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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = [[Kokernag]]<br />
| mla = [[Zafar Ali Khatana]]<br />
| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| state = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| district = [[Pulwama district|Pulwama]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag-Rajouri]]<br />
| established = 1977<br />
| type= SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 42<br />
| reservation = ST<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kokernag Assembly constituency''' is one of the 90 constituencies in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], a northern [[Union Territory]] of [[India]]. Kokernag is also part of [[Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Kokernag Assembly Constituency|url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/kokernag.html|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Elections.in}}</ref><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Election<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| [[Malik Ghulam Ud Din]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
| [[Malik Ghulam Ud Din]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| [[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| [[Syed Abdul Rashid]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002]]<br />
| [[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<br />
| [[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
| [[Abdul Rahim Rather (born 1957)|Abdul Rahim Rather]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| 2024<ref name="J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Kokernag">{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Kokernag|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0842.htm|accessdate=17 October 2024|date=8 October 2024}}</ref><br />
| [[Zafar Ali Khatana]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
===Assembly Election 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Zafar Ali Khatana]] |party=Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |votes=17,949 |percentage=31.23% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Haroon Rashid Khatana |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=11,787 |percentage=20.51% |change={{decrease}}21.79 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Gulzar Ahmad Khatana |party=Independent politician |votes=8,066 |percentage=14.03% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Anwar Jaan |party=Independent politician |votes=6,977 |percentage=12.14% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Roshan Hussain Khan Gojar |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=4,173 |percentage=7.26% |change={{increase}}4.05 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dr Ishfaq Ahmed Chodhary |party=Independent politician |votes=3,007 |percentage=5.23% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bashir Ahmad Khari |party=Independent politician |votes=1,628 |percentage=2.83% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=1,561 |percentage=2.72% |change={{increase}}1.05 }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=6,162 |percentage=10.72% |change= {{increase}}2.76 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=57,477 |percentage=62.97% |change= {{decrease}}3.16 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 91,280 |ref = |change= {{increase}}5.13 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |swing= {{decrease}}11.07 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Abdul Rahim Rather (born 1957)|Abdul Rahim Rather]] |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=24,284 |percentage=42.30% |change={{increase}}23.86 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=19,713 |percentage=34.33% |change={{increase}}7.58 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Nabi Bhat |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=8,248 |percentage=14.37% |change={{decrease}}9.85 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Khurshid Ahmad Malik |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=1,842 |percentage=3.21% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Hassan Khanday |party=Independent politician |votes=1,131 |percentage=1.97% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammad Yousuf Ganie |party=Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party |votes=790 |percentage=1.38% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Javaid Ahmad Rather |party=All Jammu and Kashmir Republican Party |votes=451 |percentage=0.79% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=956 |percentage=1.67% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,571 |percentage=7.96% |change= {{increase}}5.42 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=57,415 |percentage=66.13% |change= {{decrease}}4.22 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 86,825 |ref = |change= {{increase}}22.09 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}15.54 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 2008 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=13,384 |percentage=26.75% |change={{decrease}}11.31 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Nabi Bhat |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=12,114 |percentage=24.21% |change={{increase}}13.72 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sehar Iqbal |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=9,223 |percentage=18.43% |change={{decrease}}14.68 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Salam Reshi |party=Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist |votes=5,858 |percentage=11.71% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rahim Rather |party=Independent politician |votes=2,714 |percentage=5.42% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Rasool Malik |party=Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference |votes=1,352 |percentage=2.70% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bashir Ahmad Ahanger |party=People's Democratic Front (Jammu and Kashmir) |votes=978 |percentage=1.95% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,270 |percentage=2.54% |change= {{decrease}}2.41 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=50,030 |percentage=70.35% |change= {{increase}}55.08 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 71,118 |ref = |change= {{increase}}23.16 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}11.31 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 2002 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,356 |percentage=38.06% |change={{increase}}22.47 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Rasool Malik |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=2,920 |percentage=33.12% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Syed Abdul Rashid |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=925 |percentage=10.49% |change={{decrease}}39.39 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Showket Hussain Wani |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=579 |percentage=6.57% |change={{increase}}3.95 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peerzada Abdul Hameed |party=Lok Jan Shakti Party |votes=401 |percentage=4.55% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Iqbal Wani |party=Independent politician |votes=252 |percentage=2.86% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Fayaz Ahmed Wani |party=Independent politician |votes=247 |percentage=2.80% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=436 |percentage=4.94% |change= {{decrease}}26.85 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=8,817 |percentage=15.27% |change= {{decrease}}23.77 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 57,743 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}1.69 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{decrease}}11.82 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1996 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Syed Abdul Rashid |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=11,436 |percentage=49.88% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rashid Rather |party=Jammu and Kashmir Awami League |votes=4,145 |percentage=18.08% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,575 |percentage=15.59% |change={{decrease}}65.32 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peerzada Abdul Hameed |party=Janata Dal |votes=1,930 |percentage=8.42% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Yousuf |party=Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party |votes=810 |percentage=3.53% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohmad Tantray |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=601 |percentage=2.62% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Yasin Hadi |party=All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) |votes=431 |percentage=1.88% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,291 |percentage=31.80% |change= {{decrease}}35.53 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=22,928 |percentage=39.03% |change= {{decrease}}47.73 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 58,733 |ref = |change= {{increase}}44.88 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}31.04 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1987 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=28,463 |percentage=80.92% |change={{increase}}41.52 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Abdulla Sheikh |party=Independent politician |votes=4,778 |percentage=13.58% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Nabi Bhat |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=1,349 |percentage=3.84% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rashid Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=500 |percentage=1.42% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=23,685 |percentage=67.33% |change= {{increase}}46.12 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=35,176 |percentage=87.95% |change= {{increase}}9.86 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 40,540 |ref = |change= {{increase}}10.43 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{increase}}20.31 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1983 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Malik Ghulam Ud Din |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=17,112 |percentage=60.61% |change={{decrease}}4.91 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peer Hissam Ud Din |party=Indian National Congress |votes=11,123 |percentage=39.39% |change={{increase}}15.85 }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,989 |percentage=21.21% |change= {{decrease}}20.76 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=28,235 |percentage=80.20% |change= {{increase}}6.51 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 36,711 |ref = |change= {{increase}}14.00 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1977 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Kokernag<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Malik Ghulam Ud Din |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=14,854 |percentage=65.52% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peer Hissam Ud Din |party=Indian National Congress |votes=5,339 |percentage=23.55% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Chaudri Mohammed Shafi |party=Janata Party |votes=2,479 |percentage=10.93% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=9,515 |percentage=41.97% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=22,672 |percentage=74.91% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 32,202 |ref = |change= }}<br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Kokernag]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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