The 2024 Indian general election was held in Jammu and Kashmir in 5 phases from 19 April to 20 May 2024 to elect 5 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. 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%. One seat was won by an independent candidate.

Election schedule Poll eventPhaseIIIIIIIVVNotification date20 March 28 March 12 April 18 April 26 AprilLast date for filing nomination27 March4 April19 April25 April3 MayScrutiny of nomination28 March 5 April 20 April 26 April 4 MayLast Date for withdrawal of nomination30 March 8 April 22 April 29 April 6 MayDate of poll19 April26 April25 May13 May20 MayDate of counting of votes/Result4 June 2024No. of constituencies11111

Parties and alliances

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceFarooq Abdullah3Indian National CongressRaman Bhalla2 Total 5

National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested Bharatiya Janata PartyJitendra Singh2Total 2

Others +Recognised parties PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedJammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti3 Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers PartyHarsh Dev Singh5 Bahujan Samaj Party2 All India Forward Bloc2Total 12 +Unrecognised parties PartySymbolSeats contestedJammu and Kashmir Nationalist People's Front3National Loktantrik Party3Democratic Progressive Azad Party 2Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal2 Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party2Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference2rowspan=2 National Awami United Party2Bharat Jodo Party1Gana Suraksha Party1rowspan=4 Garib Democratic Party1Hindustan Shakti Sena1National Youth Party1Rashtriya Jankranti Party1Total 22

Candidates ConstituencyINDIANDA 1 Baramullarowspan="3" JKNCOmar Abdullahrowspan="3" JKPDP Fayaz Ahmad MirDNC 2SrinagarJKNCAga Syed Ruhullah MehdiJKPDP Waheed Parra 3 Anantnag–RajouriJKNCMian Altaf Ahmed LarviJKPDP Mehbooba Mufti 4Udhampurrowspan="2" INC Chaudhary Lal SinghDNC rowspan="2" BJPJitendra Singh5Jammu INC Raman BhallaBJPJugal Kishore Sharma

Surveys and polls Opinion polls

Exit polls

Voter turnout Constituencies in phases ConstituencyPoll dateTurnoutSwing1Baramulla20 May 202459.10% 24.602Srinagar13 May 202438.49% 24.063Anantnag–Rajouri25 May 202455.40%New4Udhampur19 April 202468.27% 2.745Jammu26 April 202472.22% 0.28Total58.58% 18.1

Results Results by alliance or party Alliance/ PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−rowspan="4" INDIAJKNC22.3014.0932 1INC19.38 9.9220Total41.68 4.1752 1JKPDP8.48 4.9130NDABJP24.36 2.0122Others310IND591 1NOTA0.67Total100 - 100 5 -

Results by constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Poll % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Baramulla59.10%Abdul Rashid Sheikh4,72,48145.70%Omar Abdullah2,68,33925.95%2,04,14219.75% 2Srinagar38.49%Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi3,56,86652.85%Waheed Para1,68,45024.95%1,88,41627.90%3Anantnag–Rajouri55.40% Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi5,21,83650.85%Mehbooba Mufti2,40,04223.39%2,81,79427.46%4Udhampur68.27%Jitendra Singh5,71,07651.28%Chaudhary Lal Singh4,46,70340.11%1,24,37311.17%5Jammu72.22%Jugal Kishore Sharma6,87,58852.80%Raman Bhalla5,52,09042.40%1,35,49810.40%

Strike-rate Strike rate is determined by calculating the number of seats won by a party of the number of seats it contested. BJP had a 100% strike rate (It won both the seats it contested). JKNC had a 66.67% strike rate (it won 2 out of 3 seats it contested). Congress and JKPDP had a strike rate of 0% (they lost all the seats they contested).

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties Map needed PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2024 election) Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 3642 Bharatiya Janata Party2929 Indian National Congress76 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party53 Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference11 Others129Total90

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