2009 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

2009 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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6 seats
Turnout	39.70%
First party Second party   UPA Ind Party UPA Independent Seats won 5 1 Seat change 2 Percentage 43.78%
Partywise result Alliance wise result
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2009 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 15th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 3 seats. Indian National Congress won 2 and one was won by an Independent politician Hassan Khan.

A polling officer administering indelible ink at the finger of a female voter at a polling booth in Budgam, Srinagar during the 4th Phase the elections

Voters standing in a queue for their turn to cast votes at a polling booth of Budgam, Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir

Parties and alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference			Farooq Abdullah	3
2.	Indian National Congress			Ghulam Nabi Azad	3

   Peoples Democratic Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party			Mufti Mohammed Sayeed	6

   National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Ashok Kumar Khajuria	4

List of Candidates

Constituency
		UPA			JKPDP			BJP
1	Baramulla		JKNC	Sharifuddin Shariq		JKPDP	Mohammad Dilawar Mir
2	Srinagar		JKNC	Farooq Abdullah		JKPDP	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		BJP	Avtar Krishen Pandita
3	Anantnag		JKNC	Mirza Mehboob Beg		JKPDP	Peer Mohammed Hussain		BJP	Mohd Sidiq Khan
4	Ladakh		INC	Phuntsog Namgyal		JKPDP	Ghulam Murtaza
5	Udhampur		INC	Chaudhary Lal Singh		JKPDP	Balbir Singh		BJP	Nirmal Kumar Singh
6	Jammu		INC	Madan Lal Sharma		JKPDP	S. Tarlok Singh		BJP	Lila Karan Sharma

Results

Party-wise Results

Party	Elected MPs
JKNC	3
INC	2
Independents	1
Total	6

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Baramulla	Sharief Ud Din Shariq		JKNC	203,022	46.01	Mohammad Dilawar Mir		JKPDP	138,208	31.32	64,814	14.69
2	Srinagar	Farooq Abdullah		JKNC	147,035	52.00	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		JKPDP	116,793	41.3	30,242	10.7
3	Anantnag	Mirza Mehboob Beg		JKNC	148,317	46.53	Peer Mohd Hussain		JKPDP	143,093	44.9	5,224	1.63
4	Ladakh	Hassan Khan		IND	32,701	29.84	Phuntsog Namgyal		INC	29,017	26.48	3,684	3.36
5	Udhampur	Ch. Lal Singh		INC	231,853	37.9	Dr. Nirmal Singh		BJP	218,459	35.71	13,394	2.19
6	Jammu	Madan Lal Sharma		INC	382,305	45.33	Lila Karan Sharma		BJP	260,932	30.94	121,373	14.39

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2008 election)
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	29	28
	Indian National Congress	23	17
	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	18	21
	Bharatiya Janata Party	13	11
	Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party	2	3
	Others	2	7
Total		87

See also

• Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state
• Elections in Jammu and Kashmir