About Amirakadal Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Amirakadal is a city in Jammu and Kashmir. It is famous for the Amirakadal bridge which is one of the seven historical bridges in the district. The bridge is also referred to as the 'first bridge'. It was constructed in 1774 by Afghan governor. The assembly constituency of Amirakadal belongs to Srinagar parliamentary constituency. JKNC which occupied the seat since 1977 lost to INC in 2002. But in the 2008 assembly elections it managed to regain its lost ground. Nasir Aslam Wani of JKNC won the assembly elections by defeating Parvaiz Ahmed Bhat of PDP. Wani got 3922 votes as against Bhat's 3103 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Amirakadal Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Amirakadal assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | AC No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2014 | 23 | amirakadal | GEN | Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari | M | PDP | 11726 | Nasir Aslam Wani | M | JKNC | 6385 |
| 2008 | 23 | Amirakadal | GEN | Nasir Aslam Wani | M | JKN | 3912 | Parvaiz Ahmed Bhat | M | JKPDP | 3103 |
| 2002 | 23 | Amirakadal | GEN | Mohd. Shafi Bhat | M | INC | 1163 | Gh.Nabi Mir | M | JKN | 672 |
| 1996 | 23 | Amirakadal | GEN | Muhammed Shafi Bhat | M | JKN | 4256 | Mohd. Altaf Dar | M | JD | 968 |
| 1987 | 17 | Amirakadal | GEN | Gulam Mohi Ud Din Shoh | M | JKN | 19567 | Mohd. Yussouf Shoh | M | IND | 15278 |
| 1983 | 17 | Amirakadal | GEN | Ghulam Mohudin Shah | M | JKN | 25533 | Abdul Aziz | M | INC | 6086 |
| 1977 | 17 | Amirakadal | GEN | Gulam Mohi Ud Din Shah | M | JKN | 14515 | Gulam Mohi U Din Wani (Karra) | M | JNP | 10340 |
| 1972 | 16 | Amirakadal | GEN | Zainab Begum | F | INC | 7446 | Mohammed Farooq | M | JMI | 7374 |
| 1967 | 16 | Amirakadal | GEN | G. M. Sadiq | M | INC | 10480 | G. A. Sofi | M | JKN | 3765 |
| 1962 | 46 | Amirakadal Srinagar City | GEN | Sham Lal Saraf | M | NC | 10313 | Om Prakash | M | PSP | 1753 |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021