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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former Lok Sabha Constituency in Jammu and Kashmir}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| type = LS<br />
| name = Anantnag<br />
| map_image = <br />
| map_caption = <br />
|established = 1967<br />
| abolished = 2024<br />
|union_territory = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Anantnag''' was a Lok Sabha constituency in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in northern [[India]]. This constituency came into existence in 1967 and it was officially replaced and renamed as the [[Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag-Rajouri Constituency]] in May 2022.<br />
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==Assembly segments==<br />
Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following 16 assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html |title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir |accessdate=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231174529/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html |archivedate=2008-12-31 }}</ref><br />
# [[Tral Assembly constituency|Tral]]<br />
# [[Pampore Assembly constituency|Pampore]]<br />
# [[Pulwama Assembly constituency|Pulwama]]<br />
# [[Rajpora Assembly constituency|Rajpora]]<br />
#[[Wachi Assembly constituency|Wachi]]<br />
#[[Shopian Assembly constituency|Shopian]]<br />
#[[Noorabad Assembly constituency|Noorabad]]<br />
#[[Kulgam Assembly constituency|Kulgam]]<br />
#[[Hom Shali Bugh Assembly constituency|Hom Shali Bugh]]<br />
#[[Anantnag Assembly constituency|Anantnag]]<br />
#[[Devsar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)|Devsar]]<br />
#[[Dooru Assembly constituency|Dooru]]<br />
#[[Kokernag Assembly constituency|Kokernag]]<br />
#[[Shangus Assembly constituency|Shangus]]<br />
#[[Bijbehara Assembly constituency|Bijbehara]]<br />
#[[Pahalgam Assembly constituency|Pahalgam]]<br />
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==Members of Parliament==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
! Year<br />
! Winner<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br />
|Ghulam Rasool Kochak<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br />
|[[Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br />
|[[Piyare Lal Handoo]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
|[[Maqbool Dar|Mohammad Maqbool Dar]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br />
|[[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br />
|[[Ali Muhammad Naik]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
|[[Mehbooba Mufti]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
|[[Mirza Mehboob Beg]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|[[Mehbooba Mufti]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|[[Hasnain Masoodi]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
===2019===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: Anantnag}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|candidate=[[Hasnain Masoodi]]|votes=40,180|percentage=32.17|change=-3.81}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ghulam Ahmad Mir]]|votes=33,504|percentage=26.83|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|candidate=[[Mehbooba Mufti]]|votes=30,524|percentage=24.44|change=-28.97}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sofi Yousuf|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=10,225|percentage=8.19|change=+6.93}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference|candidate=Ch. Zaffar Ali|votes=1,646|percentage =1.32|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=937|percentage=0.75|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=6,676|percentage=5.34|change=-12.09}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,24,896|percentage=8.96|change=-19.88}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference<br />
|loser = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===General election 2014===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: Anantnag}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party<br />
|candidate = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]<br />
|votes = 2,00,429<br />
|percentage = 53.41<br />
|change = +8.51<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference<br />
|candidate = [[Mirza Mehboob Beg]]<br />
|votes = 1,35,012<br />
|percentage = 35.98<br />
|change = -10.55<br />
|Result =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate|<br />
|candidate = Tanveer Hussain Khan<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|votes = 7,340<br />
|percentage = 1.96<br />
|change = New<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Mushtaq Ahmad Malik<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 4,720<br />
|percentage = 1.26<br />
|change = +0.03<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Syed Abid Ahmad Shah<br />
|party = Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party<br />
|votes = 4,345<br />
|percentage = 1.16<br />
|change = New<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|votes = 5,936<br />
|percentage = 1.58<br />
|change = New<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 65,417<br />
|percentage = 17.43<br />
|change = +15.80<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 3,75,279<br />
|percentage = 28.84<br />
|change = +1.74<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|loser = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference<br />
|winner = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party<br />
|swing = +6.88<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== General election 2009 ===<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: Anantnag<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=Constituency-wise Detailed Results |access-date=17 May 2014 |archive-date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802000135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0620.htm?ac=20|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=ECI|access-date=17 May 2014|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135238/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0620.htm?ac=20|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|candidate=[[Mirza Mehboob Beg]]|votes=148,317|percentage=46.53|change=+22.90|Result=Win}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|candidate=[[Peer Mohammed Hussain]]|votes=143,093|percentage=44.90|change=-4.65|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Mohammad Sidiq Khan|votes=3,918|percentage=1.23|change=-1.99|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=5,224|percentage=1.63|change=-24.29}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=318,726|percentage=27.10|change=+12.06}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference<br />
|loser = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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===General election 2004===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: Anantnag}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|candidate=[[Mehbooba Mufti]]|votes=74,436|percentage=49.55|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|candidate=[[Mirza Mehboob Beg]]|votes=35,498|percentage=23.63|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Mohamad Yusuf Tarigami]]|votes=18,466|percentage=12.29|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sofi Mohf. Yousuf|votes=4,836|percentage=3.22|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather|votes=2,827|percentage=1.88|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ab. Majeed Naikoo|votes=2,760|percentage=1.84|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mohd. Maqbool Dar|votes=2,691|percentage=1.79|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Janshakti Party|candidate=Sanjay Saraf|votes=1,595|percentage=1.06|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gh. Rasool|votes=1,586|percentage=1.06|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Hamidullah Wani|votes=1,504|percentage=1.00|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gh. Mohi-ud-din Dar|votes=1,278|percentage=0.85|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Lok Dal|candidate=Mohd. Yousuf Qurashi|votes=1,115|percentage=0.74|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samata Party|candidate=Gh. Mohd. Tantary|votes=864|percentage=0.58|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ramesh Kumar Bhat|votes=763|percentage=0.51|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=38,938|percentage=25.92|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=150,219|percentage=15.04|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party<br />
|loser = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Anantnag–Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency]]<br />
* [[List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir}}<br />
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