Inderwal Assembly constituency

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

Inderwal
Constituency No. 48 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Lok Sabha constituency	Udhampur
Established	1967
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Payare Lal Sharma
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1967	Khan Abdul Gani Goni		Indian National Congress
1972			Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1977	Sheikh Ghulam Mohamad		Indian National Congress
1983
1987	Shareef Naiz		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1996	Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din
2002	Ghulam Mohammad Saroori		Indian National Congress
2008
2014
2024[4]	Pyare Lal Sharma		Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Payare Lal Sharma	14,195	26.36%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohammad Saroori	13,552	25.16%	New
	INC	Mohammed Zafarullah	12,533	23.27%	23.66
	BJP	Taraq Hussain Keen	9,550	17.73%	9.69
	JKPDP	Nasir Hussain Sheikh	1,044	1.94%	17.89
	Independent	Salman Rabbani	723	1.34%	New
	BSP	Salman Nisar	549	1.02%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,145	2.13%	1.44
Margin of victory			643	1.19%	18.32
Turnout			53,855	84.02%	8.38
Registered electors			64,101		23.52
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	20.58

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Mohammad Saroori	29,754	46.93%	4.26
	BJP	Tariq Hussain Keen	17,384	27.42%	4.34
	JKPDP	Abdul Majeed Batt	12,570	19.83%	18.53
	RKSP	Tanveer Hussain	881	1.39%	New
	Independent	Shanawaz Ahmed	559	0.88%	New
	Independent	Abdul Majeed Ganai	547	0.86%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	435	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			12,370	19.51%	0.08
Turnout			63,396	75.64%	2.83
Registered electors			83,813		14.79
	INC hold		Swing	4.26

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Mohammad Saroori	22,684	42.67%	22.08
	BJP	Shakti Raj	12,269	23.08%	9.17
	JKNC	Abdul Karim	9,002	16.93%	1.99
	Independent	Javed Ahmad Zargar	4,100	7.71%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohammed Kohli	991	1.86%	New
	JKPDP	Abdul Rehman Wani	688	1.29%	0.43
	Independent	Mansoor Ahmed Mattoo	648	1.22%	New
Margin of victory			10,415	19.59%	30.21
Turnout			53,157	72.81%	16.21
Registered electors			73,012		8.99
	INC hold		Swing	22.08

Assembly Election 2002

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Mohammad Saroori	24,551	64.75%	New
	JKNC	Jalal-Ud-Din	5,667	14.95%	22.92
	BJP	Salam Din	5,273	13.91%	7.77
	BSP	Kewel Singh	835	2.20%	New
	Independent	Mohan Lal Bhandari	553	1.46%	New
	Independent	Tariq Hussain	379	1.00%	New
	JKPDP	Bashir Ahmed Bhat	326	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			18,884	49.80%	46.07
Turnout			37,917	56.61%	3.12
Registered electors			66,991		36.53
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	26.88

Assembly Election 1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din	11,097	37.87%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohammad Saroori	10,002	34.13%	New
	BJP	Balwant Singh	6,351	21.67%	18.66
	JD	Sadder Din	1,194	4.07%	New
	Independent	Mohan Lal Bhandri	348	1.19%	New
	Independent	Nazir Ahmad	312	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			1,095	3.74%	83.54
Turnout			29,304	61.27%	5.21
Registered electors			49,066		6.85
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	52.91

Assembly Election 1987

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shareef Naiz	27,069	90.78%	57.23
	Independent	Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed	1,045	3.50%	New
	BJP	Jai Lal Shah	899	3.01%	New
	LKD	Dadri Nath	472	1.58%	New
	Independent	Ram Lal Rao	189	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			26,024	87.28%	77.91
Turnout			29,818	65.50%	3.45
Registered electors			45,921		16.88
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	47.86

Assembly Election 1983

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed	10,367	42.92%	1.46
	INC	Mohammed Sharief	8,104	33.55%	25.51
	Independent	Noor Mohammed .	2,454	10.16%	New
	Independent	Peer Nizam-Ud-Din	1,697	7.03%	New
	JI	Abdul Rashid	512	2.12%	New
	Independent	Lakhmi Chand	496	2.05%	New
	Independent	Jagdish Raj	226	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			2,263	9.37%	13.81
Turnout			24,155	63.28%	25.45
Registered electors			39,290		18.61
	JKNC hold		Swing	1.46

Assembly Election 1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed	5,296	44.38%	New
	JP	Abdul Ghani Goni	2,530	21.20%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Hussain	1,373	11.50%	New
	INC	Azad Gaulam Nabi	959	8.04%	72.26
	Independent	Ram Lal	461	3.86%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Nabi	283	2.37%	New
	Independent	Syed Hussain Shah	256	2.15%	New
Margin of victory			2,766	23.18%	45.45
Turnout			11,934	37.10%	7.08
Registered electors			33,124		17.93
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	35.91

Assembly Election 1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khan Abdul Gani Goni	9,721	80.29%	24.25
	JI	Abdul Rashid	1,412	11.66%	New
	ABJS	Badri Nath	974	8.04%	5.66
Margin of victory			8,309	68.63%	42.84
Turnout			12,107	43.73%	2.09
Registered electors			28,088		7.74
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khan Abdul Gani Goni	5,993	56.05%	New
	JKNC	L. Mallik	3,235	30.25%	New
	ABJS	S. Raj	1,465	13.70%	New
Margin of victory			2,758	25.79%
Turnout			10,693	43.99%
Registered electors			26,069
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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