Kishtwar Election Results 2014, J&K

About Kishtwar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Kishtwar is a municipality in the district by the same name in Jammu and Kashmir. The place was earlier known as Kashthavata. As of 2011 India census,it had a population of 34,982. The assembly constituency of Kishtwar is a part of Udhampur parliamentary constituency. The seat has been occupied by JKNC since 1987. Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo of JKNC won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Sunil Kumar of BJP. Kichloo secured 19248 votes as against Kumar's 16783 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kishtwar Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	51	Kishtwar	GEN	Sunil Kumar Sharma	M	BJP	28054	Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo	M	JKNC	25202
2008	51	Kishtwar	GEN	Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo	M	JKN	19248	Sunil Kumar	M	BJP	16783
2002	51	Kishtwar	GEN	Sajjad Hussain	M	JKN	16725	Gulam Haider Sheikh	M	INC	15062
1996	51	Kishtwar	GEN	Bashir Ahmed Kichloo	M	JKN	17889	Rajinder Singh	M	BJP	10900
1987	45	Kishtwar	GEN	Bashir Ahmed Kichloo	M	JKN	18044	Man Mohan	M	BJP	3309
1983	45	Kishtwar	GEN	Ghulam Hussain Arman	M	INC	12213	Bashir Ahmad Kichloo	M	JKN	9004
1977	45	Kishtwar	GEN	Bashir Ahmed Kichloo	M	JKN	3910	Ghulam Hussain Arman	M	JNP	3385
1972	45	Kishtwar	GEN	Pir Nizam Ud Din	M	INC	9283	Ghulam Hussain Arman	M	IND	3796
1967	45	Kishtwar	GEN	G. Mustafa	M	INC	7726	G. Nabi	M	IND	3459
1962	28	Kishtwar	GEN	Syed Mir Badshah	M	NC	14988	Sewa Ram	M	PP	4752