About Charari Sharief Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Charari Sharief is a small town in Badgam district of Jammu & Kashmir. In January 2014, it was given the status of a Block. The town is known for the tomb of Sheikh Noor-u-din Noorani. He was an Islamic preacher. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 7378. The assembly constituency of Charari Sharief belongs to Srinagar parliamentary constituency. The seat has been occupied by JKNC since 1977. Abdul Rahim Rather of JKNC won the 2008 assembly elections for the sixth consecutive time. He defeated Ghulam Nabi Lone of PDP with a huge margin. Rather bagged 24579 votes as against Lone's 18204 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Charari Sharief Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Charari Sharief 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 | 30 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Ghulam Nabi Lone | M | PDP | 32849 | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKNC | 27682 |
| 2008 | 30 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKN | 24579 | Ghulam Nabi Lone | M | JKPDP | 18204 |
| 2002 | 30 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKN | 20275 | Advocate Ghulam Nabi Lone | M | PDP | 16520 |
| 1996 | 30 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKN | 19590 | Gh. Hassan Wani | M | JD | 6395 |
| 1987 | 27 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKN | 25447 | Abdul Rashid | M | IND | 3062 |
| 1983 | 27 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKN | 17678 | Abdul Qayoom | M | INC | 6567 |
| 1977 | 27 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKN | 14766 | Abdul Qayoom | M | INC | 4764 |
| 1972 | 26 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Qayum | M | INC | 16788 | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | IND | 2744 |
| 1967 | 26 | Charari Sharief | GEN | A. Qayum | M | INC | 6241 | G. N. Wani | M | JKN | 4766 |
| 1962 | 59 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Bakshi Abdul Rashid | M | NC | | Uncontested | | | |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021