Handwara also known as Handwoar is a town in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

It was the home constituency of the late separatist leader Abdul Ghani Lone and of Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzaan.

The former MLA for Handwara was Sajjad Gani Lone of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference, who defeated Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzaan of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference by more than 5000 votes in the 2014 assembly elections.

[8] The current MLA seat of Handwara is vacant due to the dissolving of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2018.

[9] Municipal Committee Handwara is an Urban Local Body with 13 elected members, which administers the town.