List of members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council explained

This is a list of members from the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council when it was dissolved in 2019. The state elects 36 members for the term of 6 years. 22 members were indirectly elected by the state legislators, 2 members were elected from Local Authorities constituencies, 4 from Panchayat constituencies.^[1] The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir nominated the other 8 members. from among eminent people of various fields.

List of all Members of Legislative Council of Jammu and Kashmir State

Keys:

Elected by Members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (22)

	Member	Party	Quota	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Home District
1			Elected Kashmir	20-04-2017	19-04-2023	Baramulla
2			Elected Jammu (Reserved poonch)	20-04-2017	19-04-2023	Poonch
3			Elected Jammu	20-04-2017	19-04-2023	Jammu
4			Elected Kashmir	20-04-2017	19-04-2023	Bandipora
5			Elected Kashmir	20-04-2017	19-04-2023	Budgam
6			Elected Jammu	20-04-2017	19-04-2023	Kathua
7			Elected Kashmir (Reserved Kargil)	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Kargil
8			Elected Kashmir (Reserved Leh)	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Leh
9			Elected Kashmir	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Kupwara
10			Elected Kashmir	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Kupwara
11			Elected Jammu	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Jammu
12			Elected Jammu	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Kishtwar
13			Elected Jammu	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Rajouri
14			Elected Jammu	17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Rajouri
15	Firdous Ahmed Tak		Elected Jammu	03-03-2015	16-03-2019	Kishtwar
16	Yashpal sharma		Elected Jammu	17-03-2013	16-03-2019	Rajouri
17			Elected Jammu	17-03-2013	16-03-2019	Jammu
18			Elected Jammu (Reserved Doda)	17-03-2013	16-03-2019	Doda
19	Sofi Yousuf		Elected Kashmir	03-03-2015	16-03-2019	Anantnag
20			Elected Kashmir	17-03-2013	16-03-2019	Baramulla
21	Mohammad Muzaffar Parray		Elected Kashmir	17-03-2013	16-03-2019	Baramulla
22			Elected Kashmir	17-03-2013	16-03-2019	Shopian
23			Elected Kashmir	14-3-2002	13-03-2008	Kulgam

Elected by Urban Local Bodies & Rural Local Bodies Members (6)

	Member	Party	Quota	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Home District
1	Vacant	N/A	Local Bodies (Kashmir)	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Vacant	N/A	Local Bodies (Jammu)	N/A	N/A	N/A
3			Panchayats (Kashmir)	07-12-2012	06-12-2018	Budgam
4			Panchayats (Kashmir)	07-12-2012	06-12-2018	Baramulla
5	Sham Lal Bhagat		Panchayats (Jammu)	07-12-2012	06-12-2018
6			Panchayats (Jammu)	07-12-2012	06-12-2o18	Poonch

Nominated Members (8)

	Member	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Home District
1		PDP	22-12-2017	21-12-2023	Anantnag
2			17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Shopian
3			17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Jammu
4			17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Jammu
5			17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Budgam
6			17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Jammu
7			17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Srinagar
8			17-03-2015	16-03-2021	Baramulla

References

1. Book: Indian Polity: A Concise Study of the Indian Constitution, Government and Politics. J.C. Johari. 127–30. Lotus Press. 2004. 978-81-89093-68-6.