Inderwal Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Inderwal

| mla = Payare Lal Sharma

| party = Independent

| latest_election_year = 2024

| state = Jammu and Kashmir

| district = Kishtwar

| loksabha_cons = Udhampur

| established = 1967

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 48

}}

Inderwal Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Inderwal is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12211-delimitation-of-constituencies-in-jammu-kashmir-assamarunachal-pradesh-manipur-and-nagaland-notification-dated-06032020/ |title=Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India |newspaper=eci.gov.in |accessdate=2021-06-27}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/13193-delimitation-of-constituencies-in-jammu-kashmir-notification-dated-03032021/ |title=Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders |website=Election Commission of India |date= 3 March 2021 |accessdate= 2021-06-27}}{{Cite web|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Inderwal Assembly Constituency|url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/inderwal.html|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Elections.in}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Election

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

1967

| rowspan=2|Khan Abdul Gani Goni

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1972

| {{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}

1977

| rowspan=2|Sheikh Ghulam Mohamad

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1983
1987

| Shareef Naiz

| {{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=2}}

1996

| Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din

2002

| rowspan=3|Ghulam Mohammad Saroori

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}

2008
2014
2024{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |date=8 October 2024 |title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Inderwal |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0848.htm |accessdate=18 October 2024}}

| Pyare Lal Sharma

|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}

Election results

=Assembly Election 2024 =

{{Election box begin|title= 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bandipora|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|access-date=10 October 2024|date=8 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010072117/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|archive-date=10 October 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Payare Lal Sharma |party=Independent politician |votes=14,195 |percentage=26.36% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohammad Saroori |party=Independent politician |votes=13,552 |percentage=25.16% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Zafarullah |party=Indian National Congress |votes=12,533 |percentage=23.27% |change={{decrease}}23.66 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Taraq Hussain Keen |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=9,550 |percentage=17.73% |change={{decrease}}9.69 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nasir Hussain Sheikh |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=1,044 |percentage=1.94% |change={{decrease}}17.89 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Salman Rabbani |party=Independent politician |votes=723 |percentage=1.34% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Salman Nisar |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=549 |percentage=1.02% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=1,145 |percentage=2.13% |change={{increase}}1.44 }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=643 |percentage=1.19% |change= {{decrease}}18.32 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=53,855 |percentage=84.02% |change= {{increase}}8.38 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 64,101 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}23.52 }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Independent politician |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}20.58 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 2014 =

{{Election box begin|title= 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{Cite web |date= |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613150235/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-date=2019-06-13 |access-date= |website=eci.gov.in}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohammad Saroori |party=Indian National Congress |votes=29,754 |percentage=46.93% |change={{increase}}4.26 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Tariq Hussain Keen |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=17,384 |percentage=27.42% |change={{increase}}4.34 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Majeed Batt |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=12,570 |percentage=19.83% |change={{increase}}18.53 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Tanveer Hussain |party=Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party |votes=881 |percentage=1.39% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shanawaz Ahmed |party=Independent politician |votes=559 |percentage=0.88% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Majeed Ganai |party=Independent politician |votes=547 |percentage=0.86% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=435 |percentage=0.69% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=12,370 |percentage=19.51% |change= {{decrease}}0.08 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=63,396 |percentage=75.64% |change= {{increase}}2.83 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 83,813 |ref = |change= {{increase}}14.79 }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}4.26 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 2008 =

{{Election box begin|title= 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/10-Detailed%20Results.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225073739/https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/10-Detailed%20Results.pdf|archive-date=25 December 2024|access-date=25 December 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohammad Saroori |party=Indian National Congress |votes=22,684 |percentage=42.67% |change={{decrease}}22.08 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shakti Raj |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=12,269 |percentage=23.08% |change={{increase}}9.17 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Karim |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=9,002 |percentage=16.93% |change={{increase}}1.99 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Javed Ahmad Zargar |party=Independent politician |votes=4,100 |percentage=7.71% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohammed Kohli |party=Independent politician |votes=991 |percentage=1.86% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rehman Wani |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=688 |percentage=1.29% |change={{increase}}0.43 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mansoor Ahmed Mattoo |party=Independent politician |votes=648 |percentage=1.22% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=10,415 |percentage=19.59% |change= {{decrease}}30.21 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=53,157 |percentage=72.81% |change= {{increase}}16.21 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 73,012 |ref = |change= {{increase}}8.99 }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}22.08 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 2002 =

