1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
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Elections for the
Background
After the 1957 elections, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad failed to appoint any member of the
The other parties contesting the elections were the Jammu Praja Parishad, Praja Socialist Party and Harijan Mandal.[2]
The 1962 elections were the first elections in the state conducted by the Election Commission of India. The earlier elections were held by the State's Franchise Commissioner.[5]
Results
Of the 43 constituencies in the Kashmir Valley, 32 were unopposed. Overall, the National Conference won 41 of the 43 seats in the Valley.[6]
In the
In the Ladakh Division, all two seats were won by the National Conference. The Ladakh seat was won by the Head Llama Kushak Bakula.[9][10]
After the elections, the Praja Parishad held a mass demonstration in the
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 486,060 | 66.96 | 70 | |
| Jammu Praja Parishad | 126,836 | 17.47 | 3 | |
| Others | 59,078 | 8.14 | 0 | |
| Independents | 53,892 | 7.42 | 2 | |
| Total | 725,866 | 100.00 | 75 | |
| Valid votes | 725,866 | 97.59 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 17,940 | 2.41 | ||
| Total votes | 743,806 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,843,930 | 40.34 | ||
| Source: ECI[11] | ||||
Elected members
Aftermath
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad was increasingly seen in New Delhi as an embarrassment as he arranged most seats to be elected unopposed. In 1963, he was forced to step down, and
In December 1963, the pent-up anger of the populace erupted over a stolen religious relic from the Srinagar's
References
- ^ 1962 J&K elections
- ^ a b c Statistical Report on General Election, 1962, Election Commission of India.
- ^ Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. General Administration Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace 2003, p. 77.
- ISBN 978-81-7099-711-5
- ^ Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace 2003, pp. 77–78.
- ^ a b c Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace 2003, p. 78.
- ^ Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir 2012, pp. 269–270.
- ^ Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir 2012, p. 270.
- ^ "In Focus: Elections 2008", Epilogue, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 19–25, November 2008
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 1962". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace 2003, pp. 78–80.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-674-01173-2
- Das Gupta, Jyoti Bhusan (2012) [first published 1968], Jammu and Kashmir, Springer, ISBN 978-94-011-9231-6