Rajouri Assembly constituency

Rajouri
Rajouri
Constituency No. 85 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Lok Sabha constituency	Anantnag-Rajouri
Established	1962
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Iftkar Ahmed
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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

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Election	Member
1962	Abdul Aziz Shawal	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967	Abdul Rashid
1972	Chowdhary Talib Hussain
1977
1983
1987	Mirsa Abdul Rashid
1996	Mohammad Sharief Tariq^[4]
2002	Mohammad Aslam^[5]
2008	Shabbir Ahmed Khan^[6]	Indian National Congress
2014	Qamar Hussain^[7]	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2024	Iftkar Ahmed	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Iftkar Ahmed	28,923	45.04%	17.43
	BJP	Vibod Kumar	27,519	42.85%	15.05
	Independent	Mian Mohammed Mehfooz	4,052	6.31%	New
	JKAP	Manzoor Hussain Shah	1,766	2.75%	New
	JKPDP	Tasadiq Hussain	727	1.13%	29.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	538	0.84%	0.14
Margin of victory			1,404	2.19%	0.64
Turnout			64,220	56.88%	19.21
Registered electors			1,12,904		2.37
	INC gain from JKPDP		Swing	14.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Qamar Hussain	26,954	30.63%	17.46
	BJP	Chowdhary Talib Hussain	24,464	27.80%	15.94
	INC	Shabir Ahmed Khan	24,296	27.61%	13.98
	JKNC	Mirza Abdul Rashid	4,888	5.56%	4.93
	Independent	Yog Raj	1,744	1.98%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Farooq	1,733	1.97%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mustafa	587	0.67%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	864	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			2,490	2.83%	2.38
Turnout			87,992	76.09%	5.97
Registered electors			1,15,647		10.37
	JKPDP gain from INC		Swing	17.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shabir Ahmed Khan	10,013	13.63%	17.39
	JKPDP	Tasadiq Hussain	9,680	13.18%	New
	Independent	Chowdhary Talib Hussain	8,763	11.93%	New
	BJP	Vibodh Gupta	8,712	11.86%	8.65
	JKNC	Mohammed Aslam Khan	7,706	10.49%	29.51
	Independent	Qamar Hussain	7,035	9.58%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Sharief Tariq	5,299	7.21%	New
Margin of victory			333	0.45%	8.52
Turnout			73,469	70.12%	43.10
Registered electors			1,04,783		5.14
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	26.37

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammed Aslam	11,933	40.00%	10.74
	INC	Qamar Hussain	9,255	31.02%	4.29
	BJP	Yog Raj	6,120	20.51%	8.57
	Independent	Qamer Robbani	656	2.20%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Maroof Khan	419	1.40%	New
	Independent	Shafaqat Wani	280	0.94%	New
	Independent	Babu Ram Sharma	240	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			2,678	8.98%	6.45
Turnout			29,836	27.05%	37.64
Registered electors			1,10,458		39.69
	JKNC hold		Swing	10.74

Members of Legislative Assembly

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Talib Hussain	17,683	49.95%	18.59
	INC	Mirza Abdul Rashid	15,488	43.75%	3.77
	JKNC	Nazir Ahmed Mir	1,145	3.23%	28.12
	BJP	Roop Lal	883	2.49%	New
Margin of victory			2,195	6.20%	2.42
Turnout			35,403	70.64%	10.97
Registered electors			51,109		26.85
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	9.97

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Talid Hussain	14,159	84.99%	28.45
	ABJS	Roop Lal	1,835	11.02%	9.84
	Independent	Gulzar Ahmed	457	2.74%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Sharif	208	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			12,324	73.98%	38.30
Turnout			16,659	53.88%	12.23
Registered electors			31,759		51.78
	INC hold		Swing	28.45

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Rashid	7,653	56.54%	*New*
	ABJS	P. Ram	2,823	20.86%	New
	JKNC	L. Hussain	2,193	16.20%	60.56
	Democratic National Conference	Dev Raj	867	6.41%	16.84
Margin of victory			4,830	35.68%	17.84
Turnout			13,536	67.38%	1.83
Registered electors			20,925		24.72
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	20.22