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Jammu Kashmir Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Counting Of Votes Begins

October 8, 2024

J&K Election Results 2024: 873 candidates are competing for a seat in the 90-member house.

New Delhi:

Jammu and Kashmir is all set to have a new government. The counting of votes cast in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections has begun, with the BJP confident of winning and the Congress and NC alliance eyeing victory. The counting started at 8 am, with heavy security arrangements in place.

The assembly elections for its 90 constituencies were held in three phases – September 18, September 25 and October 1 – following a gap of 10 years. This is also the first time Jammu and Kashmir had assembly elections since Article 370 was abolished in August 2019, which divided the former state into the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

The three-phase elections resulted in voter participation of 63.88%, as per the Election Commission of India.

The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Congress decided to team up and fight the assembly elections 2024 together. On the other hand, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested separately.

The PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu And Kashmir collapsed in June 2018 when the latter withdrew support to Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP. Following the separation, then President Ram Nath Kovind enforced Governor’s Rule in the region.

The alliance of the Congress and the National Conference (NC) is predicted to win the most seats in Jammu and Kashmir, according to a poll of polls.

Health Warning: Exit polls are not always accurate.

The results of Jammu and Kasmir Assembly elections will be declared today.

Here are the LIVE updates of the Jammu and Kashmir Election Results 2024:

J&K Results: Counting Of Votes Underway At Polytechnic College In Jammu
The counting of votes is underway for the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. BJP leading with 18 seats in very early leads, while Congress has 13 seats, as of 8:30 am.

J&K Election Results 2024: Early Leads At 8:16 AM
J&K Election Results: Counting Begins
The counting of votes has begun for Jammu and Kashmir. The fate of political parties contesting in the J&K Assembly Elections 2024 will be decided today.

Postal ballot counting begins first, as is the rule, and EVM counting half an hour later.

J&K Election Results 2024: Security Checks Done. Counting To Begin In Less Than A Minute

J&K Election Results 2024: Dhol And Dance, Congress Workers Celebrate Outside Party’s Delhi Office

Ahead of the counting of votes for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress workers gathered outside the party headquarters in Delhi and danced to the beats of dhol. Some seven raised slogans in support of the party.

Congress’s KC Venugopal Holds Meeting With Poll Observers
Last night, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal held a meeting with poll observers from Jammu and Kashmir. This comes ahead of the crucial assembly election results.

“The INC-NC alliance is on the way to a historic victory, but the BJP is not ready to digest the democratic verdict and is planning to subvert this through any and all means available at its disposal,” wrote KC Venugopal in a social media post on Monday.

Jammu And Kashmir Election Results: A Look At Key Candidates
Jammu and Kashmir were held in three phases – September 18, September 25 and October 1. Key candidates contesting Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections are NC leader Omar Abdullah, who is fighting from the Budgam and Ganderbal seats, Sajad Gani Lone of People’s Conference (from Handwara and Kupwara seats), Congress’ Tariq Hamid Karra (from Batamaloo) and BJP state president Ravinder Raina (Nowshera seat).

The other notable contestants are Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir (Dooru), PDP leaders Waheed Para (Pulwama), Iltija Mufti (Bijbehara), who is the daughter of Mehbooba Mufti  Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari (Chanapora), CPI(M) veteran Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami (Kulgam) and former deputy J&K chief ministers Muzaffar Hussain Baig and Tara Chand.
Jammu Kashmir Assembly Election Results: Security Measures In Place
Counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election Results will begin at 8 am. Ahead of it, security arrangements are in place, ensuring no gaps. “Only those with issued ID cards are being allowed after checking,” SSP Rajouri Randeep Kumar said. “Police force and paramilitary force are alert and we have made proper arrangements for security. Counting process will conclude peacefully.”

J&K Assembly Election Results: Omar Abdullah’s Wish For His Colleagues…

J&K Election Results: An Hour To Go
Assembly polls: Counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir will begin at 8 am.

J&K Election Results: “BJP Will Form A Government”, Believes Former J&K Deputy CM Kavinder Gupta
“BJP will win around 35 seats in J&K and will be able to form the government with the support of BJP-supported independent candidates and independent smaller parties. I am confident we will open our account in Kashmir as well,” said BJP Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ravinder Raina.

Jammu and Kashmir Election Results 2024: Vikram Randhawa, BJP Candidate Visits Bawe Wali Mata Mahakali Mandir

Jammu And Kashmir Election Results: The Benchmark…
There are 90 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections 2024, so the halfway mark is 46. Which party will manage to reach the finish line? Follow for LIVE updates.

Hung House In J&K?
The alliance of the Congress and the National Conference (NC) is predicted to win the most seats in Jammu and Kashmir, according to a poll of polls. Health warning: exit polls often get it wrong. Read here.
“Why Not?” Farooq Abdullah On Post-Poll Alliance With PDP
The National Conference is open to a strategic post-poll alliance with the People’s Democratic Party to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of power after the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, NC leader and ex-Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said.

Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Elections: Know Major Parties
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Congress are fought together. On the other hand, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested separately.

J&K Election Results: First Elections As Union Territory
Following the abrogation of Article 370 in June 2018, the former state was divided into two union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Elections: A New Government Is On The Way

Jammu and Kashmir voted in three phases – September 18, September 25 and October 1 – following a gap of 10 years. This is the first assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state special status, in 2019.