Kargil (Jammu And Kashmir) Assembly Constituency Elections

 

Kargil Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

The town of Kargil is situated in the district by the same name in Jammu & Kashmir and is also the headquarters of the district. The town of Kargil was previously known as Purig. The Kargil assembly constituency falls under the parliamentary constituency of Ladakh. The JKNC occupied the seat of MLA from 1977 to 2002. However in the year 2002, JKNC was knocked out by an independent candidate. In assembly elections of 2008, JKNC managed to get back the seatof MLA. Qamar Ali Akhoon, candidate of JKNC won the elections and is the present MLA. He was victorious over Haji Nissar Ali, an independent candidate and the winner of the 2002 elections. Akhoon received 22935 votes over Ali’s 17635 votes.

 

List of Sitting and Previous MLAs of Kargil assembly constituency

Below Here year-wise list of MLAs of Kargil Assembly Constituency with their party name :

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Sex	Party	Votes
2008	49	Kargil	GEN	Qamar Ali Akhoon	M	JKN	22935	Haji Nissar Ali	M	IND	17635
2002	49	Kargil	GEN	Haji Nissar Ali	M	IND	27384	Qamar Ali Akhoon	M	JKN	20988
1996	49	Kargil	GEN	Qamar Ali Akhoon	M	JKN	24183	Hassan Khan	M	INC	12104
1987	44	Kargil	GEN	Qamar Ali	M	JKN	35559	Kacho Mohd. Ali Khan	M	IND	4427
1983	44	Kargil	GEN	Munshi Habibullah	M	JKN	18729	Kachoo Mohamad Ali Khan	M	INC	18469
1977	44	Kargil	GEN	Munshi Habibullah	M	JKN	13549	Kacho Mohmad Ali	M	INC	11021
1972	44	Kargil	GEN	Kachoo Mohd Ali Khan	M	INC		Uncontested
1967	44	Kargil	GEN	K. M. A. Khan	M	IND	10868	A. I. Shah	M	INC	7309
1962	75	Kargil	GEN	Agha Sayad Ibrahim Shah	M	NC		Uncontested