Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, Dec 2008
87 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 61.37% turnout.
Seats
87
Candidates
1,354
67 women, 3 elected
Turnout
61.37%
39.7 lakh of 64.6 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 | 0 | 85 | 9,14,691 | 23.07% | -5.18 |
| JKPDPJKPDP | 21 | +21 | 78 | 6,10,502 | 15.39% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 17 | -3 | 78 | 7,02,448 | 17.71% | -6.53 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 11 | +10 | 64 | 4,93,757 | 12.45% | +3.88 |
| INDIndependent | 4 | -9 | 481 | 6,47,888 | 16.34% | -0.15 |
| JKNPPJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | 3 | -1 | 73 | 1,31,944 | 3.33% | -0.51 |
| JKDPNJKDPN | 1 | +1 | 30 | 54,868 | 1.38% | — |
| PDFPDF | 1 | +1 | 19 | 54,730 | 1.38% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | -1 | 8 | 31,614 | 0.80% | -0.09 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | -1 | 83 | 1,45,644 | 3.67% | -0.83 |
| JKANCJKANC | 0 | 0 | 58 | 41,551 | 1.05% | — |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 46 | 27,221 | 0.69% | — |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 36 | 24,194 | 0.61% | — |
| SDPSDP | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9,235 | 0.23% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7,619 | 0.19% | -0.59 |
| JKPDFJKPDF | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7,156 | 0.18% | — |
| JKALJKAL | 0 | -1 | 1 | 6,472 | 0.16% | -0.75 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5,619 | 0.14% | -0.02 |
| AIFBAIFB | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5,560 | 0.14% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5,151 | 0.13% | +0.02 |
| JSMPJSMP | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3,765 | 0.09% | — |
| BCDPBCDP | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3,727 | 0.09% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3,614 | 0.09% | +0.01 |
| BHBPBHBP | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3,123 | 0.08% | — |
| JKNUFJKNUF | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3,019 | 0.08% | — |
| RKSPRKSP | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2,759 | 0.07% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,974 | 0.05% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1,955 | 0.05% | -0.26 |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1,726 | 0.04% | — |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,547 | 0.04% | -0.11 |
| AJKMPAJKMP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1,469 | 0.04% | — |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,417 | 0.04% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,244 | 0.03% | — |
| RNSPRNSP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,220 | 0.03% | — |
| BCPBCP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 992 | 0.03% | — |
| APPAll Peoples Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 735 | 0.02% | — |
| NLHPNLHP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 687 | 0.02% | — |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 680 | 0.02% | — |
| NDPNDP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 420 | 0.01% | — |
| UCPUCP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 418 | 0.01% | — |
- JKN28 (32%)
- JKPDP21 (24%)
- INC17 (20%)
- BJP11 (13%)
- IND4 (5%)
- JKNPP3 (3%)
- Others3 (3%)
- JKN28
- JKPDP21
- INC17
- BJP11
- IND4
- JKNPP3
- Others3
- JKN28
- JKPDP21
- INC17
- BJP11
- IND4
- JKNPP3
- JKDPN1
- PDF1
- Others1
Constituency performance
From the 87 results in Jammu and Kashmir
Closest contest
BEERWAH
won by 164 (0.34%)
Biggest victory
KHANYAR
won by 5,508 (64.69%)
Highest turnout
MARH
81.97%
Lowest turnout
HABBA KADAL
11.62%
Seat change
Against Jammu and Kashmir's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2002), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat87 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 87 did not exist at the previous election.
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
- JKPDP
- INC
- BJP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 87 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 87
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKHNOOR | INCSHAM LAL SHARMA | BJPGOVIND RAM SHARMA | 13,88421.08% | 79.7% |
