Ganderbal Election Results 2014, J&K

About Ganderbal Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Ganderbal city, one of the 87 constituencies, was carved out of Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir. The assembly constituency of Ganderbal is a part of Srinagar parliamentary constituency. The 2008 assembly elections witnessed the royal battle between NC president Omar Abdullah and Qazi Mohammed Afzal of PDP. Afzal who defeated Abdullah in 2002 assembly elections could not retain the seat in 2008. Abdullah defeated Afzal with a huge margin. He secured 16519 as against Afzal's 8304 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Ganderbal Assembly Constituency

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

Year	AC No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	17	Ganderbal	GEN	Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh	M	JKNC	19478	Qazi Mohammad Afzal	M	PDP	18881
2008	17	Ganderbal	GEN	Omar Abdullah	M	JKN	16519	Qazi Mohammad Afzal	M	JKPDP	8304
2002	17	Ganderbal	GEN	Qazi Mohd Afzal	M	PDP	11622	Omar Abdullah	M	JKN	8752
1996	17	Ganderbal	GEN	Farooq Abdullah	M	JKN	16440	Qazi Mohd. Afzal	M	INC	3617
1987	15	Ganderbal	GEN	Farooq Abdulla	M	JKN	30255	Abdul Khaliq Sofi	M	IND	7446
1983	15	Ganderbal	GEN	Farooq Abdullah	M	JKN	32331	Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Saiati	M	INC	1235
1977	15	Ganderbal	GEN	Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah	M	JKN	26162	Ali Mohamd Taria	M	IND	3509
1972	15	Ganderbal	GEN	Mohd. Maqbool Bhat	M	INC	11891	Ghulam Mohamad Ganai	M	JMI	3554
1967	15	Ganderbal	GEN	Mohd. Maqbool Bhat	M	INC		Uncontested
1962	53	Ganderbal	GEN	Abdul Salam Aitu	M	NC		Uncontested