2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
11,18,23,29 April 2019
6 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 seats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 44.97% ( 4.75%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result of the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir was held for 6 seats in the state. The voting process was held in five phases on 11, 18, 23, 29 April and 6 May 2019.[1]The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 3 seats each with the BJP getting an impressive 46.4% votes hare. JKNC's vote share was 7.9%.
This was the last general election before the state's special status was revoked[2] and later that same year the state was reconstituted into two union territories.[3]
Parties and alliances
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | 6 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | Rahul Gandhi | 5 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | Farooq Abdullah | 3 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | Mehbooba Mufti | 3 |
Candidates
| Constituency | BJP | INC | JKNC | JKPDP | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | ||||
| 1 | Baramulla | BJP | M. M. War | INC | Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir | JKNC | Mohammad Akbar Lone | JKPDP | Abdul Qayoom Wani | ||||
| 2 | Srinagar | BJP | Khalid Jahangir | Did not contest | JKNC | Farooq Abdullah | JKPDP | Aga Syed Mohsin | |||||
| 3 | Anantnag | BJP | Sofi Yousuf | INC | Ghulam Ahmad Mir | JKNC | Hasnain Masoodi | JKPDP | Mehbooba Mufti | ||||
| 4 | Ladakh | BJP | Jamyang Tsering Namgyal | INC | Rigzin Spalbar | Did not contest | Did not contest | ||||||
| 5 | Udhampur | BJP | Jitendra Singh | INC | Vikramaditya Singh | ||||||||
| 6 | Jammu | BJP | Jugal Kishore Sharma | INC | Raman Bhalla | ||||||||
Result
Party Wise
| Party | BJP | JKNC | INC | JKPDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | 46.99 1,648,041 | 7.87%, 280,356 | 28.38%, 1,011,527 | 3.38%, 1,20,754 |
| Seats | 3 (50%) | 3 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Detailed Results
| Party Name | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| BJP | 1,648,041 | 46.39 | 14.03 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| INC | 1,011,527 | 28.47 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| JKNC | 280,356 | 7.89 | 3.23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| JKPC | 133,612 | 3.76 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| JKPDP | 120,754 | 3.40 | 17.14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Others | 110,354 | 3.11 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 226,239 | 6.37 | 0.10 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| NOTA | 21,739 | 0.61 | 0.27 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 3,552,622 | 100 | - | 79 | 6 | - | |||
Detailed Results
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Baramulla | Mohammad Akbar Lone | JKNC | 133,426 | 29.26 | Raja Aijaz Ali | JKPC | 103,193 | 22.63 | 30,233 | 6.63 | ||
| 2 | Srinagar | Farooq Abdullah | JKNC | 106,750 | 57.13 | Aga Syed Mohsin | JKPDP | 36,700 | 19.64 | 70,050 | 37.49 | ||
| 3 | Anantnag | Hasnain Masoodi | JKNC | 40,180 | 32.02 | Ghulam Ahmad Mir | INC | 33,504 | 26.70 | 6,676 | 5.32 | ||
| 4 | Ladakh | Jamyang Tsering Namgyal | BJP | 42,914 | 33.70 | Sajjad Hussain | IND | 31,984 | 25.12 | 10,930 | 8.58 | ||
| 5 | Udhampur | Dr. Jitendra Singh | BJP | 724,311 | 61.24 | Vikramaditya Singh | INC | 367,059 | 31.04 | 357,252 | 30.20 | ||
| 6 | Jammu | Jugal Kishore | BJP | 858,066 | 57.81 | Raman Bhalla | INC | 555,191 | 37.40 | 302,875 | 20.41 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jammu and Kashmir
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Udhampur | MoS (I/C) | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | 31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
BJP | |
| MoS | Prime Minister's Office | 9 June 2024 | ||||||
| Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | ||||||||
| Department of Atomic Energy | ||||||||
| Department of Space | ||||||||
| MoS (I/C) | Ministry of Science and Technology | 7 July 2021 | ||||||
| Ministry of Earth Sciences | 18 May 2023 | |||||||
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2014 election) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 29 | 25 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 30 | 15 | |
| Indian National Congress | 16 | 12 | |
| Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | 4 | 28 | |
| Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | 2 | 2 | |
| Others | 6 | 3 | |
| Total | 87 | ||
References
- ^ "Lok Sabha Elections dates announced: Polls to be held from April 11 in 7 phases, counting on May 23". The Economic Times. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "President declares abrogation of provisions of Article 370". The Hindu. PTI. 7 August 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "President Kovind gives assent to J&K Reorganisation Bill, two new UTs to come into effect from Oct 31". The Indian Express. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2022.