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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Lolab<br />
|type= SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 4<br />
| map_image = <br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
|mla = [[Qaysar Jamshaid Lone]]<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 = [[Kupwara district|Kupwara]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Baramulla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramulla]]<br />
|established = 1962<br />
|electors = <!-- number of electors at last election. Add a ref --><br />
|reservation = <br />
}}<br />
'''Lolab Assembly constituency''' is one of the 90 constituencies in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] a north state of [[India]]. [[Lolab Valley]] is also part of [[Baramulla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>[http://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/lolab.html Sitting and previous MLAs from Lolab Assembly Constituency]</ref><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=2019-06-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231174529/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html |archive-date=2008-12-31 }}</ref><ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=561}}</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 />
| [[1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1962]] || rowspan=2 | [[Ghulam Nabi Wani]] || {{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1967]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1972]] || Saif Ullah Bhat<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1996]] || Mushtaq Ahmad Lone || {{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002]] || [[Qaysar Jamshaid Lone]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008]] || rowspan=2 | [[Abdul Haq Khan (advocate)|Abdul Haq Khan]] || {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]] || [[Qaysar Jamshaid Lone]] || {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}<br />
|}<br />
== Election results ==<br />
===Assembly Election 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<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=[[Qaysar Jamshaid Lone]] |party=Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |votes=19,603 |percentage=33.03% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dawood Bashir Bhat |party=Independent politician |votes=11,732 |percentage=19.77% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Waqar Ul Haq Khan |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=10,508 |percentage=17.71% |change={{decrease}}23.36 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir |party=Independent politician |votes=6,292 |percentage=10.60% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mudasir Akbar Shah |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference |votes=4,095 |percentage=6.90% |change={{increase}}1.34 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Muneer Ahmad Mir |party=Democratic Progressive Azad Party |votes=2,998 |percentage=5.05% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nazir Ahmad |party=Independent politician |votes=974 |percentage=1.64% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=1,220 |percentage=2.06% |change={{increase}}0.35 }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,871 |percentage=13.26% |change= {{increase}}9.26 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=59,344 |percentage=65.65% |change= {{decrease}}5.93 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 90,392 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}9.65 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |swing= {{decrease}}8.03 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===Assembly Election 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<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 Haq Khan (advocate)|Abdul Haq Khan]] |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=29,408 |percentage=41.06% |change={{increase}}0.39 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Qaysar Jamshaid Lone]] |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=26,538 |percentage=37.06% |change={{increase}}5.70 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir |party=Indian National Congress |votes=7,629 |percentage=10.65% |change={{increase}}2.95 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rehman Wani |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference |votes=3,981 |percentage=5.56% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rashid Zargar |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=1,092 |percentage=1.52% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Suriaya Bano |party=Republican Party of India |votes=765 |percentage=1.07% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammad Sultan Magray |party=All J & K Kisan Majdoor Party |votes=458 |percentage=0.64% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=1,222 |percentage=1.71% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,870 |percentage=4.01% |change= {{decrease}}5.31 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=71,617 |percentage=71.58% |change= {{increase}}3.43 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,00,045 |ref = |change= {{increase}}18.82 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |loser=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |swing= {{increase}}0.39 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===Assembly Election 2008 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<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|format=pdf}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Abdul Haq Khan (advocate)|Abdul Haq Khan]] |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=23,337 |percentage=40.67% |change={{increase}}37.50 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Qaysar Jamshaid Lone]] |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=17,990 |percentage=31.35% |change={{decrease}}10.91 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Farooq Ahmad Mir |party=Indian National Congress |votes=4,417 |percentage=7.70% |change={{increase}}3.71 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rehman Wani |party=Independent politician |votes=4,087 |percentage=7.12% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Maqbool Shah |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=3,265 |percentage=5.69% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Maha Wali Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=1,566 |percentage=2.73% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Barkat Ali Khan |party=Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference |votes=1,195 |percentage=2.08% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,347 |percentage=9.32% |change= {{increase}}3.46 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=57,382 |percentage=68.15% |change= {{increase}}21.27 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 84,198 |ref = |change= {{increase}}15.79 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{decrease}}1.59 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===Assembly Election 2002 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<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|format=pdf}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Qaysar Jamshaid Lone]] |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=14,408 |percentage=42.26% |change={{increase}}5.00 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Abdul Haq Khan (advocate)|Abdul Haq Khan]] |party=Independent politician |votes=12,412 |percentage=36.41% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mushtaq Ahmad Wani |party=Lok Jan Shakti Party |votes=1,473 |percentage=4.32% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohi-U-Din Dar |party=Indian National Congress |votes=1,361 |percentage=3.99% |change={{decrease}}16.75 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Lal Din Plote |party=Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party |votes=1,115 |percentage=3.27% |change={{decrease}}9.99 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Khazir Mohammed Ganai |party=Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |votes=1,082 |percentage=3.17% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Sarfaraz |party=Independent politician |votes=863 |percentage=2.53% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,996 |percentage=5.85% |change= {{decrease}}2.68 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=34,093 |percentage=46.89% |change= {{increase}}4.87 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 72,715 |ref = |change= {{increase}}19.16 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{increase}}5.00 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===Assembly Election 1996 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<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|format=pdf}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Mushtaq Ahmad Lone |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=9,554 |percentage=37.26% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rahim Wani |party=Janata Dal |votes=7,367 |percentage=28.73% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ch. Jalah-Ud-Din |party=Indian National Congress |votes=5,318 |percentage=20.74% |change={{decrease}}32.53 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din |party=Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party |votes=3,399 |percentage=13.26% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,187 |percentage=8.53% |change= {{decrease}}12.87 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=25,638 |percentage=43.82% |change= {{decrease}}20.63 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 61,022 |ref = |change= {{increase}}116.09 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}16.01 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===Assembly Election 1972 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<ref>{{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|format=pdf}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Saif Ullah Bhat |party=Indian National Congress |votes=9,424 |percentage=53.28% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nabi Shah |party=Independent politician |votes=5,638 |percentage=31.87% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Rasheed Mir |party=Independent politician |votes=1,379 |percentage=7.80% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohammed Yousef |party=Jamaat-e-Islami |votes=720 |percentage=4.07% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Subhan Joowani |party=Independent politician |votes=528 |percentage=2.98% |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,786 |percentage=21.40% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=17,689 |percentage=65.38% |change= {{increase}}62.64 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 28,239 |ref = |change= {{increase}}8.36 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===Assembly Election 1967 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<ref>{{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|format=pdf}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |candidate=[[Ghulam Nabi Wani]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=26,060 |percentage= |change= ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 26,060 |ref = |change= {{increase}}5.12 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===Assembly Election 1962 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] : Lolab<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_JK_1962.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006183842/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_JK_1962.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |candidate=[[Ghulam Nabi Wani]] |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=24,790 |percentage= |change= ''New''}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 24,790 |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 />
* [[Lolab Valley]]<br />
* [[Kupwara district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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