2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

2002 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections

←  1996 16 September 2002 to 8 October 2002 2008  →
all 87 seats in Legislative Assembly 44 seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,165,285
Turnout	43.70% ( 10.22%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Omar Abdullah Ghulam Nabi Azad Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Party JKNC INC JKPDP Last election 57 7 - Seats won 28 20 16 Seat change 29 13 16 Percentage 28.24% 24.24% 9.28% Swing 6.54% 4.24% 9.28%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Bhim Singh Party JKNPP BJP Last election 1 8 Seats won 4 1 Seat change 3 7 Percentage 3.83% 8.57% Swing 1.58% 3.56%
Chief Minister before election Farooq Abdullah JKNC Elected Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed PDP (in coalition with the INC and JKNPP)

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]}

Voting

Voting stages

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
	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]

Results

Summary of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results

Party	Seats	Previously	+/–	Vote %	Vote Share
National Conference	28	57	29	28.24%	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			16.50%	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]

Farooq Abdullah resigned as a chief minister on 24 December 2002. ^[23]

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency ^[24]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Karnah	65.37%	Kafil-ur-Rehman		JKNC	8,707	46.02%	Mohammed Sikander Khan		INC	6,719	35.51%	1,988
2	Kupwara	55.23%	Saifullah Mir		JKNC	19,233	43.24%	Ghulam Qadir Mir		Independent	19,101	42.94%	132
3	Lolab	46.89%	Qaysar Jamshaid Lone		JKNC	14,408	42.26%	Abdul Haq Khan		Independent	12,412	36.41%	1,996
4	Handwara	51.48%	Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Sofi		Independent	15,389	46.67%	Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan		JKNC	12,392	37.58%	2,997
5	Langate	53.97%	Sharifuddin Shariq		JKNC	8,058	30.16%	M. Sultan Pandithpori		JKPDP	5,658	21.18%	2,400
6	Uri	66.49%	Taj Mohiuddin		INC	20,460	48.51%	Mohammad Shafi		JKNC	20,276	48.08%	184
7	Rafiabad	52.55%	Mohammad Dilawar Mir		JKNC	11,576	35.%	Abdul Gani Vakil		INC	10,944	33.09%	632
8	Sopore	8.09%	Abdul Rashid Dar		INC	2,062	33.19%	Abdul Ahad Vakil		JKNC	1,515	24.39%	547
9	Gurez	76.5%	Nazir Ahmad Khan		JKNC	5,782	53.45%	Faqir Mohammed Khan		Independent	4,532	41.9%	1,250
10	Bandipora	31.27%	Usman Abdul Majid		JKAL	5,722	25.8%	Habibullah Bhat		INC	5,469	24.66%	253
