Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, Oct 2002
87 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 43.06% turnout.
Seats
87
Candidates
708
30 women, 2 elected
Turnout
43.06%
26.5 lakh of 61.7 lakh
Leading party
JKN
28 of 87 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Jammu and Kashmir
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNJammu & Kashmir National Conference | 28 | -29 | 85 | 7,49,825 | 28.24% | -6.54 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 20 | +13 | 78 | 6,43,751 | 24.25% | +4.25 |
| PDPJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | 16 | +16 | 59 | 2,46,480 | 9.28% | — |
| INDIndependent | 13 | +11 | 243 | 4,37,695 | 16.49% | +7.18 |
| JKNPPJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | 4 | +4 | 36 | 1,01,830 | 3.84% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | +1 | 7 | 23,493 | 0.88% | -0.07 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 1 | -7 | 58 | 2,27,633 | 8.57% | -3.56 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 1 | -3 | 33 | 1,19,492 | 4.50% | -1.93 |
| JKALJKAL | 1 | 0 | 9 | 24,121 | 0.91% | -1.53 |
| DMDM | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16,366 | 0.62% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20,711 | 0.78% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14,088 | 0.53% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8,083 | 0.30% | — |
| LJNSPLJNSP | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6,540 | 0.25% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4,173 | 0.16% | +0.10 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3,933 | 0.15% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2,791 | 0.11% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2,031 | 0.08% | — |
| BRPPBRPP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 952 | 0.04% | — |
| SJPRSJPR | 0 | 0 | 4 | 658 | 0.02% | — |
| SDKPSDKP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 332 | 0.01% | — |
- JKN28 (32%)
- INC20 (23%)
- PDP16 (18%)
- IND13 (15%)
- JKNPP4 (5%)
- CPM2 (2%)
- Others4 (5%)
- JKN28
- INC20
- PDP16
- IND13
- JKNPP4
- CPM2
- Others4
- JKN28
- INC20
- PDP16
- IND13
- JKNPP4
- CPM2
- BJP1
- BSP1
- Others2
Constituency performance
From the 87 results in Jammu and Kashmir
Closest contest
NAGROTA
won by 67 (0.17%)
Biggest victory
LEH
won by 0 (—)
Highest turnout
ZANSKAR
78.97%
Lowest turnout
LEH
0.00%
Seat change
Against Jammu and Kashmir's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained25 (29%)
- Changed hands62 (71%)
25 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 62 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Jammu and Kashmir, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- JKN
- INC
- PDP
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 87 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 87
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKHNOOR | INCMadan Lal Sharma | JKNGOVIND RAM SHARMA | 1,0651.83% | 71.2% |
| AMIRAKADAL | INCMohd. Shafi Bhat | JKNGh.Nabi Mir | 49121.54% | 3.1% |
| ANANTNAG | JKNDr. Mehboob Beigh | JKALLiyakat Ali Khan | 2,86157.20% | 7.2% |
| BADGAM | JKNAga Syed Roohullah Mehdi | INDAga Syed Mahmood Almosvi | 6,64529.49% | 33.4% |
| BANDIPORA | JKALUsman Abdul Majid | INCHabibullah Bhat | 2531.14% | 31.3% |
| BANI | INCPrem Sagar | JKNGh. Haider malik | 3,68715.14% | 67.6% |
| BANIHAL | INDMolvi Abdul Rashid | JKNMOHD. FAROOQ MIR | 6,67427.83% | 40.5% |
