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{{short description|Political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{short description|Political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
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{{Infobox Indian political party
{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name        = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
|party_name        = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
|abbreviation      = PDP
|abbreviation      = JKPDP
|party_logo        = Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.png
|party_logo        = Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.png
|colorcode          = {{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}
|colorcode          = {{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}
|leader            = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
|chairman          =  
|chairman          =  
|ppchairman        =  
|ppchairman        =  
|loksabha_leader    =
|rajyasabha_leader  = Vacant
|foundation        = 1999
|foundation        = 1999
|founder            = [[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]]
|founder            = [[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]]
|headquarters      = 2, Circuit House, Emporium Lane, [[Residency Road, Srinagar|Residency Road]], [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP Srinagar Office |url=http://jkpdp.org/contact-us/srinagar-office |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503124958/http://jkpdp.org/contact-us/srinagar-office/ |archive-date=2014-05-03 }}</ref>
|headquarters      = 2, Circuit House, Emporium Lane, Residency Road, [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP Srinagar Office |url=http://jkpdp.org/contact-us/srinagar-office |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503124958/http://jkpdp.org/contact-us/srinagar-office/ |archive-date=2014-05-03 }}</ref>
|eci                = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
|eci                = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
|alliance = [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]]
| alliance         =
{{hidden|Former Alliances|
* [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]] (2023–2024)
*[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] (2004–2008)
*[[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]] (2019–2024) (State Level)
* [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<ref name="dupref">{{cite news | url=https://www.cp24.com/world/hindu-nationalist-party-forms-coalition-government-in-kashmir-1.2258773 | title=Hindu nationalist party forms coalition government in Kashmir | first=Aijaz | last=Hussain | publisher=The Associated Press | date=1 March 2015 | access-date=18 March 2018 | archive-date=25 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225081858/https://www.cp24.com/world/hindu-nationalist-party-forms-coalition-government-in-kashmir-1.2258773%20 | url-status=dead }}</ref> (2014–2018) (India)}}
|loksabha_seats    =  {{Composition bar|0|543|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}
|loksabha_seats    =  {{Composition bar|0|543|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}
|rajyasabha_seats  = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}
|rajyasabha_seats  = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}
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|state2_seats      =
|state2_seats      =
{{Composition bar|27|280|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}  
{{Composition bar|27|280|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}  
|ideology          = [[Kashmiriyat]]<br>[[Autonomism (political doctrine)|Autonomism]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jammu Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party |title=Self Rule |url=https://jkpdp.in/self-rule |access-date=16 October 2020}}</ref><br>[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]
|ideology          = [[Kashmiriyat]]<br>[[Restoration of the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh|Jammu and Kashmir statehood]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jammu Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party |title=Self Rule |url=https://jkpdp.in/self-rule |access-date=16 October 2020}}</ref><br>[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br>[[Islamic democracy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mehbooba Mufti suspends poll campaign for a day after killing of Hezbollah leader, says 'stand with people of Palestine, Lebanon'|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mehbooba-mufti-suspends-poll-campaign-for-a-day-after-killing-of-hezbollah-leader-says-stand-with-people-of-palestine-lebanon/article68696995.ece}}</ref>
|position          =
|position          = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|publication        =  
|publication        =  
|youth              =  
|youth              =PDP Youth Wing
|students          = Peoples Democratic Student Union<ref>{{cite news|title=PDSU- students' wing of PDP formulated |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Nov/29/pdsu-students-wing-of-pdp-formulated-26.asp |publisher=Greater Kashmir |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221124558/http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Nov/29/pdsu-students-wing-of-pdp-formulated-26.asp |archive-date=2014-02-21 }}</ref>
|students          = Peoples Democratic Student Union<ref>{{cite news|title=PDSU- students' wing of PDP formulated |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Nov/29/pdsu-students-wing-of-pdp-formulated-26.asp |publisher=Greater Kashmir |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221124558/http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Nov/29/pdsu-students-wing-of-pdp-formulated-26.asp |archive-date=2014-02-21 }}</ref>
|women              =  
|women              =  
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|colours            =  
|colours            =  
|state_seats_name  = [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats_name  = [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats        = {{Composition bar|0|90|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}
|state_seats        = {{Composition bar|4|90|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}}}
}}
|flag=
|president=[[Mehbooba Mufti]]
|Legislative Leader=[[Waheed Para]]
|general_secretary=Abdul Haq Khan, Mohd Khurshid Alam|chairperson=[[Waheed Para]]}}
 
