About Bhaderwah Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Bhadarwah is a town in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. Owing to its natural beauty, the town is referred to as 'mini Kashmir'. It is also known as 'Nagon ki bhoomi' meaning 'land of snakes'. The assembly constituency of Bhadarwah belongs to Udhampur parliamentary constituency. Ghulam Nabi Azad of INC won the 2008 assembly elections. But after his election to the Rajya Sabha he left the Bhadarwah seat. Hence bypolls were conducted in 2009. Md. Sharief Niaz of INC won the bypolls. He defeated Daleep Singh of BJP. Niaz secured 21966 votes as against Singh's 19219 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Bhaderwah Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Bhaderwah assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A.C. No. | Assembly Constituency Name | Category | Winner Candidates Name | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner-UP | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2009 | By Polls | Bhaderwah | GEN | Md. Sharief Niaz | M | INC | 21966 | Daleep Singh | M | BJP | 19219 |
| 2014 | 54 | Bhaderwah | GEN | Daleep Singh | M | BJP | 25953 | Mohd Sharief Niaz | M | INC | 24457 |
| 2008 | 54 | Bhaderwah | GEN | Ghulam Nabi Azad | M | INC | 38238 | Daya Krishan | M | BJP | 8802 |
| 2006 | By Polls | Bhaderwah | GEN | Sh. Ghulam Nabi Azad | M | INC | 62072 | Sh. Dhantar Singh | M | BJP | 4057 |
| 2002 | 54 | Bhaderwah | GEN | Mohd. Sharief | M | INC | 16962 | Mohd. Aslam | M | JKN | 10135 |
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| 1996 | 54 | Bhaderwah | GEN | Abdul Rehman | M | BSP | 21615 | Daya Krishan Kotwal | M | BJP | 17260 |
| 1987 | 47 | Bhadarwah | (SC) | Hari Lal | M | INC | 11772 | Gian Chand | M | LKD | 8333 |
| 1983 | 47 | Bhadarwah | (SC) | Hari Lal Hitaishit | M | INC | 11706 | Bodh Raj | M | JKN | 11209 |
| 1977 | 47 | Bhadarwah | (SC) | Narain Dass | M | JNP | 4535 | Thakur Dass | M | JKN | 3745 |
| 1972 | 47 | Bhaderwah | (SC) | Bodh Raj | M | INC | 6114 | Narain Dass | M | BJS | 2885 |
| 1967 | 47 | Bhaderwah | (SC) | J. Ram | M | INC | 5562 | Faqiroo | M | IND | 3936 |
| 1962 | 29 | Bhaderwah | GEN | Chuni Lal | M | NC | 11150 | Abdul Rehman | M | PP | 4372 |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021