Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2014

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Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, 2014
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←  2008 25 November to 20 December 2014
All 87 seats in Legislative Assembly
44 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.23%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Flag of the JKPDP.png Bharatiya Janata Party (icon).jpg JKNC-flag.svg
Leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Nirmal Kumar Singh Omar Abdullah
Party PDP BJP JKN
Leader's seat Anantnag Billawar Beerwah, Sonawar(lost)
Last election211128
Seats won282515
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Increase2.svg14Decrease2.svg 13
Percentage22.7%23.0%20.8%
 Fourth party
 
Party INC
Last election17
Seats won12
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5
Percentage18.0%
Chief Minister before election

Omar Abdullah
JKN
(in coalition with the INC)

Elected Chief Minister

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
PDP
(in coalition with the BJP)

Contents

Seat wise party share: People's Democratic Party (PDP): 28 seats Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 25 seats National Conference (NC): 15 seats Indian National Congress (INC): 12 seats Other parties: 7 seats Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Elections 2014.svg
Seat wise party share:
  People's Democratic Party (PDP): 28 seats
  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 25 seats
  National Conference (NC): 15 seats
  Indian National Congress (INC): 12 seats
Other parties: 7 seats

The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2014 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 2015. The results were declared on 23 December 2014. [1] [2] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 3 assembly seats out of 87 in Jammu Kashmir elections. [3] [4] [5]

India Country in South Asia

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Jammu and Kashmir State in India

Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India, often denoted by its acronym, J&K. It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains, and shares borders with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. The Line of Control separates it from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north respectively, and a Line of Actual Control separates it from the Chinese-administered territory of Aksai Chin in the east. The state has special autonomy under Article 370 of the Constitution of India.

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly State legislature house in India

The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is known as the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature. It has 87 members.

Background and campaign

Before the election, Indian National Congress broke its alliance with Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and contested on all seats in the assembly. [6]

Indian National Congress Major political party in India

The Indian National Congress(pronunciation ) is a broadly based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

Campaigning before the elections was aggressive and robust. Following the huge victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian parliamentary election, the BJP turned its attention towards J&K and campaigned on the promise of 'development'. This included a visit from the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi in support of the local BJP campaign.

Bharatiya Janata Party Major right-wing political party in India

The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. As of 2018, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies, and it is the world's largest party in terms of primary membership. BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions. It has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

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Boycott Calls

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 separatism. This alliance has historically been viewed positively by Pakistan as it contests the claim of the Indian government over the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is its chairman and Ghulam Muhammad Safi was elected as its convener in Pakistan on January 2010.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani Kashmiri Politician, Islamic Figure

Syed Ali Shah Geelani is a Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat leader. He was previously a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir but later on founded his own party by the name of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat. He has served as the chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of separatist parties in Jammu and Kashmir. He was an MLA from the Sopore constituency of Jammu and Kashmir three times.

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Voting

The polls were carried out in five phases. Despite several boycott calls by hurriyat leaders, elections recorded highest voters turnout in last 25 years. Voters turnout was more than 65% which is higher than usual voting percentage in other states of India. [9] [10] [11] [12]

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Voting stages
DateSeatsTurnout
Tuesday 25 November1571.28%
Tuesday 2 December1871%
Tuesday 9 December1658.89%
Sunday 14 December1849%
Saturday 20 December2076%
Total8765.23%
Source: [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

The European Parliament, on the behalf of European Union, welcomed the smooth conduct of the State Legislative Elections in the Jammu and Kashmir. [18] The EU in its message said that, "The high voter turnout figure proves that democracy is firmly rooted in India. The EU would like to congratulate India and its democratic system for conduct of fair elections, unmarred by violence, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir". [18] [19] [20] The European Parliament also takes cognizance of the fact that a large number of Kashmiri voters turned out despite calls for the boycott of elections by certain separatist forces. [19] However, elected Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said, "If God forbid the Hurriyat and the militants tried to disrupt the elections these would not have been as participative as they had been. They (Pakistan) also allowed these elections to take place." Ruling Party president Mehbooba Mufti also defended Mufti's remarks. [21] While taking dig at Mufti's statement former Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said that, "In fact, Pakistan and militant groups tried their best to destabilise the democratic process in the state." [22] [23]

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Rajya Sabha Upper house of the Parliament of India

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Results

e  •  d  Summary of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results
PartySeatsPreviously+/–Vote %Vote Share
People's Democratic Party 2821+722.7%10,92,203
Bharatiya Janata Party 2511+1423.0%11,07,194
National Conference 1528-1320.8%10,00,693
Indian National Congress 1217-518.0%8,67,883
Jammu & Kashmir People's Conference 20+2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1100.5%
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Front 000
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party 03-3
People's Democratic Front 110--
Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist 01-1%
Independents34-1%
Total (turnout 65.23%)8787--
Source: Electoral Commission of India [24]

PDP became the single largest party with 28 seats. BJP became the second largest party with 25 seats. [25]

Omar Abdullah resigned as a chief minister on 24 December 2014. [26]

Government formation

Three days after the results, the JKN approached the BJP for a meeting to try and form a government[ citation needed ]. As part of the deal, Nirmal Kumar Singh was to be the chief minister and JKN's MLA Ali Mohammad Sagar was to be his deputy[ citation needed ]. The deal fell through after a revolt in the JKN. The BJP also rejected this deal, citing morality issues[ citation needed ].

In the following days, the JKN also announced its intention to support the PDP from outside by submitting a letter to governor Narinder Nath Vohra after the dialogue with the BJP fell through. The PDP refused.

A week after the results, the PDP and the BJP officially started talks. Both parties had a two-member team to form a Common Minimum Programme (CMP). The PDP was represented by Naeem Akhtar and Haseeb Drabu, while Ram Madhav and Nirmal Kumar Singh represented the BJP. Minister of State in the PMO, Jitendra Singh, supervised the dialogue.

Omar Abdullah resigned as chief minister on 24 December. The Governor[ who? ] accepted his resignation, but asked him to continue in an interim capacity until the formation of a new government. President's rule was imposed on 1 January 2015.

After dealing with issues, both parties turned their attention to the composition of the cabinet. The PDP was initially reluctant for a three-year rotation of the chief minister's post, but later agreed. There were also issues related to the joining of the government by separatist-turned-politician Sajjad Lone. In the run-up to the election, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and praised him by calling him "big brother." The BJP reciprocated by not running a candidate against Lone for the Handwara seat, from where he won, and got elected to the assembly for the first time.

Both parties announced on 25 February that the CMP was almost ready, in a joint press conference called by BJP national President Amit Shah and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti. They also stated that the ideological differences had been "ironed out" and both parties were now working on the formation of a cabinet. The dialogue between both parties ended successfully on 18 February - two months and 5 days after beginning of talks.

The new PDP-BJP government took the oath of office on 1 March in the Zorawar Singh Stadium of Jammu, with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as chief minister for the full term of six years and Nirmal Kumar Singh as his deputy. Modi was also present for the occasion. Twelve cabinet ministers from each party were also sworn-in. This was the first time that the BJP was a coalition partner in the Jammu and Kashmir government. Lone and independent MLA for Udhampur, Pawan Kumar Gupta, were also sworn-in as cabinet ministers from the BJP's quota.

The CMP was then released in a press conference. The CMP gave a vision of "all-round development of Jammu and Kashmir" and "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas" (with everyone, everyone's development). Contentious issues like Article 370 and AFSPA would be referred to a high-power committee, with representation from both parties and civil society. The PDP also agreed to join the NDA's central, with Mehbooba Mufti's induction into the union cabinet, at a later date, and also support the Modi government in both houses of parliament.

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