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-'''Elections''' for the '''[[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir|Constituent Assembly]]''' of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of '''[[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] ''' were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister.
+Elections for the [[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister.
 ==Background==
-The princely state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)|acceded]] to the Union of India on 26 October 1947.  Shortly afterward, the [[Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir]] appointed [[Sheikh Abdullah]] as the Head of Emergency Administration, who ran the affairs in the [[Kashmir Valley]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]].
+The princely state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)|acceded]] to the Union of India on 26 October 1947. Shortly afterwards, the [[Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir]] appointed [[Sheikh Abdullah]] as the Head of Emergency Administration, who ran the affairs in the [[Kashmir Valley]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]]. Following the cease-fire achieved on 1 January 1948, Sheikh Abdullah was appointed as the Prime Minister of the state on 5 March 1948. He chose an eight-member Cabinet, with the other members being:{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=188}}
-Following the cease-fire achieved on 1 January 1948, Sheikh Abdullah was appointed as the Prime Minister of the state on 5 March 1948. He chose an eight-member Cabinet, with the other members being:{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=188}}
 * [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Deputy Prime Minister
 * [[Mirza Afzal Beg]] – Revenue
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 On 30 April, the Prince Regent [[Karan Singh]] issued a proclamation announcing the elections for the Constituent Assembly based on the adult franchise by secret ballot. The elections took place in September–October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}}
-The Constituent Assembly was to have a nominal membership of 100 members, of which 25 seats were allocated to [[Azad Kashmir]] under Pakistani control (which were never filled). Of the remaining 75 seats, [[Kashmir Division|Kashmir]] was allocated 43 seats,  [[Ladakh]] 2 seats, and [[Jammu Division|Jammu]] 30 seats.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}}{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=55}}
+The Constituent Assembly was to have a nominal membership of 100 members, of which 25 seats were allocated to [[Azad Kashmir]] under Pakistani control (which were never filled). Of the remaining 75 seats, [[Kashmir Division|Kashmir]] was allocated 43 seats, [[Ladakh]] 2 seats, and [[Jammu Division|Jammu]] 30 seats.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}}{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=55}}
 ==The election==
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 == Government formation ==
+=== Sheikh Abdullah ministry ===
 Sheikh Abdullah continued as the Prime Minister of the State. Two members of the erstwhile Cabinet from the [[Jammu Division|Jammu province]], Sardar Budh Singh and Pir Mohammad Khan were dropped. [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] stepped down from his Cabinet duties to serve as the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly. The remaining members of the Cabinet were:
 * [[Sheikh Abdullah]] – Prime Minister
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 Later [[D. P. Dhar]], Mubarak Shah, Major Piara Singh and Ghulam Mohiuddin Hamdani were appointed as Deputy Ministers.<ref name="Qāsim1992">{{citation |last=Qāsim |first=Sayyid Mīr |title=My Life and Times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNFJKap8YxwC&pg=PA53 |year=1992 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7023-355-8 |page=53}}</ref>
-Following intense frictions with the Jammu Praja Parishad in Jammu and the Head Lama Kushak Bakula of Ladakh, as well as ongoing frictions with the Union government, Sheikh Abdullah was dismissed from the post of Prime Minister by the Head of State [[Karan Singh]] in August 1953 and put in prison. His erstwhile deputy, [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was sworn in as the next Prime Minister. His Cabinet consisted of:
+=== Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad ministry ===
+Following intense frictions with the Jammu Praja Parishad in Jammu and the Head Lama Kushak Bakula of Ladakh, as well as ongoing frictions with the Union government, Sheikh Abdullah was dismissed from the post of Prime Minister by the ''Sadr-e-Riyasat'' (Head of State) [[Karan Singh]] in August 1953. Abdullah was also arrested on conspiracy charges. The Deputy Prime Minister [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was sworn in as the next Prime Minister. His Cabinet consisted of:
 * [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Prime Minister
 * [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] – Education
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-[[Category:1951 State Assembly elections in India]]
+[[Category:1951 State Assembly elections in India|Jammu and Kashmir]]
 [[Category: State Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir|1951]]
 [[Category:1950s in Jammu and Kashmir|1951]]