2024 Indian general election in Ladakh

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2024 Indian general election in Ladakh
Flag of India.svg
  2019
(Jammu
and
Kashmir)
20 May 20242029 

Lone Lok Sabha seat from Ladakh
Opinion polls
Turnout71.82% (Increase2.svg0.77%)
 First partySecond party
 
Hand INC.svg
Lotus flower symbol.svg
LeaderTsering NamgyalTashi Gyalson
Party INC BJP
Alliance INDIA NDA
Leader since20202024
Leader's seat Ladakh Ladakh
Last election16.80%, 0 seat33.94%, 1 seat
Seats before01
Seats won00
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote37,39731,505
Percentage27.59%23.58%
SwingIncrease2.svg10.79%Decrease2.svg10.36%

2024 Lok Sabha Ladakh Result Map.svg
Result Map of the 2024 general election in Ladakh

Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Ladakh on 20 May 2024 to elect 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha. [1] [2] These elections are the first elections to be held in Ladakh after the separating of the territory from Jammu and Kashmir under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and granting it a separate Union territory status.

Contents

Election schedule

Poll eventPhase
V
Notification Date26 April 2024
Last Date for filing nomination3 May 2024
Scrutiny of nomination4 May 2024
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination6 May 2024
Date of poll20 May 2024
Date of counting of votes/Result4 June 2024

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Tashi Gyalson 1

   Indian National Developmental Inclusive
       Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Nawang Rigzin Jora 1

Candidates

Constituency
NDA INDIA
1 Ladakh BJP Tashi Gyalson INC Tsering Namgyal

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agencyDate publishedMargin of ErrorLead
NDA INDIA Others
ABP News-CVoterMarch 2024 [3] ±5%100NDA
Polling agencyDate publishedMargin of ErrorLead
NDA INDIA Others
ABP News-CVoterMarch 2024 [3] ±5%44%41%15%3

Exit polls

Polling agencyLead
NDA INDIA Others

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/−
Mohmad Haneefa 65,25947.96%New11Increase2.svg1
INDIA INC 37,39727.88%Increase2.svg10.73%10Steady2.svg
NDA BJP 31,95623.49%Decrease2.svg10.36%10Decrease2.svg1
NOTA 9120.67%Decrease2.svg0.06%
Total1,35,524100%-31-

Results by constituency

ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
PartyAllianceCandidateVotes%PartyAllianceCandidateVotes%Votes%
1 Ladakh 71.82%Increase2.svg Independent Independent Mohmad Haneefa 65,62948.15% INC INDIA Tsering Namgyal37,39727.59%27,86220.56%

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References

  1. "Kargil results make BJP's bid for Ladakh parliament seat an uphill task in 2024". The Hindu. 9 October 2023.
  2. "Ladakh council election, A warning for the BJP". India Today. 13 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 ABP News Bureau (12 March 2024). "ABP News-CVoter Opinion Poll: BJP Set To Sweep Ladakh In First Polls After Separation From J&K". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.