2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
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Elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir from 18 September to 1 October 2024 in 3 phases to elect its 90 members[a]. The results of the elections were announced on 8 October 2024. The INDIA alliance, consisting of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), won a majority of seats in the election, winning 49 of the 90 seats for which elections were held, with the JKNC winning the highest number of seats.[1] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the largest share of the popular vote.[2]
This is the first assembly election in over a decade, and the first since the territory's special status was revoked, its statehood withdrawn,[3][4] martial curfew imposed and over 300 political leaders detained or under house arrest in 2019.[5][6][7] Indian government indefinitely suspended elections, for stabilizing the conditions in Kashmir Valley due to the decades long ongoing armed insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. A Supreme Court plea challenging this was brought forward by Panthers Party in May 2023.[8][9] In December 2023, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of India to restore the democratic process by 30 September 2024.[10] The order also upheld the revocation of article 370 and deemed it to be within the laws set by the constitution. Foreign diplomats were allowed to observe the election but foreign journalists were kept out.[11]
JKNC emerged as the single largest party, winning 42 seats in total, while BJP came second with 29 seats won.[12] The INC won 6 seats, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP) won 3 seats, while CPI(M), Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference and Aam Aadmi Party won one seat each. 7 seats were won by independent candidates.[12] After BJP's 25.64% largest share of the popular vote, JKNC won the second largest share at 23.43%. The INC and JKPDP got 11.97% and 8.87% of the votes respectively, with remaining 30.09% going to other parties, independents and NOTA (none of the above).[2][13] The JKNC's Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the union territory's first chief minister on 16 October.
Background
The previous assembly elections were held in November–December 2014. After the election, coalition of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed becoming the Chief Minister.[14][15]
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died on 7 January 2016.[16] After a brief period of Governor's rule, Mehbooba Mufti was sworn in as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.[17]
Political developments
Dissolution of assembly and President's rule
In June 2018, BJP withdrew its support to the PDP-led government[18] and Governor's rule was subsequently imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.[19] In November 2018, the state assembly was dissolved by Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik.[20] despite the fact that many political parties had written to the Governor expressing their willingness to form the Government.[21] President's rule was imposed on 20 December 2018.[22]
Revocation of Article 370 and reorganisation of state
In 2019, Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which gave special status to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated[23] and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir into union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from 31 October 2019.[24] The changes allowed Hindu refugees residing in Jammu who were displaced from Pakistan following Partition in 1947 to vote in state elections.[25]
Delimitation
In March 2020, a three-member Delimitation Commission was formed, chaired by retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, for the delimitation of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[26] The commission published its interim report in February 2022.[27] The final delimitation report was released on 5 May 2022 under which additional 6 seats were added to Jammu division and 1 seat to Kashmir division. After delimitation, the total seats in the assembly rose to 114 seats, out of which 24 seats are designated for areas that fall under Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Out of the remaining 90 seats, 43 seats are in Jammu division and 47 seats are in the Kashmir division.[28] The final delimitation report came into force from 20 May 2022.[29]
DDC elections
In 2020, DDC elections were held after revocation of special status. People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) secured 110 seats, while BJP was the single largest party with 75 seats.[30]
