Pulwama Assembly constituency

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

Pulwama
Constituency No. 34 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Pulwama
Lok Sabha constituency	Srinagar
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Waheed Ur Rehman Para
Party	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Sanaullah Sheikh		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967	Sonaullah Dar		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Mohammad Ibrahim Dar		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1983
1987	Bashir Ahmed Nengroo
1996
2002	Mohammad Khalil Band		Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2008	Mohammad Khalil Band
2014	Mohammad Khalil Band
2024	Waheed Ur Rehman Para

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Waheed Ur Rehman Para	24,716	48.94%	10.39
	JKNC	Mohammad Khalil Band	16,568	32.81%	New
	Independent	Talat Majid Alie	1,833	3.63%	New
	AAP	Fayaz Ahmad Sofi	1,224	2.42%	New
	Independent	Sofi Mohammad Akbar	1,117	2.21%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Ayoub Mir	1,052	2.08%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Iqbal Sofi	871	1.72%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,095	2.17%	1.21
Margin of victory			8,148	16.13%	12.71
Turnout			50,499	50.72%	12.62
Registered electors			99,555		25.74
	JKPDP hold		Swing	10.39

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Mohammad Khalil Bandh	11,631	38.55%	2.10
	JKNC	Ghulam Nabi Ratanpuri	10,599	35.13%	24.01
	JKPDF	Abdul Qayoom Mir	1,850	6.13%	New
	Independent	Sana Ullah Dar	1,760	5.83%	New
	INC	Bashir Ahmad Magrey	1,558	5.16%	New
	BJP	Riyaz Ahmad Mir	672	2.23%	New
	Independent	Bashir Ahmad Malik	669	2.22%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	289	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			1,032	3.42%	19.31
Turnout			30,168	38.10%	2.74
Registered electors			79,175		10.79
	JKPDP hold		Swing	2.10

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Mohammad Khalil Bandh	10,639	36.45%	16.64
	Independent	Sonaullah Dar	4,003	13.71%	New
	JKNC	Ghulam Nabi Ratanpuri	3,246	11.12%	17.23
	Independent	Mohammad Maqbool Baht	3,202	10.97%	New
	Independent	Bashir Ahmad Nengroo	2,318	7.94%	New
	JKPDF	Abdul Qayoom Mir	1,643	5.63%	New
	Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist	Javaid Abdullah Mir	849	2.91%	New
Margin of victory			6,636	22.74%	2.00
Turnout			29,188	40.84%	22.71
Registered electors			71,466		32.08
	JKPDP hold		Swing	16.64

Assembly Election 2002

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Mohammad Khalil Bandh	5,209	53.09%	New
	JKNC	Bashir Ahmad Nengroo	2,782	28.36%	24.10
	INC	Mohamad Maqbool Bhat	1,143	11.65%	0.82
	Independent	Abdul Gani Bhat	409	4.17%	New
	JKNPP	Nazir Ahmad Lone	135	1.38%	New
	JD(U)	Manzoor Ahmad Thoker	133	1.36%	New
Margin of victory			2,427	24.74%	4.54
Turnout			9,811	18.13%	28.52
Registered electors			54,107		10.06
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	0.64

Assembly Election 1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Bashir Ahmad Nengroo	12,030	52.46%	7.11
	JD	Syed Bashir Ahmad	7,398	32.26%	New
	INC	Abdul Gani Bhat	2,483	10.83%	New
	JKAL	Mohammed Yousuf Wani	1,022	4.46%	New
Margin of victory			4,632	20.20%	1.25
Turnout			22,933	51.31%	32.82
Registered electors			49,162		0.10
	JKNC hold		Swing	7.11

Assembly Election 1987

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Bashir Ahmed Nengroo	23,297	59.57%	8.41
	Independent	Mushtaq Ahmed	14,910	38.12%	New
	CPI	Bashir Ahmed	902	2.31%	New
Margin of victory			8,387	21.45%	12.81
Turnout			39,109	80.99%	2.10
Registered electors			49,212		24.02
	JKNC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sana Ullah Dar	15,707	51.16%	21.42
	INC	Mohammed Ayub	5,189	16.90%	12.29
	Independent	Mohammed Ibrahim Dar	4,353	14.18%	New
	JI	Assadullah	2,651	8.63%	1.21
	Independent	Ghulam Qadir Mir	1,705	5.55%	New
	JKNC	Ghulam Rasool	568	1.85%	70.73
	Independent	Mir Abdul Rahim	529	1.72%	New
Margin of victory			10,518	34.26%	28.48
Turnout			30,702	80.46%	7.42
Registered electors			39,682		7.68
	JKNC hold		Swing	21.42

Assembly Election 1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammad Ibrahim Dar	18,712	72.58%	New
	JI	Abdul Kashid Wani	2,537	9.84%	9.02
	JP	Mohammad Shafi Simnani	1,853	7.19%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohammad Mir (Muran)	1,489	5.78%	New
	INC	Ghulam Mohammad Mir (Rajpuri)	1,189	4.61%	46.48
Margin of victory			16,175	62.74%	37.08
Turnout			25,780	73.27%	2.30
Registered electors			36,853		27.36
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	21.49

Assembly Election 1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sona Ullah Dar	10,002	51.09%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Hassan Mir	4,978	25.43%	New
	JI	Qhulam Ahmad	3,692	18.86%	New
	Independent	Abdul Aziz	490	2.50%	New
	Independent	Omkar Nath	414	2.11%	New
Margin of victory			5,024	25.66%
Turnout			19,576	72.55%	67.65
Registered electors			28,937		4.44
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sanaullah Sheikh	Unopposed
Registered electors			27,706		7.33
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing

Assembly Election 1962

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sanaullah Sheikh	Unopposed
Registered electors			25,815
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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