Next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

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{{Short description|Upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = Legislative
| previous_election = 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2014
| election_date =
| next_election =
| next_year =
| seats_for_election = All 90 seats in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 46
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| image1 = Mehbooba Mufti Ji.jpg
| image1_size = 150x150px
| leader1 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
| party1 = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
| alliance1 = People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration
| leader_since1 = 2016
| leaders_seat1 = -
| last_election1 = 22.7%, 28 seats
| seats1 =
| seat_change1 =
| percentage1 =
| image2 = Circle-icons-profile.svg
| image2_size = 150x150px
| leader2 = [[Ravinder Raina]]
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance
| leader_since2 = 2018
| leaders_seat2 = -
| last_election2 = 23.0%, 25 seats
| seats2 =
| seat_change2 =
| percentage2 =
| image4 = Farooq abdullah.jpg
| image4_size = 150x150px
| leader4 = [[Farooq Abdullah]]
| party4 = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
| alliance4 = People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration
| leader_since4 = 1981
| leaders_seat4 = -{{efn|Farooq Abdullah serves as the MP from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]]}}
| last_election4 = 20.8%, 15 seats
| seats4 =
| seat_change4 =
| percentage4 =
| image5 = Circle-icons-profile.svg
| image5_size = 150x150px
| leader5 = [[Ghulam Ahmad Mir]]
| party5 = Indian National Congress
| alliance5 = United Progressive Alliance
| leader_since5 = 2008
| leaders_seat5 = -
| last_election5 = 18.0%, 12 seats
| seats5 =
| seat_change5 =
| percentage5 =
| map_image = 
| ongoing = yes
| title = [[Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = ''[[President's rule]]''
}}

The [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] has been [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolved]] since November 2018. {{As of|2023|January}}, no new election has been scheduled. The election is expected to take place in 2023, after the delimitation exercise is completed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Manhotra|first=Dinesh|date=2021-09-26|title=BJP hints at assembly elections in J&K in early 2022; starts preparations [details]|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/bjp-hints-assembly-elections-jk-early-2022-starts-preparations-details-841042|access-date=2021-10-22|website=www.ibtimes.co.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-03-04|title=Assembly elections in J&K unlikely to be held for one-and-half year|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/assembly-elections-in-jk-unlikely-to-be-held-for-one-and-half-year/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-02|website=[[Daily Excelsior]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

The next elections would be the first since [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]] and the first since the territory's [[Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir|temporary special status was revoked]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019|its statehood withdrawn]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/state-assembly-elections-slated-to-happen-in-2022-3185857.html |title=State Assembly Elections slated to happen in 2022|website=ww.oneindia.com |date=2020-12-09 |access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref>

==Background==
Following the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|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 and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]] and [[Ladakh]].

=== Delimitation ===

In March 2020, a three-member Delimitation Commission was formed, chaired by retired Justice [[Ranjana Desai|Ranjana Prakash Desai]], for the delimitation of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=dComissionFormed>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/12211-delimitation-of-constituencies-in-jammu-kashmir-assamarunachal-pradesh-manipur-and-nagaland-notification-dated-06032020/ |title=Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India |newspaper=eci.gov.in |accessdate= 5 February 2021}}</ref> The commission published its interim report in February 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2022-02-05|title=Many seats redrawn in J&K delimitation draft|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/many-seats-redrawn-in-jk-delimitation-draft/article38382773.ece|access-date=2022-02-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

On 5 May 2022, the [[Foreign Office of Pakistan]] handed over a [[demarche]] to the Indian Charge d’Affaires. It conveyed the [[Government of Pakistan]]’s categorical rejection of the ‘Delimitation Commission’ report, which it said "was aimed at disenfranchising and disempowering the Muslim majority population" of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hindu majority areas get more seats in held Kashmir |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1688232/hindu-majority-areas-get-more-seats-in-held-kashmir |work=Dawn |date=6 May 2022}}</ref>

== Parties and alliances==

=== {{legend2|{{party color|People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration}}|[[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration|People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]]}} ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
!Male Candidates
!Female Candidates
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FF3D3D;color:white"|'''1.'''
| [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
| [[File:JKNC-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Plough.png|50px]]
| [[Farooq Abdullah]]
| [[File:Farooq_Abdullah_addressing_at_the_presentation_ceremony_of_the_Cash_Prizes_to_the_best_performing_Regional_Rural_Banks_and_Certificates_for_extending_loans_for_SPV_home_lighting_systems_during_2009-10,_in_New_Delhi.jpg | 50x50px]]
| style="text-align:center|TBD
|
|
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}};color:white"|'''2.'''
| [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party]]
| [[File:No image available.svg|50x50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Ink Pot and Pen.png|Ink-pot & Pen|50px]]
| [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
| [[File:Mehbooba Mufti Ji.jpg|center|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:center|TBD
|
|
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}};color:white"|'''3.'''
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png|50px]]
| [[Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami]]
|[[File:Tarigami269.jpg|center|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:center|TBD
|
|
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:green;color:white"|'''4.'''
| [[Jammu & Kashmir People's Movement]]
|[[File:No image available.svg|50x50px]]
|[[File:No image available.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Javaid Mustafa Mir]]
| [[File:Javed_Mustafa_Mir.jpg | 50x50px]]
| style="text-align:center|TBD
|
|
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FF3D00;color:white"|'''5.'''
| [[Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference]]
|[[File:No image available.svg|50x50px]]
|[[File:No image available.svg|50x50px]]
| Begum Khalida Shah
|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:center|TBD
|
|
|}

==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}} ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
!Male Candidates
!Female Candidates
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:BJP election symbol.png|40x40px]]
| [[Ravinder Raina]]
| [[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:center|TBD
|
|
|}

==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}} ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
!Male Candidates
!Female Candidates
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:INC Flag Official.jpg|50px]]
| [[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
| [[Ghulam Ahmad Mir]]
| [[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|50x50px]]
|TBD
|
|
|}

===Others===
*[[Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party]], led by [[Altaf Bukhari]].
*[[Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party]], led by local activist Mir Junaid.
*[[Ikkjutt Jammu]], led by Ankur Sharma.
*[[Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference]], led by [[Sajjad Ghani Lone]]. The JKPC left the PAGD in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-01-19|title=Sajad Lone's Peoples Conference pulls out of Gupkar alliance|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sajad-lones-peoples-conference-pulls-out-of-gupkar-alliance/article61739321.ece|access-date=2022-02-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party]], led by [[Bhim Singh (politician)|Bhim Singh]].

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[2022 elections in India]]
* [[Elections in Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Politics of Jammu and Kashmir]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Jammu and Kashmir elections}}

[[Category:State Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:2020s in Jammu and Kashmir]]

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