Supreme Court verdict on abrogation on Article 370
On 11 December 2023, the Supreme Court in its verdict upheld the abrogation of article 370 as constitutional and ordered the Election Commission of India to hold legislative assembly elections in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir before 30 September 2024.[31][32]
Reservation for SC/STs
The parliament passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2023 which provides for reservation of 7 seats for the Scheduled Castes and 9 seats for the Scheduled Tribes.[33][34]
On 2 May 2024, Ministry of Mines secretary Vivek Bharadwaj announced that an auction to assign mining rights was planned on priority basis by December 2024.[35] Former minister and JKNPP president Harsh Dev Singh, challenged the legal premise, upon which the federal government planned to assign mineral rights valued at US$500 billion (half a trillion dollars).[36] On 29 May 2023, Harsh Dev,[37] stated that in accordance to Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957, only a federated state or union territory government had the lawful right to hold auctions and assign mining concessions for minerals found on land.[38] In December 2023, the first attempt to auction Jammu and Kashmir lithium failed. As the auction only received two bids, as per legislation a minimum of three bids is required for the auction to be considered valid.[39][40] In July 2024 a second attempt by the central Indian government of auction Jammu and Kashmir's lithium failed to receive any bids.[41]
Schedule
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 August 2024.[42][43] The date of counting of votes was postponed from 4 October to 8 October.[44][45]
Poll event | Phase | ||
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I | II | III | |
Notification date | 20 August | 29 August | 5 September |
Last date for filing nomination | 27 August | 5 September | 12 September |
Scrutiny of nomination | 28 August | 6 September | 13 September |
Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 30 August | 9 September | 17 September |
Date of poll | 18 September | 25 September | 1 October |
Date of counting of votes | 8 October 2024 | ||
No. of constituencies | 24 | 26 | 40 |
Parties and alliances
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Alliance between Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist) was announced on 22 August 2024.[46][47] The seat sharing was finalized on 26 August 2024 with friendly contest on 6 seats between alliance partners.[48][49]
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contesting | |
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Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | Farooq Abdullah | 56[b] | |||
Indian National Congress | Tariq Hameed Karra | 38[b] | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami | 1 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contesting | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | Ravinder Raina | 62 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contesting | |
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Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | Mehbooba Mufti | 81 |
Others
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party | Altaf Bukhari | 46 | |||
Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party | Engineer Rashid[50] | 44[c][51] | |||
Bahujan Samaj Party | Darshan Rana[52] | 27 | |||
Democratic Progressive Azad Party | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 23[53] | |||
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | Sajjad Gani Lone | 15 | |||
Aam Aadmi Party | Mehraj Malik | 7[54] | |||
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | Harsh Dev Singh | 4[d] | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir[e] | Ghulam Qadir Wani | 4[e][51] | |||
Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement | Mohammed Hussain Padder[55] | ||||
Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference | Khalida Begum[56] |
Candidates
JKNC released the first list of 18 candidates on 26 August;[57] the second list of 32 candidates on 27 August;[58] the third list of four candidates on 8 September.[59]
INC released the first list of 9 candidates on 26 August;[60] the second list of 6 candidates on 2 September;[61] the third list of 19 candidates on 9 September.[62]
BJP released the first list of 15 candidates[63] and the second list of one candidate on 26 August;[64] the third list of 29 candidates on 27 August;[65] the fourth list of 6 candidates on 2 September.[66] BJP released sixth list of 10 candidates on 8 September.[67]
JKPDP announced 25 candidates on 26 August;[68] 17 candidates on 28 August;[69] 4 candidates on 29 August;[70] 8 candidates on 30 August;[71] 6 candidates on 1 September;[72] 2 candidates on 3 September;[73] 1 candidate on 6 September.[74]
District | Voting date[75][76] | Constituency | ||||||||||
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INDIA | BJP | JKPDP | ||||||||||
Kupwara | 1 October 2024 | 1 | Karnah | JKNC | Javid Mirchal | BJP | Mohammad Idrees Karnahi | JKPDP | Firdous Ahmed Mir | |||
2 | Trehgam | JKNC | Mir Saifullah | JKPDP | Mohammad Afzal Wani | |||||||
3 | Kupwara | JKNC | Nasir Aslam Wani | |||||||||
4 | Lolab | JKNC | Qaiser Jamsheed Lone | JKPDP | Abdul Haq Khan | |||||||
5 | Handwara | JKNC | Chowdary Mohammad Ramzan | BJP | Ghulam Mohammad Mir | JKPDP | Mir Azad Parwaz | |||||
6 | Langate | INC | Irshad Ab Gani | JKPDP | Syed Gh Nabi Bukhari | |||||||
Baramulla | 7 | Sopore | JKNC | Irshad Rasool Kar | JKPDP | Irfan Ali Lone | ||||||
INC | Haji Abdul Rashid Dar | |||||||||||
8 | Rafiabad | JKNC | Javid Ahmed Dar | JKPDP | Altaf Ahmed Malik | |||||||
9 | Uri | JKNC | Shahzad Shafi | |||||||||
10 | Baramulla | JKNC | Javid Hassan Baig | JKPDP | Mohammad Rafique Rather | |||||||
INC | Mir Iqbal | |||||||||||
11 | Gulmarg | JKNC | Farooq Ahmad Shah | |||||||||
12 | Wagoora–Kreeri | INC | Irfan Hafeez Lone | JKPDP | Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari | |||||||
13 | Pattan | JKNC | Javid Reyaz Bedar | JKPDP | Javaid Iqbal Ganaie | |||||||
Bandipora | 14 | Sonawari | JKNC | Hilal Akbar Lone | BJP | Abdul Rashid Khan | JKPDP | Tahir Qadri | ||||
15 | Bandipora | INC | Nizamuddin Bhat | BJP | Nasir Ahmad Lone | JKPDP | Syed Tajamul Islam | |||||
16 | Gurez (ST) | JKNC | Nazir Ahmad Gurezi | BJP | Fakir Mohammad Khan | |||||||
Ganderbal | 25 September 2024 | 17 | Kangan (ST) | JKNC | Mian Mehar Ali | JKPDP | Syed Jamaat Ali Shaheen | |||||
18 | Ganderbal | JKNC | Omar Abdullah | JKPDP | Bashir Ahmed Mir | |||||||
Srinagar | 19 | Hazratbal | JKNC | Salman Ali Sagar | JKPDP | Asiea Naqash | ||||||
20 | Khanyar | JKNC | Ali Mohammad Sagar | JKPDP | Tafazul Mushtaq | |||||||
21 | Habba Kadal | JKNC | Shamim Firdous | BJP | Ashok Bhat | JKPDP | Arif Laigroo | |||||
22 | Lal Chowk | JKNC | Ahsan Pardesi | BJP | Er. Aijaz Hussain | JKPDP | Zuhaib Yousf Mir | |||||
23 | Chanapora | JKNC | Mushtaq Guroo | BJP | Hilal Ahmad Wani[77] | JKPDP | Mohammad Iqbal Trumboo | |||||
24 | Zadibal | JKNC | Tanvir Sadiq | JKPDP | Sheikh Gowher Ali | |||||||
25 | Eidgah | JKNC | Mubarak Gul | BJP | Arif Raja | JKPDP | Mohammad Khursheed Alam | |||||
26 | Central Shalteng | INC | Tariq Hameed Karra | |||||||||
Budgam | 27 | Budgam | JKNC | Omar Abdullah | JKPDP | Aga. Syed Munatzir Mehdi | ||||||
28 | Beerwah | JKNC | Mohammed Shafi Wani | JKPDP | Haji Gh Ahmed Khan | |||||||
29 | Khan Sahib | JKNC | Saif-Ud-Din Bhat | BJP | Ali Mohammad Mir | JKPDP | Manzoor Ahmed Wani | |||||
30 | Charar-i-Sharif | JKNC | Abdul Rahim Rather | BJP | Zahid Hussain | JKPDP | Ghulam Nabi Lone | |||||
31 | Chadoora | JKNC | Ali Mohammad Dar | |||||||||
Pulwama | 18 September 2024 | 32 | Pampore | JKNC | Hasnain Masoodi | BJP | Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi | JKPDP | Waheed-ur Rehman Parra | |||
33 | Tral | INC | Surinder Singh Channi | JKPDP | Rafiq Ahmed Naik | |||||||
34 | Pulwama | JKNC | Mohammad Khalil Bandh | JKPDP | Waheed Para | |||||||
35 | Rajpora | JKNC | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Mir | BJP | Arshid Bhat | JKPDP | Syed Bashir Ahmed | |||||
Shopian | 36 | Zainapora | JKNC | Showkat Hussain Ganie | ||||||||
37 | Shopian | JKNC | Sheikh Mohammad Rafi | BJP | Javed Ahmad Qadri | JKPDP | Yawar Bandey | |||||
Kulgam | 38 | D. H. Pora | JKNC | Sakina Itoo | ||||||||
39 | Kulgam | CPI(M) | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami | JKPDP | Mohd Amin Dar | |||||||
40 | Devsar | JKNC | Peerzada Feroze Ahmad | JKPDP | Sartaj Ahmed Madani | |||||||
INC | Amanullah Mantoo | |||||||||||
Anantnag | 41 | Dooru | INC | Ghulam Ahmad Mir | JKPDP | Mohd Ashraf Malik | ||||||
42 | Kokernag (ST) | JKNC | Chowdary Zaffer Ahmad | BJP | Roshan Hussain Gujjar | JKPDP | Haroon Rashid Khatana | |||||
43 | Anantnag West | JKNC | Abdul Majeed Larmi | BJP | Mohammad Rafiq Wani | JKPDP | Abdul Gaffar Sofi | |||||
44 | Anantnag | INC | Peerzada Mohammad Syed | BJP | Syed Wajahat | JKPDP | Mehboob Baig | |||||
45 | Srigufwara–Bijbehara | JKNC | Bashir Ahmad Veeri | BJP | Sofi Yousuf | JKPDP | Iltija Mufti | |||||
46 | Shangus–Anantnag East | JKNC | Reyaz Ahmad Khan | BJP | Veer Saraf | JKPDP | Abdul Rehman Veeri | |||||
47 | Pahalgam | JKNC | Altaf Ahmad Kaloo | |||||||||
