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Legislative Assembly elections are speculated be held in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India to elect 90 members [lower-alpha 1] of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly expected to be along with next Indian general election. [1] [2] The legislative assembly was dissolved in November 2018 through an order [3] by the then Governor Satyapal Malik, which was challenged through dozens of petitions.
The date of the next elections have not be finalized yet. But would be the first since 2014 and the first since the territory's special status was revoked [4] and its statehood withdrawn in 2019. [5]
The previous assembly elections were held in November–December 2014. After the election, coalition of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed becoming the Chief Minister. [6] [7]
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died on 7 January 2016. [8] After a brief period of Governor's rule, Mehbooba Mufti was sworn in as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. [9]
In June 2018, BJP withdrew its support from the government [10] and Governor's rule was subsequently imposed in Jammu and Kashmir. [11] In November 2018, the state assembly was dissolved by Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik. [12] despite the fact that many political parties had written to the Governor expressing their willingness to form the Government. [13] President's rule was imposed on 20 December 2018. [14]
In 2019, Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated [4] and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from 31 October 2019. [5]
In March 2020, a three-member Delimitation Commission was formed, chaired by retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, for the delimitation of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. [15] The commission published its interim report in February 2022. [16] The final delimitation report was released on 5 May 2022 under which additional 6 seats were added to Jammu division and 1 seat to Kashmir division. After delimitation, the total seats in the assembly rose to 114 seats, out of which 24 seats are designated for areas that fall under Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Out of the remaining 90 seats, 43 seats are in Jammu division and 47 seats are in the Kashmir division. [17] The final delimitation report came into force from 20 May 2022. [18]
In 2020, DDC elections were held after revocation of special status. People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) secured 110 seats, while BJP was the single largest party with 75 seats. [19]
Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from Indian National Congress on 26 August 2022 [20] and launched a new party named Democratic Azad Party on 26 September 2022, [21] [22] later renamed as Democratic Progressive Azad Party. [23]
Union Home Minister introduced 2 bills to extend the provisions for reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities as applicable for the legislative assemblies throughout the country. [24]
The bills also empower the Lt. Governor of the UT to nominate 2 members from Kashmiri migrant families (1 seat reserved for woman) and 1 seat to be reserved for representative of migrants from (what Indian laws denote as) Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), taking the total number of nominated members in the assembly to 5.
Alliance/Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats contested | ||||
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People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | Farooq Abdullah | TBD | TBD | |||||
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | Mehbooba Mufti | TBD | |||||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami | TBD | |||||||
Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference | Begum Khalida Shah [25] | TBD | |||||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | Ravinder Raina | TBD | |||||||
Indian National Congress | Vikar Rasool Wani | TBD | |||||||
Aam Aadmi Party | TBA | TBD | |||||||
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party | Altaf Bukhari | TBD | |||||||
Democratic Progressive Azad Party | TBD | Ghulam Nabi Azad | TBD | ||||||
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | Sajjad Gani Lone | TBD | |||||||
Jammu & Kashmir People's Movement | Mohammed Hussain Padder [26] | TBD | |||||||
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | Jay Mala | TBD | |||||||
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | Manish Sahni [27] | TBD | |||||||
Ikkjutt Jammu | Ankur Sharma [28] | TBD | |||||||
Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party | Mir Junaid [29] | TBD |
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