Kangan Election Results 2014, J&K

About Kangan Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Kangan is a town in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 94874. The assembly constituency of Kangan is a part of Srinagar parliamentary constituency. The constituency has been the stronghold of National Conference. The party has occupied the seat since 1996. Mian Altaf Ahmed has been the MLA since 1987. He won the 2008 assembly elections by defeating Bashir Ahmad Mir of PDP. Ahmed secured 19210 votes as against Mir's 11495 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kangan Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	16	Kangan	GEN	Altaf Ahmad	M	JKNC	25812	Bashir Ahmad Mir	M	PDP	24380
2008	16	Kangan	GEN	Mian Altaf Ahmed	M	JKN	19210	Bashir Ahmad Mir	M	JKPDP	11495
2002	16	Kangan	GEN	Mian Altaf Ahmed	M	JKN	16987	Ghulam Mohd. Dar	M	PDP	5948
1996	16	Kangan	GEN	Mian Altaf Ahmed	M	JKN	21553	Qazi Mohd. Afzal	M	INC	954
1987	14	Kangan	GEN	Mian Altaf Ahmed	M	INC	14644	Gul Mohd. War	M	IND	9952
1977	14	Kangan	GEN	Bashir Ahmad	M	JKN	20808	Mohd. Afzi	M	JNP	3090
1972	14	Kangan	GEN	Bashir Ahmed Mian	M	INC	16593	Ahad Bhat	M	JMI	3974
1967	14	Kangan	GEN	M. B. Ahmad	M	INC		Uncontested
1962	52	Kangan	GEN	Main Nizam Ud-Din	M	NC		Uncontested