The '''Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party''' ('''JKPDP''') is a state [[political party]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/kashmirtheforgottenconflict/2011/07/2011731141936565451.html|title=Profiles: Political parties: The key political parties in Jammu and Kashmir.
|date=2 August 2011|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2018-07-04}}</ref> The PDP was headed and founded by [[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]]. His daughter, [[Mehbooba Mufti]], succeeded him as party leader and as [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] following his death in January 2016. The party was a member of the [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]] electoral alliance. The party was also a member of the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]] from its founding on 18 June 2023 till 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Feb/19/remain-committed-to-unity-of-india-bloc-says-pdp-amid-reports-of-party-quitting-alliance|title=Remain committed to unity of INDIA bloc, says PDP amid reports of party quitting alliance|publisher=The Indian Express|date=19 Feb 2024|access-date=29 March 2026}}</ref>


The '''Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party''' ('''PDP''') is a state [[political party]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/kashmirtheforgottenconflict/2011/07/2011731141936565451.html|title=Profiles: Political parties: The key political parties in Jammu and Kashmir.
Currently Mehbooba Mufti<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-17 |title=Engineer Rashid's campaigner Shoukat Pandit detained by J-K police: Mehbooba Mufti |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/engineer-rashids-campaigner-shoukat-pandit-detained-by-j-k-police-mehbooba-mufti/articleshow/110200985.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> remains as the president of the party, with [[Waheed Para]] serving as the legislative party leader in the J&K Assembly, [[Fayaz Ahmad Mir]] as whip <ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=GK Web |date=2024-11-14 |title=PDP appoints Dr Mehboob Beg as party's chief spokesperson |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/jammu-kashmir/pdp-appoints-dr-mehboob-beg-as-partys-chief-spokesperson/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Greater Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Mirza Mehboob Beg]] as the Chief Spokesperson for the party.
|date=2 August 2011|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2018-07-04}}</ref> The PDP was headed and founded by [[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]]. His daughter, [[Mehbooba Mufti]], succeeded him as party leader and as [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] following his death in January 2016. The party is a member of the [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]] electoral alliance.


== History ==
== History ==


The PDP was founded in 1999 by the former [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Home Minister]] [[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP)|url=https://jkpdp.in/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name = "rediff_new_party">{{cite news | last = Mukhtar | first = Ahmad | title = Mufti floats new regional party in Kashmir | work=[[Rediff.com]] | date = 28 July 1999 | url = http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/28mufti.htm | access-date = 5 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP History |url=http://jkpdp.org/our-party/history |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109151442/http://jkpdp.org/our-party/history/ |archive-date=2014-01-09 }}</ref> It captured power in Jammu and Kashmir in [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|October 2002 Assembly elections]]. In 2004 it had one member each in the [[Lok Sabha]] and in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. It was a member of the ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]] until the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=United Progressive Alliance: Partners in governance|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/United-Progressive-Alliance-Partners-in-governance/articleshow/1716941.cms|publisher=Times of India}}</ref>
The PDP was founded in 1999 by the former [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Home Minister]] [[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP)|url=https://jkpdp.in/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name = "rediff_new_party">{{cite news | last = Mukhtar | first = Ahmad | title = Mufti floats new regional party in Kashmir | work=[[Rediff.com]] | date = 28 July 1999 | url = http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/28mufti.htm | access-date = 5 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP History |url=http://jkpdp.org/our-party/history |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109151442/http://jkpdp.org/our-party/history/ |archive-date=2014-01-09 }}</ref> It captured power in Jammu and Kashmir in [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|October 2002 Assembly elections]]. In 2004, it had one member each in the [[Lok Sabha]] and in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. It was a member of the ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]] until the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=United Progressive Alliance: Partners in governance|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/United-Progressive-Alliance-Partners-in-governance/articleshow/1716941.cms|publisher=Times of India}}</ref>
 
Sayeed headed the PDP-[[Indian National Congress]] coalition government between October 2002 and November 2005, and the PDP- [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] government between March 2015 and January 2016 and he was the party's patron until his death on 7 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP Patron |url=http://jkpdp.org/organization/patron |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514162149/http://jkpdp.org/organization/patron/ |archive-date=2014-05-14 }}</ref> The PDP is now headed by [[Mehbooba Mufti]], Sayeed's daughter.<ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP Office Bearers |url=http://jkpdp.org/organization/office-bearers |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503051107/http://jkpdp.org/organization/office-bearers/ |archive-date=2014-05-03 }}</ref>


