2021 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021. They will be the first elections after the area became a union territory.[2]

2021 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
All 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mehbooba Mufti Ravinder Raina Farooq Abdullah
Party JKPDP BJP JKNC
Alliance PAGD None PAGD
Leader since 2016 2018 2009
Leader's seat - - -
Last election 28 25 15
Seats won - - -
Seat change - - -
Percentage - - -
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir Sajjad Gani Lone Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami
Party INC JKPC CPI (M)
Alliance None None[1] PAGD
Leader since - - -
Leader's seat - Handwara Kulgam
Last election 12 2 1
Seats won - - -
Seat change - - -
Percentage - - -

Background

Following the 2014 elections, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed a coalition government. In 2018 the BJP pulled out and withdrew its support from the government. Governor's rule was subsequently imposed. In 2019 Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated. The state was split into two union territories, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. The UT of Jammu and Kashmir was provided a legislature, with elections planned for 2021.[3]

Elections

The delimitation process for the elections had started from March 2020, and is continuing now as it is said to be completed in a year.[4] Excluding the four seats which fell in the UT of Ladakh, Kashmir Valley had 46 seats and the Jammu division had 37 seats. But, due to delimitation process, the Jammu division got more 7 seats, thus making the total seat tally 90.[5] The elections will be held in all of the 90 seats of the Legislative Assembly.

Results

See also

References
  1. "Sajad Lone's People's Conference exits Farooq Abdullah-led Gupkar alliance". frontline.thehindu.com. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "State Assembly Elections slated to happen in 2021". ww.oneindia.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "2021 Election Dates Calendar: Check List of State Assembly Elections Slated To Happen Next Year". news.abplive.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam,Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020". eci.gov.in. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. "Assembly Elections unlikely in J&K till 2021, Delimitation to begin by November: Reports". www.thepublish.in. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.


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