Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency

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Anantnag
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly constituencies	16: Tral, Pampore, Pulwama, Rajpora, Wachi, Shopian, Noorabad, Kulgam, Hom Shali Bugh, Anantnag, Devsar, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara, Pahalgam
Established	1967
Abolished	2024
Reservation	None

Anantnag was one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. It was officially replaced and renamed as the Anantnag-Rajouri Constituency in May 2022.

Assembly segments

Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following 16 assembly segments:

Year	Winner
1967	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi	Indian National Congress
1971
1977
1980	Ghulam Rasool Kochak	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1984	Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah
1989	Piyare Lal Handoo
1996	Mohammad Maqbool Dar	Janata Dal
1998	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed	Indian National Congress
1999	Ali Muhammad Naik	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2004	Mehbooba Mufti	Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party
2009	Mirza Mehboob Beg	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2014	Mehbooba Mufti	Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party
2019	Hasnain Masoodi	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

2019 Indian general elections: Anantnag
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Hasnain Masoodi	40,180	32.17	−3.81
	INC	Ghulam Ahmad Mir	33,504	26.83	New
	JKPDP	Mehbooba Mufti	30,524	24.44	−28.97
	BJP	Sofi Yousuf	10,225	8.19	+6.93
	JKPC	Ch. Zaffar Ali	1,646	1.32	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	937	0.75
Majority			6,676	5.34	−12.09
Turnout			1,24,896	8.96	−19.88
	JKNC gain from JKPDP		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Anantnag
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Mehbooba Mufti	2,00,429	53.41	+8.51
	JKNC	Mirza Mehboob Beg	1,35,012	35.98	−10.55
	Independent	Tanveer Hussain Khan	7,340	1.96	New
	BJP	Mushtaq Ahmad Malik	4,720	1.26	+0.03
	JKNPP	Syed Abid Ahmad Shah	4,345	1.16	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,936	1.58	New
Majority			65,417	17.43	+15.80
Turnout			3,75,279	28.84	+1.74
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	+6.88

2009 Indian general elections: Anantnag
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mirza Mehboob Beg	148,317	46.53	+22.90
	JKPDP	Peer Mohammed Hussain	143,093	44.90	−4.65
	BJP	Mohammad Sidiq Khan	3,918	1.23	−1.99
Majority			5,224	1.63	−24.29
Turnout			318,726	27.10	+12.06
	JKNC gain from JKPDP		Swing

General Election, 2004: Anantnag
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JKPDP	Mehbooba Mufti	74,436	49.55
	JKNC	Mirza Mehboob Beg	35,498	23.63
	CPI(M)	Mohamad Yusuf Tarigami	18,466	12.29
	BJP	Sofi Mohf. Yousuf	4,836	3.22
	Independent	Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather	2,827	1.88
	Independent	Ab. Majeed Naikoo	2,760	1.84
	Independent	Mohd. Maqbool Dar	2,691	1.79
	LJP	Sanjay Saraf	1,595	1.06
	Independent	Gh. Rasool	1,586	1.06
	AIFB	Hamidullah Wani	1,504	1.00
	Independent	Gh. Mohi-ud-din Dar	1,278	0.85
	RLD	Mohd. Yousuf Qurashi	1,115	0.74
	Samata Party	Gh. Mohd. Tantary	864	0.58
	Independent	Ramesh Kumar Bhat	763	0.51
Majority			38,938	25.92
Turnout			150,219	15.04
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing

"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 1 November 2008.
"Constituency-wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
"Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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