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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
90
in the present Jammu and Kashmir assembly
Elections contested
11
Leading party, 2024
JKN
42 of 90 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Vidhan 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 Vidhan Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir

Party20242014200820021996198719831977197219671962
JKN4215282857404647080
INC6121720726251158610
BJP29251118200000
NC000000000070
Others133531381585181765
Total seats9087878787767676757575

Seats won over time

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

02039597819621967197219771983198719962002200820142024JKNINCBJPNC
  • JKN
  • INC
  • BJP
  • NC

Constituency performance

From the 90 results in Jammu and Kashmir, 2024

Best performance
BASOHLI
Darshan Kumar, 65.38% share
Closest contest
PATTAN
won by 603 (0.86%)
Biggest victory
HABBAKADAL
won by 9,538 (49.60%)
Lowest turnout
HABBAKADAL
20.08%

Seat change & vote share

Jammu and Kashmir, 2024

90SEATS
  • Retained0 (0%)
  • Changed hands0 (0%)
  • New seat90 (100%)

0 constituencies were won by the same party as 2014; 0 changed hands; 90 did not exist then.

Vote share by party
BJP25.64%
JKN23.43%
IND16.64%
INC11.97%
JKPDP8.97%
JAKAP3.36%
JPC2.48%
DPAP1.20%

Result by election

JKN 42BJP 29IND 7INC 6
  • JKN42
  • BJP29
  • IND7
  • INC6
  • JKPDP3
  • JPC1
  • CPM1
  • AAAP1
JKPDP 28BJP 25JKN 15INC 12
  • JKPDP28
  • BJP25
  • JKN15
  • INC12
  • IND3
  • JPC2
  • CPM1
  • JKPDF1
JKN 28JKPDP 21INC 17BJP 11
  • JKN28
  • JKPDP21
  • INC17
  • BJP11
  • IND4
  • JKNPP3
  • JKDPN1
  • PDF1
  • CPM1
JKN 28INC 20PDP 16IND 13
  • JKN28
  • INC20
  • PDP16
  • IND13
  • JKNPP4
  • CPM2
  • BJP1
  • DM1
  • BSP1
  • JKAL1
JKN 57BJP 8INC 7
  • JKN57
  • BJP8
  • INC7
  • JD5
  • BSP4
  • IND2
  • CPM1
  • JPP1
  • AIICT1
  • JKAL1
JKN 40INC 26IND 8
  • JKN40
  • INC26
  • IND8
  • BJP2
JKN 46INC 25
  • JKN46
  • INC25
  • IND4
  • JKP1
JKN 47JNP 13INC 11
  • JKN47
  • JNP13
  • INC11
  • IND4
  • JMI1
INC 58IND 9JMI 5
  • INC58
  • IND9
  • JMI5
  • BJS3
INC 61JKN 8
  • INC61
  • JKN8
  • BJS3
  • IND3
NC 70
  • NC70
  • PP3
  • IND2

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

Assembly constituencies

90 current, 364 under former boundaries · showing 101–150 of 454

No.Assembly seatReservationElectionsLast contested
3LOLABformer boundaryGEN22002
3LOLABformer boundaryGEN22014
3RANBIRSINGHPURAformer boundarySC11962
4BANDIPORAformer boundaryGEN21972
4HANDWARAformer boundaryGEN52002
4HANDWARAformer boundaryGEN22014
4MIRAN SAHIBformer boundaryGEN11962
5HANDWARAformer boundaryGEN21972
5LANGATEformer boundaryGEN22002
5LANGATEformer boundaryGEN22014
5MARHformer boundarySC11962
6HARLformer boundaryGEN11972
6HARLIformer boundaryGEN11967
6JANDRAH GHAROTAformer boundaryGEN11962
6URIformer boundaryGEN22014
6URIformer boundaryGEN52002
7BISNAHformer boundaryGEN11962
7RAFIABADformer boundaryGEN22014
7RAFIABADformer boundaryGEN22002
7RAFIABADformer boundaryGEN11972
7REFIABADformer boundaryGEN11967
8BARAMULLAformer boundaryGEN21972
8RAMGARHformer boundarySC11962
8SOPOREformer boundaryGEN52002
8SOPOREformer boundaryGEN22014
9BASOHLIformer boundaryGEN11962
9GUREZformer boundaryGEN22014
9GUREZformer boundaryGEN22002
9SOPOREformer boundaryGEN21972
10BANDIPORAformer boundaryGEN52002
10BANDIPORAformer boundaryGEN22014
10BILAWARformer boundaryGEN11962
10PATTANformer boundaryGEN21972
11KATHUAformer boundaryGEN11962
11RAFIBADformer boundaryGEN11983
11REFIABADformer boundaryGEN11987
11REFIBADformer boundaryGEN11977
11SONAWARIformer boundaryGEN21972
11SONAWARIformer boundaryGEN52002
11SONAWARIformer boundaryGEN22014
12GULMARGformer boundaryGEN21972
12JASMERGARHformer boundaryGEN11962
12SANGRAMAformer boundaryGEN52002
12SANGRAMAformer boundaryGEN22014
13BARAMULLAformer boundaryGEN52002
13BARAMULLAformer boundaryGEN22014
13SAMBAformer boundaryGEN11962
13URIformer boundaryGEN21972
14GULMARGformer boundaryGEN52002
14GULMARGformer boundaryGEN22014

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.

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