| BARAMULLA | PDPMuzaffer Hussain Baigh | JKNGhulam Nabi Kachru | 2,84916.10% | 24.1% |
| BASOHLI | INCLAL SINGH | BJPJagdish Raj Sapolia | 3,6688.46% | 63.1% |
| BATAMALOO | JKNGh.Mohi-ud-din Shah | PDPTariq Hamid Qara | 84220.19% | 4.0% |
| BEERWAH | PDPMohd Sarfraz Khan | JKNMohd Amin Banday | 11,92046.59% | 35.1% |
| BHADERWAH | INCMohd. Sharief | JKNMohd. Aslam | 6,82713.76% | 54.3% |
| BIJBEHARA | PDPAb. Rehman Bhat | JKNHaji Ab. Gani Shah | 3,87737.93% | 16.7% |
| BILLAWAR | INDManohar Lal Sharma | INCBalbir Singh | 14,56128.12% | 63.8% |
| BISHNAH | INDAshwani Kumar Sharma | JKNKamal Verma | 4,6638.49% | 67.4% |
| CHADOORA | PDPJavid Mir | JKNAli Mohd Dar | 8,04729.33% | 52.5% |
| CHANANI | JKNPPSh Faquir Nath | INCSh. Krishan Chander | 1,7653.86% | 61.5% |
| CHHAMB | INCTara Chand | JKNChhaju Ram | 10,33423.19% | 70.4% |
| CHRARI SHARIEF | JKNAbdul Rahim Rather | PDPAdvocate Ghulam Nabi Lone | 3,7559.50% | 63.7% |
| DARHAL | INDPuran Singh | JKNCh. Liaqat Ali | 2170.52% | 46.6% |
| DEVSAR | PDPMohd. Sartaj Madni | CPMMOHD. YAQUB | 3,02613.37% | 35.6% |
| DODA | INDABDUL MAJID | JKNKhalid Najib Soharawardy | 6071.55% | 55.5% |
| DORU | INCGh. Ahmad Mir | JKNSyed Manzoor Ahmad | 11,34251.91% | 40.5% |
| GANDERBAL | PDPQazi Mohd Afzal | JKNOmar Abdullah | 2,87011.92% | 35.2% |
| GANDHINAGAR | INCRaman Bhalla | JKNHarbans Singh | 10,49314.12% | 48.5% |
| GOOL ARNAS | INDAijaz Ahmad | BJPKABALA SINGH | 4,98615.29% | 60.1% |
| GULABGARH | JKNAB. GANI MALIK | INDAjaz Ahmad Khan | 2,9308.26% | 56.0% |
| GULMARG | PDPGhulam Hassan Mir | JKNSheikh Mustafa Kamal | 19,98856.33% | 50.4% |
| GUREZ | JKNNazir Ahmad | INDFaqir Mohd | 1,25011.56% | 76.5% |
| HABBAKADAL | INDRaman Mattoo | BJPHira Lal Chatta | 1718.29% | 3.1% |
| HANDWARA | INDGh.Mohi-ud-din Sofi | JKNChowdry Mohd Ramzan | 2,9979.09% | 51.5% |
| HAZRATBAL | JKNMohd. Syed Akhoon | PDPGhulam Mohi-Ud-Din Akhoon | 1,40322.96% | 7.1% |
| HIRANAGAR | INCGirdhari Lal | BJPGopal Dass | 18,21231.83% | 60.1% |
| HOMESHALIBUGH | PDPAb. Gafar Sofi | CPMMOHD. AMIN DAR | 4,47638.55% | 22.9% |
| IDGAH | JKNMubarak Ahmad Gul | INDMohd Ashraf Bakashi | 1,27938.27% | 4.8% |
| INDERWAL | INCGulam Mohammad | JKNJalal-ud-Din | 18,88449.80% | 56.6% |
| JAMMU EAST | INCYogesh Kumar Sawhney | BJPASHOK KUMAR | 3,3369.88% | 38.7% |
| JAMMU WEST | INCMangat Ram Sharma | INDVirander Kumar Gupta | 7,92312.51% | 38.7% |
| KALAKOTE | JKNRachpal Singh | INCASHOK KUMAR SHARMA | 1,2002.89% | 48.7% |
| KANGAN | JKNAltaf Ahmad | PDPGhulam Mohd. Dar | 11,03942.05% | 52.0% |
| KARGIL | INDHAJI NISSAR ALI | JKNQamar Ali Akhoon | 6,39613.22% | 74.8% |
| KARNAH | JKNKafil-u-Rehman | INCMohd Sikander Khan | 1,98810.51% | 65.4% |
| KATHUA | DMJatinder Singh | BSPSagar Chand | 3,0594.78% | 57.0% |
| KHANSAHIB | INDHakim Mohd Yassin | JKNAbdul Gani Naseem | 15,79352.59% | 49.5% |
| KHANYAR | JKNALI MOHD. SAGAR | INCMUSHTAQ AHMAD | 2,74189.69% | 4.2% |
| KISHTWAR | JKNSajjad Hussain | INCGulam Haider Sheikh | 1,6634.11% | 54.8% |
| KOKERNAG | INCPeerzada Mohd. Syed | PDPGH. RASOOL MALIK | 4364.94% | 15.3% |
| KULGAM | CPMMohd. Yousf Tarigami | JKNGh. Nabi Dar | 4,88530.27% | 24.4% |
| KUPWARA | JKNMIR SAIFULLAH | INDGh.Qadir Mir | 1320.30% | 54.5% |
| LANGATE | JKNSharief-Ud-din Shariq | PDPM. Sultan Pandithpori | 2,4008.98% | 54.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Jammu and Kashmir alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.