2014 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir explained

Election Name:Indian general election, 2014 in Jammu and Kashmir
Country:India
Type:Legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election, 2009 (Jammu and Kashmir)
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:All 6 constituencies from Jammu and Kashmir to the Lok Sabha
Election Date:10, 17, 24, 30 April and 7 May 2014.
Turnout:49.72% (10.02%)
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance1:National Democratic Alliance (India)
Last Election1:0 seats
Seats1:3
Seat Change1: 3
Party2:Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
Alliance2:None
Last Election2:0 seats
Seats2:3
Seat Change2: 3
Party3:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Alliance3:United Progressive Alliance
Last Election3:3 seats
Seats3:0
Seat Change3: 3
Map Size:200px

The 2014 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir were held for 6 seats in the state. The voting process was held in five phases on 10, 17, 24, 30 April and 7 May 2014.[1]

Result

|- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
|-| |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||3|| 3|-| |align="left"|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party||3|| 3|-| |align="left"|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference||0|| 3|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||0|| 2|-| |align="left"|Independents||0|| 1|-| |align="left"|Vacant||0|||-||align="left"|Total||6|||}

List of elected MPs

Keys:

No.ConstituencyTurnoutName of elected M.P.Party affiliationMargin
1 39.14 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party29,219
225.86 Tariq Hameed Karra(Resigned on 18 October 2016)Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party42,281
3 28.84 Mehbooba Mufti(Resigned on 4 April 2016)Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party65,417
4 71.40 Bharatiya Janata Party36
5 70.95 Bharatiya Janata Party60,976
6 67.99 Bharatiya Janata Party2,57,280

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lok Sabha polls 2014: EC announces 9 phase schedule. Zee News. 5 November 2014.