About Devsar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Devsar is a city in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The assembly constituency of Devsar falls under Anantnag parliamentary constituency. The seat has been occupied by PDP since 2002. Mohmad Sartaj Madni of PDP won the 2008 assembly elections for the second consecutive time and is the present MLA. He defeated Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Shah of JKNC. Madni received 14175 votes as against Shah's 10174 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Devsar Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Devsar 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 | 41 | Devsar | GEN | Mohammad Amin Bhat | M | INC | 20162 | Mohammad Sartaj Madni | M | PDP | 18651 |
| 2008 | 41 | Devsar | GEN | Mohmad Sartaj Madni | M | JKPDP | 14175 | Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Shah | M | JKN | 10174 |
| 2002 | 41 | Devsar | GEN | Mohd. Sartaj Madni | M | PDP | 8721 | Mohd. Yaqub | M | CPM | 5695 |
| 1996 | 41 | Devsar | GEN | Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad | M | JKN | 8763 | Mohd. Yousuf | M | INC | 6777 |
| 1987 | 34 | Devsar | GEN | Peerzada-Ghulam-Ahmad | M | JKN | 17169 | Hamid Ulla Rangrez | M | IND | 14550 |
| 1983 | 34 | Devsar | GEN | Gh, Ahmad Shah | M | JKN | 15534 | Manohar Nath Kaul | M | INC | 9757 |
| 1977 | 34 | Devsar | GEN | Ghulam Nabi Kochak | M | JKN | 14921 | Manohar Nath | M | INC | 4623 |
| 1972 | 34 | Devsar | GEN | Ghulam Hassan Parry | M | IND | 9406 | Manohar Nath Koul | M | INC | 8055 |
| 1967 | 34 | Devsar | GEN | M. N. Koul | M | INC | | Uncontested | | | |
| 1962 | 37 | Devsar | GEN | Abdul Aziz Zargar | M | NC | | Uncontested | | | |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021