Sayeed headed the PDP-[[Indian National Congress]] Coalition Government between October 2002 and November 2005, and he was the party's Patron until his death on 7 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP Patron |url=http://jkpdp.org/organization/patron |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514162149/http://jkpdp.org/organization/patron/ |archive-date=2014-05-14 }}</ref> The PDP is now headed by [[Mehbooba Mufti]], Sayeed's daughter.<ref>{{cite web|title=JKPDP Office Bearers |url=http://jkpdp.org/organization/office-bearers |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503051107/http://jkpdp.org/organization/office-bearers/ |archive-date=2014-05-03 }}</ref>
The PDP operates on the ideology of self-rule, as distinctly different from the issues of autonomy. It believes that self-rule as a political philosophy, as opposed to autonomy, ensures the empowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, while further engaging in debates over new political territoriality of the Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name="b">{{cite web|title=Self Rule Framework |url=http://jkpdp.org/self-rule/self-rule-framework |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109142821/http://jkpdp.org/self-rule/self-rule-framework/ |archive-date=2014-01-09 }}</ref>


The PDP operates on the ideology of self-rule, as distinctly different from the issues of autonomy. It believes that self-rule as a political philosophy, as opposed to autonomy, ensures the empowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, while further engaging in debates over new political territoriality of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name="b">{{cite web|title=Self Rule Framework |url=http://jkpdp.org/self-rule/self-rule-framework |publisher=JKPDP.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109142821/http://jkpdp.org/self-rule/self-rule-framework/ |archive-date=2014-01-09 }}</ref>
In [[2019 Indian general election]] and [[2024 Indian general election]], it failed to win any Lok Sabha seat.  


In the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]], three of its members were elected to the Lok Sabha. Its strength in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] is 28 and in the Rajya Sabha is two.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: PDP Wins Two|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-polls-in-jammu-and-kashmir-bjp-opens-account-pdp-wins-two-737782}}</ref> The party ran a [[Coalition government]] in Jammu and Kashmir with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cp24.com/world/hindu-nationalist-party-forms-coalition-government-in-kashmir-1.2258773 | title=Hindu nationalist party forms coalition government in Kashmir | first=Aijaz | last=Hussain | publisher=The Associated Press | date=1 March 2015 | access-date=18 March 2018 }}</ref> until the BJP abandoned the coalition on June 19, 2018 due to concerns about terrorism and radicalization in Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-quits-government-jammu-and-kashmir-ends-alliance-pdp-83323|title=BJP quits government in Jammu and Kashmir, ends alliance with PDP|date=2018-06-19|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref>
In the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]], three of its members were elected to the Lok Sabha, and its strength in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] was 28.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: PDP Wins Two|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-polls-in-jammu-and-kashmir-bjp-opens-account-pdp-wins-two-737782}}</ref> The party ran a [[coalition government]] in Jammu and Kashmir with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name="dupref" /> until the BJP abandoned the coalition on June 19, 2018, due to concerns about terrorism and radicalization in Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-quits-government-jammu-and-kashmir-ends-alliance-pdp-83323|title=BJP quits government in Jammu and Kashmir, ends alliance with PDP|date=2018-06-19|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref>
 
The party won just 3 seats in the [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]]. It was also its worst election performance in Jammu and Kashmir since its formation.


== Election results ==
== Election results ==
===Lok Sabha===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Election Year
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" |Lok Sabha
! style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Seats contested
! style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Seats won
! style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Overall votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | (%) of votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | (±) in seats
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Vote swing
|-
! colspan="10" |[[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|1|6|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|2,67,457
|11.94%
|{{Increase}} 1
|{{steady}} new
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
|6
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|5,22,760
|20.06%
|{{decrease}} 1
|{{increase}} 8.12
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
|5
|{{Composition bar|3|6|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|7,32,644
|20.54%
|{{increase}} 3
|{{increase}} 0.48
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|1,20,754
|3.38%
|{{decrease}} 3
|{{decrease}} 17.16
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|4,33,049
|8.48%
|{{steady}}
|{{increase}} 5.10
|-
|}


{| class="wikitable sortable"
=== Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly ===
|+
 
