Gool Arnas Assembly constituency

Gool Arnas
Gool Arnas
Former constituency for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Established	1995
Abolished	2018
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Gool Arnas was a legislative constituency in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Gool Arnas was also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. Gool Arnas was not a constituency until 1995 when it was created by way of delimitation. In fact the Arnas constituency was bifurcated into two parts- Gool Arnas and Gulabgarh.^[1]^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1996	Abdul Wahid Shan	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002	Ajaz Ahmed Khan	Independent politician
2008		Indian National Congress
2014		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajaz Ahmed Khan	22,966	45.24%	8.19
	BJP	Kuldeep Raj Dubey	16,088	31.69%	12.20
	JKPDP	Imtiyaz Ahmed Shan	7,132	14.05%	7.07
	JKNC	Shamshad Bano	2,203	4.34%	24.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	627	1.24%	New
	Independent	Gulzar Ahmed Wani	452	0.89%	New
	Independent	Abdul Rehman	412	0.81%	New
	Independent	Arjun Singh	393	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			6,878	13.55%	5.35
Turnout			50,766	82.58%	5.88
Registered electors			61,476		12.04
	INC hold		Swing	8.19

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajaz Ahmed Khan	15,594	37.05%	22.29
	JKNC	Ghulam Qadir Mughal	12,142	28.85%	14.33
	BJP	Kabla Singh	8,204	19.49%	1.42
	JKPDP	Shamshad Bano	2,937	6.98%	New
	JKNPP	Faqir Mohammed	1,137	2.70%	New
	Independent	Madan Lal	773	1.84%	New
	BSP	Mohammed Sultan Malik	657	1.56%	1.43
	LJP	Shakeel Ahmed	386	0.92%	New
	ANC	Abdul Majid	256	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			3,452	8.20%	7.09
Turnout			42,086	76.70%	16.62
Registered electors			54,872		1.08
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	3.69

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ajaz Ahmed Khan	10,881	33.36%	*New*
	BJP	Kabala Singh	5,895	18.08%	4.04
	INC	Gulzar Ahmed Wani	4,816	14.77%	11.24
	JKNC	Abdul Wahid Shan	4,736	14.52%	30.37
	Independent	Mohammed Abdullah Bhat	1,674	5.13%	New
	Independent	Prem Singh	1,552	4.76%	New
	Independent	Tanveer Ahmad	1,464	4.49%	New
	BSP	Noor Ahmad	975	2.99%	New
	Independent	Lachman Singh	345	1.06%	New
	Independent	Abdul Hamid	276	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			4,986	15.29%	3.59
Turnout			32,614	60.08%	2.66
Registered electors			54,286		43.01
	Independent gain from JKNC		Swing	11.52

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Abdul Wahid Shan	9,783	44.89%	*New*
	INC	Mohammed Ayub Khan	5,669	26.01%	New
	BJP	Keshib Singh	4,819	22.11%	New
	JD	Ghulam Rasool Nishat	1,524	6.99%	New
Margin of victory			4,114	18.88%
Turnout			21,795	58.29%
Registered electors			37,959
	JKNC win (new seat)

References

^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Uri Assembly Constituency
^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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[1] Sitting and previous MLAs from Uri Assembly Constituency

[2] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[3] "Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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