Kishtwar | 48 | Inderwal | INC | Sheikh Zafarullah | BJP | Tariq Hussain Keen | JKPDP | Nasir Hussain Sheikh | ||||
49 | Kishtwar | JKNC | Sajad Kichloo | BJP | Shagun Parihar | JKPDP | Firdous Ahmad Tak | |||||
50 | Padder–Nagseni | JKNC | Pooja Thakur | BJP | Sunil Kumar Sharma | |||||||
Doda | 51 | Bhadarwah | JKNC | Mehboob Iqbal | BJP | Daleep Singh Parihar | ||||||
INC | Nadeem Sharief | |||||||||||
52 | Doda | JKNC | Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy | BJP | Gajay Singh Rana | JKPDP | Mansoor Ahmed Bhat | |||||
INC | Sheikh Riyaz | |||||||||||
53 | Doda West | INC | Pradeep Kumar Bhagat | BJP | Shakti Raj Parihar | |||||||
Ramban | 54 | Ramban | JKNC | Arjun Singh Raju | BJP | Rakesh Singh Thakur | ||||||
55 | Banihal | JKNC | Sajad Shaheen | BJP | Salim Bhat | |||||||
INC | Vikar Rasool Wani | |||||||||||
Reasi | 25 September 2024 | 56 | Gulabgarh (ST) | JKNC | Engineer Khursheed | BJP | Mohammad Akram Chaudhary | JKPDP | Farooq Inqilabi | |||
57 | Reasi | INC | Mumtaz Khan | BJP | Kuldeep Raj Dubey | JKPDP | Bodh Raj Meania | |||||
58 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi | INC | Bhupender Jamwal | BJP | Baldev Raj Sharma | JKPDP | Pratap Krishan Sharma | |||||
Udhampur | 1 October 2024 | 59 | Udhampur West | INC | Summit Mangotra | BJP | Pawan Kumar Gupta | |||||
60 | Udhampur East | JKNC | Sunil Verma | BJP | Ranbir Singh Pathania | |||||||
61 | Chenani | JKNPP(I) | Harsh Dev Singh | BJP | Balwant Singh Mankotia | |||||||
62 | Ramnagar (SC) | INC | Mool Raj | BJP | Sunil Bhardwaj | |||||||
Kathua | 63 | Bani | INC | Kajal Rajput | BJP | Jeevan Lal | JKPDP | Romesh Chandar Verma | ||||
64 | Billawar | INC | Manohar Lal Sharma | BJP | Satish Sharma | JKPDP | Akhter Ali | |||||
65 | Basohli | INC | Chaudhary Lal Singh | BJP | Darshan Singh | JKPDP | Joginder Singh | |||||
66 | Jasrota | INC | Thakur Balbir Singh | BJP | Rajiv Jasrotia | |||||||
67 | Kathua (SC) | JKNC | Subash Chander Azad | BJP | Bharat Bhushan | |||||||
68 | Hiranagar | INC | Rakesh Choudhary Jatt | BJP | Vijay Kumar Sharma | JKPDP | Vishal Salgotra | |||||
Samba | 69 | Ramgarh (SC) | INC | Yash Paul Kundal | BJP | Devinder Kumar Manyal | ||||||
70 | Samba | INC | Krishan Dev Singh | BJP | Surjit Singh Slathia | JKPDP | Rajender Manhas | |||||
71 | Vijaypur | JKNC | Rajesh Pargotra | BJP | Chander Prakash Ganga | JKPDP | Bachan Lal | |||||
Jammu | 72 | Bishnah (SC) | INC | Neeraj Kundan | BJP | Rajeev Bhagat | ||||||
73 | Suchetgarh (SC) | INC | Bhushan Dogra | BJP | Gharu Ram Bhagat | |||||||
74 | R. S. Pura–Jammu South | INC | Raman Bhalla | BJP | Narinder Singh Raina | JKPDP | Narendra Shamra | |||||
75 | Bahu | INC | T.S. Tony | BJP | Vikram Randhawa | JKPDP | Verinder Singh Sonu | |||||
76 | Jammu East | INC | Yogesh Sawhney | BJP | Yudhvir Sethi | JKPDP | Aditya Gupta | |||||
77 | Nagrota | JKNC | Joginder Singh | BJP | Devender Singh Rana | |||||||
INC | Balbir Singh | |||||||||||
78 | Jammu West | INC | Thakur Manmohan Singh | BJP | Arvind Gupta | JKPDP | Rajat Gupta | |||||
79 | Jammu North | JKNC | Ajay Kumar Sadhotra | BJP | Sham Lal Sharma | JKPDP | Darshan Mangotra | |||||
80 | Marh (SC) | INC | Mula Ram | BJP | Surinder Bhagat | |||||||
81 | Akhnoor (SC) | INC | Ashok Bhagat | BJP | Mohan Lal Bhagat | |||||||
82 | Chhamb | INC | Tara Chand | BJP | Rajeev Sharma | |||||||
Rajouri | 25 September 2024 | 83 | Kalakote–Sunderbani | JKNC | Yashu Vardhan Singh | BJP | Thakur Randhir Singh | JKPDP | Syed Majid Shah | |||
84 | Nowshera | JKNC | Surinder Chowdary | BJP | Ravinder Raina | JKPDP | Haq Nawaz | |||||
85 | Rajouri (ST) | INC | Iftkar Ahmed | BJP | Vibodh Gupta | JKPDP | Tasaduq Hussain | |||||
86 | Budhal (ST) | JKNC | Javid Chowdary | BJP | Chowdary Zulfikar Ali | JKPDP | Guftar Ahmed Choudhary | |||||
87 | Thannamandi (ST) | INC | Shabir Ahmad Khan | BJP | Mohammad Iqbal Malik | JKPDP | Qamar Hussain Choudhary | |||||
Poonch | 88 | Surankote (ST) | INC | Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary | BJP | Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari | JKPDP | Javid Choudhary | ||||
89 | Poonch Haveli | JKNC | Ajaz Ahmad Jan | BJP | Chowdary Abdul Ghani | JKPDP | Shamim Ganai | |||||
90 | Mendhar (ST) | JKNC | Javed Rana | BJP | Murtaza Khan | JKPDP | Mahroof Khan |
Observers
Diplomats from 16 countries, including the United States and Russia, observed the voting in Srinagar.[78]
Voter turnout
Phase | Date | Seats | Turnout (%) |
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I | 18 September | 24 | 61.38[79] |
II | 25 September | 26 | 57.31[80] |
III | 1 October | 40 | 69.69[81] |
Total | 90 | 63.88[82] |
Surveys and polls
Exit polls
Exit polls were released on 5 October 2024.
Polling agency | Lead | ||||
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INDIA | BJP | JKPDP | Others | ||
India Today - CVoter | 40-48 | 27-32 | 6-12 | 6-11 | 0-13 |
South First - People's Pulse | 46-50 | 23-27 | 7-11 | 4-06 | 0-17 |
Axis My India | 35-45 | 24-34 | 4-6 | 8-23 | Hung |
Gulistan News | 31-36 | 28-30 | 5-7 | 6-16 | Hung |
Poll of Polls | 42 | 27 | 7 | 14 | Hung |
Polling agency | Lead | ||||
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INDIA | BJP | JKPDP | Others | ||
India Today - CVoter | 38.7% | 22.9% | 10.2% | 28.2% | 15.8% |
South First - People's Pulse | 43% | 24% | 16% | 17% | 19% |
Axis My India | 38% | 21% | 9% | 32% | 6% |
Results
Results by alliance or party
Alliance/party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Contested | Won | ||||
INDIA | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | 13,36,147 | 23.43 | 56 | 42[83] | ||
Indian National Congress | 6,82,666 | 11.97 | 38 | 6[84] | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 33,634 | 0.59 | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 20,52,447 | 35.99 | 95[b] | 49 | |||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 14,62,225 | 25.63 | 62 | 29[85] | |||
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | 5,05,948 | 8.87 | 81 | 3[86] | |||
Aam Aadmi Party | 29,733 | 0.52 | 7 | 1 | |||
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | 66,295 | 1.16 | 4 | 0 | |||
Other parties | 1 | ||||||
Independents | 7[87] | ||||||
NOTA | 84,380 | 1.48 | |||||
Total | 100% | - | 90 |
Results by division
Division | Seats | ||||
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INDIA | BJP | JKPDP | Others | ||
Kashmir | 47 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Jammu | 43 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 90 | 49 | 29 | 3 | 9 |
Results by district
Division | District | Seats | ||||
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INDIA | BJP | JKPDP | Others | |||
Kashmir | Kupwara | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Baramulla | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bandipora | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ganderbal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Srinagar | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Budgam | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pulwama | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Shopian | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kulgam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anantnag | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jammu | Kishtwar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Doda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Ramban | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Reasi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Udhampur | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Kathua | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Samba | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Jammu | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
Rajouri | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Poonch | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 90 | 49 | 29 | 3 | 9 |
Results by constituency
Constituency | Winner[88] | Runner Up | Margin | ||||||||||
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No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
Kupwara district | |||||||||||||
1 | Karnah | Javaid Ahmad Mirchal | JKNC | 14,294 | 34.59 | Naseer Ahmad Awan | JKPC | 8,032 | 19.44 | 6,262 | |||
2 | Trehgam | Saifullah Mir | JKNC | 18,002 | 33.74 | Bashir Ahmed Dar | JKPC | 14,376 | 26.95 | 3,636 | |||
3 | Kupwara | Mir Mohammad Fayaz | JKPDP | 27,773 | 44.76 | Nasir Aslam Wani | JKNC | 17,976 | 28.97 | 9,797 | |||
4 | Lolab | Qaysar Jamshaid Lone | JKNC | 19,603 | 33.73 | Dawood Bashir Bhat | IND | 11,732 | 19.77 | 7,871 | |||
5 | Handwara | Sajad Gani Lone | JKPC | 29,812 | 40.78 | Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan | JKNC | 29,150 | 39.88 | 662 | |||
6 | Langate | Khursheed Ahmed Sheikh | IND | 25,984 | 33.29 | Irfan Sultan Pandithpuri | JKPC | 24,382 | 31.23 | 1,602 | |||
Baramulla district | |||||||||||||
7 | Sopore | Irshad Rasool Kar | JKNC | 26,975 | 55.32 | Mursaleen Aajir | IND | 6,619 | 12.84 | 20,356 | |||
8 | Rafiabad | Javid Ahmad Dar | JKNC | 28,783 | 40.42 | Yawar Ahmad Mir | JKAP | 19,581 | 27.50 | 9,202 | |||
9 | Uri | Sajjad Safi | JKNC | 39,713 | 53.73 | Taj Mohi Ud din | IND | 25,244 | 34.16 | 14,469 | |||
10 | Baramulla | Javid Hassan Baig | JKNC | 22,523 | 32.75 | Shoaib Nabi Lone | IND | 10,750 | 15.63 | 11,773 | |||
11 | Gulmarg | Pirzada Farooq Ahmed Shah | JKNC | 26,984 | 41.27 | Ghulam Hassan Mir | JKAP | 22,793 | 34.86 | 4,191 | |||
12 | Wagoora–Kreeri | Irfan Hafiz Lone | INC | 17,002 | 38.17 | Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari | JKPDP | 9,251 | 20.77 | 7,751 | |||
13 | Pattan | Javaid Riyaz | JKNC | 29,893 | 42.54 | Imran Raza Ansari | JKPC | 29,290 | 41.68 | 603 | |||
Bandipora district | |||||||||||||
14 | Sonawari | Hilal Akbar Lone | JKNC | 31,535 | 37.07 | Yasir Reshi | IND | 17,791 | 20.94 | 13,744 | |||
15 | Bandipora | Nizam Uddin Bhat | INC | 20,391 | 27.45 | Usman Abdul Majid | IND | 19,580 | 26.35 | 811 | |||
16 | Gurez (ST) | Nazir Ahmed Khan | JKNC | 8,378 | 46.64 | Faqeer Mohammad Khan | BJP | 7,246 | 40.34 | 1,132 | |||
Ganderbal district | |||||||||||||
17 | Kangan (ST) | Mian Mehar Ali | JKNC | 28,907 | 49.97 | Syed Jamat Ali Shah | JKPDP | 25,088 | 43.37 | 3,819 | |||
18 | Ganderbal | Omar Abdullah | JKNC | 32,727 | 43.80 | Bashir Ahmed Mir | JKPDP | 22,153 | 29.65 | 10,574 | |||
Srinagar district | |||||||||||||
19 | Hazratbal | Salman Sagar | JKNC | 18,890 | 51.52 | Asiea Naqash | JKPDP | 8,595 | 23.44 | 10,295 | |||
20 | Khanyar | Ali Mohammad Sagar | JKNC | 14,906 | 62.46 | Sheikh Imran | IND | 4,994 | 20.93 | 9,912 | |||
21 | Habba Kadal | Shamim Firdous | JKNC | 12,437 | 64.38 | Ashok Kumar Bhat | BJP | 2,899 | 15.08 | 9,538 | |||
22 | Lal Chowk | Sheikh Ahsan Ahmed | JKNC | 16,731 | 45.45 | Mohammad Ashraf Mir | JKAP | 5,388 | 14.64 | 11,765 | |||
23 | Chanapora | Mushtaq Guroo | JKNC | 13,717 | 53.94 | Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari | JKAP | 8,029 | 31.57 | 5,688 | |||
24 | Zadibal | Tanvir Sadiq | JKNC | 22,189 | 64.52 | Abid Hussain Ansari | JKPDP | 6,016 | 17.24 | 16,173 | |||
25 | Eidgah | Mubarik Gul | JKNC | 7,700 | 33.50 | Ghulam Nabi Bhat | IND | 6,020 | 26.19 | 1,680 | |||
26 | Central Shalteng | Tariq Hameed Karra | INC | 18,933 | 55.86 | Muhammed Irfan Shah | IND | 4,538 | 13.38 | 14,395 | |||
Budgam district | |||||||||||||
27 | Budgam | Omar Abdullah | JKNC | 36,010 | 54.52 | Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi | JKPDP | 17,525 | 26.53 | 18,485 | |||
28 | Beerwah | Shafi Ahmad Wani | JKNC | 20,118 | 30.37 | Nazir Ahmed Khan | IND | 15,957 | 24.09 | 4,161 | |||
29 | Khan Sahib | Saif Ud Din Bhat | JKNC | 33,225 | 48.62 | Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah | JKPDF(S) | 21,611 | 31.63 | 11,614 | |||
30 | Charari Sharief | Abdul Rahim Rather | JKNC | 35,957 | 48.48 | Ghulam Nabi Lone | JKPDP | 24,461 | 32.98 | 11,496 | |||
31 | Chadoora | Ali Mohammad Dar | JKNC | 31,991 | 63.57 | Mohammad Yaseen Bhat | JKPDP | 14,773 | 29.36 | 17,218 | |||
Pulwama district | |||||||||||||
32 | Pampore | Hasnain Masoodi | JKNC | 15,088 | 33.22 | Zahoor Ahmed Mir | JKPDP | 12,325 | 27.14 | 2,763 | |||
33 | Tral | Rafiq Ahmad Naik | JKPDP | 10,710 | 24.69 | Surinder Singh | INC | 10,250 | 23.63 | 460 | |||
34 | Pulwama | Waheed Ur Rehman Para | JKPDP | 24,716 | 48.94 | Mohammad Khalil Band | JKNC | 16,568 | 32.81 | 8,148 | |||
35 | Rajpora | Ghulam Mohit Uddin Mir | JKNC | 25,627 | 47.93 | Syed Bashir Ahmed | JKPDP | 11,314 | 21.16 | 14,313 | |||
Shopian district | |||||||||||||
36 | Zainapora | Showkat Hussain | JKNC | 28,251 | 46.42 | Aijaz Ahmed Mir | IND | 15,018 | 24.67 | 13,233 | |||
37 | Shopian | Shabir Ahmad Kullay | IND | 14,113 | 23.74 | Sheikh Mohammad Rafi | IND | 12,906 | 21.71 | 1,207 | |||
Kulgam district | |||||||||||||
38 | DH Pora | Sakeena Masood | JKNC | 36,623 | 53.45 | Gulzar Ahmad Dar | JKPDP | 19,174 | 27.98 | 17,449 | |||
39 | Kulgam | Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami | CPI(M) | 33,634 | 44.86 | Sayar Ahmad Reshi | IND | 25,796 | 34.40 | 7,838 | |||
40 | Devsar | Peerzada Feroze Ahamad | JKNC | 18,230 | 27.91 | Mohammad Sartaj Madni | JKPDP | 17,390 | 26.63 | 840 | |||
Anantnag district | |||||||||||||
41 | Dooru | Gulam Ahmad Mir | INC | 44,270 | 61.15 | Mohammad Ashraf Malik | JKPDP | 14,542 | 20.09 | 29,728 | |||
42 | Kokernag (ST) | Zafar Ali Khatana | JKNC | 17,949 | 31.23 | Haroon Rashid Khatana | JKPDP | 11,787 | 20.51 | 6,162 | |||
43 | Anantnag West | Abdul Majeed Bhat | JKNC | 25,135 | 40.58 | Abdul Gafar Sofi | JKPDP | 14,700 | 23.74 | 10,435 | |||
44 | Anantnag | Peerzada Mohammad Syed | INC | 6,679 | 23.77 | Mehboob Beg | JKPDP | 4,993 | 17.77 | 1,686 | |||
