# Gool Arnas Assembly constituency

Gool Arnas was one of the 87 constituencies 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.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,878 | 13.55% | 5.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,766 | 82.58% | 5.88 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 61,476 | | 12.04 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 8.19 | |

### Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,452 | 8.20% | 7.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,086 | 76.70% | 16.62 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,872 | | 1.08 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | 3.69 | |

### Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,986 | 15.29% | 3.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,614 | 60.08% | 2.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,286 | | 43.01 |
| | Independent gain from JKNC | Independent gain from JKNC | Swing | 11.52 | |

### Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Gool Arnas :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,114 | 18.88% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,795 | 58.29% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 37,959 | | |
| | JKNC win (new seat) | JKNC win (new seat) | JKNC win (new seat) | JKNC win (new seat) | JKNC win (new seat) |