Kangan Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Kangan is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of Jammu & Kashmir, a Union Territory of India. This seat is reserved for ST.

Extent of the constituency after the delimitation order of 2022
Kangan and Gund Tehsils, Forest Block Kangan Gund and Lar Tehsil (Part) - Watlar PC.

Election held before 2019 when Jammu & Kashmir was a state

General Election 2014

TOTAL ELECTORS : 69590, TURNOUT TOTAL: 54784 (78.72%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 ALTAF AHMAD	M	57	GEN	JKN	25812	47.12
2 BASHIR AHMAD MIR	M	38	GEN	JKPDP	24380	44.50
3 AJAZ AHMAD SHEIKH	M	36	GEN	INC	889	1.62
4 None of the Above			NOTA	NOTA	731	1.33
5 SHOWKAT HUSSAIN KHAN	M	34	GEN	IND	691	1.26
6 GHULAM HASSAN RATHER	M	43	GEN	IND	608	1.11
7 NAZIR AHMAD RAINA	M	47	GEN	BJP	583	1.06
8 ABDUL RASHID GANAIE	M	38	GEN	JKNPP	481	0.88
9 MUSHTAQ AHMAD SHAH	M	42	GEN	JPC	373	0.68
10 SHABIR AHMAD MIR	M	31	GEN	AJKMP	139	0.25
11 MOHD SULTAN LONE	M	44	GEN	BSP	97	0.18

October 2008 general election results

CANDIDATE	SEX	PARTY	TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED
1 ALTAF AHMAD	M	JKN	19210
2 BASHIR AHMAD MIR	M	JKPDP	11495
3 NAZIR AHMAD RAINA	M	BJP	869
4 GHULAM AHMAD RATHER	M	INC	721
5 RAFIQ AHMAD	M	IND	607
6 MOHAMMAD SULTAN LONE	M	JP	563
7 SHABIR AHMAD MIR	M	IND	440
8 GH MUSTAFA KASANA	M	BSP	429
9 AB RASHID GANIE	M	JKNPP	315
10 MOHD AMIN SOFI	M	IND	290

2002 assembly election results

1 . Altaf Ahmad was JKN candidate. He polled 16987 votes (64.71%).
2 . Ghulam Mohd. Dar was PDP candidate. He polled 5948 votes (22.66%).
3 . Nazir Ahmad was JKNPP candidate. He polled 1039 votes (3.96%).
4 . Abdul Rehman was INC candidate. He polled 845 votes (3.22%).
5 . Amin Dar was an independent candidate. He polled 576 votes (2.19%).
6 . Rashid Ganiee was JKAL candidate. He polled 544 votes (2.07%).
7 . Mohd. Khalil Wani was an independent candidate. He polled 310 votes (1.18%).

ELECTORS : 50452 VOTERS : 26249 POLL PERCENTAGE: 52.03% VALID VOTES : 26249