kichloo Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2002 Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2008 Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2014 Sunil Kumar Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
Next Elections TBA TBA

Election results[edit]

2014[edit]

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Election, 2014: Kishtwar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunil Kumar Sharma 28,054 45.37 +12.69
[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference/meta/shortname]] Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo 25,202 40.76 +3.48
[[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|Template:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] Firdous Ahmed Tak 6,432 10.4 -9.86
INC Nek Ram 782 1.26 -1.9
NOTA None of the Above 279 0.45
Majority 2,852 4.61
Turnout 61,832 78.1 +3.7
BJP gain from Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Swing

2008[edit]

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Election, 2008: Kishtwar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference/meta/shortname]] Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo 19,248 37.48 -3.84
BJP Sunil Kumar 16,783 32.68 New
[[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|Template:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] Syed Asgar Ali 10,403 20.26 New
INC Thakur Jugal Bhandari 1,621 3.16 -34.05
Majority 2,465 4.8
Turnout 51,356 74.4 +19.58
[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference/meta/shortname]] hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Kishtwar Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. "Jammu and Kashmir General Legislative Election 2014". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. "Jammu and Kashmir General Legislative Election 2008". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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