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Assembly constituency 85 · Jammu and Kashmir · ST

Rajouri(st) is assembly constituency number 85 in Jammu and Kashmir, and one of the segments of the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Iftkar Ahmed of the Indian National Congress won with 45.0% of the vote, 1,404 votes ahead of Vibod Kumar (BJP).

Rajouri(st) · 2024AC 85
  1. 01
    Iftkar Ahmed
    INC
    28,923
    45.04%
  2. 02
    Vibod Kumar
    BJP
    27,519
    42.85%
  3. 03
    Mian Mohd Mehfooz
    Independent
    4,052
    6.31%
  4. 04
    Manzoor Hussain Shah
    JAKAP
    1,766
    2.75%
  5. 05
    Tasadiq Hussain
    JKPDP
    727
    1.13%
  6. 3 other candidates · 695 votesNOTA · 538 (0.84%)

Margin 1,404 votes · 2.19% of valid votes

90,791
Registered electors
2024 election
71.0%
Turnout
25 Sept 2024
1,404
Victory margin
2.2% of valid votes
Sep 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 64,220 valid votes, NOTA included.

Rajouri(st) 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Iftkar AhmedMale · 41 yrs · STINC28,923
45.04%
2Vibod KumarMale · 60 yrs · STBJP27,519
42.85%
3Mian Mohd MehfoozMale · 36 yrs · STIndependent4,052
6.31%
4Manzoor Hussain ShahMale · 54 yrs · STJAKAP1,766
2.75%
5Tasadiq HussainMale · 74 yrs · STJKPDP727
1.13%
—NOTANOTA538
0.84%
6Rafaqat AjazMale · 33 yrs · STASPKR353
0.55%
7Hemkant SharmaMale · 68 yrs · STIndependent180
0.28%
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8Mohd ArifMale · 40 yrs · STIndependent162
0.25%
Map

Rajouri(st) outlined in orange among the other Jammu and Kashmir seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Rajouri(st) is one of the assembly segments of Anantnag-Rajouri. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Anantnag-Rajouri candidates.

  • Mian Altaf AhmadJKNC35,339 57.0%
  • Zafar Iqbal Khan ManhasJAKAP20,373 32.9%
  • Mehbooba MuftiJKPDP3,124 5.0%
  • Sushil Kumar SharmaIndependent649 1.0%
  • Mohamad Saleem ParayDPAP342 0.6%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JKN led here by 14,966 EVM votes.

Open Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Rajouri(st).

Who won the Rajouri(st) assembly seat in 2024?

Iftkar Ahmed of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Rajouri(st) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir assembly election with 28,923 votes, which was 45.04% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Rajouri(st)?

The margin was 1,404 votes (2.19% of valid votes). The runner-up was Vibod Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 27,519 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Rajouri(st) in 2024?

Turnout was 71.03%: 64,486 of 90,791 registered electors voted, across 154 polling stations.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Rajouri(st) part of?

Rajouri(st) is an assembly segment of the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Mian Altaf Ahmad got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Rajouri(st) a reserved constituency?

Yes. Rajouri(st) is reserved for scheduled tribes (st), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Rajouri(st)?

The Jammu and Kashmir assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections of 2024 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.