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Who governs Jammu and Kashmir today

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Omar Abdullah
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir

In office since 5 Jan 2009 · 7 years, 10 months

Omar Abdullah (born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the chief minister of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir since 2024 and also as the leader of the house in J&K Legislative Assembly. He had previously served as the 8th chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014, and is the current vice president of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, a position he has held since 2009 and also previously served as its president. Abdullah also served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009, representing the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, and was a union minister of State for External Affairs.

Current seats
7
in the present Lok Sabha
Elections contested
14
Leading party, 2024
JKN
2 of 5 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

2024vs

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir

Party20242019201420092004199919981996198919841980197719711967
JKN23032430333201
INC00022014230355
BJP23300221000000
IND10011000101110
Others00301001002000
Total seats56666666666666

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir

0134619671971197719801984198919961998199920042009201420192024JKNINCBJPIND
  • JKN
  • INC
  • BJP
  • IND

Constituency performance

From the 5 results in Jammu and Kashmir, 2024

Best performance
SRINAGAR
AGA SYED RUHULLAH MEHDI, 52.85% share
Closest contest
JAMMU
won by 1,35,498 (10.41%)
Biggest victory
SRINAGAR
won by 1,88,416 (27.90%)

Seat change & vote share

Jammu and Kashmir, 2024

5SEATS
  • Retained3 (60%)
  • Changed hands1 (20%)
  • New seat1 (20%)

3 constituencies were won by the same party as 2019; 1 changed hands; 1 did not exist then.

Vote share by party
BJP24.43%
JKN22.27%
INC19.39%
IND14.71%
JKPDPK8.46%
JKAP4.04%
JKPC3.40%
DPAP0.79%

Result by election

JKN 2BJP 2IND 1
  • JKN2
  • BJP2
  • IND1
BJP 3JKN 3
  • BJP3
  • JKN3
BJP 3JKPDP 3
  • BJP3
  • JKPDP3
JKN 3INC 2IND 1
  • JKN3
  • INC2
  • IND1
INC 2JKN 2JKPDP 1IND 1
  • INC2
  • JKN2
  • JKPDP1
  • IND1
JKN 4BJP 2
  • JKN4
  • BJP2
JKN 3BJP 2INC 1
  • JKN3
  • BJP2
  • INC1
INC 4JD 1BJP 1
  • INC4
  • JD1
  • BJP1
JKN 3INC 2IND 1
  • JKN3
  • INC2
  • IND1
JKN 3INC 3
  • JKN3
  • INC3
JKN 3IND 1INC(I) 1INC(U) 1
  • JKN3
  • IND1
  • INC(I)1
  • INC(U)1
INC 3JKN 2IND 1
  • INC3
  • JKN2
  • IND1
INC 5IND 1
  • INC5
  • IND1
INC 5JKN 1
  • INC5
  • JKN1

Top leaders

Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, most recent first

Full history →
Mehbooba Mufti
PDP
20162018
Omar Abdullah
JKNIncumbent
2009present
Ghulam Nabi Azad
INC
20052008
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
PDP
20022016

Constituencies

7 current, 12 under former boundaries · showing 1–19 of 19

No.ConstituencyReservationElectionsLast contested
1BARAMULLAGEN42024
2SRINAGARGEN42024
3ANANTNAGGEN32019
3ANANTNAG-RAJOURIGEN12024
4LADAKHGEN32019
5UDHAMPURGEN42024
6JAMMUGEN42024
1BARAMULLAformer boundaryGEN82004
1BARAMULLAformer boundaryGEN21971
2SRINAGARformer boundaryGEN82004
2SRINAGARformer boundaryGEN21971
3ANANTNAGformer boundaryGEN82004
3ANANTNAGformer boundaryGEN21971
4LADAKHformer boundaryGEN82004
4LADAKHformer boundaryGEN21971
5UDHAMPURformer boundaryGEN21971
5UDHAMPURformer boundaryGEN82004
6JAMMUformer boundaryGEN21971
6JAMMUformer boundaryGEN82004

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.