Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency

Srinagar
Srinagar
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly constituencies	Kangan; Ganderbal; Hazratbal; Zadibal; Eidgah; Khanyar; Habba Kadal; Amira Kadal; Sonawar; Batmaloo; Chadoora; Budgam; Beerwah; Khan Sahib; Charari Sharief
Established	1967
Total electors	11,06,729
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Farooq Abdullah
Party	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Elected year	2019

Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India.

Previous Assembly segments

Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Kangan (assembly constituency no. 16) - JKNC
Ganderbal (assembly constituency no. 17) - JKNC
Hazratbal (assembly constituency no. 18) - PDP
Zadibal (assembly constituency no. 19) - PDP
Eidgah (assembly constituency no. 20) - JKNC
Khanyar (assembly constituency no. 21) - JKNC
Habba Kadal (assembly constituency no. 22) - JKNC
Amira Kadal (assembly constituency no. 23) - PDP
Sonawar (assembly constituency no. 24) - PDP
Batmaloo (assembly constituency no. 25) - PDP
Chadoora (assembly constituency no. 26) - PDP
Budgam (assembly constituency no. 27) - JKNC
Beerwah (assembly constituency no. 28) - JKNC
Khan Sahib (assembly constituency no. 29) - JKPDF
Charari Sharief(assembly constituency no. 30) - PDP

New Assembly Segments

AC No.	AC Name	District
17	Kangan (ST)	Ganderbal
18	Ganderbal	Ganderbal
19	Hazratbal	Srinagar
20	Khanyar
21	Habba Kadal
22	Lal Chowk
23	Channapora
24	Zadibal
25	Eidgah
26	Central Shalteng
29	Khan Sahib	Budgam
30	Chrar-i-Sharief
31	Chadoora
32	Pampore	Pulwama
33	Tral
34	Pulwama
35	Rajpora
36	Zainapora	Shopian
37	Shopian	Shopian

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner
1967	Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1971	S. A. Shamim	Independent
1977	Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1980	Farooq Abdullah
1983^	Abdul Rashid Kabuli
1984	Abdul Rashid Kabuli
1989	Mohammad Shafi Bhat
1996	Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami	Indian National Congress
1998	Omar Abdullah	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1999
2004
2009	Farooq Abdullah
2014	Tariq Hameed Karra	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2017^	Farooq Abdullah	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2019	Farooq Abdullah	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

^ by poll

Election results

General election 2019

Srinagar Lok Sabha seat had 11,06,729 total electorate count in 2009, and that count typically goes up by 35-40% over 10 years in India.^[2] Due to the security situation in the valley, there was only 13% voter turn-out in Srinagar seat in May 2019. On the other hand, Udhampur enjoyed voter turn-out of 66% because of the better law and order situation in Jammu area.^[3] In 70 polling booths of Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, not a single vote was cast due to the fear of violence.^[4]

2019 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	106,750	57.14	3.12
	JKPDP	Aga Syed Mohsin	36,700	19.64	22.39
	JKPC	Irfan Raza Ansari	28,773	15.4	New
	BJP	Khalid Jahangir	4,631	2.48	1.05
	JD(U)	Showkat Hussain Khan	1,250	0.67	New
	JKNPP	Abdual Rashid Ganie	791	0.42	New
	SHS	Abdul Khaliq Bhat	578	0.31	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,566	0.84	0.20
Majority			70,050	37.50	25.51
Turnout			1,86,863	14.43	7.31
	JKNC hold		Swing

2017 by-election

Bye-election, 2017: Srinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	48,555	54.02	16.98
	JKPDP	Nazir Ahmad Khan	37,779	42.03	8.55
	IND.	Farooq Ahmad Dar	630	0.70	New
	IND.	Mehraj Khourshid Malik	576	0.64	New
	AJKLDP	Bikram Singh	496	0.55	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	931	1.04	0.55
Majority			10,776	11.99	1.55
Turnout			89,883	7.12	18.74
	JKNC gain from JKPDP		Swing	3.44

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKPDP	Tariq Hameed Karra	157,923	50.58	9.28
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	1,15,643	37.04	14.96
	IND	Aga Syed Mohsin	16,050	5.14	New
	BJP	Fayaz Ahmad Bhat	4,467	1.43	0.72
	AAP	Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat	3,271	1.05	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,979	1.59	New
Majority			42,281	13.54	2.84
Turnout			3,12,212	25.86	0.31
	JKPDP gain from JKNC		Swing	1.42

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Farooq Abdullah	147,035	52.00	1.70
	JKPDP	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari	1,16,793	41.30	2.84
	BJP	Avtar Kishan Pandita	1,994	0.71	0.90
Majority			30,239	10.70	1.14
Turnout			2,82,761	25.55	6.98
	JKNC hold		Swing

General elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Srinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JKNC	Omar Abdullah	98,422	50.30
	JKPDP	Ghulam Nabi Lone	75,263	38.46
	Independent	Nazir Ahmad Khan	6,873	3.51
	BJP	Iftikhar Sadiq	3,154	1.61
Majority			23,159	11.84
Turnout			195,678	18.57
	JKNC hold		Swing

References

^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
^ "Srinagar(Jammu and Kashmir) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 : Srinagar Election Results Live | Srinagar winning MP and Party Name".
^ "Elections 2019: Srinagar registers voter turnout of 13%". 18 April 2019.
^ "No vote cast in 90 booths in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat - Times of India". The Times of India.

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[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.

[2] "Srinagar(Jammu and Kashmir) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 : Srinagar Election Results Live | Srinagar winning MP and Party Name".

[3] "Elections 2019: Srinagar registers voter turnout of 13%". 18 April 2019.

[4] "No vote cast in 90 booths in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat - Times of India". The Times of India.