Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India.

Assembly segments

Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  1. Kangan (assembly constituency no. 16) - JKNC
  2. Ganderbal (assembly constituency no. 17) - JKNC
  3. Hazratbal (assembly constituency no. 18) - PDP
  4. Zadibal (assembly constituency no. 19) - PDP
  5. Eidgah (assembly constituency no. 20) - JKNC
  6. Khanyar (assembly constituency no. 21) - JKNC
  7. Habba Kadal (assembly constituency no. 22) - JKNC
  8. Amira Kadal (assembly constituency no. 23) - PDP
  9. Sonawar (assembly constituency no. 24) - PDP
  10. Batmaloo (assembly constituency no. 25) - PDP
  11. Chadoora (assembly constituency no. 26) - PDP
  12. Budgam (assembly constituency no. 27) - JKNC
  13. Beerwah (assembly constituency no. 28) - JKNC
  14. Khan Sahib (assembly constituency no. 29) - JKPDF
  15. Charari Sharief(assembly constituency no. 30) - PDP

Members of Parliament
Year Winner Party
1967 Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1971 S. A. Shamim Independent
1977 Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1980 Farooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1983^ Abdul Rashid Kabuli Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1984 Abdul Rashid Kabuli Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1989 Mohammad Shafi Bhat Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1991 election not held due to Kashmir insurgency
1996 Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami Indian National Congress
1998 Omar Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1999 Omar Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2004 Omar Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2009 Farooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2014 Tariq Hameed Karra Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
2017^ Farooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2019 Farooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

^ by poll

Election results

General elections 2019

Srinagar Lok Sabha seat had 11,06,729 total electorate count in 2009, and that count typically goes up by 35-40% over 10 years in India. [2] Due to the security situation in the valley, there was only 13% voter turn-out in Srinagar seat in May 2019. On the other hand, Udhampur enjoyed voter turn-out of 66% because of the better law and order situation in Jammu area. [3] In 70 polling booths of Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, not a single vote was cast due to the fear of violence.[4]

2019 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Farooq Abdullah 1,06,750 57.14
JKPDP Aga Syed Mohsin 36,700 19.64
JKPC Irfan Raza Ansari 28,773 15.4
BJP Khalid Jahangir 4,631 2.48
JD(U) Showkat Hussain Khan 1,250 0.67
JKNPP Abdual Rashid Ganie 791 0.42
SHS Abdul Khaliq Bhat 578 0.31
NOTA None of the Above 1,566 0.84
Majority 70,050 37.49
Turnout 1,86,863 14.43
JKNC hold Swing

By election 2017
Bye-election, 2017: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Farooq Abdullah 48,555 54.02 +16.98
JKPDP Nazir Ahmad Khan 37,779 42.03 -8.55
IND. Farooq Ahmad Dar 630 0.70 New
IND. Mehraj Khourshid Malik 576 0.64 New
AJKLDP Bikram Singh 496 0.55 New
NOTA None of the Above 931 1.04 -0.55
Majority 10,776 11.99 -1.55
Turnout 89,883 7.12 -18.74
JKNC gain from JKPDP Swing +3.44

General elections 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Tariq Hameed Karra 1,57,923 50.58 +9.28
JKNC Farooq Abdullah 1,15,643 37.04 -14.96
IND. Aga Syed Mohsin 16,050 5.14 New
BJP Fayaz Ahmad Bhat 4,467 1.43 +0.72
AAP Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat 3,271 1.05 New
NOTA None of the Above 4,979 1.59 New
Majority 42,281 13.54 +2.84
Turnout 3,12,212 25.86 +0.31
JKPDP gain from JKNC Swing -1.42

General elections 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Dr. Farooq Abdullah 1,47,035 52.00 +1.70
JKPDP Iftikhar Hussain Ansari 1,16,793 41.30 -2.84
BJP Avtar Kishan Pandita 1,994 0.71 =0.01
Majority 30,239 10.70 -1.13
Turnout 2,82,761 25.55 +6.98
JKNC hold Swing

General elections 2004
General Election, 2004: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Omar Abdullah 98,422 50.30
JKPDP Ghulam Nabi Lone 75,263 38.46
Independent Nazir Ahmad Khan 6,873 3.51
BJP Iftikhar Sadiq 3,154 1.61
Majority 23,159
Turnout 195,678 18.57
JKNC hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  2. http://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/parliamentary-constituencies/srinagar.html
  3. https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/elections-2019-srinagar-registers-voter-turnout-of-13-1555594877505.html
  4. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/jammu-and-kashmir/news/no-vote-cast-in-90-booths-in-srinagar-lok-sabha-seat/articleshow/68944554.cms

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