| AMIRA KADAL | JKNNASIR ASLAM WANI | JKPDPPARVAIZ AHMED BHAT | 8097.19% | 15.0% |
| ANANTNAG | JKPDPMUFTI MOHAMMAD SAYEED | JKNMIRZA MEHBOOB BEIGH | 4,89115.53% | 41.2% |
| BANDIPORA | JKPDPNIZAMUDDIN BHAT | INDUSMAN ABDUL MAJID | 8201.64% | 57.1% |
| BANI | BJPLAL CHAND | JKNGHULAM HYDER MALIK | 2,2498.06% | 76.1% |
| BANIHAL | INCVIKAR RASOOL | INDSHOWKAT JAVED | 3,0336.36% | 67.9% |
| BARAMULLA | JKPDPMUZAFFAR HUSSAIN BAIG | JKNNAZIR HUSSAIN KHAN | 5,39822.16% | 33.3% |
| BASOHLI | BJPJAGDISH RAJ SAPOLIA | JKNDAVINDER SINGH | 2,8816.10% | 69.8% |
| BATMALOO | JKNMOHAMAD IRFAN SHAH | JKPDPTARIQ HAMEED KARRA | 2,70912.86% | 20.0% |
| BEERWAH | JKPDPSHAFI AHMAD WANI | JKNAB MAJID MATOO | 1640.34% | 57.2% |
| BHADERWAH | INCGHULAM NABI AZAD | BJPDAYA KRISHAN | 29,43648.39% | 65.3% |
| BIJBEHARA | JKPDPABDUL REHMAN BHAT | JKNBASHIR AHMAD SHAH | 10,27421.98% | 60.8% |
| BILLAWAR | INCMANOHAR LAL SHARMA | BJPSATISH SHARMA | 8,38313.47% | 70.9% |
| BISHNAH | INDASHWANI KUMAR SHARMA | BSPKAMAL VERMA | 4890.78% | 75.8% |
| BUDGAM | JKNAGA SYED RUHULLAH | JKPDPMOHAMMAD KAMAL MALIK | 9,96020.35% | 55.2% |
| CHADOORA | JKPDPJAVAID MUSTAFFA MIR | JKNALI MOHAMMAD DAR | 2,9407.47% | 53.8% |
| CHENANI | INCKRISHAN CHANDER | BJPDINA NATH | 6,43814.03% | 57.4% |
| CHHAMB | INCTARA CHAND | BJPCHAMAN LAL | 2,3954.59% | 78.3% |
| CHRAR | JKNABDUL RAHIM RATHER | JKPDPGHULAM NABI LONE | 6,37512.53% | 74.6% |
| DARHAL | JKPDPZULFKAR ALI | INDMOHD IQBAL | 4,5416.68% | 77.4% |
| DEVSAR | JKPDPMOHAMMAD SARTAJ MADNI | JKNPEERZADA GHULAM AHMAD SHAH | 4,0017.56% | 68.4% |
| DODA | INCABDUL MAJID WANI | JKNKHALID NAJIB SUHARWARDY | 7,15213.70% | 73.0% |
| DOORU | INCGHULAM AHMAD MIR | JKPDPSYED FAROOQ AHMAD ANDRABI | 5,91813.49% | 69.8% |
| EIDGAH | JKNMUBARAK AHMAD GUL | JKPDPASIFA TARIQ QARA | 1,67913.55% | 22.1% |
| GANDERBAL | JKNOMAR ABDULLAH | JKPDPQAZI MOHAMMAD AFZAL | 8,21520.63% | 51.7% |
| GANDHI NAGAR | INCRAMAN BHALLA | BJPNIRMAL SINGH | 2,2632.46% | 64.2% |
| GOOL ARNAS | INCAJAZ AHMED KHAN | JKNGULAM QADIR MUGHAL | 3,4528.20% | 76.7% |
| GULAB GARH | JKNABDUL GANI MALIK | INDMUMTAZ AHMED | 3,2487.12% | 77.7% |
| GULMARG | JKDPNGH HASSAN MIR | JKNSHEIKH MUSHTAFA KAMAL | 6,44112.99% | 59.8% |
| GUREZ | JKNNAZIR AHMAD KHAN | INCFAQEER AHMAD KHAN | 7326.43% | 74.0% |
| HABBA KADAL | JKNSHAMEEMA FIRDOUS | BJPHIRA LAL CHATTA | 1,70229.50% | 11.6% |
| HANDWARA | JKNCHOWDARY MOHD RAMZAN | INDGH MOHI-UD-DIN SOFI | 11,59020.09% | 75.6% |
| HAZRATBAL | JKNFAROOQ ABDULLAH | JKPDPASIEA | 4,27217.28% | 28.9% |
| HIRA NAGAR | BJPDURGA DASS | INDPREM LAL | 2,7374.23% | 66.0% |
| HOM SHALI BUGH | JKPDPABDUL GAFFAR SOFI | JKNABDUL MAJEED | 4,81013.25% | 54.4% |
| INDERWAL | INCGHULAM MOHD SAROORI | BJPSHAKTI RAJ | 10,41519.59% | 72.8% |
| JAMMU EAST | BJPASHOK KUMAR KHAJURIA | INCNARENDER SINGH | 10,43333.26% | 60.7% |
| JAMMU WEST | BJPCHAMAN LAL GUPTA | INDSURINDER SINGH SHANGARI | 13,03715.31% | 60.9% |
| KALA KOTE | JKNRACHHPAL SINGH | INDASHOK KUMAR SHARMA | 11,42020.58% | 73.3% |
| KANGAN | JKNALTAF AHMAD | JKPDPBASHIR AHMAD MIR | 7,71522.08% | 59.5% |
| KARGIL | JKNQAMAR ALI AKHOON | INDHAJI NISSAR ALI | 5,30012.40% | 75.0% |
| KARNAH | JKNKAFIL UR REHMAN | JKANCAB REHMAN BHADANA | 1,1485.35% | 79.7% |
| KATHUA | INDCHARANJIT SINGH | BSPSOM RAJ | 2,3623.19% | 73.0% |
| KHAN SAHIB | PDFHAKEEM MOHAMMAD YASIN | JKPDPSAIF UD DIN BHAT | 8,39515.57% | 74.7% |
| KHANYAR | JKNALI MOHAMMAD SAGAR | JKPDPSHOWKAT AHMAD HAFIZ | 5,50864.69% | 17.4% |
| KISHTWAR | JKNSAJJAD AHMAD KICHLOO | BJPSUNIL KUMAR | 2,4654.80% | 74.5% |
| KOKERNAG | INCPEERZADA MOHD. SYED | JKNGULAM NABI BHAT | 1,2702.54% | 70.3% |
| KULGAM | CPMMOHMAD YOUSUF RATHER | JKPDPNAZIR AHMAD LAWAY | 2360.47% | 61.6% |
| KUPWARA | JKNMIR SAIFULLAH | JKPDPFAYAZ AHMAD MIR | 5,1829.33% | 62.4% |
| LANGATE | INDAB RASHID SHEIKH | JKPDPMOHD SULTAN PANDITHPORI | 2100.58% | 61.3% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, Dec 2008?
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference won 28 of 87 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, Dec 2008?
Turnout was 61.37% — 39.7 lakh of 64.6 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Jammu and Kashmir have?
Jammu and Kashmir has 87 assembly seats.
