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2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

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2002 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections
← 1996 16 September 2002 to 8 October 2002 2008 →
all 87 seats in Legislative Assembly
44 seats needed for a majority
Registered6,165,285
Turnout43.70% (Decrease 10.22%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Omar Abdullah (portrait).jpg
Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg
Leader Omar Abdullah Ghulam Nabi Azad Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Party JKNC INC JKPDP
Last election 57 7 -
Seats won 28 20 16
Seat change Decrease 29 Increase 13 Increase 16
Percentage 28.24% 24.24% 9.28%
Swing Decrease 6.54% Increase 4.24% Increase 9.28%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Bhim Singh
Party JKNPP BJP
Last election 1 8
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 7
Percentage 3.83% 8.57%
Swing Increase 1.58% Decrease 3.56%
Chief Minister before election

Farooq Abdullah
JKNC

Elected Chief Minister

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
PDP
(in coalition with the INC and JKNPP)

Elections for the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in September -October 2002 in four phases.[1][2]

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference was the single largest party but lacked majority. The Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Indian National Congress (Congress) formed a coalition government with PDP's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed serving as the Chief Minister for the first three years and Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad for the next three years. The election saw a major boycott at the appeal of Tehreek -e-Hurriyat.Kashmir division had a voting percentage of 3.5% while Jammu division had a voting percentage of 16.5%.Rajouri district recorded the least voting percentage at 2.7%[3][4] The Panthers Party formed part of the ruling coalition with Harsh Dev Singh as the party's first cabinet minister.[5]

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used for first time in Jammu Kashmir assembly elections in 2002.[6] The international community also appreciated the credibility of the elections and the results that followed it. The elections was seen as a victory of the ballot over the bullet.[7][8] United States lauded 2002 elections of the state.[9][10] There were 1.7 million voters in the state for 2002 elections.[11][12]

Voting

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Voting stages

The first phase voting took place on 16 September 2002.[13] There was a polling station for just 11 voters in Zanskar.[6] BJP contested on 52 seats while Jammu State Morcha contested on 12 seats.[14][15] National Conference president Omar Abdullah contested from Ganderbal seat.[16] Separatists had varied views on the elections ranging from voting to boycott of elections.[17][18][19]

The four stages of the elections were held as follows:

Date Seats Turnout
Monday 16 September 23 47.28%
Sunday 24 November 28 42%
Sunday 1 October 5 41%
Sunday 8 October 18 46%
Total 87 45%
Source:[20]

Results

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Summary of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results
Party Seats Previously +/– Vote % Vote Share
National Conference 28 57 Decrease29 28.24% 7,49,825
Indian National Congress 20 7 Increase13 24.24% 6,43,751
People's Democratic Party 16 - Increase16 9.28% 2,46,480
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party 4 1 Increase3 3.83% 1,01,830
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 0 0.88% 23493
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 8 Decrease7 8.57% 2,27,633
Bahujan Samaj Party 1 4 Decrease3 4.50% 1,19,492
Democratic Movement 1 0.62% 16,366
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League 1 1 0 0.91% 24,121
Independents 13 16.50% 4,38,287
Total (turnout 43.70%) 87 87 - -
Valid votes 26,55,570 99.90
Invalid votes 584 0.10
Votes cast / turnout 26,56,627 43.70
Abstentions 24,94,170 56.30%
Registered voters 60,78,570
Source:Election Commission of India[21]

JKNC became the single largest party with 28 seats. Congress became the second largest party with 25 seats.[22]

Farooq Abdullah resigned as a chief minister on 24 December 2002.[23]

Results by constituency

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  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[24]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Karnah 65.37% Kifil-Ur-Rehman Khan JKNC 8,707 46.02% Mohammed Sikander Khan INC 6,719 35.51% 1,988
2 Kupwara 55.23% Saifullah Mir JKNC 19,233 43.24% Ghulam Qadir Mir Independent 19,101 42.94% 132
3 Lolab 46.89% Qaysar Jamshaid Lone JKNC 14,408 42.26% Abdul Haq Khan Independent 12,412 36.41% 1,996
4 Handwara 51.48% Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Sofi Independent 15,389 46.67% Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan JKNC 12,392 37.58% 2,997
5 Langate 53.97% Sharifuddin Shariq JKNC 8,058 30.16% M. Sultan Pandithpori JKPDP 5,658 21.18% 2,400
6 Uri 66.49% Taj Mohiuddin INC 20,460 48.51% Mohammad Shafi JKNC 20,276 48.08% 184
7 Rafiabad 52.55% Mohammad Dilawar Mir JKNC 11,576 35.% Abdul Gani Vakil INC 10,944 33.09% 632
8 Sopore 8.09% Abdul Rashid Dar INC 2,062 33.19% Abdul Ahad Vakil JKNC 1,515 24.39% 547
9 Gurez 76.5% Nazir Ahmad Khan JKNC 5,782 53.45% Faqir Mohammed Khan Independent 4,532 41.9% 1,250
10 Bandipora 31.27% Usman Abdul Majid JKAL 5,722 25.8% Habibullah Bhat INC 5,469 24.66% 253
11 Sonawari 56.51% Mohammad Akbar Lone JKNC 25,687 58.05% Mohammed Yousuf Parray JKAL 12,929 29.22% 12,758
12 Sangrama 22.11% Ghulam Nabi Lone JKPDP 3,697 35.91% Mohammed Yousuf JKNC 2,638 25.63% 1,059
13 Baramulla 24.15% Muzaffar Hussain Baig JKPDP 6,833 38.62% Ghulam Nabi Kachru JKNC 3,984 22.52% 2,849
14 Gulmarg 50.52% Ghulam Hassan Mir JKPDP 27,737 78.16% Sheikh Mustafa Kamal JKNC 7,749 21.84% 19,988
15 Pattan 41.56% Iftikhar Hussain Ansari JKNC 15,268 52.63% Dr.Abdul Ahad Yatoo INC 13,084 45.1% 2,184
16 Kangan 52.03% Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi JKNC 16,987 64.71% Ghulam Mohammed Dar JKPDP 5,948 22.66% 11,039
17 Ganderbal 35.21% Qazi Mohammad Afzal JKPDP 11,622 48.26% Omar Abdullah JKNC 8,752 36.34% 2,870
18 Hazratbal 7.12% Mohammed Syed Akhoon JKNC 3,042 49.79% Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Akhoon JKPDP 1,639 26.82% 1,403
19 Zadibal 4.78% Shahjahan Dar Independent 1,514 46.67% Khawja Sadiq Ali JKNC 1,220 37.61% 294
20 Eidgah 4.75% Mubarak Ahmed Gul JKNC 2,026 60.62% Mohammed Ashraf Bakashi Independent 747 22.35% 1,279
21 Khanyar 4.22% Ali Mohammad Sagar JKNC 2,868 93.85% Mushtaq Ahmad INC 127 4.16% 2,741
22 Habba Kadal 3.21% Raman Mattoo Independent 587 28.47% Hira Lal Chatta BJP 416 20.17% 171
23 Amira Kadal 3.06% Mohammed Shafi Bhat INC 1,163 51.01% Ghulam Nabi Mir JKNC 672 29.47% 491
24 Sonawar 9.96% Mohammed Yaseen Shah JKNC 3,445 54.66% Ghulam Hussain Wani JKPDP 1,740 27.61% 1,705
25 Batmaloo 4.% Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shah JKNC 2,065 49.51% Tariq Hameed Karra JKPDP 1,223 29.32% 842
26 Chadoora 52.45% Javaid Mustafa Mir JKPDP 15,923 58.03% Ali Mohammad Dar JKNC 7,876 28.7% 8,047
27 Budgam 33.41% Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi JKNC 11,398 50.59% Aga Syed Mahmood Almosvi Independent 4,753 21.1% 6,645
