Poonch Haveli Assembly constituency

Poonch Haveli Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, a northern Union Territory of India. Poonch Haveli is also part of Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4]

Poonch Haveli
Constituency No. 89 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Poonch
Lok Sabha constituency	Anantnag – Rajouri[1]
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ajaz Ahmed Jan
Party	JKNC
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Ghulam Mohammad Mir		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967			Indian National Congress
1972
1996	Ghulam Mohammed Jan		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002
2007 By-election	Jahangir Hussain Mir		Indian National Congress
2008	Ajaz Ahmed Jan		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2014	Shah Mohammad Tantray		Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
2024	Ajaz Ahmed Jan		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ajaz Ahmed Jan	41,807	42.72%	New
	BJP	Choudhary Abdul Ghani	20,928	21.39%	6.57
	JKAP	Shah Mohammad Tantray	9,090	9.29%	New
	Independent	Masood Ahmed	9,017	9.21%	New
	JKPDP	Shamim Ahmed	8,631	8.82%	16.75
	Independent	Udesh Paul Sharma	5,731	5.86%	New
	JKPC	Rydham Preet Singh Sudan	1,010	1.03%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	847	0.87%	0.00
Margin of victory			20,879	21.34%	16.73
Turnout			97,855	75.97%	0.28
Registered electors			1,28,807		28.86
	JKNC gain from JKPDP		Swing	17.15

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Shah Mohammad Tantray	19,488	25.57%	8.84
	JKNC	Ajaz Ahmed Jan	15,976	20.96%	18.66
	Independent	Chaudhary Abdul Ghani	15,110	19.83%	New
	BJP	Pardeep Sharma	11,292	14.82%	5.04
	INC	Chaudhary Bashir Ahmed Naaz	10,289	13.50%	12.21
	Jammu & Kashmir Pir Panjal Awami Party	Mohammed Younis	1,351	1.77%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Kabir Qureshi	682	0.89%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	661	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			3,512	4.61%	9.30
Turnout			76,215	76.25%	1.88
Registered electors			99,958		4.09
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	14.05

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ajaz Ahmed Jan	28,297	39.62%	New
	INC	Chaudhary Bashir Ahmed Naaz	18,364	25.71%	5.42
	JKPDP	Imtiaz Ali Bandey	11,950	16.73%	New
	BJP	Pardeep Sharma	6,980	9.77%	6.83
	SP	Mohammed Younis	1,448	2.03%	New
	Independent	Gursagar Singh	897	1.26%	New
	BSP	Ashfaq Ahmed	694	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			9,933	13.91%	7.29
Turnout			71,415	74.37%	5.86
Registered electors			96,028		1.03
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	8.49

Assembly By-election 2007

2007 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by-election : Poonch Haveli^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jahangir Hussain Mir	20,697	31.14%	15.16
	Independent	Yash Paul Sharma	16,299	24.52%	New
	JKNC	Ajaz Ahmed Jan	16,227	24.41%	New
	Independent	Shah Mohammad Tantray	7,935	11.94%	New
	BJP	Pardeep Sharma	1,957	2.94%	1.83
	Independent	Sayed Nisar Hussain	1,927	2.90%	New
	Independent	Iftikhar Ahmed Bazoni	912	1.37%	New
Margin of victory			4,398	6.62%	5.50
Turnout			66,468	68.51%	7.78
Registered electors			97,024		2.10
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	16.28

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Poonch Haveli^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ghulam Mohammed Jan	27,364	47.41%	13.60
	INC	Yeshpal Sharma	26,718	46.30%	38.01
	JKNPP	Chaman Lal	1,176	2.04%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Mushtaq	1,020	1.77%	New
	JKPDP	Lal Hussain Mushtaq	793	1.37%	New
	BJP	Dr. Mohammed Sharif Qasmi	641	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			646	1.12%	10.25
Turnout			57,712	60.73%	4.89
Registered electors			95,028		30.56
	JKNC hold		Swing	13.60

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Poonch Haveli^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ghulam Mohammed Jan	16,150	33.81%	New
	JD	Yeshpal Sharma	10,722	22.45%	New
	Independent	Choudhery Bashir Ahmad	10,547	22.08%	New
	INC	Ghulam Mohammed Mir	3,959	8.29%	54.99
	Independent	Ghulam Mohammed Ganai	2,642	5.53%	New
	Independent	Khem Raj	1,007	2.11%	New
	Independent	Sana-Ullah	932	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			5,428	11.36%	33.49
Turnout			47,763	66.94%	19.89
Registered electors			72,786		96.73
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	29.47

Assembly Election 1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Mohammad Mir	10,706	63.28%	11.66
	Independent	Ghulam Ahmed	3,117	18.42%	New
	Independent	Mohan Singh	1,916	11.32%	New
	Independent	Lal Hussain Mushtaq	933	5.51%	New
	ABJS	Shiv Rattan Nath	247	1.46%	20.09
Margin of victory			7,589	44.85%	8.53
Turnout			16,919	46.59%	0.53
Registered electors			36,997		14.60
	INC hold		Swing	11.66

Assembly Election 1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Mohammad Mir	10,935	74.94%	New
	ABJS	S. R. Nath	3,145	21.55%	New
	Democratic National Conference	Bhagwan Dass	512	3.51%	1.98
Margin of victory			7,790	53.39%	9.57
Turnout			14,592	47.00%	24.47
Registered electors			32,284		5.64
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing

Assembly Election 1962

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ghulam Mohammad Mir	15,148	71.14%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Qadir Bandey	5,819	27.33%	New
	Democratic National Conference	Bhagwan Dass	325	1.53%	New
Margin of victory			9,329	43.81%
Turnout			21,292	71.34%
Registered electors			30,561
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly