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SONAWAR

Assembly seat no. 24 in Jammu and Kashmir · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 1996.

Winner, 2002
Mohd. Yaseen Shah
JKN
Elections held
4
1996–2014
Most successful party
JKN
won 3 of 4
Margin, 2002
1,705
27.05% of valid votes

Result, 2002

Winner
Votes
3,445
Vote share
54.66%
Margin
1,705
Runner-up
PDPGh. Hussain Wani
Votes
1,740
Vote share
27.61%
Behind by
1,705
Electors
63,272
Total votes polled
6,303
Valid votes
6,303
NOTA votes
Turnout
10.0%

Full result, 2002

5 candidates · 6,303 valid votes

2002 election →
Mohd. Yaseen ShahJKNwon
3,445
54.7%
Gh. Hussain WaniPDP
1,740
27.6%
Smt. KhemLata WakhlooINC
680
10.8%
Gopi Krishen MujooBJP
232
3.7%
Hafiza BagumIND
206
3.3%

Past results

Most recent 4 of 4 elections

YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2014MOHAMMAD ASHRAF MIRJKPDP14,28341.88%OMAR ABDULLAH4,783
2008FAROOQ ABDULLAHJKN7,01828.23%SHEIKH GHULAM QADIR PARDESI94
2002Mohd. Yaseen ShahJKN3,44554.66%Gh. Hussain Wani1,705
1996GHULAM MOHD. BAWANJKN9,87358.92%BASHIR AHMAD KUTHOO6,736

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%12%25%37%49%1996200220082014Turnout

Winning margin

0%11%23%34%45%1996200220082014Margin

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.

Who won the SONAWAR assembly constituency in 2014?

MOHAMMAD ASHRAF MIR (JKPDP) won SONAWAR in 2014, by a margin of 4,783 votes.

Which party has won SONAWAR the most times?

JKN, with 3 of the 4 wins recorded since 1996.

How many times has SONAWAR gone to the polls?

4 times, from 1996 to 2014.

Who has won SONAWAR the most times?

MOHAMMAD ASHRAF MIR, with 1 win between 2014 and 2014.

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