Anantnag Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India.
In 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party won the seat and retained it in 2014 and became Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir.In 1977 Mirza Afzal Beg won the seat and became the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. His son Mirza Mehboob Beg won this seat twice in 1983 and 2002 . Mirza Mehboob Beg also served as the Health Minister .
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Peerzada Mohammad Syed | 6,679 | 23.77 |  3.78
| |
| JKPDP | Mirza Mehboob Beg | 4,993 | 17.77 |  45.24
| |
| JKAP | Hilal Ahmad Shah | 4,245 | 15.11 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mansoor Hussain Soharvardi | 4,047 | 14.40 | N/A | |
| DPAP | Mir Altaf Hussain | 2,331 | 8.30 | New | |
| Independent | Mohd Asif Bhat | 1,930 | 6.87 | N/A | |
| BJP | Syed Wajahat Hussain | 1,508 | 5.37 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 640 | 2.28 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tawseef Nisar | 560 | 1.99 | N/A | |
| Independent | Javaid Ahmad Rather | 236 | 0.84 | N/A | |
| Independent | Bilal Ahmad Mir | 209 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| RLJP | Sanjay Saraf | 161 | 0.57 | N/A | |
| JKANC | Rafiq Ahmed Kunroo | 155 | 0.55 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 1,686 | 6.00 | 36.47
| ||
| Turnout | 28,096 | 46.01 | 12.18
| ||
| INC gain from JKPDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKPDP | Mehbooba Mufti | 17,701 | 63.01 | ||
| INC | Hilal Ahmad Shah | 5,616 | 19.99 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,085 | 42.47 | |||
| Turnout | 28,458 | 33.83 | |||
| JKPDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKPDP | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | 16,983 | 51.30 | ||
| INC | Hilal Ahmad Shah | 10,955 | 33.03 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,088 | 18.34 | |||
| Turnout | 33,200 | 39.71 | |||
| JKPDP hold | Swing | ||||
