2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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For Vidhan Sabha elections, see 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election.
2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
← 2019 19 April - 25 May 2024 2029 →
All 5 Jammu and Kashmir seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout58.46% (Increase18.10%)
  First party Second party
 
Shri Jitendra Singh Minister of for Personnel, Public Grievances_&_Pensions_(cropped).jpg
Omar Abdullah Gupkar.jpg
Leader Jitendra Singh Omar Abdullah
Party BJP Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Alliance NDA INDIA
Leader since 2014 2009
Leader's seat Udhampur (Won) Baramulla (Lost)
Last election 2 3
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Steady Decrease1
Percentage 24.36% 22.30%
Swing Decrease2.01% Increase14.43%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Raman_Bhalla.jpg
Mehbooba Mufti addressing a press conference in Srinagar.jpg
Leader Raman Bhalla Mehbooba Mufti
Party INC Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
Alliance INDIA INDIA[lower-alpha 1]
Leader since 2022 2009
Leader's seat Jammu (Lost) Anantnag–Rajouri (Lost)
Last election 0 0
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Percentage 19.38% 8.48%
Swing Decrease9.92% Increase4.91%
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Jammu and Kashmir in 5 phases from 19 April to 20 May 2024 to elect 5 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.[1][2] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) won 2 seats each, with BJP winning the single largest share of the popular vote at 24.36% and JKNC coming second at 22.30%. One seat was won by an independent candidate.

Election schedule[edit | edit source]

Poll event Phase
I II III IV V
Notification date 20 March 28 March 12 April 18 April 26 April
Last date for filing nomination 27 March 4 April 19 April 25 April 3 May
Scrutiny of nomination 28 March 5 April 20 April 26 April 4 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 30 March 8 April 22 April 29 April 6 May
Date of poll 19 April 26 April 25 May[lower-alpha 2] 13 May 20 May
Date of counting of votes/Result 4 June 2024
No. of constituencies 1 1 1 1 1

Parties and alliances[edit | edit source]

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance[edit | edit source]

  Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

2024 Lok Sabha Election Jammu and Kashmir INDIA Seat Sharing Map
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Farooq Abdullah 3
Indian National Congress
Raman Bhalla 2
Total 5

National Democratic Alliance[edit | edit source]

  National Democratic Alliance

2024 Lok Sabha NDA Jammu and Kashmir Map
2024 Lok Sabha Election Jammu and Kashmir NDA seat distribution
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party
File:BJP flag.svg
Jitendra Singh 2
Total 2

Others[edit | edit source]

Recognised parties
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
Mehbooba Mufti 3
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party Harsh Dev Singh 5
Bahujan Samaj Party 2
All India Forward Bloc 2
Total 12
Unrecognised parties
Party Symbol Seats contested
Jammu and Kashmir Nationalist People's Front 3
National Loktantrik Party 3
Democratic Progressive Azad Party 2
Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal 2
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party 2
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference 2
National Awami United Party 2
Bharat Jodo Party 1
Gana Suraksha Party 1
Garib Democratic Party 1
Hindustan Shakti Sena 1
National Youth Party 1
Rashtriya Jankranti Party 1
Total 22

Candidates[edit | edit source]

Constituency
INDIA NDA
1 Baramulla rowspan="3" Template:Party colour cell JKNC Omar Abdullah[3] rowspan="3" Template:Party colour cell JKPDP Fayaz Ahmad Mir DNC
2 Srinagar JKNC Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi JKPDP Waheed Parra
3 Anantnag–Rajouri JKNC Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi JKPDP Mehbooba Mufti[3]
4 Udhampur rowspan="2" Template:Party colour cell INC Chaudhary Lal Singh DNC rowspan="2" Template:Party colour cell BJP Jitendra Singh
5 Jammu INC Raman Bhalla BJP Jugal Kishore Sharma

Surveys and polls[edit | edit source]

Opinion polls[edit | edit source]

Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
INDIA NDA Others
ABP News-CVoter April 2024[4] ±3-5% 3 2 0 INDIA
Times Now-ETG December 2023 ±3% 2-3 1-3 0-1 INDIA
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[5] ±5% 3 2 0 INDIA
India Today-CVoter February 2024[6] ±3-5% 3 2 0 INDIA
Times Now-ETG December 2023 ±3% 2-3 1-3 0-1 INDIA
India TV-CNX October 2023 ±3% 2 2 1 Tie between INDIA and NDA
Times Now-ETG September 2023 ±3% 3-4 1-2 0-1 INDIA
August 2023 ±3% 2-3 1-3 0-1 INDIA
Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
NDA INDIA Others
ABP News-CVoter April 2024[7] ±3-5% 47% 44.9% 8.1% 3.1
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[5] ±5% 41.4% 51.5% 7.1% 10.1
India Today-CVoter February 2024[8] ±3-5% 49% 36% 15% 13

Exit polls[edit | edit source]

Polling agency Lead
NDA INDIA Others
TV9 Bharatvarsh- People's Insight - Polstrat 2 2 1 Tie
Actual results 2 2 1 Tie

Voter turnout[edit | edit source]

Constituencies in phases[edit | edit source]

Constituency Poll date Turnout Swing
1 Baramulla 20 May 2024 59.10% Increase 24.60
2 Srinagar 13 May 2024 38.49% Increase 24.06
3 Anantnag–Rajouri 25 May 2024 55.40% New
4 Udhampur 19 April 2024 68.27% Decrease 2.74
5 Jammu 26 April 2024 72.22% Decrease 0.28
Total 58.58% Increase 18.1

Results[edit | edit source]

Results by alliance or party[edit | edit source]

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INDIA JKNC 1,139,084 22.30 Increase14.09 3 2 Decrease 1
INC 990,182 19.38 Decrease 9.92 2 0 Template:No change
Total 2,129,266 41.68 Increase 4.17 5 2 Decrease 1
JKPDP 433,049 8.48 Increase 4.91 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 Template:No change
NDA BJP 1,244,404 24.36 Decrease 2.01 2 2 Template:No change
Others 31 0 Template:No change
IND 59 1 Increase 1
NOTA 34,249 0.67 Template:No change
Total 100 - 100 5 -

Results by constituency[edit | edit source]

Constituency Turnout Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Baramulla 59.10%Increase Abdul Rashid Sheikh Independent 4,72,481 45.70% Omar Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 2,68,339 25.95% 2,04,142 19.75%
2 Srinagar 38.49%Increase Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 3,56,866 52.85% Waheed Para Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party 1,68,450 24.95% 1,88,416 27.90%
3 Anantnag–Rajouri 55.40% Increase Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 5,21,836 50.85% Mehbooba Mufti Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party 2,40,042 23.39% 2,81,794 27.46%
4 Udhampur 68.27%Decrease Jitendra Singh BJP 5,71,076 51.28% Chaudhary Lal Singh INC 4,46,703 40.11% 1,24,373 11.17%
5 Jammu 72.22%Decrease Jugal Kishore Sharma BJP 6,87,588 52.80% Raman Bhalla INC 5,52,090 42.40% 1,35,498 10.40%

Strike-rate[edit | edit source]

Strike rate is determined by calculating the number of seats won by a party of the number of seats it contested. BJP had a 100% strike rate (It won both the seats it contested). JKNC had a 66.67% strike rate (it won 2 out of 3 seats it contested). Congress and JKPDP had a strike rate of 0% (they lost all the seats they contested.

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties[edit | edit source]

Map needed

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2024 election)
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 36 42
Bharatiya Janata Party 29 29
Indian National Congress 7 6
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party 5 3
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference 1 1
Others 12 9
Total 90

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "With local body polls not in sight, J&K parties gear up for Lok Sabha 2024". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "J&K elections likely to held along with Lok Sabha polls next year". The Economic Times. 26 July 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Kashmir election 2024: Omar Abdullah, Mehboba Mufti concede defeat in Jammu and Kashmir". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: In First Poll Since Article 370 Abrogation, Tight Contest Between NDA And I.N.D.I.A Alliance In J&K". ABP News. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 ABP News Bureau (12 March 2024). "I.N.D.I.A Alliance To Win 3 Out Of 5 Lok Sabha Seats In Jammu And Kashmir, Says Survey". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "INDIA bloc likely to win 166 Lok Sabha seats and Congress 71, finds survey: What numbers say". Mint. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: In First Poll Since Article 370 Abrogation, Tight Contest Between NDA And I.N.D.I.A Alliance In J&K". ABP News. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Kalita, Karishma Saurabh (8 February 2024). "Mood for Jammu and Kashmir, 3 Lok Sabha seats for INDIA, 2 for NDA: Survey". India Today. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  1. ↑ Was part of INDIA bloc but did not contest under it.
  2. ↑ Polling in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency in J&K was rescheduled from 7 May 2024 (Phase 3) to 25 May 2024 (Phase 6) due to weather conditions.
  3. ↑ Was part of INDIA bloc but did not contest under it.

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