Budgam Assembly constituency

Constituency No. 27 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Budgam
Lok Sabha constituency	Srinagar
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi
Party	JKPDP
Elected year	2025
Preceded by	Omar Abdullah

Budgam Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Budgam is also part of Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Election	Member
1962	Aga Syed Ali Safvi	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	H. S. Mehdi	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1972	Ali Mohammad Mir	Indian National Congress
1977	Syed Ghulam Hussain Gilani	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1983
1987
1996
2002	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi
2008
2014
2024	Omar Abdullah
2025^	Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi	Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi	21,576	34.19%	7.66
	JKNC	Aga Syed Mahmood Al-Mosavi	17,098	27.10%	27.42
	Independent	Jibran Dar	7,152	11.33%
	JKAIP	Nazir Ahmad Khan	3,089	4.90%
	BJP	Aga Syed Mohsin	2,619	4.15%
	NOTA	None of the Above	544	0.86%
	AAP	Deeba Khan	459	0.73%
Majority			4,478	7.09%
Turnout			63,099	50.02%
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Omar Abdullah	36,010	54.52%	*New*
	JKPDP	Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi	17,525	26.53%	13.18
	JKPDF	Nisar Ahmad Pal	3,365	5.09%	4.19
	Independent	Mehraj Ud Din Ganayee	3,358	5.08%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,757	2.66%	2.13
	Independent	Mukhtar Ahmad Dar	1,674	2.53%	New
	Independent	Nazir Ahmad Wani	1,583	2.40%	New
	JKANC	Aga Syed Ahmad Moosvi	524	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			18,485	27.99%	23.93
Turnout			66,052	52.68%	13.64
Registered electors			1,25,394		20.94
	JKNC hold		Swing	10.76

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi	30,090	43.76%	3.61
	JKPDP	Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat (Muntazir)	27,303	39.71%	19.91
	JKPDF	Fayaz Ahmad Dar	6,387	9.29%	New
	JKPC	Mohammed Kamal Malik	2,342	3.41%	New
	BJP	Mir Fayaz Rahat	880	1.28%	0.87
	Independent	Rafiq Ahmad Dar	872	1.27%	New
	INC	Ghulam Hussain Geelani	520	0.76%	1.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	364	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			2,787	4.05%	16.30
Turnout			68,758	66.32%	11.15
Registered electors			1,03,683		16.87
	JKNC hold		Swing	3.61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi	19,652	40.15%	10.43
	JKPDP	Mohammed Kamal Malik	9,692	19.80%	2.57
	Independent	Aga Syed Mahmood	8,383	17.13%	New
	JKPDF	Hakim Mohammad Yaseen	5,952	12.16%	New
	INC	Mir Fayaz Rahat	1,315	2.69%	0.71
	BJP	Mohammad Ashraf Azad Hajam	1,051	2.15%	2.09
	Independent	Nazir Ahmad Wani	528	1.08%	New
	JKANC	Ghulam Nabi Ganai	382	0.78%	New
	AIFB	Manzoor Ahmad Badoo	382	0.78%	New
	Independent	Bashir Ahmad Najar	366	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			9,960	20.35%	9.14
Turnout			48,942	55.17%	21.76
Registered electors			88,713		31.52
	JKNC hold		Swing	10.43

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Budgam^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Syed Ghulam Hussain Geelani	14,324	49.83%	*New*
	JP	Aga Sayeed Hassan	11,799	41.05%	New
	JI	Mohamed Yousuf Shah	1,761	6.13%	New
	INC	Ghulam Hassan Dar	860	2.99%	45.88
Margin of victory			2,525	8.78%	5.85
Turnout			28,744	84.54%	20.49
Registered electors			35,587		24.10
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	0.96

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Budgam^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ali Mohammed Mir	8,448	48.87%	25.24
	Independent	Aga Sayed Ali Shah Safvi	5,918	34.24%	New
	Independent	Mirza Gh Hassan Beg	2,041	11.81%	New
	Independent	Abdul Aziz Paray	483	2.79%	New
	Independent	Sayed Manzoor Ahmad	396	2.29%	New
Margin of victory			2,530	14.64%	25.84
Turnout			17,286	62.26%	21.52
Registered electors			28,675		14.03
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	15.24