11	Sonawari	56.51%	Mohammad Akbar Lone		JKNC	25,687	58.05%	Mohammad Yusuf Parray		JKAL	12,929	29.22%	12,758
12	Sangrama	22.11%	Ghulam Nabi Lone		JKPDP	3,697	35.91%	Mohammed Yousuf		JKNC	2,638	25.63%	1,059
13	Baramulla	24.15%	Muzaffar Hussain Baig		JKPDP	6,833	38.62%	Ghulam Nabi Kachru		JKNC	3,984	22.52%	2,849
14	Gulmarg	50.52%	Ghulam Hassan Mir		JKPDP	27,737	78.16%	Sheikh Mustafa Kamal		JKNC	7,749	21.84%	19,988
15	Pattan	41.56%	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		JKNC	15,268	52.63%	Dr.Abdul Ahad Yatoo		INC	13,084	45.1%	2,184
16	Kangan	52.03%	Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi		JKNC	16,987	64.71%	Ghulam Mohammed Dar		JKPDP	5,948	22.66%	11,039
17	Ganderbal	35.21%	Qazi Mohammad Afzal		JKPDP	11,622	48.26%	Omar Abdullah		JKNC	8,752	36.34%	2,870
18	Hazratbal	7.12%	Mohammed Syed Akhoon		JKNC	3,042	49.79%	Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Akhoon		JKPDP	1,639	26.82%	1,403
19	Zadibal	4.78%	Shahjahan Dar		Independent	1,514	46.67%	Khawja Sadiq Ali		JKNC	1,220	37.61%	294
20	Eidgah	4.75%	Mubarak Ahmed Gul		JKNC	2,026	60.62%	Mohammed Ashraf Bakashi		Independent	747	22.35%	1,279
21	Khanyar	4.22%	Ali Mohammad Sagar		JKNC	2,868	93.85%	Mushtaq Ahmad		INC	127	4.16%	2,741
22	Habba Kadal	3.21%	Raman Mattoo		Independent	587	28.47%	Hira Lal Chatta		BJP	416	20.17%	171
23	Amira Kadal	3.06%	Mohammad Shafi Bhat		INC	1,163	51.01%	Ghulam Nabi Mir		JKNC	672	29.47%	491
24	Sonawar	9.96%	Mohammed Yasin Shah		JKNC	3,445	54.66%	Ghulam Hussain Wani		JKPDP	1,740	27.61%	1,705
25	Batmaloo	4.%	Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shah		JKNC	2,065	49.51%	Tariq Hameed Karra		JKPDP	1,223	29.32%	842
26	Chadoora	52.45%	Javaid Mustafa Mir		JKPDP	15,923	58.03%	Ali Mohammad Dar		JKNC	7,876	28.7%	8,047
27	Budgam	33.41%	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi		JKNC	11,398	50.59%	Aga Syed Mahmood Almosvi		Independent	4,753	21.1%	6,645
28	Beerwah	35.06%	Mohammed Sarfraz Khan		JKPDP	16,886	66.%	Mohammed Amin Banday		JKNC	4,966	19.41%	11,920
29	Khan Sahib	49.51%	Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah		Independent	20,186	67.22%	Abdul Gani Naseem		JKNC	4,393	14.63%	15,793
30	Charari Sharief	63.71%	Abdul Rahim Rather		JKNC	20,275	51.29%	Ghulam Nabi Lone		JKPDP	16,520	41.79%	3,755
31	Tral	11.55%	Ghulam Nabi Bhat		JKNC	3,253	47.3%	Surinder Singh		INC	2,944	42.8%	309
32	Pampore	19.17%	Abdul Aziz Mir		JKPDP	3,811	38.46%	Mohammed Anwar Bhat		INC	3,106	31.35%	705
33	Pulwama	18.13%	Mohammad Khalil Band		JKPDP	5,209	53.09%	Bashir Ahmad Nengroo		JKNC	2,782	28.36%	2,427
34	Rajpora	36.71%	Syed Bashir Ahmad		JKPDP	13,946	58.6%	Ghulam Mohi Uddin Mir		JKNC	5,860	24.62%	8,086