28 Beerwah 35.06% Mohammed Sarfraz Khan JKPDP 16,886 66.% Mohammed Amin Banday JKNC 4,966 19.41% 11,920
29 Khan Sahib 49.51% Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah Independent 20,186 67.22% Abdul Gani Naseem JKNC 4,393 14.63% 15,793
30 Charari Sharief 63.71% Abdul Rahim Rather JKNC 20,275 51.29% Ghulam Nabi Lone JKPDP 16,520 41.79% 3,755
31 Tral 11.55% Ghulam Nabi Bhat JKNC 3,253 47.3% Surinder Singh INC 2,944 42.8% 309
32 Pampore 19.17% Abdul Aziz Mir JKPDP 3,811 38.46% Mohammed Anwar Bhat INC 3,106 31.35% 705
33 Pulwama 18.13% Mohamad Khalil Band JKPDP 5,209 53.09% Bashir Ahmad Nengroo JKNC 2,782 28.36% 2,427
34 Rajpora 36.71% Syed Bashir Ahmad JKPDP 13,946 58.6% Ghulam Mohi Uddin Mir JKNC 5,860 24.62% 8,086
35 Wachi 28.29% Khalil Naik CPI(M) 4,133 29.19% Ghulam Hassan Bhat JKPDP 4,053 28.62% 80
36 Shopian 26.91% Ghulam Hassan Khan JKPDP 4,083 27.2% Sheikh Mohammed Rafi JKNC 3,363 22.4% 720
37 Noorabad 23.41% Abdul Aziz Zargar JKPDP 3,616 29.74% Sakeena Akhtar JKNC 3,301 27.15% 315
38 Kulgam 24.4% Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami CPI(M) 8,346 51.72% Ghulam Nabi Dar JKNC 3,461 21.45% 4,885
39 Hom Shali Bugh 22.93% Abdul Gafar Sofi JKPDP 6,803 58.59% Mohammed Amin Dar CPI(M) 2,327 20.04% 4,476
40 Anantnag 7.16% Dr. Mehboob Beigh JKNC 3,513 70.23% Liyakat Ali Khan JKAL 652 13.03% 2,861
41 Devsar 35.56% Mohammed Sartaj Madni JKPDP 8,721 38.52% Mohammed Yaqub CPI(M) 5,695 25.16% 3,026
42 Dooru 40.48% Ghulam Ahmad Mir INC 14,461 66.19% Syed Manzoor Ahmad JKNC 3,119 14.28% 11,342
43 Kokernag 15.27% Peerzada Mohammad Syed INC 3,356 38.06% Ghulam Rasool Malik JKPDP 2,920 33.12% 436
44 Shangus–Anantnag East 25.4% Peer Mohammed Hussain JKPDP 5,115 37.07% Gulzar Ahmad Wani INC 4,774 34.6% 341
45 Srigufwara–Bijbehara 16.67% Abdul Rehman Bhat JKPDP 5,961 58.32% Abdul Gani Shah JKNC 2,084 20.39% 3,877
46 Pahalgam 33.02% Mehbooba Mufti JKPDP 8,544 45.11% Rafi Ahmed Mir JKNC 6,405 33.82% 2,139
47 Kargil 74.83% Haji Nissar Ali Independent 27,384 56.61% Qamar Ali Akhoon JKNC 20,988 43.39% 6,396
48 Zanskar 78.97% Mohammed Abass JKNC 8,580 47.67% Tsering Chhosphel Independent 5,393 29.96% 3,187
49 Kishtwar 54.82% Sajjad Hussain JKNC 16,725 41.32% Ghulam Haider Sheikh INC 15,062 37.21% 1,663
50 Inderwal 56.61% Ghulam Mohammad Saroori INC 24,551 64.75% Jalal-Ud-Din JKNC 5,667 14.95% 18,884
51 Doda 55.54% Abdul Majid Wani Independent 13,799 35.29% Khalid Najib Soharawardy JKNC 13,192 33.74% 607
52 Bhaderwah 54.25% Mohammed Sharief INC 16,962 34.18% Mohammed Aslam JKNC 10,135 20.42% 6,827
53 Ramban 57.71% Dr. Chaman Lal JKNC 15,220 36.12% Ashok Kumar INC 12,681 30.1% 2,539
54 Banihal 40.55% Molvi Abdul Rashid Independent 11,393 47.51% Mohammed Farooq Mir JKNC 4,719 19.68% 6,674
55 Gulabgarh 55.99% Abdul Ghani Malik JKNC 12,476 35.15% Ajaz Ahmad Khan Independent 9,546 26.9% 2,930
56 Reasi 62.2% Jugal Kishore INC 23,045 36.97% Baldev Raj BJP 20,989 33.67% 2,056
