Kulgam Election Results 2014, J&K

About Kulgam Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Kulgam is a small town in the district by the same name in Jammu and Kashmir. The word Kulgam is a combination of two words, kul meaning clan and gram meaning village. The town is famous for the religious saint, Sayed Simnan Sahib. The place is known for the rice production. The assembly constituency of Kulgam belongs to Anantnag parliamentary constituency. The seat has been occupied by CPI(M) since 1996. Mohmad Yousuf Rather of CPI(M) won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Nazir Ahmad Laway of PDP. Rather bagged 17175 votes as against Laway's 16939 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kulgam Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	38	Kulgam	GEN	Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami	M	CPM	20574	Nazir Ahmad Laway	M	PDP	20240
2008	38	Kulgam	GEN	Mohmad Yousuf Rather	M	CPM	17175	Nazir Ahmad Laway	M	JKPDP	16939
2002	38	Kulgam	GEN	Mohd. Yousf Tarigami	M	CPM	8346	Gh. Nabi Dar	M	JKN	3461
1996	38	Kulgam	GEN	Mohd. Yousuf	M	CPM	21837	Habibullah Laway	M	JD	5671
1987	35	Kulgam	GEN	Haji Abdul Pazak Mir	M	IND	15607	Ghulam Nabi Dar	M	JKN	12031
1983	35	Kulgam	GEN	Gh. Nabi Dar	M	JKN	9723	Sheikh Ghulam Hassan	M	JMI	6843
1977	35	Kulgam	GEN	Ghulam Nabi Dar	M	JKN	8833	Abdul Razak Mir	M	JMI	6403
1972	35	Kulgam	GEN	Ab. Razak Mir	M	JMI	8137	Habibulla Lawi	M	IND	7094
1967	35	Kulgam	GEN	M. Y. Bhat	M	INC		Uncontested
1962	38	Kulgam	GEN	Mohd. Yaqub Bhat	M	NC		Uncontested