Baramulla (Lok Sabha constituency)

Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India. Baramulla has 11.5 lakh voters.[1]

Assembly segments

Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Karnah (assembly constituency no. 1)
  2. Kupwara (assembly constituency no. 2)
  3. Lolab (assembly constituency no. 3)
  4. Handwara (assembly constituency no. 4)
  5. Langate (assembly constituency no. 5)
  6. Uri (assembly constituency no. 6)
  7. Rafiabad (assembly constituency no. 7)
  8. Sopore (assembly constituency no. 8)
  9. Gurez (assembly constituency no. 9)
  10. Bandipora (assembly constituency no. 10)
  11. Sonawari (assembly constituency no. 11)
  12. Sangrama (assembly constituency no. 12)
  13. Baramulla (assembly constituency no. 13)
  14. Gulmarg (assembly constituency no. 14)
  15. Pattan (assembly constituency no. 15)

Members of Parliament

Key

  INC     JKN     PDP  

ElectionMemberParty
1967 Syed Ahmed Aga Indian National Congress
1971 Syed Ahmed Aga Indian National Congress
1977 Abdul Ahad Vakil Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1980 Khwaja Mubarak Shah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1984 Saifuddin Soz Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1989 Saifuddin Soz Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1991 election not held due to Kashmir insurgency
1996 Ghulam Rasool Kar Indian National Congress
1998 Saifuddin Soz Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1999 Abdul Rashid Shaheen Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2004 Abdul Rashid Shaheen Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2009 Sharifuddin Shariq Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2014 Muzaffar Hussain Baig Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party

Election results

General Election, 2004: Baramulla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKN Abdul Rashid Shaheen 127,653 38.13
PDP Nizam-uddin Bhat 117,758 35.18
INC Ghulam Rasool Kar 62,316 18.61
Independent Mir Khursheed Abbasi 10,569 3.16
BJP Mohmad Akbar 9,003 2.69
JKNPP Syed Mohd Rafiq Shah 7,471 2.23
Majority 9,895
Turnout 334,770 35.65
JKN hold Swing

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Baramulla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PDP Muzaffar Hussain Baig 1,75,277 37.61 +6.29
JKN Sharifuddin Shariq 1,46,058 31.34 -14.67
BJP Gulam Mohammad Mir 6,558 1.41 +1.14
NOTA None of the Above 4,568 0.98 ---
Majority 29,219 6.27 -8.42
Turnout 4,65,992 39.60 -2.44
PDP gain from JKN Swing +6.29

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ladakh, India's largest Lok Sabha seat, votes Wednesday
  2. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 2008-11-02.