| Election Name: | 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | Legislative |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | 18 September - 1 October 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Seats For Election: | 90 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 46 |
| Opinion Polls: | 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election#Opinion poll |
| Party1: | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| Leader1: | Mehbooba Mufti |
| Alliance1: | INDIA (exc. JKNC) |
| Leader Since1: | 2016 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Anantnag |
| Last Election1: | 22.7%, 28 seats |
| Party2: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Leader2: | Ravinder Raina |
| Alliance2: | NDA |
| Leader Since2: | 2018 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Nowshera |
| Last Election2: | 23.0%, 25 seats |
| Party4: | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Leader4: | Farooq Abdullah |
| Alliance4: | INDIA (exc. JKPDP) |
| Leader Since4: | 2021 |
| Last Election4: | 20.8%, 15 seats |
| Party5: | Indian National Congress |
| Leader5: | Tariq Hameed Karra |
| Alliance5: | INDIA |
| Leader Since5: | 2024 |
| Leaders Seat5: | none |
| Last Election5: | 18.0%, 12 seats |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | President's rule |
| Image2 Size: | x75px |
| Image4 Size: | x75px |
| Image5 Size: | x75px |
The 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held from 18 September 2024 to 1 October 2024 in 3 phases.[1]
The polling is scheduled to be held in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September 2024 (Phase I), 25 September 2024 (Phase II) and 1 October, 2024 (Phase III) to elect 90 members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.[2]
This is the first election since the territory's special status was revoked and its statehood withdrawn in 2019.[3] [4]
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.[5] [6]
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died on 7 January 2016.[7] After a brief period of Governor's rule, Mehbooba Mufti was sworn in as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.[8]
In June 2018, BJP withdrew its support to the PDP-led government[9] and Governor's rule was subsequently imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.[10] In November 2018, the state assembly was dissolved by Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik.[11] despite the fact that many political parties had written to the Governor expressing their willingness to form the Government.[12] President's rule was imposed on 20 December 2018.[13]
In 2019, Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated[14] and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from 31 October 2019.[15]
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.[16] The commission published its interim report in February 2022.[17] 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.[18] The final delimitation report came into force from 20 May 2022.[19]
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.[20]
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 Jammu and Kashmir before 30 September 2024.[21] [22]
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.[23] [24]
On 16th August 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana Legislative Assembly election. With Jammu and Kashmir scheduled to vote during the first five phases on 18, 25 September, and 01 October.
| Poll event | Phase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 October 2024 | ||
| No. of constituencies | 24 | 26 | 40 |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contesting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | Tariq Hameed Karra | ||||
| Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | Omar Abdullah | ||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami | ||||
| Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference | Begum Khalida Shah[25] | ||||
| Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | Mehbooba Mufti | 8 (Declared) | |||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | Sajjad Gani Lone | 76 | |||
| Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | Ankit Love | 90 | |||
| Aam Aadmi Party | Ali Mohammad Rifan | 90 | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Tejas Pathak | 90 | |||
| Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party | Altaf Bukhari | 90 | |||
| Jammu & Kashmir People's Movement | Mohammed Hussain Padder[26] | 90 | |||
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| PAGD | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | ||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 90 | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||||
| Other parties | 2003 | ||||||||
| Independents | 187 | ||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | - | 90 | - | |||||