About Beerwah Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Beerwah is a town in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The word Beerwah means beautiful. The place is famous for its natural beauty. As of 2011 India census, it had a population of 6295. The assembly constituency of Beerwah belongs to Srinagar parliamentary constituency. The constituency has been a stronghold of JKNC. But PDP won the two assembly elections of 2002 and 2008 and took away the seat from JKNC. Shafi Ahmad Wani of PDP won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Abdul Majid Mattoo of JKNC. Wani bagged 11720 votes as against Mattoo's 11556 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Beerwah Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Beerwah assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | AC No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2014 | 28 | Beerwah | GEN | Omar Abdullah | M | JKNC | 23717 | Nazir Ahmad Khan | M | INC | 22807 |
| 2008 | 28 | Beerwah | GEN | Shafi Ahmad Wani | M | JKPDP | 11720 | Ab Majid Matoo | M | JKN | 11556 |
| 2002 | 28 | Beerwah | GEN | Mohd Sarfraz Khan | M | PDP | 16886 | Mohd Amin Banday | M | JKN | 4966 |
| 1996 | 28 | Beerwah | GEN | Aga Syed Mehmood Almosvi | M | JKN | 19456 | Sarfarz Khan | M | JD | 17798 |
| 1987 | 23 | Beerwah | GEN | Syed Ahmad Syed | M | JKN | 15341 | Ghulam Mohmad Mir | M | IND | 10016 |
| 1983 | 23 | Beerwah | GEN | Syed Ahmad Saeed | M | JKN | 13879 | Abdul Ahad Magray | M | JKP | 2903 |
| 1977 | 23 | Beerwah | GEN | Ahmad Saeed | M | JKN | 14918 | Syed Ali Shah | M | JNP | 7737 |
| 1972 | 23 | Beerwah | GEN | Abdul Khaliq Mir | M | INC | | Uncontested | | | |
| 1967 | 23 | Beerwah | GEN | A. Quddus | M | INC | | Uncontested | | | |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021