# 2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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. 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 event | Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase |
| Poll event | I | II | III | IV | V |
| Notification Date | 20 March | 28 March | 12 April | 18 April | 26 April |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 27 March | 4 April | 19 April | 25 April | 3 May |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 28 March | 5 April | 20 April | 26 April | 4 May |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 30 March | 8 April | 22 April | 29 April | 6 May |
| Date of poll | 19 April | 26 April | 25 May | 13 May | 20 May |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 |
| No. of constituencies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Parties and alliances
### Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | | | Farooq Abdullah | 3 |
| Indian National Congress | | | Raman Bhalla | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 |

### National Democratic Alliance

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Jitendra Singh | 2 |
| | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 |

### Others

Recognised parties :
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | | | Mehbooba Mufti | 3 |
| Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | | | TBD | 5 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | | | TBD | 2 |
| All India Forward Bloc | | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 |
Unrecognised parties :
| Party | Symbol | Contesting Seats |
| Jammu and Kashmir Nationalist People's Front | | 3 |
| National Loktantrik Party | | 3 |
| Democratic Progressive Azad Party | | 2 |
| Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal | | 2 |
| Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party | | 2 |
| Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | | 2 |
| National Awami United Party | | 2 |
| Bharat Jodo Party | | 1 |
| Gana Suraksha Party | | 1 |
| Garib Democratic Party | | 1 |
| Hindustan Shakti Sena | | 1 |
| National Youth Party | | 1 |
| Rashtriya Jankranti Party | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 22 |

## Candidates

| Constituency | Constituency | | | | | | | | | |
| Constituency | Constituency | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | NDA | NDA | NDA |
| 1 | Baramulla | | JKNC | Omar Abdullah | | JKPDP | Fayaz Ahmad Mir | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 2 | Srinagar | | JKNC | Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi | | JKPDP | Waheed Parra | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 3 | Anantnag–Rajouri | | JKNC | Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi | | JKPDP | Mehbooba Mufti | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 4 | Udhampur | | INC | Chaudhary Lal Singh | DNC | DNC | DNC | | BJP | Jitendra Singh |
| 5 | Jammu | | INC | Raman Bhalla | DNC | DNC | DNC | | BJP | Jugal Kishore Sharma |

## Surveys and polls
### Opinion polls

| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | INDIA | NDA | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | April 2024 | ±3-5% | 3 | 2 | 0 | INDIA |
| Times Now-ETG | December 2023 | ±3% | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | INDIA |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 3 | 2 | 0 | INDIA |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 3 | 2 | 0 | INDIA |
| Times Now-ETG | December 2023 | ±3% | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | INDIA |
| India TV-CNX | October 2023 | ±3% | 2 | 2 | 1 | Tie between INDIA and NDA |
| Times Now-ETG | September 2023 | ±3% | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | INDIA |
| Times Now-ETG | August 2023 | ±3% | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | INDIA |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | April 2024 | ±3-5% | 47% | 44.9% | 8.1% | 3.1 |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 41.4% | 51.5% | 7.1% | 10.1 |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 49% | 36% | 15% | 13 |

### Exit polls

| Polling agency | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| Actual Results | 2 | 2 | 1 | Tie |

## Voter turnout
### Constituencies in phases

| Constituency | Constituency | Poll Date | Turnout | Swing |
| 1 | Baramulla | 20 May 2024 | 59.10% | 24.60 |
| 2 | Srinagar | 13 May 2024 | 38.49% | 24.06 |
| 3 | Anantnag–Rajouri | 25 May 2024 | 55.40% | New |
| 4 | Udhampur | 19 April 2024 | 68.27% | 2.74 |
| 5 | Jammu | 26 April 2024 | 72.22% | 0.28 |
| Total | Total | Total | 58.58% | 18.1 |

## Results
### Results by alliance or party

| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| | INDIA | | JKNC | 11,39,084 | 22.30 | 14.09 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | INDIA | | JKPDP | 4,33,049 | 8.48 | 4.91 | 3 | 0 | |
| | INDIA | | INC | 9,90,182 | 19.38 | 9.92 | 2 | 0 | |
| | INDIA | Total | Total | 21,29,266 | 41.68 | 9.08 | 2+3/3 | 2 | 1 |
| | NDA | | BJP | 12,44,404 | 24.36 | 23.13 | 2 | 2 | |
| | Others | Others | Others | | | | 31 | 0 | |
| | IND | IND | IND | | | | 59 | 1 | 1 |
| | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 34,249 | 0.67 | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | | 100% | - | 100 | 5 | - |

### Results by constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin | Margin |
| Constituency | Constituency | Turnout | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| 1 | Baramulla | 59.10% | Abdul Rashid Sheikh | | Independent | 4,72,481 | 45.70% | Omar Abdullah | | JKNC | 2,68,339 | 25.95% | 2,04,142 | 19.75% |
| 2 | Srinagar | 38.49% | Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi | | JKNC | 3,56,866 | 52.85% | Waheed Para | | JKPDP | 1,68,450 | 24.95% | 1,88,416 | 27.90% |
| 3 | Anantnag–Rajouri | 55.40% | Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi | | JKNC | 5,21,836 | 50.85% | Mehbooba Mufti | | JKPDP | 2,40,042 | 23.39% | 2,81,794 | 27.46% |
| 4 | Udhampur | 68.27% | Jitendra Singh | | BJP | 5,71,076 | 51.28% | Chaudhary Lal Singh | | INC | 4,46,703 | 40.11% | 1,24,373 | 11.17% |
| 5 | Jammu | 72.22% | Jugal Kishore Sharma | | BJP | 6,87,588 | 52.80% | Raman Bhalla | | INC | 5,52,090 | 42.40% | 1,35,498 | 10.40% |

## Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

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| Party | Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2024 election) |
| | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 36 | 42 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29 | 29 |
| | Indian National Congress | 7 | 6 |
| | Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | 5 | 3 |
| | Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | 12 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 90 | 90 |