2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
← 2014 11,18,23,29 April 2019
6 May 2019		 2024 (J&K) →
2024 (LH) →
6 seats
Turnout44.97% Decrease 4.75%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party BJP JKNC INC
Alliance NDA - UPA
Last election 3 0 0
Seats won 3 3 0
Seat change Steady Increase3 Steady
Percentage 46.4% 7.9% 28.5%
Swing Increase11.99% Decrease3.21% Increase5.6%

The 2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir was held for 6 seats in the state. The voting process was held in five phases on 11, 18, 23, 29 April and 6 May 2019.[1]

This was the last general election before the state's special status was revoked[2] and later that same year the state was reconstituted into two union territories.[3]

Candidates[edit]

No Constituency Candidates
BJP INC JKPDP JKNC
1 Baramulla M. M. War Haji Farooq Mir Abdul Qayoom Wani Mohammad Akbar Lone
2 Srinagar Sheikh Khalid Jehangir DNF Aga Syed Mohsin Farooq Abdullah
3 Anantnag Sofi Youssaf Ghulam Ahmad Mir Mehbooba Mufti Hasnain Masoodi
4 Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal Rigzin Spalbar DNF DNF
5 Udhampur Jitendra Singh Vikramaditya Singh DNF DNF
6 Jammu Jugal Kishore Sharma Raman Bhalla DNF DNF

Result[edit]

Party BJP JKNC INC JKPDP
Votes 46.99 1,648,041 7.87%, 280,356 28.38%, 1,011,527 3.38%, 1,20,754
Seats 3 (50%) 3 (50%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
3 / 6
3 / 6
0 / 6
0 / 6
Name of Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party 46.24% +11.99 3 Steady
Indian National Congress 28.38% +5.6 0 Steady
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 7.87% -3.21 3 Increase3
Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party 3.38% -18.13 0 Decrease3
No. Constituency Turnout[4] Winner Party Margin Runner-up Party
1 Baramulla 34.60 Decrease Mohammad Akbar Lone JKNC 30,233 Raja Aijaz Ali JKPC
2 Srinagar 14.43 Decrease Farooq Abdullah JKNC 70,050 Aga Syed Mohsin JKPDP
3 Anantnag 8.98 Decrease Hasnain Masoodi JKNC 6,676 Ghulam Ahmad Mir INC
4 Ladakh 71.05 Decrease Jamyang Tsering Namgyal BJP 10,930 Sajjad Hussain IND
5 Udhampur 70.15 Decrease Jitendra Singh BJP 3,57,252 Vikramaditya Singh INC
6 Jammu 72.50 Increase Jugal Kishore Sharma BJP 3,02,875 Raman Bhalla INC

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties[edit]

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2014 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 29 25
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 30 15
Indian National Congress 16 12
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party 4 28
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference 2 2
Others 6 3
Total 87

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections dates announced: Polls to be held from April 11 in 7 phases, counting on May 23". The Economic Times. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ "President declares abrogation of provisions of Article 370". The Hindu. PTI. 7 August 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. ^ "President Kovind gives assent to J&K Reorganisation Bill, two new UTs to come into effect from Oct 31". The Indian Express. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ^ Final voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, The Election Commission of India (20 April 2019, updated 4 May 2019)
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