Shopian Election Results 2014, J&K

About Shopian Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Shopian is a town in the district by the same name in Jammu and Kashmir. The town is also the administrative headquarters of the district. Shopian is derived from the word ' Shah-Payan' which means royal stay. The people also believe that the name is derived from the word 'Shin-Van' which means the snow forest. As of 2001 India census,it had a population of 12,396. The assembly constituency of Shopian belongs to Anantnag parliamentary constituency. Abdul Razaq Wagay of PDP won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Mohd. Shafi of INC. Wagay bagged 8006 votes as against Shafi's 5208 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Shopian Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	36	Shopian	GEN	Mohd Yousuf Bhat	M	PDP	14262	Shabir Ahmad Kullay	M	IND	11896
2008	36	Shopian	GEN	Abdul Razaq Wagay	M	JKPDP	8006	Mohd. Shafi	M	INC	5208
2002	36	Shopian	GEN	Gh. Hassan Khan	M	PDP	4083	Sheikh Mohd. Rafi	M	JKN	3363
1996	36	Shopian	GEN	Shiekh Mohd. Rafi	M	JKN	10340	Gh. Nabi Shah	M	JD	7040
1987	32	Shopian	GEN	Sheikh Mohd. Mansoor	M	JKN	18083	Abdul Ahad Thoker	M	IND	17747
1983	32	Shopian	GEN	Sheikh Mohd. Mansoor	M	JKN	14662	Moulana Mohd. Amin	M	JMI	8805
1977	32	Shopian	GEN	Sheikh Modh. Mansoor	M	JKN	15133	Hakim Ghulam Nabi	M	JMI	4763
1972	32	Shopian	GEN	Abdul Majid Bandey	M	IND	8401	Haki Gulam Nabi Shah	M	JMI	6388
1967	32	Shopian	GEN	S. A. Shamim	M	IND	7576	G. H. Khan	M	INC	6195
1962	41	Shopian	GEN	Abdul Majid Bandey	M	NC		Uncontested