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Registered | 6,165,285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 43.70% (10.22%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections for the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in September -October 2002 in four phases. [1] [2]
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference was the single largest party but lacked majority. The Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Indian National Congress (Congress) formed a coalition government with PDP's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed serving as the Chief Minister for the first three years and Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad for the next three years. The election saw a major boycott at the appeal of Tehreek -e-Hurriyat.Kashmir division had a voting percentage of 3.5% while Jammu division had a voting percentage of 16.5%.Rajouri district recorded the least voting percentage at 2.7% [3] [4] The Panthers Party formed part of the ruling coalition with Harsh Dev Singh as the party's first cabinet minister. [5]
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used for first time in Jammu Kashmir assembly elections in 2002. [6] The international community also appreciated the credibility of the elections and the results that followed it. The elections was seen as a victory of the ballot over the bullet. [7] [8] United States lauded 2002 elections of the state. [9] [10] There were 1.7 million voters in the state for 2002 elections. [11] [12]
The first phase voting took place on 16 September 2002. [13] There was a polling station for just 11 voters in Zanskar. [6] BJP contested on 52 seats while Jammu State Morcha contested on 12 seats. [14] [15] National Conference president Omar Abdullah contested from Ganderbal seat. [16] Separatists had varied views on the elections ranging from voting to boycott of elections. [17] [18] [19]
The four stages of the elections were held as follows:
Date | Seats | Turnout | |
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Monday 16 September | 23 | 47.28% | |
Sunday 24 November | 28 | 42% | |
Sunday 1 October | 5 | 41% | |
Sunday 8 October | 18 | 46% | |
Total | 87 | 45% | |
Source: [20] |
Party | Seats | Previously | +/– | Vote % | Vote Share | ||||||
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National Conference | 28 | 57 | 29 | 20.8% | 7,49,825 | ||||||
Indian National Congress | 20 | 7 | 13 | 24.24% | 6,43,751 | ||||||
People's Democratic Party | 16 | - | 16 | 9.28% | 2,46,480 | ||||||
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.83% | 1,01,830 | ||||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | 0 | 0.88% | 23493 | |||||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8.57% | 2,27,633 | ||||||
Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4.50% | 1,19,492 | ||||||
Democratic Movement | 1 | 0.62% | 16,366 | ||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.91% | 24,121 | ||||||
Independents | 13 | % | 4,38,287 | ||||||||
Total (turnout 43.70%) | 87 | 87 | - | - | |||||||
Valid votes | 26,55,570 | 99.90 | |||||||||
Invalid votes | 584 | 0.10 | |||||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 26,56,627 | 43.70 | |||||||||
Abstentions | 24,94,170 | 56.30% | |||||||||
Registered voters | 60,78,570 | ||||||||||
Source:Election Commission of India [21] |
JKNC became the single largest party with 28 seats. Congress became the second largest party with 25 seats. [22]
Omar Abdullah resigned as a chief minister on 24 December 2014. [23]
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