Gool Arnas was one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Gool Arnas was also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. Gool Arnas was not a constituency until 1995 when it was created by way of delimitation. In fact the Arnas constituency was bifurcated into two parts- Gool Arnas and Gulabgarh.[1][2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Abdul Wahid Shan | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| 2002 | Ajaz Ahmed Khan | Independent politician | |
| 2008 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2014 | |||
Election results
Assembly Election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajaz Ahmed Khan | 22,966 | 45.24% |  8.19
| |
| BJP | Kuldeep Raj Dubey | 16,088 | 31.69% | 12.20
| |
| JKPDP | Imtiyaz Ahmed Shan | 7,132 | 14.05% | 7.07
| |
| JKNC | Shamshad Bano | 2,203 | 4.34% |  24.51
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 627 | 1.24% | New | |
| Independent | Gulzar Ahmed Wani | 452 | 0.89% | New | |
| Independent | Abdul Rehman | 412 | 0.81% | New | |
| Independent | Arjun Singh | 393 | 0.77% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,878 | 13.55% | 5.35
| ||
| Turnout | 50,766 | 82.58% | 5.88
| ||
| Registered electors | 61,476 | 12.04
| |||
| INC hold | Swing | 8.19
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Assembly Election 2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajaz Ahmed Khan | 15,594 | 37.05% | 22.29
| |
| JKNC | Ghulam Qadir Mughal | 12,142 | 28.85% | 14.33
| |
| BJP | Kabla Singh | 8,204 | 19.49% | 1.42
| |
| JKPDP | Shamshad Bano | 2,937 | 6.98% | New | |
| JKNPP | Faqir Mohammed | 1,137 | 2.70% | New | |
| Independent | Madan Lal | 773 | 1.84% | New | |
| BSP | Mohammed Sultan Malik | 657 | 1.56% | 1.43
| |
| LJP | Shakeel Ahmed | 386 | 0.92% | New | |
| ANC | Abdul Majid | 256 | 0.61% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,452 | 8.20% | 7.09
| ||
| Turnout | 42,086 | 76.70% | 16.62
| ||
| Registered electors | 54,872 | 1.08
| |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | 3.69
|
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ajaz Ahmed Khan | 10,881 | 33.36% | New | |
| BJP | Kabala Singh | 5,895 | 18.08% | 4.04
| |
| INC | Gulzar Ahmed Wani | 4,816 | 14.77% | 11.24
| |
| JKNC | Abdul Wahid Shan | 4,736 | 14.52% | 30.37
| |
| Independent | Mohammed Abdullah Bhat | 1,674 | 5.13% | New | |
| Independent | Prem Singh | 1,552 | 4.76% | New | |
| Independent | Tanveer Ahmad | 1,464 | 4.49% | New | |
| BSP | Noor Ahmad | 975 | 2.99% | New | |
| Independent | Lachman Singh | 345 | 1.06% | New | |
| Independent | Abdul Hamid | 276 | 0.85% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,986 | 15.29% | 3.59
| ||
| Turnout | 32,614 | 60.08% | 2.66
| ||
| Registered electors | 54,286 | 43.01
| |||
| Independent gain from JKNC | Swing | 11.52
|
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Assembly Election 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNC | Abdul Wahid Shan | 9,783 | 44.89% | New | |
| INC | Mohammed Ayub Khan | 5,669 | 26.01% | New | |
| BJP | Keshib Singh | 4,819 | 22.11% | New | |
| JD | Ghulam Rasool Nishat | 1,524 | 6.99% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,114 | 18.88% | |||
| Turnout | 21,795 | 58.29% | |||
| Registered electors | 37,959 | ||||
| JKNC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- ^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Uri Assembly Constituency
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.