Surankote Assembly constituency

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

Surankote
Constituency No. 88 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Poonch
Lok Sabha constituency	Anantnag Rajouri
Established	1977
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Choudhary Mohammad Akram
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad		Indian National Congress
1983
1987
1996	Syed Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
2002
2008	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad		Indian National Congress
2014	Choudhary Mohammad Akram
2024			Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Choudhary Mohammad Akram	34,201	39.37%	New
	INC	Mohammed Shahnawaz	25,350	29.18%	17.27
	BJP	Mushtaq Ahmed Shah Bukhari	23,773	27.37%	24.14
	JKPDP	Javaid Iqbal	1,325	1.53%	11.06
	Independent	Qazi Mohammed Irshad	689	0.79%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	378	0.44%	0.13
Margin of victory			8,851	10.19%	2.06
Turnout			86,871	76.65%	0.16
Registered electors			1,13,342		31.66
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	7.08

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Choudhary Mohammad Akram	30,584	46.45%	2.23
	JKNC	Mushtaq Ahmed Shah	22,520	34.20%	6.79
	JKPDP	Iqbal Hussain Shah	8,290	12.59%	2.23
	BJP	Mohammed Taj Khan	2,123	3.22%	New
	JKNPP	Ashfaq Rana	429	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	375	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			8,064	12.25%	9.02
Turnout			65,845	76.49%	1.57
Registered electors			86,084		1.48
	INC hold		Swing	2.23

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad	28,102	44.22%	4.31
	JKNC	Mushtaq Ahmed Shah Bukhari	26,051	40.99%	4.85
	JKPDP	Mumtaz Hussain Shah	6,585	10.36%	9.11
	JD(S)	Manzoor Ahmed	737	1.16%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Sadiq Qureshi	518	0.82%	New
	BSP	Mohammed Shareef Shad	409	0.64%	New
	All J & K Kisan Majdoor Party	Kalu Khan Hamdard	385	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			2,051	3.23%	2.70
Turnout			63,553	74.92%	34.91
Registered electors			84,829		2.06
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	1.62

Assembly Election 2002

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mushtaq Ahmad Shah	15,243	45.84%	11.95
	INC	Mohammed Aslam	13,271	39.91%	0.20
	Independent	Abdul Hamid Manhas	3,172	9.54%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Abdullah	931	2.80%	New
	JKPDP	Aftab Hussain Shah	416	1.25%	New
	BJP	Abdul Aziz	221	0.66%	0.18
Margin of victory			1,972	5.93%	12.15
Turnout			33,254	40.01%	33.48
Registered electors			83,113		29.40
	JKNC hold		Swing	11.95

Assembly Election 1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mushtaq Ahmed Shah	27,275	57.78%	New
	INC	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad	18,743	39.71%	29.10
	BJP	Mohammed Aslam	398	0.84%	New
	JD	Mohammed Sharief Tariq	395	0.84%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Sharief Shad	390	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			8,532	18.08%	20.29
Turnout			47,201	74.26%	6.25
Registered electors			64,230		33.53
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	11.03

Assembly Election 1987

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad	26,394	68.81%	20.54
	Independent	Mohammed Ayub Shabnam	11,677	30.44%	New
	Independent	Kalu Khan	285	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			14,717	38.37%	31.95
Turnout			38,356	80.35%	9.49
Registered electors			48,100		15.27
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad	14,150	48.27%	4.09
	JKNC	Mohammed Sayeed Beig	12,268	41.85%	0.31
	Independent	Mohammed Ayub Shabnam	2,895	9.88%	New
Margin of victory			1,882	6.42%	3.78
Turnout			29,313	71.24%	2.59
Registered electors			41,728		27.36
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad	11,608	52.37%	New
	JKNC	Mohammed Syed Beg	9,346	42.16%	New
	JP	Mushtaq Ahmed Shah	922	4.16%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Ayub	153	0.69%	New
	Independent	Nazir Ahmed	138	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			2,262	10.20%
Turnout			22,167	68.84%
Registered electors			32,764
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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