Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency

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

Srinagar
JK-2
Lok Sabha constituency
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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 17,47,810
Reservation None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi
Party Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Elected year 2024

Previous Assembly segments

Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

  1. Kangan (assembly constituency no. 16) – JKNC
  2. Ganderbal (assembly constituency no. 17) – JKNC
  3. Hazratbal (assembly constituency no. 18) – PDP
  4. Zadibal (assembly constituency no. 19) – PDP
  5. Eidgah (assembly constituency no. 20) – JKNC
  6. Khanyar (assembly constituency no. 21) – JKNC
  7. Habba Kadal (assembly constituency no. 22) – JKNC
  8. Amira Kadal (assembly constituency no. 23) – PDP
  9. Sonawar (assembly constituency no. 24) – PDP
  10. Batmaloo (assembly constituency no. 25) – PDP
  11. Chadoora (assembly constituency no. 26) – PDP
  12. Budgam (assembly constituency no. 27) – JKNC
  13. Beerwah (assembly constituency no. 28) – JKNC
  14. Khan Sahib (assembly constituency no. 29) – JKPDF
  15. Charari Sharief(assembly constituency no. 30) – PDP

New Assembly Segments

AC No. AC Name District
17 Kangan (ST) Ganderbal
18 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

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
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
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
2024 Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi 356,866 52.85
JKPDP Waheed Para 1,68,450 24.95
JKAP Mohammad Ashraf Mir 65,954 9.77
NOTA None of the Above 5,998 0.89
Majority 1,88,416 27.90
Turnout 6,75,242 38.49 Increase24.06
JKNC hold Swing

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. 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. In 70 polling booths of Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, not a single vote was cast due to the fear of violence.

2019 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Farooq Abdullah 106,750 57.14 Increase3.12
JKPDP Aga Syed Mohsin 36,700 19.64 Decrease22.39
JKPC Irfan Raza Ansari 28,773 15.4 New
BJP Khalid Jahangir 4,631 2.48 Increase1.05
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 Decrease0.20
Majority 70,050 37.50 Increase25.51
Turnout 1,86,863 14.43 Increase7.31
JKNC hold Swing

2017 by-election

Bye-election, 2017: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Farooq Abdullah 48,555 54.02 Increase16.98
JKPDP Nazir Ahmad Khan 37,779 42.03 Decrease8.55
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 Decrease0.55
Majority 10,776 11.99 Decrease1.55
Turnout 89,883 7.12 Decrease18.74
JKNC gain from JKPDP Swing Increase3.44

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKPDP Tariq Hameed Karra 157,923 50.58 Increase9.28
JKNC Farooq Abdullah 1,15,643 37.04 Decrease14.96
IND Aga Syed Mohsin 16,050 5.14 New
BJP Fayaz Ahmad Bhat 4,467 1.43 Increase0.72
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 Increase2.84
Turnout 3,12,212 25.86 Increase0.31
JKPDP gain from JKNC Swing Decrease1.42

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Srinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKNC Farooq Abdullah 147,035 52.00 Increase1.70
JKPDP Iftikhar Hussain Ansari 1,16,793 41.30 Increase2.84
BJP Avtar Kishan Pandita 1,994 0.71 Decrease0.90
Majority 30,239 10.70 Decrease1.14
Turnout 2,82,761 25.55 Increase6.98
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