Thannamandi Constituency Candidates 2024: Full List of Contestants in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election – News18
Thannamandi Assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir (Image: News18 Elections)
Complete list of candidates and parties contesting in the 2024 elections for Thannamandi seat in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
A total of six candidates are contesting from the 87. Thannamandi (Scheduled Tribe) Assembly constituency in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.
Following is the complete list of candidates in the fray from Thannamandi along with brief profiles sourced from the candidate affidavits submitted with the Election Commission of India and analysed by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR):
- Astkhar Ali Ahmed, Independent (IND); Gender: Male; Age: 48 years; Profession: Lawyer; Education: Graduate Professional; Total assets: Rs 1.1 crore; No. of declared criminal cases: 0.
- Irfan Anjum, Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP); Gender: Male; Age: 31 years; Profession: Social Activist, Agriculture; Education: Graduate Professional; Total assets: Rs 5.1 lakh; No. of declared criminal cases: 0.
- Mohd Iqbal Malik, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); Gender: Male; Age: 77 years; Profession: Retired; Education: Graduate Professional; Total assets: Rs 2.2 crore; No. of declared criminal cases: 0.
- Mohd Shabir Khan, Indian National Congress (INC); Gender: Male; Age: 59 years; Profession: Advocate/DDC Member (Vice Chairman-DDC, Rajouri); Education: Graduate Professional; Total assets: Rs 8.8 crore; No. of declared criminal cases: 1.
- Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, Independent (IND); Gender: Male; Age: 52 years; Profession: Advocate (Supreme Court/High Court); Education: Graduate Professional; Total assets: Rs 57.2 lakh; No. of declared criminal cases: 0.
- Qamar Hussain, Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Gender: Male; Age: 63 years; Profession: Advocate; Education: Graduate Professional; Total assets: Rs 2.9 crore; No. of declared criminal cases: 0.
The polling date for the Thannamandi seat is September 25, 2024 in Phase 2 of the election and the counting of votes is scheduled for October 8, 2024. This is the first Assembly election being held in Jammu & Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and the delimitation of constituencies in 2022.