35	Wachi	28.29%	Khalil Naik		CPI(M)	4,133	29.19%	Ghulam Hassan Bhat		JKPDP	4,053	28.62%	80
36	Shopian	26.91%	Ghulam Hassan Khan		JKPDP	4,083	27.2%	Sheikh Mohammed Rafi		JKNC	3,363	22.4%	720
37	Noorabad	23.41%	Abdul Aziz Zargar		JKPDP	3,616	29.74%	Sakeena Akhtar		JKNC	3,301	27.15%	315
38	Kulgam	24.4%	Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami		CPI(M)	8,346	51.72%	Ghulam Nabi Dar		JKNC	3,461	21.45%	4,885
39	Hom Shali Bugh	22.93%	Abdul Gafar Sofi		JKPDP	6,803	58.59%	Mohammed Amin Dar		CPI(M)	2,327	20.04%	4,476
40	Anantnag	7.16%	Dr. Mehboob Beigh		JKNC	3,513	70.23%	Liyakat Ali Khan		JKAL	652	13.03%	2,861
41	Devsar	35.56%	Mohammed Sartaj Madni		JKPDP	8,721	38.52%	Mohammed Yaqub		CPI(M)	5,695	25.16%	3,026
42	Dooru	40.48%	Ghulam Ahmad Mir		INC	14,461	66.19%	Syed Manzoor Ahmad		JKNC	3,119	14.28%	11,342
43	Kokernag	15.27%	Peerzada Mohammad Syed		INC	3,356	38.06%	Ghulam Rasool Malik		JKPDP	2,920	33.12%	436
44	Shangus–Anantnag East	25.4%	Peer Mohammed Hussain		JKPDP	5,115	37.07%	Gulzar Ahmad Wani		INC	4,774	34.6%	341
45	Srigufwara–Bijbehara	16.67%	Abdul Rehman Bhat		JKPDP	5,961	58.32%	Abdul Gani Shah		JKNC	2,084	20.39%	3,877
46	Pahalgam	33.02%	Mehbooba Mufti		JKPDP	8,544	45.11%	Rafi Ahmed Mir		JKNC	6,405	33.82%	2,139
47	Kargil	74.83%	Haji Nissar Ali		Independent	27,384	56.61%	Qamar Ali Akhoon		JKNC	20,988	43.39%	6,396
48	Zanskar	78.97%	Mohammed Abass		JKNC	8,580	47.67%	Tsering Chhosphel		Independent	5,393	29.96%	3,187
49	Kishtwar	54.82%	Sajjad Hussain		JKNC	16,725	41.32%	Ghulam Haider Sheikh		INC	15,062	37.21%	1,663
50	Inderwal	56.61%	Ghulam Mohammad Saroori		INC	24,551	64.75%	Jalal-Ud-Din		JKNC	5,667	14.95%	18,884
51	Doda	55.54%	Abdul Majid Wani		Independent	13,799	35.29%	Khalid Najib Soharawardy		JKNC	13,192	33.74%	607
52	Bhaderwah	54.25%	Mohammed Sharief		INC	16,962	34.18%	Mohammed Aslam		JKNC	10,135	20.42%	6,827
53	Ramban	57.71%	Dr. Chaman Lal		JKNC	15,220	36.12%	Ashok Kumar		INC	12,681	30.1%	2,539
54	Banihal	40.55%	Molvi Abdul Rashid		Independent	11,393	47.51%	Mohammed Farooq Mir		JKNC	4,719	19.68%	6,674
55	Gulabgarh	55.99%	Abdul Ghani Malik		JKNC	12,476	35.15%	Ajaz Ahmad Khan		Independent	9,546	26.9%	2,930
56	Reasi	62.2%	Jugal Kishore		INC	23,045	36.97%	Baldev Raj		BJP	20,989	33.67%	2,056
57	Gool Arnas	60.08%	Ajaz Ahmed Khan		Independent	10,881	33.36%	Kabala Singh		BJP	5,895	18.08%	4,986
58	Udhampur	58.39%	Balwant Singh Mankotia		JKNPP	24,679	40.39%	Pawan Kumar Gupta		BJP	14,727	24.1%	9,952
59	Chenani	61.54%	Faquir Nath		JKNPP	17,118	37.42%	Krishan Chander		INC	15,353	33.56%	1,765
60	Ramnagar	60.72%	Harsh Dev Singh		JKNPP	29,914	50.4%	Khalil Allaha Qazi		BSP	13,430	22.63%	16,484
