Darhal Assembly constituency

Darhal was one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Darhal Malkan was also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3]

Darhal Malkan
Former constituency for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Lok Sabha constituency	Jammu
Established	1967
Abolished	2018

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Mohammed Iqbal Malik		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain		Indian National Congress
1972	Abdul Rashid Mirza
1977	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1983	Bashir Ahmed		Indian National Congress
1987	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1996
2002	Thakur Puran Singh		Independent politician
2008	Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali		Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
2014

Election results

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali	24,381	31.58%	3.03
	JKNC	Chowdhary Liaqat Ali	19,313	25.01%	3.66
	INC	Mohammed Iqbal Malik	18,605	24.10%	5.69
	BJP	Thakur Puran Singh	11,940	15.46%	13.89
	Independent	Nazir Hussain	656	0.85%	New
	Independent	Manir Hussain	645	0.84%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	475	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			5,068	6.56%	0.12
Turnout			77,213	82.45%	5.09
Registered electors			93,646		6.62
	JKPDP hold		Swing	3.03

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali	19,399	28.55%	16.33
	Independent	Mohammed Iqbal Malik	14,858	21.87%	New
	JKNC	Chowdhary Liaqat Ali	14,510	21.35%	6.23
	INC	Thakur Puran Singh	12,506	18.40%	12.98
	Independent	Masood Ahmed Chowdhary	1,753	2.58%	New
	Independent	Abdul Hamid	1,532	2.25%	New
	JKNPP	Mohammed Farooq	1,140	1.68%	1.13
	BJP	Dev Raj Sharma	1,072	1.58%	0.59
Margin of victory			4,541	6.68%	6.17
Turnout			67,952	77.37%	30.76
Registered electors			87,831		2.79
	JKPDP gain from Independent		Swing	0.45

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thakur Puran Singh	11,832	28.09%	New
	JKNC	Chowdhary Liaqat Ali	11,615	27.58%	13.33
	Independent	Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali	7,870	18.69%	New
	JKPDP	Tasadiqe Hussain	5,146	12.22%	New
	INC	Ahssain Ullah Pervaize Malik	2,285	5.43%	16.76
	JKNPP	Mushtaq Hussain	1,181	2.80%	New
	BJP	Dev Raj Sharma	911	2.16%	5.99
	BSP	Zulifkar Hussain	805	1.91%	New
	Independent	Abdul Khaliq	470	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			217	0.52%	13.60
Turnout			42,115	46.61%	8.00
Registered electors			90,353		34.85
	Independent gain from JKNC		Swing	12.81

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain	14,969	40.91%	23.43
	Independent	Abdul Rashid Mirza	9,803	26.79%	New
	INC	Tassdiq Hussain	8,119	22.19%	New
	BJP	Dev Raj Sharma	2,982	8.15%	2.83
	JD	Ghulam Abbas	506	1.38%	New
Margin of victory			5,166	14.12%	19.97
Turnout			36,593	55.41%	20.29
Registered electors			67,002		12.48
	JKNC hold		Swing	23.43

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain	28,707	64.34%	31.02
	Independent	Mohammed Sadiq Malik	13,496	30.25%	New
	BJP	Kuldeep Raj Gupta	2,375	5.32%	2.34
Margin of victory			15,211	34.09%	27.08
Turnout			44,620	75.78%	7.31
Registered electors			59,568		20.87
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bashir Ahmed	13,435	40.33%	16.42
	JKNC	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain	11,100	33.32%	24.62
	Independent	Mohammed Sadiq Malik	7,345	22.05%	New
	BJP	Kuldeep Raj Gupta	993	2.98%	New
	Independent	Chooni Lal	288	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			2,335	7.01%	27.03
Turnout			33,313	68.84%	21.69
Registered electors			49,284		14.66
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	17.61

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain	11,433	57.94%	New
	INC	Abdul Rashid Mirza	4,717	23.91%	40.18
	JP	Nulzar Ahmad	2,629	13.32%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Sadiq Malik	953	4.83%	New
Margin of victory			6,716	34.04%	0.66
Turnout			19,732	46.90%	19.44
Registered electors			42,982		6.84
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	6.14

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdul Rashid Mirza	16,848	64.08%	6.94
	Independent	Gulzar Ahmed	8,073	30.71%	New
	ABJS	Kuldeep Raj Gupta	1,237	4.71%	11.90
Margin of victory			8,775	33.38%	21.05
Turnout			26,291	66.66%	8.45
Registered electors			40,231		24.40
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain	13,071	71.03%	New
	ABJS	R. Lal	3,055	16.60%	New
	Democratic National Conference	G. R. Dar	2,277	12.37%	New
Margin of victory			10,016	54.43%	12.39
Turnout			18,403	59.75%	25.76
Registered electors			32,341		39.59
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Darhal^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammed Iqbal Malik	13,601	71.02%	New
	PSP	Adbul Rehman	5,550	28.98%	New
Margin of victory			8,051	42.04%
Turnout			19,151	84.32%
Registered electors			23,168
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

• Rajouri district
• List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly