Jammu Kashmir Election Result 2024: In the assembly elections held after the removal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the INDIA alliance won 49 seats. The National Conference, which was part of the alliance, got the maximum 42 seats, Congress got 6 and CPI(M) got one seat. 46 seats are needed to form the government.
BJP has won 29 seats. The party has gained 4 seats compared to the last election. However, Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina lost to the NC candidate from Nowshera seat by about 8 thousand votes. He has sent his resignation to the party high command.
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Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s party PDP has won 3 seats. In the last election, the party had won 28 seats. Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija Mufti, who was contesting elections for the first time, lost from Srigufwara Bijbehara seat by more than 9 thousand votes.
Aam Aadmi Party has registered victory for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir. Mehraj Malik defeated BJP’s Gajay Singh Rana by more than 4500 votes from Doda seat. People’s Conference won one seat. 7 independents won. Aijaz Guru, brother of Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru, got 129 votes from Sopore seat.
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said- Omar Abdullah will be the next CM of Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah contested elections on two seats (Budgam and Ganderbal) and defeated PDP candidates on both.
In Jammu and Kashmir, 63.88% voting took place in 3 phases from 18 September to 1 October. In the elections held 10 years ago in 2014, 65% voting took place. This time 1.12% less voting took place. In the exit polls released on 5 October, 5 surveys had predicted an NC-Congress government, while 5 had claimed a hung assembly.
| Party | got a seat |
| National Conference | 42 |
| Congress | 6 |
| BJP | 29 |
| PDP | 3 |
| J.P.C. | 1 |
| CPI(M) | 1 |
| AAP | 1 |
| Other | 7 |
| Total | 90 |
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2 regions of Jammu and Kashmir – BJP is dominant in one, NC is dominant in the other
Jammu region: BJP won 29 out of 43 seats, account not opened in Kashmir
Out of 90 seats in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 43 are in Jammu and 47 in Kashmir. BJP contested all 43 seats in Jammu region and won 29 seats. BJP had fielded 20 candidates on 47 seats in Kashmir region. BJP could not open its account here. There was one hope from Gurez seat. Fakir Mohammad Khan was the BJP candidate from here. Fakir Mohammad was elected as an independent MLA from Gurez 28 years ago in 1996. Then he joined Congress and lost. This time he lost to BJP as well.
Kashmir Region: NC-Congress Alliance
The alliance of National Conference and Congress was already strong in Kashmir. Out of 42 seats of National Conference, more than 35 seats have come from Kashmir region. Congress also won 6 seats from Kashmir division. In 2014, both the parties had won 27 seats. This time the alliance figure crossed the majority. National Conference contested 51 seats and Congress contested 32 seats in this election.
Seats won by Congress
Wagoora-Kreeri – Irfan Hafeez Lone
Bandipora – Nizamuddin Bhat
Central Shalteng – Tariq Hameed Karra
Dooru – Ghulam Ahmed Mir
Anantnag – Peerzada Mohammad Saeed
Rajouri – Iftikar Ahmed
National Conference won the seat
Karnah- Javed Ahmad Mirchal
Trehgam- Saifullah Mir
Lolab- Qaiser Jamshed Lone
Sopore- Irshad Rasool Kar
Rafiabad- Javed Ahmad Dar
Uri- Sajjad Shafi
Baramulla- Javed Hassan Baig
Gulmarg- Peerzada Farooq Ahmad Shah
Pattan- Javed Riaz
Sonawari- Hilal Akbar Lone
Gurez- Nazir Ahmad Khan
Kangan- Mian Mehar Ali
Ganderbal- Umar Abdullah
Hazratbal- Salman Sagar
Khanyar- Ali Mohammad Sagar
Habbakadal- Shamim Firdous
Lal Chowk- Sheikh Ahsan Ahmad
Chanpora- Mushtaq Guru
Zadibal- Tanveer Sadiq
Eidgah- Mubarak Gul
Budgam- Umar Abdullah
Beerwah- Shafi Ahmad Wani
Khansahib- Saifuddin Bhatt
Charar-e-Shareef- Advocate Abdul Rahim
Chadoora- Ali Mohammad Dar
Pampore- Hasnain Masoodi
Rajpora- Ghulam Mohiuddin Mir
Zainapora- Shaukat Hussain Ghani
D.H.Pora- Sakina Masood
Devsar- Peerzada Feroz Ahmed
Kokinag- Zafar Ali Khatana
Anantnag West- Abdul Majeed Bhat
Shri Gufwara-Bijbehara- Bashir Ahmed Shah Veeri
Pahalgam- Altaf Ahmed Wani
Ramban- Arjun Singh Raju
Banihal- Sajjad Shaheen
Gulabgarh- Khursheed Ahmed
Nowshera- Surinder Kumar Choudhary
Budhal- Javed Iqbal
Poonch Haveli- Aijaz Ahmed Jan
Mendhar- Javed Ahmed Rana
Seats won by BJP
Kishtwar- Shagun Parihar
Pader-Nagseni- Sunil Kumar Sharma
Bhaderwah- Dalip Singh
Doda West- Shakti Raj Parihar
Reasi- Kuldeep Raj Dubey
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi- Baldev Raj Sharma
Udhampur West- Pawan Kumar Gupta
Udhampur East- Ranbir Singh Pathania
Chenani- Balwant Singh Mankotia
Ramnagar- Sunil Bhardwaj
Billawar- Satish Kumar Sharma
Basohli- Darshan Kumar
Jasrota- Rajiv Jasrotia
Kathua- Dr Bharat Bhushan
Hiranagar- Vijay Kumar
Ramgarh- Dr Devendra Kumar Manyal
Samba- Surjeet Singh Salathia
Vijaypur- Chander Prakash
Bishnah- Rajiv Kumar
Suchetgarh- Ghaaru Ram
R.S. Pura- Jammu South- Dr Narinder Singh Raina
Bahu- Vikram Randhawa
Jammu East- Yudhvir Sethi
Nagrota- Devendra Singh Rana
Jammu West- Arvind Gupta
Jammu North- Sham Lal Sharma
Marh- Surinder Kumar
Akhnoor- Mohan Lal
Kalakot- Sunderbani- Randhir Singh
Seats won by Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party
Kupwara- Mir Mohammad Fayaz
Tral- Rafiq Ahmad Naik
Pulwama- Waheed ur Rehman Para
Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference
Handwara- Sajjad Ghani Lone
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kulgam- Mohammad Yousuf Tirgami
Aam Aadmi Party
Doda – Mehraj Malik
Independent
Langate- Khursheed Ahmed Sheikh
Shopian- Shabbir Ahmed Kulle
Inderwal- Pyare Lal Sharma
Bani- Dr. Rameshwar Singh
Chhamb- Satish Sharma
Thannamandi- Muzaffar Iqbal Khan
Surankot- Chaudhary Mohammad Akram
Who are the main candidates who won the election?
Congress candidate Pirzada Mohammad Saeed won the Anantnag assembly seat in Jammu and Kashmir. He defeated PDP’s Mehboob Beg on this seat. Abdul Majid Bhat of National Conference won the election from Anantnag West seat. Mohan Lal of BJP won the election from Akhnoor seat. Nizam ud-Din Bhat of Congress won from Bandipora. Pirzada Farooq Ahmed Shah of National Conference won the election from Gulmarg seat.
With this, Sajjad Shaheen of National Conference won from Banihal seat. Javed Hussain Beg of National Conference won from Baramul seat. Javed Iqbal of National Conference won from Budhal. Mehraj Malik of Aam Aadmi Party won from Doda assembly constituency. Shaktiraj Parihar of BJP won from Doda West. Mubarak Gul of National Conference won from Idgah seat. Sajjad Gani Lone of Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference won from Handwara.
Which party won how many seats?
National Conference- 42
BJP- 29
Congress- 6
PDP- 3
JPC-1
CPI (M)-1
Aam Aadmi Party-1
Independent-7
What was the vote share of the major parties?
National Conference- 23.43%
BJP- 25.64%
Congress- 11.97%
PDP- 8.87%
NCP-0.03%
CPI (M)-0.59%
Aam Aadmi Party-0.52%
BSP- 0.96%
However, the results of the first assembly elections held in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 are going to provide great strength to the leader of the National Conference. Voting was held in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September, 25 September and 1 October. The first phase included 24 seats, the second 26 and the third 40 seats.
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