GANDERBAL
Assembly seat no. 18 in Jammu and Kashmir · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1962.
Winner, 2008
OMAR ABDULLAH
JKN
Elections held
11
1962–2024
Most successful party
JKN
won 7 of 11
Margin, 2008
8,215
20.63% of valid votes
Result, 2008
Runner-up
JKPDPQAZI MOHAMMAD AFZAL
- Votes
- 8,304
- Vote share
- 20.85%
- Behind by
- 8,215
Electors
76,971
Total votes polled
39,818
Valid votes
39,818
NOTA votes
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Turnout
51.7%
Full result, 2008
12 candidates · 39,818 valid votes
OMAR ABDULLAHJKNwon
16,519
41.5%
QAZI MOHAMMAD AFZALJKPDP
8,304
20.9%
SHEIKH ISHFAQ AHMADINC
8,077
20.3%
FAROOQ AHMAD DARJKDPN
2,622
6.6%
BASHIR AHMED BHATRJD
759
1.9%
GH HASSAN DARBCDP
737
1.9%
NISSAR AHMAD BHATIND
726
1.8%
NAZIR AHMAD LONEJKANC
678
1.7%
AB RASHID SHEIKHBJP
551
1.4%
FAROOQ AHMADJKNPP
375
0.9%
ALI MOHAMMAD BABABSP
374
0.9%
SYED ALI MOHAMMAD SHAHIND
96
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Omar Abdullah | JKN | 32,727 | 43.80% | Bashir Ahmad Mir | 10,574 |
| 2014 | ISHFAQ AHMAD SHEIKH | JKN | 19,478 | 36.38% | QAZI MOHAMMAD AFZAL | 597 |
| 2008 | OMAR ABDULLAH | JKN | 16,519 | 41.49% | QAZI MOHAMMAD AFZAL | 8,215 |
| 2002 | Qazi Mohd Afzal | PDP | 11,622 | 48.26% | Omar Abdullah | 2,870 |
| 1996 | FAROOQ ABDULLAH | JKN | 16,440 | 70.25% | QAZI MOHD. AFZAL | 12,823 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above