About Pattan Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Pattan is a small town in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The town is regarded as one of the historical capitals of the state. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 11,409. The assembly constituency of Pattan is a part of Baramulla parliamentary constituency. Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari of PDP won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA from the constituency. Earlier also he won thrice from the constituency in 1983 (Congress), 1996 (Congress) and 2002 (NC). In the 2008 assembly elections, he defeated Abdul Rashid Shaheen of JKNC with a huge margin. Ansari bagged 20703 votes as against Shaheen's 9432 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Pattan Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Pattan assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2014 | 15 | Pattan | GEN | Imran Raza Ansari | M | PDP | 21218 | Aga Syed Mehmood Al Mosavi | M | JKNC | 11884 |
| 2008 | 15 | Pattan | GEN | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | M | JKPDP | 20703 | Abdul Rashid Shaheen | M | JKN | 9432 |
| 2006 | By Polls | Pattan | GEN | Sheikh Mustafa Kamal | M | JKNC | 26736 | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | M | JKPDP | 23969 |
| 2002 | 15 | Pattan | GEN | Molvi Ifthikar Hussain Ansari | M | JKN | 15268 | Dr.Abdul Ahad Yatoo | M | INC | 13084 |
| 1996 | 15 | Pattan | GEN | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | M | INC | 18868 | Abdul Rashid Shaheen | M | JD | 10540 |
| 1987 | 7 | Pattan | GEN | Aga Syed Mehmood | M | JKN | 16871 | Moulvi Mustafa Hussain | M | IND | 9291 |
| 1983 | 7 | Pattan | GEN | Molvi Iftikhar Hussain | M | INC | 11761 | Abdul Aziz Parrey | M | JKN | 10904 |
| 1977 | 7 | Pattan | GEN | Abdul Rashid Shaheen | M | JKN | 15738 | Molvlftikhar Hussain Ansari | M | JNP | 12734 |
| 1972 | 10 | Pattan | GEN | Gulam Qadir Bhdar | M | INC | 15002 | Yousuf Shah | M | IND | 2508 |
| 1967 | 10 | Pattan | GEN | G. R. Dar | M | JKN | 7764 | G. Q. B. Bedar | M | INC | 5881 |
| 1962 | 63 | Pattan | GEN | Ghulam Mohammad Bhat Zalib | M | NC | | Uncontested | | | |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021