Kishtwar Assembly constituency

Kishtwar
Kishtwar
Constituency No. 49 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Lok Sabha constituency	Udhampur
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Shagun Parihar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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

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Election	Member
1962	Syed Mir Badshah	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967	Ghulam Mustafa	Indian National Congress
1972	Pir Nizamuddin	Indian National Congress
1977	Bashir Ahmad Kichloo	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1983	Ghulam Hussain Arman	Indian National Congress
1987	Bashir Ahmad Kichloo	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1996	Bashir Ahmad Kichloo
2002	Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo
2008	Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo
2014	Sunil Kumar Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024^[4]	Shagun Parihar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shagun Parihar	29,053	48.00%	2.63
	JKNC	Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo	28,532	47.14%	6.38
	JKPDP	Firdoos Ahmed Tak	997	1.65%	8.76
	Independent	Roop Lal	571	0.94%	New
	BSP	Sumit Kumar	441	0.73%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	615	1.02%	0.56
Margin of victory			521	0.86%	3.75
Turnout			60,524	81.28%	3.18
Registered electors			74,466		5.95
	BJP hold		Swing	2.63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Kumar Sharma	28,054	45.37%	12.69
	JKNC	Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo	25,202	40.76%	3.28
	JKPDP	Firdous Ahmed Tak	6,432	10.40%	9.85
	INC	Nek Ram	782	1.26%	1.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	279	0.45%	New
Margin of victory			2,852	4.61%	0.19
Turnout			61,832	78.10%	3.64
Registered electors			79,174		14.79
	BJP gain from JKNC		Swing	7.89

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo	19,248	37.48%	3.84
	BJP	Sunil Kumar Sharma	16,783	32.68%	New
	JKPDP	Syed Asgar Ali	10,403	20.26%	New
	INC	Thakur Jugal Bhandari	1,621	3.16%	34.06
	Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist	Siddharth Metha	883	1.72%	New
	Independent	Mohammad Ashraf Giri	689	1.34%	New
	Independent	Gurnam Singh	473	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			2,465	4.80%	0.69
Turnout			51,356	74.46%	19.64
Registered electors			68,974		6.59
	JKNC hold		Swing	3.84

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sajjad Hussain	16,725	41.32%	9.28
	INC	Ghulam Haider Sheikh	15,062	37.21%	33.55
	Independent	Rajinder Singh	6,551	16.19%	New
	Independent	Ravinder Kumar	536	1.32%	New
	JD(S)	Bashir Ahmed	522	1.29%	New
	SS	Rajinder Kumar	471	1.16%	New
	BSP	Desh Raj	356	0.88%	1.34
Margin of victory			1,663	4.11%	15.66
Turnout			40,473	54.82%	13.14
Registered electors			73,838		41.95
	JKNC hold		Swing	9.28

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Kishtwar^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Bashir Ahmed Kichloo	18,044	67.95%	29.89
	BJP	Man Mohan	3,309	12.46%	7.96
	Independent	Wali Mohammed	2,640	9.94%	New
	LKD	Hari Krishan	1,682	6.33%	New
	Independent	Janki Nath	542	2.04%	New
	JKNPP	Chuni Lal Wazer	336	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			14,735	55.49%	41.93
Turnout			26,553	69.85%	2.20
Registered electors			38,706		15.83
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	16.33

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Kishtwar^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Hussain Arman	12,213	51.63%	44.85
	JKNC	Bashir Ahmed Kichloo	9,004	38.06%	10.91
	BJP	Seva Ram Parihat	1,066	4.51%	New
	Independent	Abdul Hamid	515	2.18%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohammed	447	1.89%	New
	Independent	Jagat Ram	201	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			3,209	13.56%	9.92
Turnout			23,657	72.20%	21.47
Registered electors			33,415		14.47
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	24.47

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Kishtwar^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Bashir Ahmed Kichloo	3,910	27.15%	*New*
	JP	Ghulam Hussain Arman	3,385	23.51%	New
	Independent	Manmohan Pargal	1,797	12.48%	New
	Independent	Sewa Ram	1,675	11.63%	New
	Independent	Abdul Majid	1,636	11.36%	New
	INC	Pir Mizam Ud Din	975	6.77%	53.74
	Independent	Riaz Ahmed	448	3.11%	New
Margin of victory			525	3.65%	32.12
Turnout			14,399	51.10%	4.80
Registered electors			29,192		2.98
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	33.35

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Kishtwar^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pir Nizam Ud Din	9,283	60.51%	8.57
	Independent	Ghulam Hussain Arman	3,796	24.74%	New
	ABJS	Jia Lal Shan	2,054	13.39%	New
	SSP	Hem Raj	209	1.36%	New
Margin of victory			5,487	35.76%	2.38
Turnout			15,342	54.91%	12.62
Registered electors			28,347		5.18
	INC hold		Swing	8.57