57 Gool Arnas 60.08% Ajaz Ahmed Khan Independent 10,881 33.36% Kabala Singh BJP 5,895 18.08% 4,986
58 Udhampur 58.39% Balwant Singh Mankotia JKNPP 24,679 40.39% Pawan Kumar Gupta BJP 14,727 24.1% 9,952
59 Chenani 61.54% Faquir Nath JKNPP 17,118 37.42% Krishan Chander INC 15,353 33.56% 1,765
60 Ramnagar 60.72% Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP 29,914 50.4% Khalil Allaha Qazi BSP 13,430 22.63% 16,484
61 Bani 67.63% Prem Sagar INC 10,395 42.68% Ghulam Haider Malik JKNC 6,708 27.54% 3,687
62 Basohli 63.15% Chaudhary Lal Singh INC 18,916 43.61% Jagdish Raj Sapolia BJP 15,248 35.15% 3,668
63 Kathua 57.% Jatinder Singh DM 16,366 25.56% Sagar Chand BSP 13,307 20.79% 3,059
64 Billawar 63.9% Manohar Lal Sharma Independent 24,736 47.77% Balbir Singh INC 10,175 19.65% 14,561
65 Hiranagar 60.12% Girdhari Lal INC 31,402 54.88% Gopal Dass BJP 13,190 23.05% 18,212
66 Samba 58.47% Yash Paul Kundal JKNPP 11,079 25.31% Swarn Lata INC 10,333 23.6% 746
67 Vijaypur 64.19% Manjit Singh BSP 25,406 39.21% Surjeet Singh Slathia JKNC 20,329 31.37% 5,077
68 Nagrota 63.85% Jugal Kishore Sharma BJP 10,653 26.82% Ajatshatru Singh JKNC 10,586 26.65% 67
69 Gandhinagar 48.46% Raman Bhalla INC 37,010 49.81% Harbans Singh JKNC 26,517 35.69% 10,493
70 Jammu East 38.67% Yogesh Kumar Sawhney INC 11,784 34.91% Ashok Kumar BJP 8,448 25.03% 3,336
71 Jammu West 38.69% Mangat Ram Sharma INC 25,627 40.47% Virander Kumar Gupta Independent 17,704 27.96% 7,923
72 Bishnah 67.43% Ashwani Kumar Sharma Independent 17,961 32.72% Kamal Verma JKNC 13,298 24.22% 4,663
73 Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South 61.4% Suman Lata Bhagat INC 19,669 41.4% Romesh Lal Mottan NCP 16,485 34.7% 3,184
74 Suchetgarh 69.81% Gharu Ram Bhagat INC 11,344 27.45% Rajinder Singh Chib BJP 11,207 27.11% 137
75 Marh 68.83% Ajay Sadhotra JKNC 14,959 31.87% Sukh Nandan Kumar BJP 13,792 29.39% 1,167
76 Raipur Domana 61.05% Mulla Ram INC 20,538 43.49% Bharat Bhushan Independent 8,852 18.74% 11,686
77 Akhnoor 71.27% Madan Lal Sharma INC 17,102 29.36% Govind Ram Sharma JKNC 16,037 27.54% 1,065
78 Chhamb 70.47% Tara Chand INC 20,630 46.3% Chhaju Ram Lamba JKNC 10,296 23.1% 10,334
79 Nowshera 57.86% Romesh Chander Sharma INC 20,511 40.25% Radhey Sham Sharma JKNC 16,037 31.47% 4,474
80 Darhal 46.61% Thakur Puran Singh Independent 11,832 28.09% Chowdhary Liaqat Ali JKNC 11,615 27.58% 217
81 Rajouri 27.05% Mohammed Aslam JKNC 11,933 40.% Qamar Hussain INC 9,255 31.02% 2,678
82 Kalakote 48.66% Rachpal Singh JKNC 19,324 46.61% Ashok Kumar Sharma INC 18,124 43.71% 1,200
83 Surankote 40.01% Mushtaq Ahmad Shah JKNC 15,243 45.84% Mohammed Aslam INC 13,271 39.91% 1,972
84 Mendhar 60.29% Javed Ahmed Rana JKNC 24,530 51.39% Rafiq Hussain Khan Independent 16,665 34.92% 7,865
85 Poonch Haveli 60.73% Ghulam Mohammed Jan JKNC 27,364 47.41% Yeshpal Sharma INC 26,718 46.3% 646
86 Nubra - Sonam Wangchuk Narboo Independent Elected Unopposed
87 Leh - Sh. Nawang Rigzin Independent Elected Unopposed

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