Anantnag (Lok Sabha Constituency)
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Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha
(parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir state in northern India
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
(parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir state in northern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Assembly segments
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:- Tral (assembly constituency no. 31)
- Pampore (assembly constituency no. 32)
- Pulwama (assembly constituency no. 33)
- Rajpora (assembly constituency no. 34)
- Wachi (assembly constituency no. 35)
- Shopian (assembly constituency no. 36)
- Noorabad (assembly constituency no. 37)
- Kulgam (assembly constituency no. 38)
- Homshalibug (assembly constituency no. 39)
- Anantnag (assembly constituency no. 40)
- Devsar (assembly constituency no. 41)
- Doru (assembly constituency no. 42)
- Kokarnag (assembly constituency no. 43)
- Shangas (assembly constituency no. 44)
- Bijbehara (assembly constituency no. 45)
- Pahalgam (assembly constituency no. 46)
Members of Parliament
- 1977: Mohammed Shafi Qureshi, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1980: Gh. Rasool Kochak, Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceThe Jammu & Kashmir National Conference is a State political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Led at the time of Indian Independence in 1947 by Sheikh Abdullah, it dominated electoral politics in the state for many decades...
- 1984: Akbar Jahan Begum, Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceThe Jammu & Kashmir National Conference is a State political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Led at the time of Indian Independence in 1947 by Sheikh Abdullah, it dominated electoral politics in the state for many decades...
- 1989: P.L. Handoo, Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceThe Jammu & Kashmir National Conference is a State political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Led at the time of Indian Independence in 1947 by Sheikh Abdullah, it dominated electoral politics in the state for many decades...
- 1996: Mohammad Maqbool, Janata DalJanata DalJanata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...
- 1998: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1999: Ali Mohammad Naik, Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceThe Jammu & Kashmir National Conference is a State political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Led at the time of Indian Independence in 1947 by Sheikh Abdullah, it dominated electoral politics in the state for many decades...
- 2004: Mehbooba MuftiMehbooba MuftiMehbooba Mufti Sayeed is the president of the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. She is the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his wife Gulshan Nazir...
, Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party - 2009: Mirza Mehboob Beg, Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceThe Jammu & Kashmir National Conference is a State political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Led at the time of Indian Independence in 1947 by Sheikh Abdullah, it dominated electoral politics in the state for many decades...
Election results
See also
- Anantnag districtAnantnag DistrictAnantnag is a district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in north-western India. It is one of eight districts which make up the Kashmir Valley. The district headquarter is Anantnag...
- Kulgam district
- Pulwama districtPulwama DistrictArea1,398 km²Population649,000 Population density464/km2 Literacy47.76% Pulwama is a district in Jammu and Kashmir, India.-Administration:Pulwama district has 3 tehsils:*Pampore Tehsil*Pulwama Tehsil...
- Shopian district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha