# 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in September -October 2002 in four phases.
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference was the single largest party but lacked majority. The Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Indian National Congress (Congress) formed a coalition government with PDP's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed serving as the Chief Minister for the first three years and Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad for the next three years. The election saw a major boycott at the appeal of Tehreek -e-Hurriyat.Kashmir division had a voting percentage of 3.5% while Jammu division had a voting percentage of 16.5%.Rajouri district recorded the least voting percentage at 2.7% The Panthers Party formed part of the ruling coalition with Harsh Dev Singh as the party's first cabinet minister.
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used for first time in Jammu Kashmir assembly elections in 2002. The international community also appreciated the credibility of the elections and the results that followed it. The elections was seen as a victory of the ballot over the bullet. United States lauded 2002 elections of the state. There were 1.7 million voters in the state for 2002 elections.

## Voting

The first phase voting took place on 16 September 2002. There was a polling station for just 11 voters in Zanskar. BJP contested on 52 seats while Jammu State Morcha contested on 12 seats. National Conference president Omar Abdullah contested from Ganderbal seat. Separatists had varied views on the elections ranging from voting to boycott of elections.
The four stages of the elections were held as follows:
| | Date | Seats | Turnout |
| | Monday 16 September | 23 | 47.28% |
| | Sunday 24 November | 28 | 42% |
| | Sunday 1 October | 5 | 41% |
| | Sunday 8 October | 18 | 46% |
| | Total | 87 | 45% |
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## Results

Summary of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results :
| Party | Seats | Previously | +/– | Vote % | Vote Share |
| National Conference | 28 | 57 | 29 | 28.24% | 7,49,825 |
| Indian National Congress | 20 | 7 | 13 | 24.24% | 6,43,751 |
| People's Democratic Party | 16 | - | 16 | 9.28% | 2,46,480 |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.83% | 1,01,830 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | | 0 | 0.88% | 23493 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8.57% | 2,27,633 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4.50% | 1,19,492 |
| Democratic Movement | 1 | | | 0.62% | 16,366 |
| Jammu and Kashmir Awami League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.91% | 24,121 |
| Independents | 13 | | | 16.50% | 4,38,287 |
| Total (turnout 43.70%) | 87 | 87 | | - | - |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 26,55,570 | 99.90 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 584 | 0.10 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 26,56,627 | 43.70 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 24,94,170 | 56.30% | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 60,78,570 | | | |
| Source:Election Commission of India ||||||||||
JKNC became the single largest party with 28 seats. Congress became the second largest party with 25 seats.
Farooq Abdullah resigned as a chief minister on 24 December 2002.

## Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Karnah | 65.37% | Kifil-Ur-Rehman Khan | | JKNC | 8,707 | 46.02% | Mohammed Sikander Khan | | INC | 6,719 | 35.51% | 1,988 |
| 2 | Kupwara | 55.23% | Saifullah Mir | | JKNC | 19,233 | 43.24% | Ghulam Qadir Mir | | Independent | 19,101 | 42.94% | 132 |
| 3 | Lolab | 46.89% | Qaysar Jamshaid Lone | | JKNC | 14,408 | 42.26% | Abdul Haq Khan | | Independent | 12,412 | 36.41% | 1,996 |
| 4 | Handwara | 51.48% | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Sofi | | Independent | 15,389 | 46.67% | Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan | | JKNC | 12,392 | 37.58% | 2,997 |
| 5 | Langate | 53.97% | Sharifuddin Shariq | | JKNC | 8,058 | 30.16% | M. Sultan Pandithpori | | JKPDP | 5,658 | 21.18% | 2,400 |
| 6 | Uri | 66.49% | Taj Mohiuddin | | INC | 20,460 | 48.51% | Mohammad Shafi | | JKNC | 20,276 | 48.08% | 184 |
| 7 | Rafiabad | 52.55% | Mohammad Dilawar Mir | | JKNC | 11,576 | 35.% | Abdul Gani Vakil | | INC | 10,944 | 33.09% | 632 |
| 8 | Sopore | 8.09% | Abdul Rashid Dar | | INC | 2,062 | 33.19% | Abdul Ahad Vakil | | JKNC | 1,515 | 24.39% | 547 |
| 9 | Gurez | 76.5% | Nazir Ahmad Khan | | JKNC | 5,782 | 53.45% | Faqir Mohammed Khan | | Independent | 4,532 | 41.9% | 1,250 |
| 10 | Bandipora | 31.27% | Usman Abdul Majid | | JKAL | 5,722 | 25.8% | Habibullah Bhat | | INC | 5,469 | 24.66% | 253 |
| 11 | Sonawari | 56.51% | Mohammad Akbar Lone | | JKNC | 25,687 | 58.05% | Mohammed Yousuf Parray | | JKAL | 12,929 | 29.22% | 12,758 |
| 12 | Sangrama | 22.11% | Ghulam Nabi Lone | | JKPDP | 3,697 | 35.91% | Mohammed Yousuf | | JKNC | 2,638 | 25.63% | 1,059 |
| 13 | Baramulla | 24.15% | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | | JKPDP | 6,833 | 38.62% | Ghulam Nabi Kachru | | JKNC | 3,984 | 22.52% | 2,849 |
| 14 | Gulmarg | 50.52% | Ghulam Hassan Mir | | JKPDP | 27,737 | 78.16% | Sheikh Mustafa Kamal | | JKNC | 7,749 | 21.84% | 19,988 |
| 15 | Pattan | 41.56% | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | | JKNC | 15,268 | 52.63% | Dr.Abdul Ahad Yatoo | | INC | 13,084 | 45.1% | 2,184 |
| 16 | Kangan | 52.03% | Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi | | JKNC | 16,987 | 64.71% | Ghulam Mohammed Dar | | JKPDP | 5,948 | 22.66% | 11,039 |
| 17 | Ganderbal | 35.21% | Qazi Mohammad Afzal | | JKPDP | 11,622 | 48.26% | Omar Abdullah | | JKNC | 8,752 | 36.34% | 2,870 |
| 18 | Hazratbal | 7.12% | Mohammed Syed Akhoon | | JKNC | 3,042 | 49.79% | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Akhoon | | JKPDP | 1,639 | 26.82% | 1,403 |
| 19 | Zadibal | 4.78% | Shahjahan Dar | | Independent | 1,514 | 46.67% | Khawja Sadiq Ali | | JKNC | 1,220 | 37.61% | 294 |
| 20 | Eidgah | 4.75% | Mubarak Ahmed Gul | | JKNC | 2,026 | 60.62% | Mohammed Ashraf Bakashi | | Independent | 747 | 22.35% | 1,279 |
| 21 | Khanyar | 4.22% | Ali Mohammad Sagar | | JKNC | 2,868 | 93.85% | Mushtaq Ahmad | | INC | 127 | 4.16% | 2,741 |
| 22 | Habba Kadal | 3.21% | Raman Mattoo | | Independent | 587 | 28.47% | Hira Lal Chatta | | BJP | 416 | 20.17% | 171 |
| 23 | Amira Kadal | 3.06% | Mohammed Shafi Bhat | | INC | 1,163 | 51.01% | Ghulam Nabi Mir | | JKNC | 672 | 29.47% | 491 |
| 24 | Sonawar | 9.96% | Mohammed Yaseen Shah | | JKNC | 3,445 | 54.66% | Ghulam Hussain Wani | | JKPDP | 1,740 | 27.61% | 1,705 |
| 25 | Batmaloo | 4.% | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shah | | JKNC | 2,065 | 49.51% | Tariq Hameed Karra | | JKPDP | 1,223 | 29.32% | 842 |
| 26 | Chadoora | 52.45% | Javaid Mustafa Mir | | JKPDP | 15,923 | 58.03% | Ali Mohammad Dar | | JKNC | 7,876 | 28.7% | 8,047 |
| 27 | Budgam | 33.41% | Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi | | JKNC | 11,398 | 50.59% | Aga Syed Mahmood Almosvi | | Independent | 4,753 | 21.1% | 6,645 |
| 28 | Beerwah | 35.06% | Mohammed Sarfraz Khan | | JKPDP | 16,886 | 66.% | Mohammed Amin Banday | | JKNC | 4,966 | 19.41% | 11,920 |
| 29 | Khan Sahib | 49.51% | Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah | | Independent | 20,186 | 67.22% | Abdul Gani Naseem | | JKNC | 4,393 | 14.63% | 15,793 |
| 30 | Charari Sharief | 63.71% | Abdul Rahim Rather | | JKNC | 20,275 | 51.29% | Ghulam Nabi Lone | | JKPDP | 16,520 | 41.79% | 3,755 |
| 31 | Tral | 11.55% | Ghulam Nabi Bhat | | JKNC | 3,253 | 47.3% | Surinder Singh | | INC | 2,944 | 42.8% | 309 |
| 32 | Pampore | 19.17% | Abdul Aziz Mir | | JKPDP | 3,811 | 38.46% | Mohammed Anwar Bhat | | INC | 3,106 | 31.35% | 705 |
| 33 | Pulwama | 18.13% | Mohamad Khalil Band | | JKPDP | 5,209 | 53.09% | Bashir Ahmad Nengroo | | JKNC | 2,782 | 28.36% | 2,427 |
| 34 | Rajpora | 36.71% | Syed Bashir Ahmad | | JKPDP | 13,946 | 58.6% | Ghulam Mohi Uddin Mir | | JKNC | 5,860 | 24.62% | 8,086 |
| 35 | Wachi | 28.29% | Khalil Naik | | CPI(M) | 4,133 | 29.19% | Ghulam Hassan Bhat | | JKPDP | 4,053 | 28.62% | 80 |
| 36 | Shopian | 26.91% | Ghulam Hassan Khan | | JKPDP | 4,083 | 27.2% | Sheikh Mohammed Rafi | | JKNC | 3,363 | 22.4% | 720 |
| 37 | Noorabad | 23.41% | Abdul Aziz Zargar | | JKPDP | 3,616 | 29.74% | Sakeena Akhtar | | JKNC | 3,301 | 27.15% | 315 |
| 38 | Kulgam | 24.4% | Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami | | CPI(M) | 8,346 | 51.72% | Ghulam Nabi Dar | | JKNC | 3,461 | 21.45% | 4,885 |
| 39 | Hom Shali Bugh | 22.93% | Abdul Gafar Sofi | | JKPDP | 6,803 | 58.59% | Mohammed Amin Dar | | CPI(M) | 2,327 | 20.04% | 4,476 |
| 40 | Anantnag | 7.16% | Dr. Mehboob Beigh | | JKNC | 3,513 | 70.23% | Liyakat Ali Khan | | JKAL | 652 | 13.03% | 2,861 |
| 41 | Devsar | 35.56% | Mohammed Sartaj Madni | | JKPDP | 8,721 | 38.52% | Mohammed Yaqub | | CPI(M) | 5,695 | 25.16% | 3,026 |
| 42 | Dooru | 40.48% | Ghulam Ahmad Mir | | INC | 14,461 | 66.19% | Syed Manzoor Ahmad | | JKNC | 3,119 | 14.28% | 11,342 |
| 43 | Kokernag | 15.27% | Peerzada Mohammad Syed | | INC | 3,356 | 38.06% | Ghulam Rasool Malik | | JKPDP | 2,920 | 33.12% | 436 |
| 44 | Shangus–Anantnag East | 25.4% | Peer Mohammed Hussain | | JKPDP | 5,115 | 37.07% | Gulzar Ahmad Wani | | INC | 4,774 | 34.6% | 341 |
| 45 | Srigufwara–Bijbehara | 16.67% | Abdul Rehman Bhat | | JKPDP | 5,961 | 58.32% | Abdul Gani Shah | | JKNC | 2,084 | 20.39% | 3,877 |
| 46 | Pahalgam | 33.02% | Mehbooba Mufti | | JKPDP | 8,544 | 45.11% | Rafi Ahmed Mir | | JKNC | 6,405 | 33.82% | 2,139 |
| 47 | Kargil | 74.83% | Haji Nissar Ali | | Independent | 27,384 | 56.61% | Qamar Ali Akhoon | | JKNC | 20,988 | 43.39% | 6,396 |
| 48 | Zanskar | 78.97% | Mohammed Abass | | JKNC | 8,580 | 47.67% | Tsering Chhosphel | | Independent | 5,393 | 29.96% | 3,187 |
| 49 | Kishtwar | 54.82% | Sajjad Hussain | | JKNC | 16,725 | 41.32% | Ghulam Haider Sheikh | | INC | 15,062 | 37.21% | 1,663 |
| 50 | Inderwal | 56.61% | Ghulam Mohammad Saroori | | INC | 24,551 | 64.75% | Jalal-Ud-Din | | JKNC | 5,667 | 14.95% | 18,884 |
| 51 | Doda | 55.54% | Abdul Majid Wani | | Independent | 13,799 | 35.29% | Khalid Najib Soharawardy | | JKNC | 13,192 | 33.74% | 607 |
| 52 | Bhaderwah | 54.25% | Mohammed Sharief | | INC | 16,962 | 34.18% | Mohammed Aslam | | JKNC | 10,135 | 20.42% | 6,827 |
| 53 | Ramban | 57.71% | Dr. Chaman Lal | | JKNC | 15,220 | 36.12% | Ashok Kumar | | INC | 12,681 | 30.1% | 2,539 |
| 54 | Banihal | 40.55% | Molvi Abdul Rashid | | Independent | 11,393 | 47.51% | Mohammed Farooq Mir | | JKNC | 4,719 | 19.68% | 6,674 |
| 55 | Gulabgarh | 55.99% | Abdul Ghani Malik | | JKNC | 12,476 | 35.15% | Ajaz Ahmad Khan | | Independent | 9,546 | 26.9% | 2,930 |
| 56 | Reasi | 62.2% | Jugal Kishore | | INC | 23,045 | 36.97% | Baldev Raj | | BJP | 20,989 | 33.67% | 2,056 |
| 57 | Gool Arnas | 60.08% | Ajaz Ahmed Khan | | Independent | 10,881 | 33.36% | Kabala Singh | | BJP | 5,895 | 18.08% | 4,986 |
| 58 | Udhampur | 58.39% | Balwant Singh Mankotia | | JKNPP | 24,679 | 40.39% | Pawan Kumar Gupta | | BJP | 14,727 | 24.1% | 9,952 |
| 59 | Chenani | 61.54% | Faquir Nath | | JKNPP | 17,118 | 37.42% | Krishan Chander | | INC | 15,353 | 33.56% | 1,765 |
| 60 | Ramnagar | 60.72% | Harsh Dev Singh | | JKNPP | 29,914 | 50.4% | Khalil Allaha Qazi | | BSP | 13,430 | 22.63% | 16,484 |
| 61 | Bani | 67.63% | Prem Sagar | | INC | 10,395 | 42.68% | Ghulam Haider Malik | | JKNC | 6,708 | 27.54% | 3,687 |
| 62 | Basohli | 63.15% | Chaudhary Lal Singh | | INC | 18,916 | 43.61% | Jagdish Raj Sapolia | | BJP | 15,248 | 35.15% | 3,668 |
| 63 | Kathua | 57.% | Jatinder Singh | | DM | 16,366 | 25.56% | Sagar Chand | | BSP | 13,307 | 20.79% | 3,059 |
| 64 | Billawar | 63.9% | Manohar Lal Sharma | | Independent | 24,736 | 47.77% | Balbir Singh | | INC | 10,175 | 19.65% | 14,561 |
