Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has voted in the first phase on September 18 and now the second and third phases of voting will take place on 25 and October 1, 2024. Results will be announced on October 8, along with Haryana assembly results. The people of the valley will vote five years after the reading down of Article 370 and the end of “special status” — a period in which the political process had come to a standstill. The last Assembly elections in J&K were held in 2014, but the government was dissolved after the BJP withdrew its support to Mehbooba Mufti's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in 2018. Elections for District Development Councils were held towards the end of 2020. Lok Sabha elections earlier this year saw a heartening turnout in J&K — at 58.46 per cent, it was the highest in the last 35 years. Here's all you need to know about Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: How many Assembly seats are there in Jammu and Kashmir in 2024? The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has 90 Assembly seats. While the BJP will contest elections alone, the National Conference (NC) and Congress have allied for the elections under which NC will be contesting from 51 seats while the latter will contest from 32 seats beside a friendly contest between the two parties in five assembly segments. One seat each has been left free for CPI (M) in south Kashmir and Panthers Party in Jammu division. Here is the full list of seats and candidates in Jammu and Kashmir: Phase 1 Polling Date BJP Candidates INC-NC candidates PDP Candidates Number of ACs- 24 September 18, 2024 Pampore Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi Retd. Justice Hussnain Masoodi (NC) Zahoor Ahmad Mir Tral Surinder Singh Channi (Congress) Rafiq Ahmad Naik Pulwama Mohammad Khalil Bandh (NC) Waheed-ur Rehman Parra Rajpora Arshid Bhat Gh. Mohi-Ud-Din Mir (NC) Syed Bashir Ahmed Zainapora Showkat Hussain Ganie (NC) Shopian Javed Ahmad Qadri Sheikh Mohammad Rafi (NC) Yawar Bandey D.H. Pora Sakina Ittoo (NC) Gulzar Ahmed Dar Kulgam Mohd Amin Dar Devsar Amanullah Mantoo (Congress) Peerzada Feroze Ahmad (NC) Sartaj Ahmad Madani Dooru Ghulam Ahmad Mir Mohd Ashraf Malik Kokernag (ST) Choudhary Roshan Hussain Gujjar Anantnag West Mohd Rafiq Wani Abdul Majeed Larmib (NC) Abdul Majeed Larmi (NC) Anantnag Syed Wazahat Peerzada Mohd Syed (Congress) Mehboob Beg Srigufwara - Bijbehara Sofi Yousuf D.r Bashir Ahmad Veeri (NC) Iltija Mufti Shangus - Anantnag East Veer Saraf Reyaz Ahmad Khan (NC) Abdul Rehman Veeri Pahalgam Altaf Ahmad Kaloo (NC) Shabir Siddiqui Inderwal Tariq Keen Sheikh Zafarullah (Congress) Sheikh Nasir Hussian Kishtwar Sushri Shagun Parihar Sajad Kichloo (NC) Firdous Ahmad Tak Padder - Nagseni Sunil Sharma Pooja Thokur (NC) Sandesh Mahajan Bhadarwah Daleep Singh Parihar Nadeem Sharief (Congress) Mehboob Iqbal (NC) Doda Gajay Singh Rana Sheikh Riyaz (Congress) Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy (NC) Doda West Shakti Raj Parihar Dr Pradeep Kumar Bhagat (Congress) Ramban Rakesh Thakur Arjun Singh Raju (NC) Banihal Salim Bhat Sajad Shaheen (NC) 2ND PHASE Polling Date Number of AC- 26 September 25, 2024 Kangan (ST) Mian Mehar Ali (NC) Syed Jamaat Ali Shaheen Ganderbal Omar Abdullah (NC) Bashir Ahmed Mir Hazratbal Salman Ali Sagar (NC Asiea Naqash Khanyar Ali Mohammad Sagar (NC) Habbakadal Ashok Bhat Shameema Firdous (NC) Arif Laigroo Lal Chowk Er. Aijaz Hussain Ahsan Pardesi (NC) Zuhaib Yousf Mir Channapora Hilal Ahmad Wani Mushtaq Guroo (NC) Zadibal Tanvir Sadiq (NC) Sheikh Gowher Ali Eidgah Arif Raja Mubarak Gull (NC) Mohammad Khursheed Alam Central Shalteng Saif-Ud-Din Bhat (NC) Ab Qayoom Bhat Budgam Abdul Raheem Rather (NC) Aga Syed Munatzir Mehdi Beerwah Ali Mohammad Dar (NC) Khansahib Dr. Ali Mohammad Mir Er. Khursheed (NC) Chrar-i-Sharief Zahid Hussain Abdul Raheem Rather (NC) Chadoora Ali Mohammad Dar (NC) Mohd Yaseen Bhat Gulabgarh (ST) Mohammad Akram Chaudhary Er. Khursheed (NC) Farooq Inqilabi Reasi Kuldeep Raj Dubey Mumtaz Khan (Congress) Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Baldev Raj Sharma Bhupender Jamwal (Congress) Kalakote - Sunderbani Thakur Randhir Singh Yashu Vardhan Singh (NC) Nowshera Ravinder Raina Surinder Chowdary (NC) Haq Nawaz Rajouri (ST) Vibodh Gupta Iftkar Ahmed (Congress) Master Tasaduq Hussain Budhal (ST) Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali Javid Chowdary (NC) Guftar Ahmed Choudhary Thannamandi (ST) Mohd. Iqbal Malik Bhupender Jamwal (Congress) Qamar Hussain Choudhary Surankote (ST) Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari Bhupender Jamwal (Congress) Poonch Haveli Chowdhary Abdul Ghani Ajaz Ahmad Jan (NC) Shamim Ganai Mendhar (ST) Murtaza Khan Javid Rana (NC) Mahroof Khan 3rd PHASE Polling Date Number of AC- 40 October 1, 2024 Karnah Mohd. Idrees Karnahi Javid Mirchal (NC) Fidous Ahmed Mir Trehgam Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma (Congress) Kupwara Nasir Aslam Wani (NC) Fayaz Ahmad Mir Lolab Qaiser Jamsheed Lone (NC) Abdul Haq Khan Handwara Ghulam Mohammad Mir Chowdary Mohammad Ramzan (NC) Langate Irshad Ab Gani (Congress) Sopore Irshad Rasool Kar (NC) Irfan Ali Lone Rafiabad Javid Ahmad Dar (NC) Uri Dr. Sajad Shafi Uri (NC) Baramulla Javid Hussain Beigh (NC) Mohammad Rafiq Rather Gulmarg Wagoora - Kreeri Adv. Irfan Hafeez Lone (Congress) Basharat Bukhari Pattan Javid Reyaz Bedar (NC) Javaid Iqbal Ganaie Sonawari Abdul Rasheed Khan Hilal Akbar Lone (NC) Bandipora Naseer Ahmad Lone Nizamuddin Bhat (Congress) Syed Tajamul Islam Gurez(ST) Faqir Mohammad Khan Nazir Ahmad Gurezi (NC) Udhampur West Pawan Gupta Summit Mangotra (Congress) Udhampur East R.S. Pathania Sunil Verma (NC) Chenani Balwant Singh Mankotia Ramnagar (SC) Sunil Bhardwaj Bani Jeevan Lal Kajal Rajput (Congress) Billawar Satish Sharma Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma (Congress) Basohli Darshan Singh Ch. Lal Singh (Congress) Jasrota Rajiv Jasrotia Thakur Balbir Singh (Congress) Kathua (SC) Dr. Bharat Bhushan Subhash Chander Azad (NC) Hiranagar Adv Vijay Kumar Sharma Rakesh Choudhary Jatt (Congress) Ramgarh (SC) Dr Devinder Kumar Maniyal Yashpal Kundal (Congress) Samba Surjit Singh Slathia Krishan Dev Singh (Congress) Rajender Manhas Vijaypur Chandra Prakash Ganga Rajesh Pargotra (NC) Bishnah (SC) Rajeev Bhagat Neeraj Kundan (Congress) Suchetgarh (SC) Gharu Ram Bhagat Bushan Dogra (Congress) R.S. Pura – Jammu South Dr Narinder Singh Raina Raman Bhalla (Congress) Bahu Vikram Randhawa T.S. Tony (Congress) Verinder Singh Sonu Jammu East Yudhvir Sethi Yogesh Sawhney (Congress Nagrota Dr Devinder Singh Rana Balbir Singh (Congress) Jammu West Arvind Gupta Thakur Manmohan Singh (Congress) Jammu North Sham Lal Sharma Ajay Kumar Sadhotra (NC) Marh (SC) Surinder Bhagat Mula Ram (Congress) Akhnoor (SC) Mohan Lal Bhagat Ashok Bhagat (Congress) Chhamb Rajeev Sharma Tara Chand (Congress) What is the total number of voters in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024? As per the Election Commission of India, a total of 88,66,704 voters are registered for polling. Among these, 4,27,813 are of 18-19 years of age. The UT will have 11,838 polling stations to conduct elections in three phases.