45 | Srigufwara–Bijbehara | Bashir Ahmed Shah Veeri | JKNC | 33,299 | 56.63 | Iltija Mehbooba Mufti | JKPDP | 23,529 | 37.89 | 9,770 | |||
46 | Shangus–Anantnag East | Reyaz Ahmad Khan | JKNC | 30,345 | 52.32 | Abdul Rehman Topdar | JKPDP | 15,813 | 27.27 | 14,532 | |||
47 | Pahalgam | Altaf Ahmad Wani | JKNC | 26,210 | 52.25 | Rafi Ahmad Mir | JKAP | 12,454 | 24.83 | 13,756 | |||
Kishtwar district | |||||||||||||
48 | Inderwal | Payare Lal Sharma | IND | 14,195 | 26.36 | Ghulam Mohd Saroori | IND | 13,552 | 25.16 | 643 | |||
49 | Kishtwar | Shagun Parihar | BJP | 29,053 | 48.00 | Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo | JKNC | 28,532 | 47.41 | 521 | |||
50 | Padder–Nagseni | Sunil Kumar Sharma | BJP | 17,036 | 50.41 | Pooja Thakur | JKNC | 15,490 | 45.83 | 1,546 | |||
Doda district | |||||||||||||
51 | Bhadarwah | Daleep Singh | BJP | 42,128 | 48.98 | Sheikh Mehboob Iqbal | JKNC | 31,998 | 37.20 | 10,130 | |||
52 | Doda | Mehraj Malik | AAP | 23,228 | 31.83 | Gajay Singh Rana | BJP | 18,690 | 25.61 | 4,538 | |||
53 | Doda West | Shakti Raj Parihar | BJP | 33,964 | 49.99 | Pardeep Kumar | INC | 30,511 | 44.91 | 3,453 | |||
Ramban district | |||||||||||||
54 | Ramban | Arjun Singh Raju | JKNC | 28,425 | 41.07 | Suraj Singh Parihar | IND | 19,412 | 28.05 | 9,013 | |||
55 | Banihal | Sajad Shaheen | JKNC | 33,128 | 36.67 | Imtiaz Ahmad Shan | JKPDP | 27,018 | 29.66 | 6,110 | |||
Reasi district | |||||||||||||
56 | Gulabgarh (ST) | Khurshied Ahmed | JKNC | 30,591 | 42.82 | Ajaz Ahmed Khan | IND | 24,064 | 33.69 | 6,527 | |||
57 | Reasi | Kuldeep Raj Dubey | BJP | 39.647 | 63.51 | Mumtaz Ahmed | INC | 20,832 | 33.37 | 18,815 | |||
58 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi | Baldev Raj Sharma | BJP | 18,199 | 39.96 | Jugal Kishore | IND | 16,204 | 35.58 | 1,995 | |||
Udhampur district | |||||||||||||
59 | Udhampur West | Pawan Kumar Gupta | BJP | 47,164 | 51.06 | Summit Mangotra | INC | 26,412 | 29.15 | 20,752 | |||
60 | Udhampur East | Ranbir Singh Pathania | BJP | 32,966 | 41.61 | Sunil Verma | JKNC | 30,647 | 38.69 | 2,349 | |||
61 | Chenani | Balwant Singh Mankotia | BJP | 47,990 | 56.40 | Harsh Dev Singh | JKNPP(I) | 32,379 | 38.06 | 15,611 | |||
62 | Ramnagar (SC) | Sunil Bhardwaj | BJP | 34,550 | 48.50 | Ashri Devi | JKNPP(I) | 25,244 | 35.44 | 9,306 | |||
Kathua district | |||||||||||||
63 | Bani | Rameshwar Singh | IND | 18,672 | 43.43 | Jewan Lal | BJP | 16,624 | 38.67 | 2,048 | |||
64 | Billawar | Satish Kumar Sharma | BJP | 44,629 | 64.38 | Manohar Lal Sharma | INC | 23,261 | 33.56 | 21,368 | |||
65 | Basohli | Darshan Kumar | BJP | 31,874 | 65.38 | Chaudhary Lal Singh | INC | 15,840 | 32.49 | 16,034 | |||
66 | Jasrota | Rajiv Jasrotia | BJP | 34,157 | 51.94 | Brijeshwar Singh | IND | 21,737 | 33.05 | 12,420 | |||
67 | Kathua (SC) | Bharat Bhushan | BJP | 45,944 | 55.19 | Sandeep Majotra | BSP | 33,827 | 40.64 | 12,117 | |||
68 | Hiranagar | Vijay Kumar | BJP | 36,737 | 54.75 | Rakesh Kumar | INC | 28,127 | 41.92 | 8,610 | |||
Samba district | |||||||||||||
69 | Ramgarh (SC) | Devinder Kumar Manyal | BJP | 35,672 | 51.53 | Yash Paul Kundal | INC | 21,470 | 31.02 | 14,202 | |||
70 | Samba | Surjeet Singh Slathia | BJP | 43,182 | 61.74 | Ravinder Singh | IND | 12,873 | 18.41 | 30,309 | |||
71 | Vijaypur | Chander Prakash Ganga | BJP | 32,859 | 52.60 | Rajesh Kumar Pargotra | JKNC | 13,819 | 22.12 | 19,040 | |||
Jammu district | |||||||||||||
72 | Bishnah (SC) | Rajeev Kumar | BJP | 53,435 | 56.48 | Neeraj Kundan | INC | 37808 | 39.96 | 15,627 | |||
73 | Suchetgarh (SC) | Gharu Ram Bhagat | BJP | 39,302 | 46.32 | Bhushan Lal | INC | 28,161 | 33.19 | 11,141 | |||
74 | RS Pora–Jammu South | Narinder Singh Raina | BJP | 43,317 | 49.23 | Raman Bhalla | INC | 41,351 | 47.00 | 1,966 | |||
75 | Bahu | Vikram Randhawa | BJP | 40,385 | 55.34 | Taranjit Singh Tony | INC | 29,134 | 39.92 | 11,251 | |||
76 | Jammu East | Yudhvir Sethi | BJP | 42,589 | 61.46 | Yogesh Sawhney | INC | 24,475 | 34.35 | 18,114 | |||
77 | Nagrota | Devender Singh Rana | BJP | 48,113 | 64.94 | Joginder Singh | JKNC | 17,641 | 23.81 | 30,472 | |||
78 | Jammu West | Arvind Gupta | BJP | 41,963 | 64.74 | Thakur Manmohan Singh | INC | 19,836 | 30.60 | 22,127 | |||
79 | Jammu North | Sham Lal Sharma | BJP | 47,219 | 63.66 | Ajay Kumar Sadhotra | JKNC | 19,856 | 26.77 | 27,363 | |||
80 | Marh (SC) | Surinder Kumar | BJP | 42,563 | 55.25 | Mula Ram | INC | 19,477 | 25.28 | 23,086 | |||
