Shopian Assembly constituency

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

Shopian
Constituency No. 37 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Shopian
Lok Sabha constituency	Srinagar
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shabir Ahmad Kullay
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Abdul Majid Bandey		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1967	S. A. Shamim		Independent
1972	Abdul Majid Bandey
1977	Sheikh Muhammad Mansoor		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
1983
1987
1996	Sheikh Muhammad Rafi
2002	Gulam Hassan Khan		Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2008	Abdul Razaq Zawoora
2014	Mohammad Yousuf Bhat
2024	Shabir Ahmad Kullay		Independent

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shabir Ahmad Kullay	14,113	23.74	New
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammad Rafi	12,906	21.71	New
	Independent	Raja Abdul Waheed	10,440	17.56	New
	BJP	Javid Ahmad Qadri	6,895	11.60	3.48
	JKPDP	Yawar Shafi Banday	5,486	9.23	24.97
	JKAP	Ovais Mushtaq	3,076	5.17	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,559	2.62	0.66
	JKNPP	Mushtaq Ahmad Khan	1,448	2.44	New
	Independent	Suhail Ahmad Mir	1,221	2.05	New
	Independent	Mohammed Yaqoob Malla	959	1.61	New
	Independent	Feroz Ahmad Najar	770	1.30	New
Margin of victory			1,207	2.03	3.64
Turnout			59,457	59.13	8.49
Registered electors			1,00,546		22.10
	Independent gain from JKPDP		Swing	10.46

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Mohammad Yousuf Bhat	14,262	34.20	12.96
	Independent	Shabir Ahmad Kullay	11,896	28.52	New
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammed Rafi	5,280	12.66	0.41
	BJP	Javid Ahmad Qadri	3,384	8.11	New
	INC	Mushtaq Ahmad Khanday	2,642	6.33	7.48
	Independent	Tariq Ahmad Ahanger	894	2.14	New
	CPI	Abdul Rashid Pandit	849	2.04	3.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	819	1.96	New
	All Jammu and Kashmir Republican Party	Mohammed Yaqoob Rather	648	1.55	New
	Independent	Mohammed Yousuf Haji	533	1.28	New
	JKNPP	Shah Fayaz Ahmad	499	1.20	New
Margin of victory			2,366	5.67	1.75
Turnout			41,706	50.65	2.07
Registered electors			82,348		15.14
	JKPDP hold		Swing	12.96

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Abdul Razaq Wagay	8,006	21.23	5.96
	INC	Mohammed Shafi	5,208	13.81	6.04
	JKNC	Shabir Ahmad Kullay	4,929	13.07	9.33
	JKANC	Sheikh Mohammed Rafi	4,001	10.61	New
	Independent	Mir Hussain	2,748	7.29	New
	CPI	Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh	1,930	5.12	7.44
	CPI(M)	Mohammed Abdullah Wani	1,652	4.38	New
	SP	Gh Nabi Shah	1,612	4.28	New
	Independent	Gulzar Ahmad Bhat	1,253	3.32	New
	Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist	Abdul Waheed Rather	1,034	2.74	New
	Independent	Ghulam Hassan Khan	1,001	2.65	New
Margin of victory			2,798	7.42	2.62
Turnout			37,704	52.72	25.82
Registered electors			71,517		28.14
	JKPDP hold		Swing	5.96

Assembly Election 2002

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Ghulam Hassan Khan	4,083	27.20	New
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammed Rafi	3,363	22.40	26.69
	INC	Mohammed Shafi Banday	2,980	19.85	9.09
	Independent	Ghulam Nabi Shah	1,960	13.06	New
	CPI	Ghulam Nabi Yatoo	1,886	12.56	New
	BJP	Mohammed Ilyas Kumar	740	4.93	New
Margin of victory			720	4.80	10.87
Turnout			15,012	26.91	18.19
Registered electors			55,812		19.47
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	21.90

Assembly Election 1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Shiekh Mohammed Rafi	10,340	49.10	1.09
	JD	Ghulam Nabi Shah	7,040	33.43	New
	INC	Mohammed Shafi Banday	2,266	10.76	New
	Independent	Farooq Ahmad Mir	1,415	6.72	New
Margin of victory			3,300	15.67	14.78
Turnout			21,061	48.06	34.23
Registered electors			46,715		1.64
	JKNC hold		Swing	1.09

Assembly Election 1987

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammed Mansoor	18,083	48.00	0.01
	Independent	Abdul Ahad Thoker	17,747	47.11	New
	CPI	Abdul Rahman Bhat	1,285	3.41	New
Margin of victory			336	0.89	18.29
Turnout			37,671	81.68	3.34
Registered electors			47,495		18.16
	JKNC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammed Mansoor	14,662	48.01	11.33
	JI	Moulana Mohammed Amin	8,805	28.83	10.15
	Independent	Ghulam Hassa Khan	3,376	11.05	New
	INC	Abdul Majid	2,839	9.30	5.79
	JKNC	Mohammed Iqbal	409	1.34	58.00
	Independent	Bashir Ahmed	371	1.21	New
Margin of victory			5,857	19.18	21.49
Turnout			30,540	80.69	5.93
Registered electors			40,197		10.40
	JKNC hold		Swing	11.33

Assembly Election 1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Sheikh Mohammed Mansoor	15,133	59.34	New
	JI	Hakim Ghulam Nabi	4,763	18.68	13.34
	JP	Shamim Ahmed Shamim	3,217	12.61	New
	INC	Ghulam Hassan Khan	893	3.50	New
	CPI	Abdul Rahman Khan	734	2.88	22.99
	Independent	Mohammed Ashraf	407	1.60	New
	Independent	Abdul Majid Bandey	355	1.39	New
Margin of victory			10,370	40.66	30.57
Turnout			25,502	73.06	4.77
Registered electors			36,409		19.13
	JKNC gain from Independent		Swing	17.23

Assembly Election 1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Abdul Majid Bandey	8,401	42.11	New
	JI	Haki Ghulam Nabi Shah	6,388	32.02	New
	CPI	Abdul Sattar Ranjoor	5,160	25.87	8.93
Margin of victory			2,013	10.09	1.76
Turnout			19,949	68.85	4.59
Registered electors			30,562		11.87
	Independent hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. A. Shamim	7,576	45.70	New
	INC	G. H. Khan	6,195	37.37	New
	CPI	Abdul Sattar Ranjoor	2,807	16.93	New
Margin of victory			1,381	8.33
Turnout			16,578	63.29	60.68
Registered electors			27,320		7.66
	Independent gain from JKNC		Swing

Assembly Election 1962

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Abdul Majid Bandey	Unopposed
Registered electors			25,376
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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