Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Baramull
Established:1967
Reservation:None
Party:Independent
Mp:Sheikh Er Rashid
Latest Election Year:2024
Union Territory:Jammu and Kashmir
Electors:17,37,865[1]

Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. The 2024 Indian election from this constituency was won by a Kashmiri separatist Engineer Rashid.

Previous Assembly segments

Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Karnah (assembly constituency no. 1)
  2. Kupwara (assembly constituency no. 2)
  3. Lolab (assembly constituency no. 3)
  4. Handwara (assembly constituency no. 4)
  5. Langate (assembly constituency no. 5)
  6. Uri (assembly constituency no. 6)
  7. Rafiabad(assembly constituency no. 7)
  8. Sopore (assembly constituency no. 8)
  9. Gurez (assembly constituency no. 9)
  10. Bandipora (assembly constituency no. 10)
  11. Sonawari (assembly constituency no. 11)
  12. Sangrama (assembly constituency no. 12)
  13. Baramulla (assembly constituency no. 13)
  14. Gulmarg (assembly constituency no. 14)
  15. Pattan (assembly constituency no. 15)

New Assembly segments

AC No.AC Name District
1KarnahKupwara
2Trehgam
3Kupwara
4Lolab
5Handwara
6Langate
7SoporeBaramulla
8Rafiabad
9Uri
10Baramulla
11Gulmarg
12Wagoora-Kreeri
13Pattan
14SonawariBandipora
15Bandipora
16Gurez (ST)
27BudgamBudgam
28Beerwah

Members of Parliament

YearWinnerParty
1957Shaikh Mohammed Akbar
1967Syed Ahmed Aga
1971
1977Abdul Ahad Vakil
1980Khwaja Mubarak Shah
1983^Saifuddin Soz
1984
1989
1996Ghulam Rasool Kar
1998Saifuddin Soz
1999Abdul Rashid Shaheen
2004
2009Sharifuddin Shariq
2014Muzaffar Hussain Baig
2019Mohammad Akbar Lone
2024Sheikh Er Rashid
^ by poll

Election results

General election 2004

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
  2. Web site: Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir . Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir . 2008-11-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081231174529/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html . 2008-12-31 .