Banihal Election Results 2014, J&K

About Banihal Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Banihal is a small town in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. The word Banihal means blizzard. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 2,729. The assembly constituency of Banihal is a part of Udhampur parliamentary constituency. In the past two assembly elections of 1996 and 2002, a independent candidate won the seat. But in the 2008 assembly elections, Vikar Rasool Wani of INC came out victorious. He defeated Showkat Javeed Daing, an independent candidate. Wani secured 8287 votes as against Daing's 5254 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Banihal Assembly Constituency

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

Year	AC No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	56	Banihal	GEN	Vikar Rasool Wani	M	INC	17671	Bashir Ahmed Runyal	M	PDP	13322
2008	56	Banihal	GEN	Vikar Rasool Wani	M	INC	8287	Showkat Javed Daing	M	IND	5254
2002	56	Banihal	GEN	Molvi Abdul Rashid	M	IND	11393	Mohd. Farooq Mir	M	JKN	4719
1996	56	Banihal	GEN	Mohd. Farooq Mir	M	IND	10925	Molvi Abdul Rashid	M	JKN	7778
1987	50	Banihal	GEN	Molvi Abdul Rashid	M	JKN	13949	Mohd. Akhter Nizam	M	IND	6056
1983	50	Banihal	GEN	Abdul Rashid	M	JKN	15046	Sona Ullah	M	INC	6821
1977	50	Banihal	GEN	Molvi Abdul Rashid	M	JKN	7460	Modh. Akthar Nizami	M	INC	3290
1972	50	Banihal	GEN	Hajra Begum	F	INC		Uncontested
1967	50	Banihal	GEN	M. Akhtar	M	JKN	7570	Assad-Ullah	M	INC	6391

Last Updated on March 23, 2020

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