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The results of the elections were announced on 8 October 2024. The INDIA alliance , consisting of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), won a majority of seats in the election, winning 49 of the 90 seats for which elections were held, with the ...
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Indian-administered 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%.
[1] [2] 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. [3] [4] A fresh delimitation process for assembly constituencies began in February–March 2020. [1] [5]
Elections for a constituent assembly were held in 1951, in which Abdullah's National Conference won all 75 seats. In 1957, a new constitution was adopted by the constituent assembly, which established a bicameral legislature consisting of an upper house, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council and a lower house, the Jammu and Kashmir ...
Exit polls reach far more people than the average pre-Election-Day poll, which typically only includes 1,000-2,000 people. Edison Research reached more than 100,000 voters in the 2020 general ...
[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 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This was the last assembly election before the territory's special status was revoked [ 6 ] and Ladakh separated as union territory in 2019.
Exit polls are also used to collect demographic data about voters and to find out why they voted as they did. Since actual votes are cast anonymously, polling is the only way of collecting this information. Exit polls have historically and throughout the world been used as a check against, and rough indicator of, the degree of election fraud.
Politics in the region reflects the historical tension and dispute that the state has been a part of in the form of the Kashmir conflict. The head of state is the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, currently Manoj Sinha, while the head of government is the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, currently vacant.