About Uri Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Uri is a small town on river Jhelum in the Baramulla district of the state. Uri is considered to be the gateway to Kashmir Valley. It is a frontier town and it is surrounded on three sides by the part of Kashmir which is administered by Pakistan. At the 2001 census, Uri had a population of 400,900. The assembly constituency of Uri is a part of Baramulla parliamentary constituency. Taj Mohi-Ud-Din of INC won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Mohammad Shafi. Taj Mohi-Ud-Din bagged 24036 votes as against Shafi's 22157 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Uri Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Uri 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 | 6 | Uri | GEN | Mohammad Shafi | M | JKNC | 24359 | Aijaz Ali Khan | M | PDP | 18567 |
| 2008 | 6 | Uri | GEN | Taj Mohi-Ud-Din | M | INC | 24036 | Mohammad Shafi | M | JKN | 22157 |
| 2002 | 6 | Uri | GEN | Taj Mohi-U-Din | M | INC | 20460 | Mohammed Shafi | M | JKN | 20276 |
| 1996 | 6 | Uri | GEN | Mohd. Shafi | M | JKN | 18117 | Taj Mohi-Ud-Din | M | INC | 9731 |
| 1987 | 13 | Uri | GEN | Mohd. Shafi | M | JKN | 27793 | Abdul Rehman | M | IND | 2565 |
| 1983 | 13 | Uri | GEN | Mohammad Shafi | M | JKN | 15940 | Qazi Mohammad | M | IND | 7946 |
| 1977 | 13 | Uri | GEN | Mohd. Shafi | M | JKN | 11921 | Mohd. Mazaffar Khan | M | INC | 3309 |
| 1972 | 13 | Uri | GEN | Mohd. Shafi | M | IND | 9543 | Mohamad Muzafar Khan | M | INC | 4916 |
| 1967 | 13 | Uri | GEN | M. M. Khan | M | INC | | Uncontested | | | |
| 1962 | 73 | Uri | GEN | Mohd. Afzal Khan Raja | M | NC | | Uncontested | | | |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021