Ganderbal Assembly constituency

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

Ganderbal
Constituency No. 18 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Lok Sabha constituency	Srinagar
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Omar Abdullah
Party	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Elected year	2024

Ganderbal (constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Abdul Salam Aitu		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967	Muhammad Maqbool Bhat		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1983	Farooq Abdullah
1987
1996
2002	Qazi Mohammad Afzal		Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2008	Omar Abdullah		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2014	Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh
2024	Omar Abdullah

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Omar Abdullah	32,727	43.80%	New
	JKPDP	Bashir Ahmad Mir	22,153	29.65%	5.62
	Independent	Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh	6,060	8.11%	New
	DPAP	Qaiser Sultan Ganaie	3,781	5.06%	New
	Independent	Farooq Ahmad Bhat	2,732	3.66%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,713	2.29%	0.80
	JKAP	Qazi Mubisher Farooq	1,160	1.55%	New
	Independent	Ashiq Ahmad Sheikh	963	1.29%	New
	Independent	Javed Ahmad Khan	765	1.02%	New
	Independent	Maajid Ashraf Mir	621	0.83%	New
	RLJP	Tariq Ahmad Zargar	460	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			10,574	14.15%	13.04
Turnout			74,716	57.91%	1.19
Registered electors			1,29,013		42.43
	JKNC gain from JKNC		Swing	7.42

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh	19,478	36.38%	5.11
	JKPDP	Qazi Mohammad Afzal	18,881	35.27%	14.41
	Independent	Sheikh Ghulam Ahmad	6,009	11.22%	New
	INC	Mohammad Yousuf Bhat	3,190	5.96%	14.33
	Independent	Ghulam Rasool Mir	1,236	2.31%	New
	Independent	Bilal Ahmad Khanday	1,057	1.97%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	800	1.49%	New
	BJP	Sheikh Abdul Rasheed	671	1.25%	0.13
	Independent	Javed Ahmad Khan	660	1.23%	New
	Independent	Hilal Ahmad Dar	489	0.91%	New
	JKPC	Abdul Majeed Dhobi	321	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			597	1.12%	19.52
Turnout			53,539	59.11%	7.37
Registered electors			90,582		17.68
	JKNC hold		Swing	5.11

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Omar Abdullah	16,519	41.49%	5.14
	JKPDP	Qazi Mohammad Afzal	8,304	20.85%	27.41
	INC	Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh	8,077	20.28%	New
	Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist	Farooq Ahmad Dar	2,622	6.58%	New
	RJD	Bashir Ahmed Bhat	759	1.91%	New
	Backward Classes Democratic Party, J&K	Ghulam Hassan Dar	737	1.85%	New
	Independent	Nissar Ahmad Bhat	726	1.82%	New
	JKANC	Nazir Ahmad Lone	678	1.70%	New
	BJP	Abdul Rashid Sheikh	551	1.38%	0.94
	JKNPP	Farooq Ahmad	375	0.94%	New
	BSP	Ali Mohammad Baba	374	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			8,215	20.63%	8.71
Turnout			39,818	51.73%	16.53
Registered electors			76,971		12.53
	JKNC gain from JKPDP		Swing	6.78

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Qazi Mohammad Afzal	11,622	48.26%	New
	JKNC	Omar Abdullah	8,752	36.34%	33.90
	Independent	Ghulam Hassan Shah	1,144	4.75%	New
	Independent	Abdul Rashid Rather	1,105	4.59%	New
	JKAL	Peer Ali Shah	898	3.73%	New
	BJP	Abdul Rashid	560	2.33%	New
Margin of victory			2,870	11.92%	42.87
Turnout			24,081	35.21%	12.02
Registered electors			68,402		38.02
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	21.99

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	16,440	70.25%	8.50
	INC	Qazi Mohammad Afzal	3,617	15.46%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Yousuf	1,729	7.39%	New
	JD	Mohammed Akbar	1,617	6.91%	New
Margin of victory			12,823	54.79%	4.58
Turnout			23,403	50.62%	34.43
Registered electors			49,558		5.33
	JKNC hold		Swing	8.50

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	30,255	78.75%	17.06
	Independent	Abdul Khaliq Sofi	7,446	19.38%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Hassan Mir	609	1.59%	New
Margin of victory			22,809	59.37%	32.78
Turnout			38,418	83.37%	3.20
Registered electors			47,051		18.31
	JKNC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	32,331	95.81%	7.64
	INC	Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Saiati	1,235	3.66%	New
Margin of victory			31,096	92.15%	15.80
Turnout			33,745	86.32%	0.36
Registered electors			39,769		13.24
	JKNC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sheikh Abdullah	26,162	88.17%	New
	Independent	Ali Mohamd Taria	3,509	11.83%	New
Margin of victory			22,653	76.35%	29.50
Turnout			29,671	87.27%	24.09
Registered electors			35,118		19.18
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohammed Maqbool Bhat	11,891	66.81%	New
	JI	Ghulam Mohammed Ganai	3,554	19.97%	New
	Independent	Bashir Ahmed Beg	1,250	7.02%	New
	SWA	Ghulam Ahmed Bhat	604	3.39%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Ismail	498	2.80%	New
Margin of victory			8,337	46.84%
Turnout			17,797	62.43%	60.40
Registered electors			29,466		19.55
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohammed Maqbool Bhat	Unopposed
Registered electors			24,647		5.80
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Ganderbal^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Abdul Salam Aitu	Unopposed
Registered electors			26,165
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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