# Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency

Anantnag was one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. It was officially replaced and renamed as the Anantnag-Rajouri Constituency in May 2022.

## Assembly segments

Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following 16 assembly segments:
* Tral
* Pampore
* Pulwama
* Rajpora
* Wachi
* Shopian
* Noorabad
* Kulgam
* Hom Shali Bugh
* Anantnag
* Devsar
* Dooru
* Kokernag
* Shangus
* Bijbehara
* Pahalgam

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1967 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Ghulam Rasool Kochak | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 1984 | Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 1989 | Piyare Lal Handoo | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 1996 | Mohammad Maqbool Dar | Janata Dal |
| 1998 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Ali Muhammad Naik | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 2004 | Mehbooba Mufti | Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| 2009 | Mirza Mehboob Beg | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 2014 | Mehbooba Mufti | Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| 2019 | Hasnain Masoodi | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
After 2024: See Anantnag–Rajouri

## Election results
### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Anantnag :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JKNC | Hasnain Masoodi | 40,180 | 32.17 | −3.81 |
| | INC | Ghulam Ahmad Mir | 33,504 | 26.83 | New |
| | JKPDP | Mehbooba Mufti | 30,524 | 24.44 | −28.97 |
| | BJP | Sofi Yousuf | 10,225 | 8.19 | +6.93 |
| | JKPC | Ch. Zaffar Ali | 1,646 | 1.32 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 937 | 0.75 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,676 | 5.34 | −12.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,896 | 8.96 | −19.88 |
| | JKNC gain from JKPDP | JKNC gain from JKPDP | Swing | | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Anantnag :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JKPDP | Mehbooba Mufti | 2,00,429 | 53.41 | +8.51 |
| | JKNC | Mirza Mehboob Beg | 1,35,012 | 35.98 | −10.55 |
| | Independent | Tanveer Hussain Khan | 7,340 | 1.96 | New |
| | BJP | Mushtaq Ahmad Malik | 4,720 | 1.26 | +0.03 |
| | JKNPP | Syed Abid Ahmad Shah | 4,345 | 1.16 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 5,936 | 1.58 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65,417 | 17.43 | +15.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,75,279 | 28.84 | +1.74 |
| | JKPDP gain from JKNC | JKPDP gain from JKNC | Swing | +6.88 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Anantnag :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JKNC | Mirza Mehboob Beg | 148,317 | 46.53 | +22.90 |
| | JKPDP | Peer Mohammed Hussain | 143,093 | 44.90 | −4.65 |
| | BJP | Mohammad Sidiq Khan | 3,918 | 1.23 | −1.99 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,224 | 1.63 | −24.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 318,726 | 27.10 | +12.06 |
| | JKNC gain from JKPDP | JKNC gain from JKPDP | Swing | | |

### General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Anantnag :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JKPDP | Mehbooba Mufti | 74,436 | 49.55 |
| | JKNC | Mirza Mehboob Beg | 35,498 | 23.63 |
| | CPI(M) | Mohamad Yusuf Tarigami | 18,466 | 12.29 |
| | BJP | Sofi Mohf. Yousuf | 4,836 | 3.22 |
| | Independent | Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather | 2,827 | 1.88 |
| | Independent | Ab. Majeed Naikoo | 2,760 | 1.84 |
| | Independent | Mohd. Maqbool Dar | 2,691 | 1.79 |
| | LJP | Sanjay Saraf | 1,595 | 1.06 |
| | Independent | Gh. Rasool | 1,586 | 1.06 |
| | AIFB | Hamidullah Wani | 1,504 | 1.00 |
| | Independent | Gh. Mohi-ud-din Dar | 1,278 | 0.85 |
| | RLD | Mohd. Yousuf Qurashi | 1,115 | 0.74 |
| | Samata Party | Gh. Mohd. Tantary | 864 | 0.58 |
| | Independent | Ramesh Kumar Bhat | 763 | 0.51 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,938 | 25.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,219 | 15.04 |
| | JKPDP gain from JKNC | JKPDP gain from JKNC | Swing | |