2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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This was the last general election before the state's special status was revoked[2] and later that same year the state was reconstituted into two union territories.[3]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

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

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

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

  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. 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)