61	Bani	67.63%	Prem Sagar		INC	10,395	42.68%	Ghulam Haider Malik		JKNC	6,708	27.54%	3,687
62	Basohli	63.15%	Chaudhary Lal Singh		INC	18,916	43.61%	Jagdish Raj Sapolia		BJP	15,248	35.15%	3,668
63	Kathua	57.%	Jatinder Singh		DM	16,366	25.56%	Sagar Chand		BSP	13,307	20.79%	3,059
64	Billawar	63.9%	Manohar Lal Sharma		Independent	24,736	47.77%	Balbir Singh		INC	10,175	19.65%	14,561
65	Hiranagar	60.12%	Girdhari Lal		INC	31,402	54.88%	Gopal Dass		BJP	13,190	23.05%	18,212
66	Samba	58.47%	Yash Paul Kundal		JKNPP	11,079	25.31%	Swarn Lata		INC	10,333	23.6%	746
67	Vijaypur	64.19%	Manjit Singh		BSP	25,406	39.21%	Surjeet Singh Slathia		JKNC	20,329	31.37%	5,077
68	Nagrota	63.85%	Jugal Kishore Sharma		BJP	10,653	26.82%	Ajatshatru Singh		JKNC	10,586	26.65%	67
69	Gandhinagar	48.46%	Raman Bhalla		INC	37,010	49.81%	Harbans Singh		JKNC	26,517	35.69%	10,493
70	Jammu East	38.67%	Yogesh Kumar Sawhney		INC	11,784	34.91%	Ashok Kumar		BJP	8,448	25.03%	3,336
71	Jammu West	38.69%	Mangat Ram Sharma		INC	25,627	40.47%	Virander Kumar Gupta		Independent	17,704	27.96%	7,923
72	Bishnah	67.43%	Ashwani Kumar Sharma		Independent	17,961	32.72%	Kamal Verma		JKNC	13,298	24.22%	4,663
73	Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South	61.4%	Suman Lata Bhagat		INC	19,669	41.4%	Romesh Lal Mottan		NCP	16,485	34.7%	3,184
74	Suchetgarh	69.81%	Gharu Ram Bhagat		INC	11,344	27.45%	Rajinder Singh Chib		BJP	11,207	27.11%	137
75	Marh	68.83%	Ajay Sadhotra		JKNC	14,959	31.87%	Sukh Nandan Kumar		BJP	13,792	29.39%	1,167
76	Raipur Domana	61.05%	Mulla Ram		INC	20,538	43.49%	Bharat Bhushan		Independent	8,852	18.74%	11,686
77	Akhnoor	71.27%	Madan Lal Sharma		INC	17,102	29.36%	Govind Ram Sharma		JKNC	16,037	27.54%	1,065
78	Chhamb	70.47%	Tara Chand		INC	20,630	46.3%	Chhaju Ram Lamba		JKNC	10,296	23.1%	10,334
79	Nowshera	57.86%	Romesh Chander Sharma		INC	20,511	40.25%	Radhey Sham Sharma		JKNC	16,037	31.47%	4,474
80	Darhal	46.61%	Thakur Puran Singh		Independent	11,832	28.09%	Chowdhary Liaqat Ali		JKNC	11,615	27.58%	217
81	Rajouri	27.05%	Mohammed Aslam		JKNC	11,933	40.%	Qamar Hussain		INC	9,255	31.02%	2,678
82	Kalakote	48.66%	Rachpal Singh		JKNC	19,324	46.61%	Ashok Kumar Sharma		INC	18,124	43.71%	1,200
83	Surankote	40.01%	Mushtaq Ahmad Shah		JKNC	15,243	45.84%	Mohammed Aslam		INC	13,271	39.91%	1,972
84	Mendhar	60.29%	Javed Ahmed Rana		JKNC	24,530	51.39%	Rafiq Hussain Khan		Independent	16,665	34.92%	7,865
85	Poonch Haveli	60.73%	Ghulam Mohammed Jan		JKNC	27,364	47.41%	Yeshpal Sharma		INC	26,718	46.3%	646
86	Nubra	-	Sonam Wangchuk Narboo		Independent	Elected Unopposed
87	Leh	-	Nawang Rigzin Jora		Independent	Elected Unopposed

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