Rajouri Assembly constituency

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Rajouri
Constituency No. 85 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
LS constituency	Anantnag-Rajouri
Established	1962
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.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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
2002	Mohammad Aslam
2008	Shabbir Ahmed Khan	Indian National Congress
2014	Qamar Hussain	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2024	Iftkar Ahmed	Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
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

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
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

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
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

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
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

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammed Sharief Tariq	25,934	50.73%	*New*
	INC	Chowdhary Talib Hussain	18,048	35.31%	36.71
	BJP	Vibod Kumar Gupta	6,103	11.94%	New
	JD	Qamer Robbani	580	1.13%	New
	JKNPP	Natter Singh	380	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			7,886	15.43%	33.66
Turnout			51,120	65.45%	16.55
Registered electors			79,073		38.27
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	21.28

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mirsa Abdul Rashid	33,443	72.02%	28.27
	Independent	Chowdhary Talib Hussain	10,648	22.93%	New
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Sharma	1,348	2.90%	New
	Independent	Khadam Hussain	349	0.75%	New
	Independent	Saire Begum	285	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			22,795	49.09%	42.89
Turnout			46,438	82.74%	11.93
Registered electors			57,187		11.89
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	22.07

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
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

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Talib Hussain	9,390	39.98%	45.02
	JKNC	Mohammed Sharif	7,365	31.36%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Aslam	4,969	21.15%	New
	JP	Ghulam Qadir Mir	1,638	6.97%	New
Margin of victory			2,025	8.62%	65.36
Turnout			23,489	59.62%	5.84
Registered electors			40,291		26.86
	INC hold		Swing	45.02

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
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

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
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

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Rajouri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Abdul Aziz Shawal	14,192	76.76%	*New*
	Democratic National Conference	Dev Raj	4,297	23.24%	New
Margin of victory			9,895	53.52%
Turnout			18,489	81.60%
Registered electors			27,795
	JKNC win (new seat)

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