Jammu & Kashmir · AC 40

Anantnag

Name: Anantnag
Address: Kulgam, Jammu & Kashmir, IN

Jammu & Kashmir Vidhan Sabha Election 1972 · Kulgam

27,176

Electors

21,955

Votes polled

80.79%

Turnout

2,018

Margin

Winner

Shamsuddin

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Shamsuddin Won Male	INC	7,401	33.71%
2	Piary Lal Handoo Male	IND	5,383	24.52%
3	Gulab Hasan Naib Male	IND	4,944	22.52%
4	Gulam Qadir Tale Male	JMI	3,478	15.84%
5	Abdul Ahru Jan Male	IND	483	2.20%
6	Nazir Ahamed Male	IND	266	1.21%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Peerzada Feroze Ahamad Male JKN	27.91%	Mohammad Sartaj Madni Male JKPDP	26.63%
2014	Mufti Mohd Sayeed Male JKPDP	51.20%	Pen Hilal Ahmad Shah Male INC	33.03%
2008	1 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Male JKPDP	39.49%	2 Mirza Mehboob Beigh Male JKN	23.96%
2002	Dr. Mehboob Beigh Male JKN	70.23%	Liyakat Ali Khan Male JKAL	13.03%
1996	Safdar Ali Beg Male JKN	31.50%	Bashir Ahmad Dada Male JKAL	28.29%
1987	Mohd. Syeed Shah Male IND	73.92%	Mirza Masood Beg Male INC	24.13%
1983	Mirza Mehboob Beg Male JKN	54.40%	Gh. Hassan Naik Male INC	34.80%
1977	Mirza Mohd Afzal Beg Male JKN	63.13%	Sheikh Abdul Majid Male JnP	36.87%
1972	Shamsuddin Male INC	33.71%	Piary Lal Handoo Male IND	24.52%