Anantnag (J&K) Election Results 2016

Anantnag By-polls Results 2016: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti won the Anantnag Assembly seat by 12,085 votes

AC No.	AC Name	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
40	Anantnag	Mehbooba Mufti	PDP	17701	Hilal Ahmad Shah	INC	5616

- (2:00 P.M) Minister Mehbooba Mufti won the Anantnag Assembly seat by 12,085 votes. Peoples Democratic Party has received 17,701 votes, whereas the result of the other parties are like, Congress' Hilal Shah with 5,616, National Conference(NC) Iftikhar Misger stood a distant third with 2,811 votes.

- (11:15 AM) The fifth round of counting has ended and Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti is leading by 6000 votes. Peoples Democratic Party has received 8549 votes, whereas the result of the other parties are like, Congress 2752, NC 954 and AIP 260 votes.

- (10:15 AM) The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is leading in the Anantnag By-poll by 1829 votes so far. The difference of votes with other parties is quite high, as Congress has got 505, NC 301, AIP 66, and an independent candidate received 32.

List of candidates for Anantnag Constituency 2016

Candidate Name	Political Party
Hilal Ahmad Shah	Indian National Congress
Tejinder Singh	Independent
Iftikar Hussain Misger	J & K National Conference
Manzoor Ahmad Khan	Independent
Masroor Ahmad Mir	Independent
Mujieb Ur Rehman	Independent
Mushtaq Ahmad Shah	Independent
Mehbooba Mufti	J & K Peoples Democratic Party

About Anantnag Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Anantnag, which means abode of springs, is a city in the district by the same name in Jammu and Kashmir. The place is regarded as the commercial capital of Kashmir. It was regarded as the 'City of Export' in 2010. As of 2011 India census, the city had a population of 1.1 lakhs. The assembly constituency of Anantnag belongs to Anantnag parliamentary constituency. Mufti Mohmad Sayeed of PDP won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Mirza Mehboob Beigh of JKNC. Sayeed bagged 12439 votes as against Beigh's 7548 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Anantnag Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	40	Anantnag	GEN	Mufti Mohd Sayeed	M	PDP	16983	Hilal Ahmad Shah	M	INC	10955
2008	40	Anantnag	GEN	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed	M	JKPDP	12439	Mirza Mehboob Beigh	M	JKN	7548
2002	40	Anantnag	GEN	Dr. Mehboob Beigh	M	JKN	3513	Liyakat Ali Khan	M	JKAL	652
1996	40	Anantnag	GEN	Safdar Ali Beg	M	JKN	6066	Bashir Ahmad Dada	M	JKAL	5448
1987	39	Anantnag	GEN	Mohd. Syeed Shah	M	IND	24800	Mirza Masood Beg	M	INC	8095
1983	39	Anantnag	GEN	Mirza Mehboob Beg	M	JKN	15575	Gh. Hassan Naik	M	INC	9963
1977	39	Anantnag	GEN	Mirza Mohd Afzal Beg	M	JKN	15893	Sheikh Abdul Majid	M	JNP	9283
1972	39	Anantnag	GEN	Shamsuddin	M	INC	7401	Piary Lal Handoo	M	IND	5383
1967	39	Anantnag	GEN	Shamasuddin	M	INC		Uncontested
1962	31	Anantnag	GEN	Shamas - Ud- Din	M	NC		Uncontested

Last Updated on March 24, 2020

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