Jammu and Kashmir was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019,constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region,which has been the subject of a dispute between India,Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century. The underlying region of this state were parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,whose western districts,now known as Azad Kashmir,and northern territories,now known as Gilgit-Baltistan,are administered by Pakistan. The Aksai Chin region in the east,bordering Tibet,has been under Chinese control since 1962.
Mehbooba Mufti Sayed is an Indian politician and leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP),who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She was the first female chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019,Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) is an alliance of 26 political,social and religious organizations formed on 9 March 1993,as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri independence in the Kashmir conflict. Mehmood Ahmed Saghar was the first convener of the APHC-PAK chapter when the alliance was established in 1993. The alliance has historically been viewed positively by Pakistan as it contests the claim of the Indian government over the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The organisation is split into two main factions the Mirwaiz and Geelani,The Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is the founder and chairman of Mirwaiz faction and the Masarat Alam Bhat is the interim chairman of Geelani faction faction he succeeded Syed Ali Shah Geelani after his death who was the founder and chairman of Geelani faction.
Anantnag district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of ten districts which make up the Kashmir Valley. The district headquarters is Anantnag city. As of 2011,it was the third most populous district of Jammu and Kashmir,after Jammu and Srinagar.
Dr. Farooq Abdullah is an Indian politician and current President of Jammu &Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982,and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. He is the son of the 1st elected Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah,and father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.
Omar Abdullah is an Indian politician who served as former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference since 2009.
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir,India. The PDP was headed and founded by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. His daughter,Mehbooba Mufti,succeeded him as party leader and as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir following his death in January 2016. The party is a member of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration electoral alliance. The party is also a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance since its founding on 18 June 2023.
Article 370 of the Indian constitution gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir,a region located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent and part of the larger region of Kashmir which has been the subject of a dispute between India,Pakistan and China since 1947. Jammu and Kashmir was administered by India as a state from 17 November 1952 to 31 October 2019,and Article 370 conferred on it the power to have a separate constitution,a state flag,and autonomy of internal administration.
Mohammad Akbar Lone is a Kashmiri politician who serves the state of Jammu and Kashmir and belongs to the National Conference political party. He was elected Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2008. He was made Cabinet Minister in the Omar Abdullah Government on 15 January 2013 and was given portfolio of Minister in-charge of Higher Education.
Mohammad Khalil Naik is a Kashmiri politician. He is a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Jammu &Kashmir. He served as Member of the Jammu &Kashmir Legislative Assembly representing the Wachi constituency 2002-2008. He is also a member of the Jammu &Kashmir State Committee of CPI(M).
Mirza Mehboob Beg is a veteran Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir,belonging to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and currently serving as its General Secretary(Organisation). Beg has been elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,Legislative Council and the Indian Parliament various times. He has also served as the Cabinet Minister for Health,Family Welfare and Medical Education.
Jitendra Singh is an Indian physician and politician who serving as 18th Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences since 2024. For Prime Minister's Office;Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions;Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Udhampur with the majority of 1,24,373 votes.
Elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India to elect the representatives of various bodies at national,state and district levels including the 114 seat unicameral Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Parliament of India. The first elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir took place between 28 November and 19 December 2020 in the form of by-elections to District Development Councils and municipal and panchayat level bodies. A fresh delimitation process for assembly constituencies began in February–March 2020.
The 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in five phases from 25 November –20 December 2014. Voters elected 87 members to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,which ends its six-year term on 19 January 2020. The results were declared on 23 December 2014. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 3 assembly seats out of 87 in Jammu Kashmir elections.
A by-election was held in the Lok Sabha constituency of Srinagar on 9 April 2017 with repolling in 38 polling on 13 April. It was triggered by the resignation of Tariq Hameed Karra after his defection from Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party to the Indian National Congress.
Ghulam Ahmad Mir is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who had represented Dooru in the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly. He was the President of Jammu &Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections,he lost to Hasan Masoodi of National Conference.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act,2019 is an act of the parliament of India containing provisions to reconstitute the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Indian-administered union territories (UTs) called Jammu and Kashmir,and Ladakh,and becoming effective on 31 October 2019. A bill for the act was introduced by the Minister of Home Affairs,Amit Shah,in the Rajya Sabha on 5 August 2019 and was passed on the same day. It was then passed by the Lok Sabha on 6 August 2019 and it received the president's assent on 9 August 2019.
On 5 August 2019,the Government of India revoked the special status,or autonomy,granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute among India,Pakistan,and China since 1947.
Legislative Assembly elections are speculated to be held in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in 2024 to elect 90 members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Legally,the election shall be held no later than 30 September 2024.
Peer Mohammed Hussain Soharvardi is a Kashmiri politician and former Minister of State in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as Member of Legislative Assembly (2002-2008) after being elected from the Shangus assembly constituency. He,subsequently,also served as Vice Chairman of the J&K Muslim Wakf Board.
