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The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir union territory and Ladakh.Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation renamed itself to National Conference in 1939 in order to represent all the ...
JKNC emerged as the single largest party, winning 42 seats in total, while BJP came second with 29 seats won. [11] The INC won 6 seats, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP) won 3 seats, while CPI(M), Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference and Aam Aadmi Party won one seat each. 7 seats were won by independent candidates. [ 11 ]
Surinder Choudhary (born 1968) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the deputy chief minister of the Jammu and Kashmir since 16 October 2024. [1] He has been a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly since 8 October 2024, representing the Nowshera assembly constituency as a member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference.
Official website The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir . As per the Constitution of India , the lieutenant governor is the union territory's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister .
Elections for the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in September -October 2002 in four phases. [1] [2]Jammu & Kashmir National Conference was the single largest party but lacked majority.
The 1983 Jammu and Kashmir elections cemented the political polarisation on religious lines after Indira Gandhi campaigned aggressively in the state, raising the bogey of a 'Muslim invasion' of the Jammu region, alluding to the Resettlement Bill passed by the-then National Conference government, which gave the state's residents who left for Pakistan before 1954 the right to return to the state ...
Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over June 1977, [1] which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state. [2] Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, newly revived from the former Plebiscite Front, won an overwhelming majority and re-elected Sheikh Abdullah as the Chief Minister.
The party was founded in the year 1984, as "National Conference (Khalida)". It is a break-away faction of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), which allied itself with Indian National Congress to form a government under the leadership of Ghulam Mohammad Shah as the chief minister.