Bhaderwah Assembly constituency

Bhaderwah Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India. Bhaderwah is also part of the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3]

Bhaderwah
Constituency No. 51 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Lok Sabha constituency	Udhampur
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Daleep Singh Parihar
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Chuni Lal		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	J. Ram		Indian National Congress
1972	Bodh Raj
1977	Narain Dass		Janata Party
1983	Hari Lal Hitaishit		Indian National Congress
1987
1996	Sheikh Abdul Rehman		Bahujan Samaj Party
2002	Mohammed Sharief Niaz		Indian National Congress
2006 By-election	Ghulam Nabi Azad
2008
2009 By-election	Mohammed Sharief Niaz
2014	Daleep Singh Parihar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Daleep Singh Parihar	42,128	48.98%	13.65
	JKNC	Sheikh Mehboob Iqbal	31,998	37.20%	New
	INC	Nadeem Sharief	7,151	8.31%	24.98
	BSP	Meenkashi Bhagat	1,066	1.24%	New
	Independent	Manoj Kumar	777	0.90%	New
	JKAP	Vikram Rathore	580	0.67%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	865	1.01%	0.54
Margin of victory			10,130	11.78%	9.74
Turnout			86,016	69.05%	0.06
Registered electors			1,24,568		17.18
	BJP hold		Swing	13.65

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Daleep Singh Parihar	25,953	35.33%	0.80
	INC	Mohammed Sharief Niaz	24,457	33.29%	8.00
	JKPDP	Sheikh Mehboob Iqbal	16,673	22.70%	New
	Independent	Reyaz Ahmed Zarger	1,310	1.78%	New
	CPI	Narinder Kant	891	1.21%	New
	JKNC	Riaz Anayat Ullah	880	1.20%	New
	SP	Shiekh Mohammad Shafi	828	1.13%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	339	0.46%	New
Margin of victory			1,496	2.04%	3.13
Turnout			73,463	69.11%	12.64
Registered electors			1,06,302		12.84
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.96

Assembly By-election 2009

2009 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by-election : Bhaderwah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohammed Sharief Niaz	21,966	41.29%	21.57
	BJP	Daleep Singh Parihar	19,219	36.13%	21.66
	J&K NPP	Sheikh Mujib Ali	7,146	13.43%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Shafi Sheikh	2,396	4.50%	New
	BSP	Sanjay Kumar	1,226	2.30%	1.37
	J&KNPP	Mohammed Iqbal	603	1.13%	New
	Independent	Kuldeep K Rao	405	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			2,747	5.16%	43.22
Turnout			53,200	56.49%	8.81
Registered electors			94,208		1.10
	INC hold		Swing	21.57

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Nabi Azad	38,238	62.86%	31.01
	BJP	Daya Kirshan Kotwal	8,802	14.47%	New
	JKNC	Mohammad Aslam Goni	6,687	10.99%	New
	JKPDP	Sheikh Mujib Ali	2,807	4.61%	New
	CPI	Sohan Lal	921	1.51%	New
	SP	Mohammed Shafi Sheikh	898	1.48%	New
	BSP	Abdul Hafiz Wani	570	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			29,436	48.39%	39.34
Turnout			60,835	65.29%	7.26
Registered electors			93,183		2.22
	INC hold		Swing	31.01

Assembly By-election 2006

2006 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by-election : Bhaderwah^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Nabi Azad	62,072	93.87%	59.69
	Independent	Dhantar Singh	4,057	6.13%	New
Margin of victory			58,015	87.73%	73.97
Turnout			66,129	72.54%	18.29
Registered electors			91,159		0.35
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohammed Sharief Niaz	16,962	34.18%	29.29
	JKNC	Mohammed Aslam	10,135	20.42%	New
	BJP	Daya Kirshan Kotwal	9,711	19.57%	21.34
	BSP	Sheikh Abdul Rehman	3,724	7.50%	43.73
	Independent	Daleep Singh Parihar	3,415	6.88%	New
	Independent	Vinod Kumar Bhagat	2,376	4.79%	New
	JKPDP	Sheikh Mujib Ali Murtaza	1,498	3.02%	New
Margin of victory			6,827	13.76%	3.43
Turnout			49,628	54.25%	11.21
Registered electors			91,478		41.94
	INC gain from BSP		Swing	17.05

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Sheikh Abdul Rehman	21,615	51.23%	New
	BJP	Daya Kirshan Kotwal	17,260	40.91%	39.34
	INC	Swami Raj Sharma	2,064	4.89%	49.28
	JD	Mohammed Iqbal	445	1.05%	New
	CPI	Des Raj	341	0.81%	2.77
Margin of victory			4,355	10.32%	5.50
Turnout			42,191	66.73%	14.93
Registered electors			64,450		49.85
	BSP gain from INC		Swing	2.94

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hari Lal Hitaishit	11,772	54.17%	5.30
	LKD	Gian Chand	8,333	38.34%	35.20
	CPI	Isher Lal	778	3.58%	New
	BJP	Om Parkash	342	1.57%	New
	Independent	Narain Dass	172	0.79%	New
	Independent	Bal Krishan	167	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			3,439	15.82%	13.75
Turnout			21,732	51.40%	13.31
Registered electors			43,009		14.63
	INC hold		Swing	5.30

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hari Lal Hitaishit	11,706	48.87%	36.60
	JKNC	Bodh Raj	11,209	46.80%	12.97
	LKD	Manohar Lal	752	3.14%	New
	Independent	Narain Dass	286	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			497	2.07%	5.06
Turnout			23,953	65.54%	28.37
Registered electors			37,521		20.21
	INC gain from JP		Swing	7.91

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Narain Dass	4,535	40.96%	New
	JKNC	Thakur Dass	3,745	33.82%	New
	INC	Hari Lal Hitaishit	1,359	12.27%	53.00
	Independent	Bodh Raj	639	5.77%	New
	Independent	Bansi Lal	466	4.21%	New
	Independent	Bal Krislhan	286	2.58%	New
Margin of victory			790	7.14%	27.34
Turnout			11,072	36.34%	1.71
Registered electors			31,213		12.53
	JP gain from INC		Swing	24.32

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bodh Raj	6,114	65.28%	6.72
	ABJS	Narain Dass	2,885	30.80%	New
	INC(O)	Lal Chand	190	2.03%	New
	Independent	Jagat Ram	177	1.89%	New
Margin of victory			3,229	34.48%	17.36
Turnout			9,366	34.82%	3.89
Registered electors			27,738		9.96
	INC hold		Swing	6.72

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. Ram	5,562	58.56%	New
	Independent	Faqiroo	3,936	41.44%	New
Margin of victory			1,626	17.12%	26.55
Turnout			9,498	39.18%	20.67
Registered electors			25,225		5.21
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	13.27

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bhaderwah^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Chuni Lal	11,150	71.83%	New
	JPP	Abdul Rehman	4,372	28.17%	New
Margin of victory			6,778	43.67%
Turnout			15,522	58.56%
Registered electors			26,612
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

• Bhaderwah
• List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly