2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
Election in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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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.
19 April - 25 May 2024
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All 5 Jammu and Kashmir seats in the Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 58.46% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election schedule
| 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[b] | 13 May | 20 May |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 | ||||
| No. of constituencies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Parties and alliances
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | Farooq Abdullah | 3 | |||
| Indian National Congress | Raman Bhalla | 2 | |||
| Total | 5 | ||||
National Democratic Alliance

| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Jitendra Singh | 2 | |||
| Total | 2 | ||||
Others
| 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 | ||||
| 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
| Constituency | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIA | NDA | |||||||||
| 1 | Baramulla | JKNC | Omar Abdullah[3] | 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 | INC | Chaudhary Lal Singh | DNC | BJP | Jitendra Singh | ||||
| 5 | Jammu | INC | Raman Bhalla | BJP | Jugal Kishore Sharma | |||||
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
| 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 |
Exit polls
| Polling agency | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | INDIA | Others | ||
| TV9 Bharatvarsh- People's Insight - Polstrat | 2 | 2 | 1 | Tie |
| Actual results | 2 | 2 | 1 | Tie |
Voter turnout
Constituencies in phases
| Constituency | Poll date | Turnout | Swing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baramulla | 20 May 2024 | 59.10% | |
| 2 | Srinagar | 13 May 2024 | 38.49% | |
| 3 | Anantnag–Rajouri | 25 May 2024 | 55.40% | New |
| 4 | Udhampur | 19 April 2024 | 68.27% | |
| 5 | Jammu | 26 April 2024 | 72.22% | |
| Total | 58.58% | |||
Results
Results by alliance or party
Results by constituency
| Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 1 | Baramulla | 59.10% |
Abdul Rashid Sheikh | IND | 4,72,481 | 45.70% | Omar Abdullah | JKNC | 2,68,339 | 25.95% | 2,04,142 | 19.75% | ||
| 2 | Srinagar | 38.49% |
Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi | JKNC | 3,56,866 | 52.85% | Waheed Para | JKPDP | 1,68,450 | 24.95% | 1,88,416 | 27.90% | ||
| 3 | Anantnag–Rajouri | 55.40% |
Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi | JKNC | 5,21,836 | 50.85% | Mehbooba Mufti | JKPDP | 2,40,042 | 23.39% | 2,81,794 | 27.46% | ||
| 4 | Udhampur | 68.27% |
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% |
Jugal Kishore Sharma | BJP | 6,87,588 | 52.80% | Raman Bhalla | INC | 5,52,090 | 42.40% | 1,35,498 | 10.40% | ||
Strike-rate
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
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| 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 | ||






