2023 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil election

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2023 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil election
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26 out of 30 seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.61% [1]
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Indian Election Symbol Plough.png Hand INC.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg
Party JKNC INC BJP
Alliance I.N.D.I.A. I.N.D.I.A. NDA
Seats before1081
Seats won12102
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote23,57827,30310,934
Percentage30.75%35.61%14.26%
Chief Executive Member before election

Feroz Ahmad Khan
JKNC

Chief Executive Member after election

Mohammad Jaffer Akhone
JKNC

Elections were held in October 2023 for the 26 seats of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil. [2] [3] [4] This was also the first election conducted in the union territory of Ladakh since its split from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. [5]

Contents

The Indian National Congress and Jammu & Kashmir National Conference contested the elections under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. The NC-Congress alliance won 22 seats in a landslide whereas the BJP won only 2 seats. [6]

Background

There were 74,026 voters including 46,762 women, who exercise their franchises through EVMs in 278 polling stations across the Kargil. Totally 85 candidates were in the fray. [7] The voter turnout was 78% , which was an increase of 8% from the 2018 council Election, mainly due to the returning of Kargil’s migrant population for the election. [8]

Out of 26 seats, 23 are Muslim majority seats and three are Buddhist majority seats. The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust and Anjuman Jamiatul Ulama Islamia School-Kargil are the main Shite seminaries in Kargil. The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust extended its support to the Indian National Congress and the Anjuman Jamiatul Ulama Islamia School-Kargil is rooting for the Jammu & Kashmir National Conferences. The Bharatiya Janata Party had earlier promised district status to the Buddhist majority Zanskar tehsil but failed to deliver the promise and is facing resentment from people in Buddhist majority seats like Karsha and Padun which are part of Zanskar. [9] Samanla Dorje, a Buddhist Congress leader has also said "People can no more be fooled by the promise of district status to Zanskar,” . [10]

Schedule

Election Department, Ladakh has announced the schedule to conduct the election for Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil on 9 September 2023: [11] [12]

Poll EventDate
Date from which nominations can be made9 September 2023
Last date for making nominations16 September 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations18 September 2023
Last date for the withdrawal of nominations20 September 2023
Date on which poll shall, if necessary, be held4 October 2023
Timing of Poll8.00 AM to 4.00 PM
Date of counting of votes8 October 2023
Date before which the Election shall be completed11 October 2023

Exit Poll

Seat Share Projections
Polling agencyDate publishedMajority
JKNC INC BJP Others
Gulistan News5 oct 202310-129-111-34-5Hung

Results

121022
JKNCINCBJPIND

Vote share of different parties in the election

   INC (35.61%)
   JKNC (30.75%)
   IND (19.07%)
   BJP (14.26%)
   AAP (0.31%)

Results by party and alliance

Vote share of different alliances in the election

   INDIA (66.36%)
   IND (19.07%)
   NDA (14.26%)
   AAP (0.31%)
AlliancePartiesSymbolPopular voteSeats Won
Votes%± %Contested [13] Won+/-
INDIA Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Indian Election Symbol Plough.png 23,57830.75%1712Increase2.svg2
Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg 27,30335.61%2210Increase2.svg2
Total50,88166.36%2622Increase2.svg 4
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party Lotus flower symbol.svg 10,93414.26%172Increase2.svg1
None Aam Aadmi Party AAP Symbol.png 2410.31%40Steady2.svg
Independents 14,62419.07%252Decrease2.svg3
Total76,680100%26

Results by constituency

Constituency wise results [14]
ConstituencyWinnerRunner upMargin
NoNameNamePartyVotesNamePartyVotes
1RanbirporaAbdul Samad INC 1,949Mubarak Shah Nagvi S JKNC 1,374575
2BhimbatAbdul Wahid JKNC 1,947Talib Hussain INC 1,89552
3ShargoleMohammad Jawad INC 1,978Mohammad Ali Chandan BJP 1,91365
4PashkumKacho Mohammad Feroz INC 1,756Mohammad Ali IND 1,406350
5TaisuruAbdul Hadi INC 1,717Syed Abbass JKNC 1,456261
6ParkachikAgha Anul Huda INC 2,165Ghulam Mohammad IND 1,0371,128
7KarshaStanzin Jigmat INC 1,509Rigzin Tsewang BJP 1,43079
8PadumPunchok Tashi JKNC 1,745Skalzang Wangyal BJP 1,69154
9ChaStanzin Lakpa BJP 798Tenzin Sonam INC 564234
10ChuliskambooAltaf Hussain JKNC 1,480Reyaz Ahmad Khan IND 1,173307
11Kargil TownMohammad Abbass Adulpa JKNC 1,953Mohammad Hussain INC 6681,285
12BarooKhadim Hussain INC 1,099Muhammad Hanifa Jan JKNC 1,03366
13PoyenMohammad Amin JKNC 1,322Haji Anayat Ali BJP 962360
14YourbaltakManzoor Ul Hussain JKNC 1,452Kacho Ahmad Ali Khan IND 1,36290
15SilmooFeroz Ahmed Khan JKNC 1,638Mohammad Ali Khan INC 665973
16ChoskoreNasir Hussain Munshi INC 1,447Mohammad Raza JKNC 1,013434
17TresponeSyed Mujtaba JKNC 1,292Nawaz Ali IND 1,106186
18Gund MangalpurSyed Ali IND 1,313Mohammad Abbass INC 978335
19SaliskoteMohammad Sajjad JKNC 1,144Syed Hassan INC 944200
20LankarcheyGhulam Haider JKNC 1,202Mohammad Sadiq INC 786416
21ThangdumburAshiq Ali JKNC 1,643Mohammad Ali BJP 5191,124
22Thasgam ThuinaMohammad Jaffer Akhoon JKNC 1,405Sheikh Mohd Hussain INC 1,31194
23BarsooGhulam Mohammad IND 1,411Ghulam Abbass Wazir INC 1,183228
24ShakarZakir Hussain INC 1,339Kacho Shameem Ahmad Khan IND 1,001338
25ChiktanLiyaqut Ali Khan INC 850Mohsin Ali BJP 489361
26Stakchay KhangralPadma Dorjey BJP 1,007Syed Hassan INC 830177

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