81 | Akhnoor (SC) | Mohan Lal | BJP | 49,927 | 64.87 | Ashok Kumar | INC | 24,679 | 32.81 | 25,248 | |||
82 | Chhamb | Satish Sharma | IND | 33,985 | 39.09 | Rajeev Sharma | BJP | 27,056 | 31.12 | 6,929 | |||
Rajouri district | |||||||||||||
83 | Kalakote–Sunderbani | Randhir Singh | BJP | 35,010 | 50.81 | Yashu Vardhan Singh | JKNC | 20,601 | 29.90 | 14,409 | |||
84 | Nowshera | Surinder Choudhary | JKNC | 35,069 | 54.16 | Ravinder Raina | BJP | 27,250 | 42.09 | 7,819 | |||
85 | Rajouri (ST) | Iftkar Ahmed | INC | 28,293 | 45.04 | Vibod Gupta | BJP | 27,519 | 42.85 | 1,404 | |||
86 | Budhal (ST) | Javaid Iqbal | JKNC | 42,043 | 61.49 | Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali | BJP | 23,135 | 33.84 | 18,908 | |||
87 | Thanamandi (ST) | Muzaffar Iqbal Khan | IND | 32,645 | 28.96 | Mohd Iqbal Malik | BJP | 26,466 | 24.06 | 6,179 | |||
Poonch district | |||||||||||||
88 | Surankote (ST) | Choudhary Mohammed Akram | IND | 34,201 | 39.37 | Mohd Shahnawaz | INC | 25,350 | 29.18 | 8,551 | |||
89 | Poonch Haveli | Ajaz Ahmed Jan | JKNC | 41,807 | 42.72 | Choudhary Abdul Ghani | BJP | 20,879 | 21.39 | 20,879 | |||
90 | Mendhar (ST) | Javed Ahmed Rana | JKNC | 32,176 | 38.89 | Murtaza Ahmed Khan | BJP | 17,270 | 20.87 | 14,906 |
Aftermath
The INDIA coalition including the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, the Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist), secured 49 seats, one more than the 48 seats needed to form a government, with JKNC as the leading party. President of the JKNC, Farooq Abdullah, stated that Omar Abdullah will be their nominee for Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.[89][90] On 8 October, the BJP conceded defeat and congratulated Omar Abdullah.[91] On 10 October, four independent MLAs pledged to support the incoming National Conference led government.[92] On 11 October, the Aam Aadmi Party offered its support to an Omar Abdullah led administration.[93] Omar Abdullah met with the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, on 11 October and sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 October 2024.[94]
Reactions
Domestic
On 8 October 2024, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi congratulated Omar Abdullah on the National Conference's election victory and expressed hope that the new government would focus on regional development, welfare peace, prosperity and human rights.[91] Later that day prime minister Narendra Modi complimented the National Conference in what he described as a "commendable performance".[95]
Foreign
Pakistan
On 18 September 2024, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari categorically rejected the J&K legislative assembly elections in the Indian-administered Kashmir asserting that the polls were "no substitute for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination".[96] The defense minister of Pakistan Khawaja Asif stated that there is a high chance the INDIA bloc may come to power and that the bloc and the country are on the same page when it comes to the problems of Article 370 and 35A. This attracted a series of controversy with the BJP leader and Home Minister of India Amit Shah saying "The Congress has always been hand in glove with anti-national forces." BJP leaders further accused the INDIA bloc of being anti-nationalist forces and received endorsements from the Pakistan government.[97][98][99] JKNC leader Farooq Abdullah reacted to Asif's remarks, saying “I don’t know what Pakistan says. I am not a Pakistani, I am an Indian citizen.”[100]
See also
- 2024 elections in India
- Elections in Jammu and Kashmir
- Politics of Jammu and Kashmir
- List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
- List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir
- Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission
Notes
- ^ a b There are 119 seats in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Elections are not conducted in 24 seats that fall under Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 5 more seats are additionally nominated by Lieutenant Governor of the union territory.
- ^ a b c JKNC and INC had friendly contests in 6 seats.
- ^ In some places in alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir.
- ^ One seat contested by JKNPP was supported by INDIA bloc.
- ^ a b Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir was banned in 2019, but fielded candidates on 4 seats as independents and extended support to a further 4.
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