Bandipora Election Results 2014, J&K

About Bandipora Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Bandipora is a town in the district by the same name. It is also the headquarters of the Bandipora district. The town is located on the banks of Wular Lake. Bandipora is famous for three A's, namely A'lim (knowledge), Adab (good habits or literature) and Aab (water). The assembly constituency of Bandipora is a part of Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency. The seat was occupied by JKN since 1977 until it lost the seat in 2002. Nizamuddin Bhat of PDP won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Usman Abdul Majid, an independent candidate. Bhat bagged 13051 votes as against Majid's 12231 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Bandipora Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Bandipora assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	AC No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	10	Bandipora	GEN	Usman Abdul Majid	M	INC	25084	Nizam-U-Din Bhat	M	PDP	21341
2008	10	Bandipora	GEN	Nizamuddin Bhat	M	JKPDP	13051	Usman Abdul Majid	M	IND	12231
2002	10	Bandipora	GEN	Usman Abdul Majid	M	JKAL	5722	Habibullah Bhat	M	INC	5469
1996	10	Bandipora	GEN	Gh. Rasool Mir	M	JKN	9625	Ab. Majid	M	JKAL	5652
1987	5	Bandipora	GEN	Ghulam Rosool Mir	M	JKN	17894	Nizam-Ud-Din	M	JKP	14668
1983	5	Bandipora	GEN	Mohd. Khalil	M	JKN	18253	Nizamudin Bhat	M	JKP	7380
1977	5	Bandipora	GEN	Mohamad Khalil	M	JKN	18032	Mohamad Anwar Khan	M	INC	2299
1972	4	Bandipora	GEN	M. A. Khan	M	INC	14148	Mohd. Sultan Shah	M	JMI	6774
1967	4	Bandipora	GEN	M. A. Khan	M	INC	12733	A. K. Khan	M	JKN	8288