Mendhar Assembly constituency

Mendhar Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, a northern Union Territory of India. Mendhar is also part of Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.^[1][2][3]

Mendhar
Constituency No. 90 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Poonch
Lok Sabha constituency	Anantnag-Rajouri
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Javed Ahmed Rana
Party	JKNC
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Pir Jamat Ali Shah		Indian National Congress
1967	Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam
1972
1977	Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan		Independent
1983			Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1987	Nisar Ahamed Khan
1996[4]
2002	Javed Ahmed Rana[5]
2008	Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan[6]		Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2014	Javed Ahmed Rana[7]		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Javed Ahmed Rana	32,176	38.89%	New
	BJP	Murtaza Ahmed Khan	17,270	20.87%	18.62
	Independent	Mohammed Ashfaq	13,750	16.62%	New
	Independent	Shazad Ahmed Malik	10,675	12.90%	New
	JKPDP	Nadeem Ahmed Khan	7,135	8.62%	25.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	490	0.59%	0.05
Margin of victory			14,906	18.02%	4.20
Turnout			82,734	75.57%	4.52
Registered electors			1,09,474		34.23
	JKNC gain from JKNC		Swing	8.85

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Javed Ahmed Rana	31,186	47.75%	1.33
	JKPDP	Mohammed Mahroof Khan	22,161	33.93%	13.70
	INC	Murtaza Ahmed Khan	7,255	11.11%	8.55
	BJP	Zulfqar Hussain Khan	1,472	2.25%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Sharief Khan	830	1.27%	New
	Independent	Nisar Ahmed Khan	534	0.82%	New
	Independent	Nisar Hussain Shah	495	0.76%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	351	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			9,025	13.82%	12.60
Turnout			65,317	80.09%	2.24
Registered electors			81,554		4.15
	JKNC gain from JKPDP		Swing	0.11

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan	29,036	47.63%	New
	JKNC	Javed Ahmed Rana	28,294	46.42%	4.98
	INC	Majid Ahmed Khan	1,559	2.56%	6.45
	SP	Mughal Hussain Khan	438	0.72%	New
	JKANC	Shamim Ahmed	374	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			742	1.22%	15.26
Turnout			60,958	77.85%	18.06
Registered electors			78,302		1.91
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	3.76

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Javed Ahmed Rana	24,530	51.39%	13.93
	Independent	Rafiq Hussain Khan	16,665	34.92%	New
	INC	Mohammed Zaffar-Ullah	4,299	9.01%	2.08
	Independent	Majid Ahmad Khan	1,212	2.54%	New
	Independent	Mumtaz Ahmad Khan	1,023	2.14%	New
Margin of victory			7,865	16.48%	10.96
Turnout			47,729	60.29%	7.92
Registered electors			79,826		21.15
	JKNC hold		Swing	13.93

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Nisar Ahmed Khan	16,716	37.47%	14.99
	Independent	Javed Ahmed Rana	14,256	31.95%	New
	JD	Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan	5,645	12.65%	New
	INC	Ch. Lal Mohammed Sabir	4,946	11.09%	New
	BJP	Ch. Mohammed Sadeeq Naz	2,507	5.62%	New
	BSP	Mohammed Rashid	401	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			2,460	5.51%	4.47
Turnout			44,613	68.59%	11.98
Registered electors			65,888		38.97
	JKNC hold		Swing	14.99

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Nisar Ahamed Khan	19,820	52.46%	2.30
	Independent	Lal Mohammed Sabir	16,049	42.48%	New
	Independent	Sardar Rafiq Hussain	1,442	3.82%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Rashid	289	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			3,771	9.98%	1.06
Turnout			37,782	80.64%	3.12
Registered electors			47,412		13.95
	JKNC hold		Swing	2.30

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ragfiq Hussain Khan	17,445	54.76%	24.16
	INC	Mohammed Sadiq	13,926	43.71%	14.68
	JKNC	Majid Ahmed Khan	489	1.53%	29.06
Margin of victory			3,519	11.05%	10.68
Turnout			31,860	77.51%	12.54
Registered electors			41,607		25.81
	JKNC gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rafiq Hissain Khan	6,556	30.96%	New
	JKNC	Mohammed Sadiq	6,479	30.59%	New
	INC	Shah Mohammed	6,148	29.03%	38.44
	JP	Majid Ahmed Khan	1,994	9.42%	New
Margin of victory			77	0.36%	34.57
Turnout			21,177	65.23%	1.45
Registered electors			33,070		33.87
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	36.51

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Choudhry Mohammed Aslam	22,094	67.47%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Sayeed Beig	10,654	32.53%	New
Margin of victory			11,440	34.93%
Turnout			32,748	66.60%	65.49
Registered electors			50,008		25.16
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Aslam	Unopposed
Registered electors			39,954		9.05
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Mendhar^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Pir Jamat Ali Shah	Unopposed
Registered electors			43,930
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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