2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

For Vidhan Sabha elections, see 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election.

2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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All 5 Jammu and Kashmir seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	58.46% (18.10%)
First party Second party   Leader Jitendra Singh Omar Abdullah Party BJP JKNC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 2014 2009 Leader's seat Udhampur (Won) Baramulla (Lost) Last election 2 3 Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 Percentage 24.36% [a] 22.30% Swing 2.01% 14.43%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Raman Bhalla Mehbooba Mufti Party INC JKPDP Alliance INDIA INDIA [b] Leader since 2022 2009 Leader's seat Jammu (Lost) Anantnag–Rajouri (Lost) Last election 0 0 Seats won 0 0 Seat change Percentage 19.38% 8.48% Swing 9.92% 4.91%
Partywise result Alliance wise result
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Jammu and Kashmir in 5 phases from 19 April to 20 May 2024 to elect 5 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. ^{[1] [2]} The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) won 2 seats each, with BJP winning the single largest share of the popular vote at 24.36% and JKNC coming second at 22.30%. One seat was won by an independent candidate.

Election schedule

Poll event	Phase
	I	II	III	IV	V
Notification date	20 March	28 March	12 April	18 April	26 April
Last date for filing nomination	27 March	4 April	19 April	25 April	3 May
Scrutiny of nomination	28 March	5 April	20 April	26 April	4 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	30 March	8 April	22 April	29 April	6 May
Date of poll	19 April	26 April	25 May [c]	13 May	20 May
Date of counting of votes/Result	4 June 2024
No. of constituencies	1	1	1	1	1

Parties and alliances

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

   Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

2024 Lok Sabha Election Jammu and Kashmir INDIA Seat Sharing Map

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference			Farooq Abdullah	3
	Indian National Congress			Raman Bhalla	2
	Total				5

National Democratic Alliance

   National Democratic Alliance

2024 Lok Sabha Election Jammu and Kashmir NDA seat distribution

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Jitendra Singh	2
	Total				2

Others

Recognised parties

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party			Mehbooba Mufti	3
	Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party			TBD	5
	Bahujan Samaj Party			TBD	2
	All India Forward Bloc				2
	Total				12

Unrecognised parties

Party		Symbol	Seats contested
	Jammu and Kashmir Nationalist People's Front		3
	National Loktantrik Party		3
	Democratic Progressive Azad Party		2
	Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal		2
	Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party		2
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference		2
	National Awami United Party		2
	Bharat Jodo Party		1
	Gana Suraksha Party		1
	Garib Democratic Party		1
	Hindustan Shakti Sena		1
	National Youth Party		1
	Rashtriya Jankranti Party		1
	Total		22

Candidates

Constituency
		INDIA						NDA
1	Baramulla		JKNC	Omar Abdullah [3]		JKPDP	Fayaz Ahmad Mir	DNC
2	Srinagar		JKNC	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi		JKPDP	Waheed Parra
3	Anantnag–Rajouri		JKNC	Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi		JKPDP	Mehbooba Mufti [3]
4	Udhampur		INC	Chaudhary Lal Singh	DNC				BJP	Jitendra Singh
5	Jammu		INC	Raman Bhalla					BJP	Jugal Kishore Sharma

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error				Lead
			INDIA	NDA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [4]	±3-5%	3	2	0	INDIA
Times Now-ETG	December 2023	±3%	2-3	1-3	0-1	INDIA
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [5]	±5%	3	2	0	INDIA
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [6]	±3-5%	3	2	0	INDIA
Times Now-ETG	December 2023	±3%	2-3	1-3	0-1	INDIA
India TV-CNX	October 2023	±3%	2	2	1	Tie between INDIA and NDA
Times Now-ETG	September 2023	±3%	3-4	1-2	0-1	INDIA
	August 2023	±3%	2-3	1-3	0-1	INDIA

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [7]	±3-5%	47%	44.9%	8.1%	3.1
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [5]	±5%	41.4%	51.5%	7.1%	10.1
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [8]	±3-5%	49%	36%	15%	13

Exit polls

Polling agency				Lead
	NDA	INDIA	Others
TV9 Bharatvarsh- People's Insight - Polstrat	2	2	1	Tie
Actual results	2	2	1	Tie

Voter turnout

Constituencies in phases

Constituency		Poll Date	Turnout	Swing
1	Baramulla	20 May 2024	59.10%	24.60
2	Srinagar	13 May 2024	38.49%	24.06
3	Anantnag–Rajouri	25 May 2024	55.40%	New
4	Udhampur	19 April 2024	68.27%	2.74
5	Jammu	26 April 2024	72.22%	0.28
Total			58.58%	18.1

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INDIA		JKNC	11,39,084	22.30	14.09	3	2	1
			INC	9,90,182	19.38	9.92	2	0
		Total		21,29,266	41.68	4.17	5	2	1
			JKPDP	4,33,049	8.48	4.91	3 [d]	0
	NDA		BJP	12,44,404	24.36	2.01 [e]	2	2
	Others						31	0
	IND						59	1	1
	NOTA			34,249	0.67
Total					100%	-	100	5	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
			Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Baramulla	59.10%	Abdul Rashid Sheikh		Independent	4,72,481	45.70%	Omar Abdullah		JKNC	2,68,339	25.95%	2,04,142	19.75%
2	Srinagar	38.49%	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi		JKNC	3,56,866	52.85%	Waheed Para		JKPDP	1,68,450	24.95%	1,88,416	27.90%
3	Anantnag–Rajouri	55.40%	Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi		JKNC	5,21,836	50.85%	Mehbooba Mufti		JKPDP	2,40,042	23.39%	2,81,794	27.46%
4	Udhampur	68.27%	Jitendra Singh		BJP	5,71,076	51.28%	Chaudhary Lal Singh		INC	4,46,703	40.11%	1,24,373	11.17%
5	Jammu	72.22%	Jugal Kishore Sharma		BJP	6,87,588	52.80%	Raman Bhalla		INC	5,52,090	42.40%	1,35,498	10.40%

Strike-rate

Strike rate is determined by calculating the number of seats won by a party of the number of seats it contested.

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Map needed

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2024 election)
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	36	42
	Bharatiya Janata Party	29	29
	Indian National Congress	7	6
	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	5	3
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference	1	1
	Others	12	9
Total		90

References

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2. "J&K elections likely to held along with Lok Sabha polls next year". The Economic Times. 26 July 2023.
3. The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Kashmir election 2024: Omar Abdullah, Mehboba Mufti concede defeat in Jammu and Kashmir". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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1. Excluding the vote share of Ladakh, which was earlier in Jammu and Kashmir.
2. Was part of INDIA bloc but did not contest under it.
3. Polling in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency in J&K was rescheduled from 7 May 2024 (Phase 3) to 25 May 2024 (Phase 6) due to weather conditions.
4. Was part of INDIA bloc but did not contest under it.
5. Excluding the vote share of Ladakh, which was earlier in Jammu and Kashmir.