Municipal Committee Handwara is a municipal committee in Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, with 13 wards. Its wards fall in 1 assembly seat and 1 Lok Sabha seat. Ward list and the elected MLAs and MP below come from official directory and Election Commission data.
- Type
- Municipal Committee
- District
- Kupwara
- State
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Wards
- 13
- LGD code
- 248035
- Census 2011 code
- 800002
All 13 wards of Municipal Committee Handwara as recorded in the Local Government Directory. Where the directory gives only a number, no locality name is shown.
- Ward 1
- Ward 2
- Ward 3
- Ward 4
- Ward 5
- Ward 6
- Ward 7
- Ward 8
- Ward 9
- Ward 10
- Ward 11
- Ward 12
- Ward 13
A seat is listed when at least one ward of Municipal Committee Handwara falls inside it, per the directory. Members shown are the winners of the latest election we hold.
Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) · 1
Jammu and Kashmir’s seats were redrawn in the latest delimitation and the directory mapping may use the old seats, so treat this list as approximate.
Other local bodies in Kupwara district
Municipal results are published by the Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission, ward by ward. No open, machine-readable source covers them, so this page does not show them. Our team can compile past ward results where published, map the wards and run verified ward surveys.
Answers use the Local Government Directory and Election Commission of India results.
How many wards are there in Municipal Committee Handwara?
The Local Government Directory lists 13 wards for Municipal Committee Handwara (as of 25 September 2026), numbered 1 to 13. Each ward elects one member. Ward numbers and boundaries change after a delimitation, so the State Election Commission’s latest notification is the final word.
Which assembly constituencies cover Municipal Committee Handwara?
Wards of Municipal Committee Handwara fall in one assembly constituency: Handwara. Sajad Gani Lone (Jammu & Kashmir People Conference) represents Handwara, per the 2024 result.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Municipal Committee Handwara in?
Municipal Committee Handwara falls in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 general election Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Independent) won Baramulla.
When is the next Municipal Committee Handwara municipal election?
A municipal body has a five-year term from its first meeting (Article 243U of the Constitution), and a new body must be elected before the term ends, or within six months if it is dissolved early. The Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission announces the schedule and the ward reservation list.
Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, local body code 248035, as of 25 September 2026, via the open daily mirror at github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Used under the Government Open Data License – India. Ward-to-constituency mapping as recorded in the directory. MLAs and MPs: Election Commission of India statistical reports (latest assembly election and Lok Sabha 2024).
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- Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Jammu and Kashmir districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, Jammu and KashmirBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
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