| 65 | Hiranagar | 60.12% | Girdhari Lal | | INC | 31,402 | 54.88% | Gopal Dass | | BJP | 13,190 | 23.05% | 18,212 |
| 66 | Samba | 58.47% | Yash Paul Kundal | | JKNPP | 11,079 | 25.31% | Swarn Lata | | INC | 10,333 | 23.6% | 746 |
| 67 | Vijaypur | 64.19% | Manjit Singh | | BSP | 25,406 | 39.21% | Surjeet Singh Slathia | | JKNC | 20,329 | 31.37% | 5,077 |
| 68 | Nagrota | 63.85% | Jugal Kishore Sharma | | BJP | 10,653 | 26.82% | Ajatshatru Singh | | JKNC | 10,586 | 26.65% | 67 |
| 69 | Gandhinagar | 48.46% | Raman Bhalla | | INC | 37,010 | 49.81% | Harbans Singh | | JKNC | 26,517 | 35.69% | 10,493 |
| 70 | Jammu East | 38.67% | Yogesh Kumar Sawhney | | INC | 11,784 | 34.91% | Ashok Kumar | | BJP | 8,448 | 25.03% | 3,336 |
| 71 | Jammu West | 38.69% | Mangat Ram Sharma | | INC | 25,627 | 40.47% | Virander Kumar Gupta | | Independent | 17,704 | 27.96% | 7,923 |
| 72 | Bishnah | 67.43% | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | | Independent | 17,961 | 32.72% | Kamal Verma | | JKNC | 13,298 | 24.22% | 4,663 |
| 73 | Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South | 61.4% | Suman Lata Bhagat | | INC | 19,669 | 41.4% | Romesh Lal Mottan | | NCP | 16,485 | 34.7% | 3,184 |
| 74 | Suchetgarh | 69.81% | Gharu Ram Bhagat | | INC | 11,344 | 27.45% | Rajinder Singh Chib | | BJP | 11,207 | 27.11% | 137 |
| 75 | Marh | 68.83% | Ajay Sadhotra | | JKNC | 14,959 | 31.87% | Sukh Nandan Kumar | | BJP | 13,792 | 29.39% | 1,167 |
| 76 | Raipur Domana | 61.05% | Mulla Ram | | INC | 20,538 | 43.49% | Bharat Bhushan | | Independent | 8,852 | 18.74% | 11,686 |
| 77 | Akhnoor | 71.27% | Madan Lal Sharma | | INC | 17,102 | 29.36% | Govind Ram Sharma | | JKNC | 16,037 | 27.54% | 1,065 |
| 78 | Chhamb | 70.47% | Tara Chand | | INC | 20,630 | 46.3% | Chhaju Ram Lamba | | JKNC | 10,296 | 23.1% | 10,334 |
| 79 | Nowshera | 57.86% | Romesh Chander Sharma | | INC | 20,511 | 40.25% | Radhey Sham Sharma | | JKNC | 16,037 | 31.47% | 4,474 |
| 80 | Darhal | 46.61% | Thakur Puran Singh | | Independent | 11,832 | 28.09% | Chowdhary Liaqat Ali | | JKNC | 11,615 | 27.58% | 217 |
| 81 | Rajouri | 27.05% | Mohammed Aslam | | JKNC | 11,933 | 40.% | Qamar Hussain | | INC | 9,255 | 31.02% | 2,678 |
| 82 | Kalakote | 48.66% | Rachpal Singh | | JKNC | 19,324 | 46.61% | Ashok Kumar Sharma | | INC | 18,124 | 43.71% | 1,200 |
| 83 | Surankote | 40.01% | Mushtaq Ahmad Shah | | JKNC | 15,243 | 45.84% | Mohammed Aslam | | INC | 13,271 | 39.91% | 1,972 |
| 84 | Mendhar | 60.29% | Javed Ahmed Rana | | JKNC | 24,530 | 51.39% | Rafiq Hussain Khan | | Independent | 16,665 | 34.92% | 7,865 |
| 85 | Poonch Haveli | 60.73% | Ghulam Mohammed Jan | | JKNC | 27,364 | 47.41% | Yeshpal Sharma | | INC | 26,718 | 46.3% | 646 |
| 86 | Nubra | - | Sonam Wangchuk Narboo | | Independent | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed |
| 87 | Leh | - | Sh. Nawang Rigzin | | Independent | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed |