Ali Muhammad Naik

Ali Muhammad Naik was a member of the Indian parliament. Naik was one of the many NC lawmakers who ditched Farooq Abdullah and toppled his government by allying with Ghulam Mohammad Shah. Shah made him the Revenue Minister. Post-1990, Naik and almost all others returned to National Conference, contested and were elected to the assembly.^[1] He served as speaker of the state assembly. He also served as Member of Parliament by defeating Mufti Mohammad Syed from Anantnag constituency. He was a member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party. He survived a militant attack in 2006 near Tral bus stand.^[2] He died in 2017.^[3]

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
1996	Tral		JKNC	Won	77.92%	Krishan Singh		JKNPP	7.29%	[4]
1987	Tral		Independent	Lost	28.82%	Ghulam Nabi Naik		INC	35.17%	[5]
1983	Tral		Independent	Won	61.05%	Mohammed Subhan Bhat		JKNC	38.95%	[6]
1977	Tral		Independent	Lost	41.02%	Mohammed Subhan Bhat		JKNC	46.05%	[7]
1972	Tral		Independent	Won	64.10%	Ghulam Hassan Beg		INC	23.19%	[8]