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 51–87 of 87
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEH | INCNAWANG RIGZIN | INDTHUPSTAN CHHEWANG | 1,5234.05% | 61.0% |
| LOLAB | JKPDPABDUL HAQ KHAN | JKNQAISAR JAMSHEED LONE | 5,3479.32% | 68.2% |
| MARH | BJPSUKH NANDAN KUMAR | JKNAJAY KUMAR SADHOTRA | 6,58112.56% | 82.0% |
| MENDHAR | JKPDPSARDAR RAFIQ HUSSAIN KHAN | JKNJAVID AHMED RANA | 7421.22% | 77.8% |
| NAGROTA | BJPJUGAL KISHORE | JKNM.K AJAT SHATRU | 1,6203.31% | 79.3% |
| NOORABAD | JKNSAKINA ITOO | JKPDPABDUL AZIZ ZAGAR | 4,5189.80% | 74.1% |
| NOWSHERA | JKNRADHAY SHAM SHARMA | INCROMESH CHANDER SHARMA | 3,8206.13% | 73.1% |
| NUBRA | INDTSETAN NAMGYAL | INCTSEWANG RIGZIN | 93010.79% | 71.3% |
| PAHALGAM | JKPDPRAFI AHMAD MIR | JKNALTAF AHMAD WANI | 10,92222.14% | 70.3% |
| PAMPORE | JKPDPZAHOOR AHMAD | INCMOHD ANWAR BHAT | 5,14817.06% | 43.4% |
| PATTAN | JKPDPIFTIKHAR HUSSAIN ANSARI | JKNABDUL RASHID SHAHEEN | 11,27127.84% | 50.8% |
| POONCH HAVELI | JKNAJAZ AHMED JAN | INCCH. BASHIR AHMED NAAZ | 9,93313.91% | 74.4% |
| PULWAMA | JKPDPMOHD KHALIL BANDH | INDSONAULLAH DAR | 6,63622.74% | 40.8% |
| RAFIABAD | JKNJAVAID AHMAD DAR | JKPDPMOHAMMAD DILAWAR MIR | 2160.59% | 51.9% |
| RAIPUR DOMANA | BJPBHARAT BHUSHAN | INCMULA RAM | 12,26920.44% | 70.5% |
| RAJOURI | INCSHABBIR AHMED KHAN | JKPDPTASADIQ HUSSAIN | 3330.45% | 70.1% |
| RAJPORA | JKPDPSYED BASHIR AHMAD SHAH | INDGULAM MOHI-UD-DIN MIR | 9472.34% | 50.6% |
| RAM NAGAR | JKNPPHARSH DEV SINGH | BSPVINOD KHAJURIA | 12,14618.72% | 64.5% |
| RAMBAN | INCASHOK KUMAR | BJPBALI BHAGAT | 10,31920.60% | 65.6% |
| RANBIR SINGH PURA | BJPGHARU RAM BHAGAT | INCSUMAN LATA BHAGAT | 1,6302.97% | 76.6% |
| REASI | BJPBALDEV RAJ | INCJUGAL KISHORE | 6,6629.47% | 73.6% |
| SAMBA(SC) | JKNPPYASH PAUL KUNDAL | BJPSATWANT KOUR | 1,9893.69% | 72.5% |
| SANGRAMA | JKPDPSYED BASHARAT AHMAD | INDSHOAIB NABI LONE | 1,3304.78% | 46.6% |
| SHANGUS | JKPDPPEERZADA MANSOOR HUSSAIN | INCGULZAR AHMAD WANI | 1,4302.89% | 69.3% |
| SHOPIAN | JKPDPABDUL RAZAQ WAGAY | INCMOHD. SHAFI | 2,7987.42% | 52.7% |
| SONAWAR | JKNFAROOQ ABDULLAH | JKPDPSHEIKH GHULAM QADIR PARDESI | 940.38% | 36.7% |
| SONAWARI | JKNMOHD. AKBAR LONE | INDABID HUSSAIN ANSARI | 12,15724.03% | 60.0% |
| SOPORE | JKNMOHD ASHRAF GANIE | INCABDUL RASHID DAR | 1,0645.91% | 20.0% |
| SUCHET GARH | BJPSHAM LAL CHOUDHARY | JKNTARANJEET SINGH | 7,59216.62% | 79.8% |
| SURANKOTE | INCMOHD. ASLAM | JKNMUSHTAQ AHMED SHAH BUKHARI | 2,0513.23% | 74.9% |
| TRAL | JKPDPMUSHTAQ AHMAD SHAH | JKNMOHD ASHRAF BHAT | 3,80710.43% | 48.7% |
| UDHAMPUR | JKNPPBALWANT SINGH MANKOTIA | BJPPAWAN KUMAR GUPTA | 2,7653.89% | 68.6% |
| URI | INCTAJ MOHI-UD-DIN | JKNMOHAMMAD SHAFI | 1,8793.48% | 81.7% |
| VIJAY PUR | JKNSURJIT SINGH | BJPCHANDER PARKASH | 1,2121.56% | 80.3% |
| WACHI | JKPDPMEHBOOBA MUFTI | JKNSHOWKAT HUSSAIN GANIE | 8,33624.70% | 48.5% |
| ZADIBAL | JKNPEER AAFAQ AHMED | JKPDPSHAHI JAHAN DAR | 1,2419.99% | 17.3% |
| ZANSKAR | JKNFEROZ AHMED KHAN | INCGHULAM RAZA | 9186.27% | 72.2% |
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.