{{Election box begin|title= 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/StatRep_JK_02.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127192246/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/StatRep_JK_02.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=15 February 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohammad Saroori |party=Indian National Congress |votes=24,551 |percentage=64.75% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jalal-Ud-Din |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=5,667 |percentage=14.95% |change={{decrease}}22.92 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Salam Din |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=5,273 |percentage=13.91% |change={{decrease}}7.77 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kewel Singh |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=835 |percentage=2.20% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohan Lal Bhandari |party=Independent politician |votes=553 |percentage=1.46% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Tariq Hussain |party=Independent politician |votes=379 |percentage=1.00% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bashir Ahmed Bhat |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=326 |percentage=0.86% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=18,884 |percentage=49.80% |change= {{increase}}46.07 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=37,917 |percentage=56.61% |change= {{decrease}}3.12 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 66,991 |ref = |change= {{increase}}36.53 }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{increase}}26.88 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 1996 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-JK96.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117084805/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-JK96.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=11,097 |percentage=37.87% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohammad Saroori |party=Independent politician |votes=10,002 |percentage=34.13% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Balwant Singh |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=6,351 |percentage=21.67% |change={{increase}}18.66 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sadder Din |party=Janata Dal |votes=1,194 |percentage=4.07% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohan Lal Bhandri |party=Independent politician |votes=348 |percentage=1.19% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nazir Ahmad |party=Independent politician |votes=312 |percentage=1.06% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,095 |percentage=3.74% |change= {{decrease}}83.54 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=29,304 |percentage=61.27% |change= {{decrease}}5.21 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 49,066 |ref = |change= {{increase}}6.85 }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}52.91 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 1987 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReport_jk_87.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114084427/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReport_jk_87.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Shareef Naiz |party=Indian National Congress |votes=27,069 |percentage=90.78% |change={{increase}}57.23 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed |party=Independent politician |votes=1,045 |percentage=3.50% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jai Lal Shah |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=899 |percentage=3.01% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dadri Nath |party=Lokdal |votes=472 |percentage=1.58% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ram Lal Rao |party=Independent politician |votes=189 |percentage=0.63% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=26,024 |percentage=87.28% |change= {{increase}}77.91 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=29,818 |percentage=65.50% |change= {{increase}}3.45 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 45,921 |ref = |change= {{increase}}16.88 }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{increase}}47.86 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 1983 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReport_JK_1983.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117082124/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReport_JK_1983.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=10,367 |percentage=42.92% |change={{decrease}}1.46 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Sharief |party=Indian National Congress |votes=8,104 |percentage=33.55% |change={{increase}}25.51 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Noor Mohammed . |party=Independent politician |votes=2,454 |percentage=10.16% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peer Nizam-Ud-Din |party=Independent politician |votes=1,697 |percentage=7.03% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rashid |party=Jamaat-e-Islami |votes=512 |percentage=2.12% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Lakhmi Chand |party=Independent politician |votes=496 |percentage=2.05% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jagdish Raj |party=Independent politician |votes=226 |percentage=0.94% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,263 |percentage=9.37% |change= {{decrease}}13.81 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=24,155 |percentage=63.28% |change= {{increase}}25.45 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 39,290 |ref = |change= {{increase}}18.61 }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{decrease}}1.46 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 1977 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReport_JK_77.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117081946/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReport_JK_77.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=5,296 |percentage=44.38% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Ghani Goni |party=Janata Party |votes=2,530 |percentage=21.20% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Hussain |party=Independent politician |votes=1,373 |percentage=11.50% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Azad Gaulam Nabi |party=Indian National Congress |votes=959 |percentage=8.04% |change={{decrease}}72.26 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ram Lal |party=Independent politician |votes=461 |percentage=3.86% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Nabi |party=Independent politician |votes=283 |percentage=2.37% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Syed Hussain Shah |party=Independent politician |votes=256 |percentage=2.15% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,766 |percentage=23.18% |change= {{decrease}}45.45 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=11,934 |percentage=37.10% |change= {{decrease}}7.08 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 33,124 |ref = |change= {{increase}}17.93 }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}35.91 }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 1972 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_JK_72.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083027/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_JK_72.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Khan Abdul Gani Goni |party=Indian National Congress |votes=9,721 |percentage=80.29% |change={{increase}}24.25 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rashid |party=Jamaat-e-Islami |votes=1,412 |percentage=11.66% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Badri Nath |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=974 |percentage=8.04% |change={{decrease}}5.66 }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=8,309 |percentage=68.63% |change= {{increase}}42.84 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=12,107 |percentage=43.73% |change= {{increase}}2.09 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 28,088 |ref = |change= {{increase}}7.74 }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

=Assembly Election 1967 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Inderwal{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report_Jk_1967.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006052138/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report_Jk_1967.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|access-date=15 February 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Khan Abdul Gani Goni |party=Indian National Congress |votes=5,993 |percentage=56.05% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=L. Mallik |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=3,235 |percentage=30.25% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. Raj |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=1,465 |percentage=13.70% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,758 |percentage=25.79% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=10,693 |percentage=43.99% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 26,069 |ref = |change= }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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