GANDERBAL
Assembly seat no. 18 in Jammu and Kashmir · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1962.
Winner, 2014
ISHFAQ AHMAD SHEIKH
JKN
Elections held
11
1962–2024
Most successful party
JKN
won 7 of 11
Margin, 2014
597
1.12% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
JKPDPQAZI MOHAMMAD AFZAL
- Votes
- 18,881
- Vote share
- 35.27%
- Behind by
- 597
Electors
90,582
Total votes polled
53,539
Valid votes
53,539
NOTA votes
800
1.49% of votes polled
Turnout
59.1%
Full result, 2014
13 candidates · 53,539 valid votes
ISHFAQ AHMAD SHEIKHJKNwon
19,478
36.4%
QAZI MOHAMMAD AFZALJKPDP
18,881
35.3%
SHEIKH GHULAM AHMADIND
6,009
11.2%
MOHAMMAD YOUSUF BHATINC
3,190
6.0%
GH RASOOL MIRIND
1,236
2.3%
BILAL AHMAD KHANDAYIND
1,057
2.0%
SHEIKH ABDUL RASHEEDBJP
671
1.3%
JAVED AHMAD KHANIND
660
1.2%
HILAL AHMAD DARIND
489
0.9%
ABDUL MAJEED DHOBIJPC
321
0.6%
SYED ALI MOHAMMAD SHAHIND
289
0.5%
NAZIR AHMAD LONEIND
230
0.4%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
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