Next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

← 2014
All 90 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Leader Mehbooba Mufti Ravinder Raina Farooq Abdullah Party JKPDP BJP JKNC Alliance PAGD NDA PAGD Leader since 2016 2018 2009 Leader's seat Anantnag Sunderbani Not Contesting Last election 28 seats 25 seats 15 seats Seats needed 18 21 31   Leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir Sajjad Ghani Lone Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami Party INC JKPC CPI (M) Alliance UPA -[1] PAGD Leader since 2008 2001 - Leader's seat Gool Handwara Kulgam Last election 12 seats 2 seats 1 seat Seats needed 34 44 45   Leader Altaf Bukhari Mir Junaid Ankur Sharma Party JKAP JKWP Ikkjutt Jammu Alliance - - - Leader since 2020 2020 2020 Leader's seat Habba Kadal Sopore Jammu West Last election Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist Seats needed 46 46 46
Incumbent Chief Minister President's rule

The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has been dissolved since November 2018. As of April 2021, no new election has been scheduled.^[2][3]

The next elections would be the first since 2014 and the first since the territory's temporary special status was revoked and its statehood withdrawn in 2019.^[4]

Background[]

Following the 2014 elections, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed a coalition government. In 2018 the BJP pulled out and withdrew its support from the government. Governor's rule was subsequently applied. In 2019 Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which gave temporary special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated. The state was split into two union territories, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Delimitation[]

The delimitation process for the elections started in March 2020, and was expected to be completed in 1 year.^[5] However, the delimitation commission got an extension of one year again.^[6] Excluding the four seats which fell in the UT of Ladakh, Kashmir Valley had 46 seats being home to more than 55% of the population and the Jammu division, while being 60% bigger in geographical area but having only 43% of the population, had 37 seats. After the delimitation process, the Jammu division may get 44 seats which is around 50% of the total seats, with 43% of the population, thus making the total seat tally 90.^[7] The elections will be held in all of the 90 seats of the Legislative Assembly.

Many Kashmiri Hindu leaders, groups and organisations have advocated reservation or nomination of seats in the assembly for Kashmiri Hindus, Kashmiri Sikhs and Non Kashmiri speaking Hindus in Kashmir.^[8][9] There are also demands for partially unfreezing 8 of the 24 seats reserved for Pakistani-Administered Kashmir and reserving them for refugees from Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Likely parties and alliances[]

  PAGD[]

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	JKNC			Farooq Abdullah		TBD
2.	JKPDP			Mehbooba Mufti		TBD
3.	CPI(M)			Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami		TBD
4.	JKPM			Javaid Mustafa Mir		TBD
5.	JKANC			Begum Khalida Shah		TBD

  NDA[]

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	BJP			Ravinder Raina		TBD

  UPA[]

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	INC			Ghulam Ahmad Mir		TBD

Others[]

• Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party, led by Altaf Bukhari, which was founded in 2020. The party won 12 seats in the DDC elections, with more joining after and the party won 2 District chairperson positions. (Srinagar and Shopian)
• Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party, led by local activist Mir Junaid. The party supports the abrogation of Article 370 and 35a.^[14]
• Ikkjutt Jammu, led by Ankur Sharma. Initially a social organisation, Ikkjutt Jammu officially became a political party in November 2020. Ikkjutt Jammu demands separate statehood for the Jammu Division and an end of what it describes as unfair policies against the Hindu minority of Jammu and Kashmir. The party also demands Kashmir Division be split into two union territories, one being Panun Kashmir for displaced Kashmiri Hindus.^[15][16]
• Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference, led by Sajjad Ghani Lone. The JKPC left the PAGD in early 2021, after winning 8 seats in the DDC elections in 2020 and won the chairperson post in Kupwara constituency.
• Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, led by Bhim Singh (politician). It won 2 seats in the DDC elections.

Elections[]

See also[]

• Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
• 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
• Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
• Politics of Jammu and Kashmir
• 2022 elections in India
• Elections in Jammu and Kashmir

References[]

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