Beerwah Assembly Election 2024: The Beerwah Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 28 of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Beerwah is one of the Assembly seats of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district. It is one of the Assembly seats comprising the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress, and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) are the main parties in the constituency. JKNC vice president Omar Abdullah won the Beerwah constituency in 2014. In 2008, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) candidate Shafi Ahmad Wani registered a win. In the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, PDP candidate Mohammed Sarfraz Khan defeated JKNC's Mohammed Amin Banday and Independent candidate Bashir Ahmed Bagh. In 1996 and 1987, the JKNC's Aga Syed Mehmood Almosvi and Syed Ahmad Syed won the constituency, respectively. COMPLETE COVERAGE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR ELECTIONS
Beerwah Assembly Constituency Demographic Profile
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 93,046 voters in the Beerwah constituency during the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections. Out of this, 48,900 voters were male and 44,146 were female. No voter belonged to the third gender. 50 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Beerwah in 2014 was 50 (47 were men and 3 were women).
In 2008, the total number of voters in the Beerwah constituency was 83,941. Out of this, 43,728 voters were male and 40,213 were female. The number of service voters in Beerwah in 2008 was 25 (18 were men and 7 were women).
Beerwah Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2024: Poll Date
The Beerwah constituency in Jammu and Kashmir will go to the polls in the second phase on September 25, along with the other 25 constituencies of the UT, including Khansahib and Hazratbal.
Beerwah Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2024: Result Date
The result for Beerwah will be declared on October 8, along with the other 89 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.
Beerwah Jammu and Kashmir Constituency Assembly Election 2024 Candidates
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's (JKPDP) Gulam Ahmad Khan, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) leader Shafi Ahmad Wani, Jammu and Kashmir People Conference's (JKPC) Showket Ahmed Wani and Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference's (JKANC) Showket Hussain Mir are the main candidates in the Beerwah seat. The Congress is in an alliance with the JKNC.
Beerwah Constituency 2014 and 2008 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah won the Beerwah seat with a narrow margin of 910 votes. He was polled 23,717 votes with a vote share of 34.18%. He defeated Congress candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan, who got 22,807 votes (32.86%). Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) candidate Shafi Ahmad Wani stood third with 17,554 votes (25.30%), and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Conference (JKPC) candidate Dawood Khan Lodhi was in the fourth position with 3,103 votes (4.47%). The total number of votes polled was 69,402 (74.59%).
In the 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections, JKPDP candidate Shafi Ahmad Wani won the seat with a margin of mere 164 votes. He was polled 11,720 votes with a vote share of 24.42%. National Conference candidate Narender Singh came second with 11,556 votes (24.08%). The total number of votes polled in this constituency was 47,997 (57.18%). Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist (JKDPN) candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan came in third with 9,958 votes (20.75%), and People's Democratic Front candidate Pardeep Bali was in the fourth position with 4,218 votes (8.71%).
Beerwah Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 1977: Syed Ahmed Saeed (JKNC)
- 1983: Syed Ahmed Saeed (JKNC)
- 1987: Syed Ahmed Saeed (JKNC)
- 1996: Aga Syed Mehmood Almosvi (JKNC)
- 2002: Mohammed Sarfraz Khan (JKPDP)
- 2008: Shafi Ahmad Wani (JKPDP)
- 2014: Omar Abdullah (JKNC)
Beerwah Constituency Voter Turnout in 2014 and 2008
The total number of votes polled during the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections was 69,402 or 74.59% in the Beerwah Legislative Assembly Constituency. In 2008, the total number of votes polled in this Assembly seat was 47,997, or 57.18%.
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