! style="width:25%;"| Year
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="width:15%;"| Election
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Election Year
! style="width:15%;"| Seats Won
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" |Assembly
! style="width:15%;"| Change in Seat
!style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Seats contested
! style="width:15%;"| % of votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Seats won
! style="width:15%;"| votes swing
!style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Overall votes
! class="unsortable" | Ref.
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | (%) of votes
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | (±) in seats
|| [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002 Legislative Assembly election]]
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" | Vote swing
|| 8th Assembly
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}};color:white" |Outcome
|| 16
|-
||
! colspan="10" |[[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
||
|-
||
|[[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
||
|10th
|- style="text-align:center;"
|59
|| [[1998 Indian general election]]
|{{Composition bar|16|87|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
|2,46,480
|| 0
|9.28%
||
|{{increase}} 16
||  
|{{steady}} new
||
|{{yes2|Government}}
||
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|| [[2004 Indian general election]]
|11th
|| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
|78
|| 1
|{{Composition bar|21|87|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|| 22.02
|6,10,502
||
|15.39%
|| {{increase}}2
|{{increase}} 5
||&nbsp;–
|{{increase}} 6.11
|- style="text-align:center;"
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|| [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008 Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|| 9th Assembly
|[[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|| 21
|[[12th Jammu and Kashmir Assembly|12th]]
|| 5
|84
||  
|{{Composition bar|28|87|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|| {{increase}}5
|10,92,203
||&nbsp;–
|22.67%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|{{increase}} 7
|| [[2009 Indian general election]]
|{{increase}} 7.28
|| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
|{{yes2|Government}}
|| 0
|-
||
|[[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
||
|[[13th Jammu and Kashmir Assembly|13th]]
|| {{decrease}} 2
|81
||&nbsp;–
|{{Composition bar|3|90|{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
|5,11,434
|| [[2014 Indian general election]]
|8.97%
|| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
|{{decrease}} 25
|| 3
|{{decrease}} 13.70
|| 3
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|| 20.50
|-
||
||{{sfn|Election Commission|2014}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014 Legislative Assembly election]]
|| [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|10th Assembly]]
|| 28
|| 5
|| 22.7
|| {{increase}} 7
||&nbsp;–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| [[District Development Council|2020 District Development Council]]
|| [[District Development Council|1st Council]]
|| 27
|| 27
|| 3.9
|| {{increase}} 27
||&nbsp;–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}
|}


==List of Chief Ministers==
==List of Chief Ministers==
===Chief Ministers of Jammu And Kashmir===
===Chief Ministers===


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! No
! Name
! Name
! Image
! Constituency
! Constituency
! colspan=2| Term of office
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Tenure length
! Tenure length
! Assembly
! colspan=2| Party
! Governor
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 1
| 1
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| 2 November 2005
| 2 November 2005
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| People's Democratic Party
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| People's Democratic Party
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|[[Narinder Nath Vohra|N. N. Vohra]]
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| Anantnag
| Anantnag
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| 4 April 2016  
| 20 June 2018
| 20 June 2018
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===Deputy Chief Ministers of Jammu And Kashmir===
===Deputy chief===


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==References==
==References==
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===Works cited===
* {{cite web |title=General Election to Lok Sabha Trends and Results |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 June 2014 |ref={{harvid |Election Commission |2014}} |archive-date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218160549/http://eciresults.nic.in/ |url-status=dead}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://jkpdp.in Official Website]
* [https://jkpdp.in Official Website]
* [http://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/jammu-and-kashmir-peoples-democratic-party.html Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party] at Elections.in
* [http://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/jammu-and-kashmir-peoples-democratic-party.html Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party] at Elections.in
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Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
AbbreviationJKPDP
PresidentMehbooba Mufti
General SecretaryAbdul Haq Khan, Mohd Khurshid Alam
FounderMufti Mohammed Sayeed
Founded1999
Headquarters2, Circuit House, Emporium Lane, Residency Road, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India[1]
Student wingPeoples Democratic Student Union[2]
Youth wingPDP Youth Wing
IdeologyKashmiriyat
Jammu and Kashmir statehood[3]
Regionalism
Islamic democracy[4]
Political positionCentre-right
ECI StatusState Party[5]
Alliance
Former Alliances
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
4 / 90
Seats in District Development Council
27 / 280
Election symbol
Ink-pot & Pen
Website
jkpdp.in

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[7] The PDP was headed and founded by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. His daughter, Mehbooba Mufti, succeeded him as party leader and as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir following his death in January 2016. The party was a member of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration electoral alliance. The party was also a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance from its founding on 18 June 2023 till 2024.[8]

Currently Mehbooba Mufti[9] remains as the president of the party, with Waheed Para serving as the legislative party leader in the J&K Assembly, Fayaz Ahmad Mir as whip [10] and Mirza Mehboob Beg as the Chief Spokesperson for the party.

History[edit | edit source]

The PDP was founded in 1999 by the former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.[11][12][13] It captured power in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2002 Assembly elections. In 2004, it had one member each in the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha. It was a member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance until the 2009 general election.[14]

Sayeed headed the PDP-Indian National Congress coalition government between October 2002 and November 2005, and the PDP- BJP government between March 2015 and January 2016 and he was the party's patron until his death on 7 January 2016.[15] The PDP is now headed by Mehbooba Mufti, Sayeed's daughter.[16]

The PDP operates on the ideology of self-rule, as distinctly different from the issues of autonomy. It believes that self-rule as a political philosophy, as opposed to autonomy, ensures the empowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, while further engaging in debates over new political territoriality of the Jammu and Kashmir.[17]

In 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election, it failed to win any Lok Sabha seat.

In the 2014 general election, three of its members were elected to the Lok Sabha, and its strength in the Legislative Assembly was 28.[18] The party ran a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Bharatiya Janata Party[6] until the BJP abandoned the coalition on June 19, 2018, due to concerns about terrorism and radicalization in Kashmir.[19]

The party won just 3 seats in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. It was also its worst election performance in Jammu and Kashmir since its formation.

Election results[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Election Year Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won Overall votes (%) of votes (±) in seats Vote swing
Lok Sabha
2004 14th 3
1 / 6
2,67,457 11.94% Increase 1 Steady new
2009 15th 6
0 / 6
5,22,760 20.06% Decrease 1 Increase 8.12
2014 16th 5
3 / 6
7,32,644 20.54% Increase 3 Increase 0.48
2019 17th 3
0 / 6
1,20,754 3.38% Decrease 3 Decrease 17.16
2024 18th 3
0 / 5
4,33,049 8.48% Steady Increase 5.10

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Year Assembly Seats contested Seats won Overall votes (%) of votes (±) in seats Vote swing Outcome
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
2002 10th 59
16 / 87
2,46,480 9.28% Increase 16 Steady new Government
2008 11th 78
21 / 87
6,10,502 15.39% Increase 5 Increase 6.11 Opposition
2014 12th 84
28 / 87
10,92,203 22.67% Increase 7 Increase 7.28 Government
2024 13th 81
3 / 90
5,11,434 8.97% Decrease 25 Decrease 13.70 Opposition

List of Chief Ministers[edit | edit source]

Chief Ministers[edit | edit source]

No Name Image Constituency Term of office Tenure length Party Governor
1 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Pahalgam 2 November 2002 2 November 2005 3 years, 0 days People's Democratic Party Girish Chandra Saxena
2 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Anantnag 1 March 2015 7 January 2016 312 days People's Democratic Party N. N. Vohra
3 Mehbooba Mufti Anantnag 4 April 2016 20 June 2018 2 years, 77 days People's Democratic Party N. N. Vohra

Deputy chief[edit | edit source]

No Name Constituency Term of office Tenure length 5,years
1 Muzaffar Hussain Baig Pahalgam 2 November 2006 11 July 2008 1 year, 252 days 10th

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "JKPDP Srinagar Office". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
  2. "PDSU- students' wing of PDP formulated". Greater Kashmir. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
  3. Jammu Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. "Self Rule". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. "Mehbooba Mufti suspends poll campaign for a day after killing of Hezbollah leader, says 'stand with people of Palestine, Lebanon'".
  5. "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Hussain, Aijaz (1 March 2015). "Hindu nationalist party forms coalition government in Kashmir". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. "Profiles: Political parties: The key political parties in Jammu and Kashmir". www.aljazeera.com. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. "Remain committed to unity of INDIA bloc, says PDP amid reports of party quitting alliance". The Indian Express. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  9. "Engineer Rashid's campaigner Shoukat Pandit detained by J-K police: Mehbooba Mufti". The Economic Times. 17 May 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  10. Desk, GK Web (14 November 2024). "PDP appoints Dr Mehboob Beg as party's chief spokesperson". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 14 November 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. "Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP)". Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  12. Mukhtar, Ahmad (28 July 1999). "Mufti floats new regional party in Kashmir". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  13. "JKPDP History". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
  14. "United Progressive Alliance: Partners in governance". Times of India.
  15. "JKPDP Patron". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014.
  16. "JKPDP Office Bearers". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
  17. "Self Rule Framework". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
  18. "Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: PDP Wins Two".
  19. "BJP quits government in Jammu and Kashmir, ends alliance with PDP". The News Minute. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

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