Assembly Elections Soon In J&K? EC Drops BIG HINT After Mega Turnout | India News

After witnessing exceptional voter turnout in Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has hinted on the likelihood of Assembly elections within the erstwhile state as quickly as doable. The growth comes at a time when Srinagar and Baramulla seats in J&Ok has witnessed the very best voting share with 38% and 59% document polling, respectively.

“The extremely profitable conduct of polls with spectacular turnout in Srinagar and Baramulla offers the Election Commission the boldness to carry Assembly polls in J&Ok on the earliest,” CEC Rajiv Kumar advised the Indian Express on Monday. 

Jammu and Kashmir is at present ruled by a Lieutenant Governor (L-G), who’s appointed by the Central Government. This association has been working since 2018. In December 2023, the Apex Court ordered the Election Commission of India to conduct the meeting polls within the Union Territory by September this 12 months. 

Voter Turnout In Lok Sabha Polls 2024 

Srinagar went to ballot within the fourth section of the Lok Sabha elections on May 13. This marked the primary main election in Kashmir for the reason that abrogation of Article 370. A complete of 41% of voters exercised their proper to vote, elevating the voting share to its highest for the reason that 1996 normal elections.

Similarily, within the fifth section on May 20, Baramulla recorded a exceptional 59% turnout, the very best in lots of a long time. 

Key leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have praised the noteworthy voter turnout in Kashmir constituencies, crediting it to the revocation of Article 370 in August 2019. Amit Shah dubbed the achievement “a momentous event for Kashmir!’ 

However, the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have contended that the substantial voter participation contradicts the choice made on August 5, 2019. 

2014 Assembly Elections 

Back within the November-December 2014 Assembly elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) received 28 seats, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) received 25, and the National Conference (NC) bagged 15 seats. 

The PDP and BJP joined palms to kind the federal government, with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed turning into the chief minister. When Sayeed handed away in January 2016, his daughter, Mehbooba Mufti, took over as the subsequent chief minister. However, in June 2018, the BJP withdrew its help for the federal government led by the PDP, resulting in the imposition of governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir.