Elections for the 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]

Parties

Party Flag Electoral symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad 78
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdulla 85
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party Mufti Mohammed Sayeed 59
Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmal Kumar Singh 58

Voting

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:

DateSeatsTurnout
Monday 16 September 23 47.28%
Sunday 24 November 28 42%
Sunday 1 October 5 41%
Sunday 8 October 18 46%
Total8745%
Source:[20]

Results

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

  • 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 %
1Karnah65.37%Kafil-ur-RehmanJKNC 8,70746.02%Mohammed Sikander KhanINC6,71935.51%1,988
2Kupwara55.23%Saifullah MirJKNC19,23343.24%Ghulam Qadir MirIndependent19,10142.94%132
3Lolab46.89%Qaysar Jamshaid LoneJKNC14,40842.26%Abdul Haq KhanIndependent12,41236.41%1,996
4Handwara51.48%Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din SofiIndependent15,38946.67%Chowdary Mohammed RamzanJKNC12,39237.58%2,997
5Langate53.97%Sharifuddin ShariqJKNC8,05830.16%M. Sultan PandithporiJKPDP5,65821.18%2,400
6Uri66.49%Taj MohiuddinINC20,46048.51%Mohammad ShafiJKNC20,27648.08%184
7Rafiabad52.55%Mohammad Dilawar MirJKNC11,57635.%Abdul Gani VakilINC10,94433.09%632
8Sopore8.09%Abdul Rashid DarINC2,06233.19%Abdul Ahad VakilJKNC1,51524.39%547
9Gurez76.5%Nazir Ahmad KhanJKNC5,78253.45%Faqir Mohammed KhanIndependent4,53241.9%1,250
10Bandipora31.27%Usman Abdul MajidJKAL5,72225.8%Habibullah BhatINC5,46924.66%253
11Sonawari56.51%Mohammad Akbar LoneJKNC25,68758.05%Mohammad Yusuf ParrayJKAL12,92929.22%12,758
12Sangrama22.11%Ghulam Nabi LoneJKPDP 3,69735.91%Mohammed YousufJKNC2,63825.63%1,059
13Baramulla24.15%Muzaffar Hussain BaigJKPDP6,83338.62%Ghulam Nabi KachruJKNC3,98422.52%2,849
14Gulmarg50.52%Ghulam Hassan MirJKPDP27,73778.16%Sheikh Mustafa KamalJKNC7,74921.84%19,988
15Pattan41.56%Iftikhar Hussain AnsariJKNC15,26852.63%Dr.Abdul Ahad YatooINC13,08445.1%2,184
16Kangan52.03%Mian Altaf Ahmed LarviJKNC16,98764.71%Ghulam Mohammed DarJKPDP5,94822.66%11,039
17Ganderbal35.21%Qazi Mohammad AfzalJKPDP11,62248.26%Omar AbdullahJKNC8,75236.34%2,870
18Hazratbal7.12%Mohammed Syed AkhoonJKNC3,04249.79%Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din AkhoonJKPDP1,63926.82%1,403
19Zadibal4.78%Shahjahan DarIndependent1,51446.67%Khawja Sadiq AliJKNC1,22037.61%294
20Eidgah4.75%Mubarak Ahmed GulJKNC2,02660.62%Mohammed Ashraf BakashiIndependent74722.35%1,279
21Khanyar4.22%Ali Mohammad SagarJKNC2,86893.85%Mushtaq AhmadINC1274.16%2,741
22Habba Kadal3.21%Raman MattooIndependent58728.47%Hira Lal ChattaBJP41620.17%171
23Amira Kadal3.06%Mohammad Shafi BhatINC1,16351.01%Ghulam Nabi MirJKNC67229.47%491
24Sonawar9.96%Mohammed Yasin ShahJKNC 3,44554.66%Ghulam Hussain WaniJKPDP1,74027.61%1,705
25Batmaloo4.%Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din ShahJKNC2,06549.51%Tariq Hameed KarraJKPDP1,22329.32%842
26Chadoora52.45%Javaid Mustafa MirJKPDP15,92358.03%Ali Mohammad DarJKNC7,87628.7%8,047
27Budgam33.41%Aga Syed Ruhullah MehdiJKNC11,39850.59%Aga Syed Mahmood AlmosviIndependent4,75321.1%6,645
28Beerwah35.06%Mohammed Sarfraz KhanJKPDP16,88666.%Mohammed Amin BandayJKNC4,96619.41%11,920
29Khan Sahib49.51%Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen ShahIndependent20,18667.22%Abdul Gani NaseemJKNC4,39314.63%15,793
30Charari Sharief63.71%Abdul Rahim RatherJKNC20,27551.29%Ghulam Nabi LoneJKPDP16,52041.79%3,755
31Tral11.55%Ghulam Nabi BhatJKNC3,25347.3%Surinder SinghINC2,94442.8%309
32Pampore19.17%Abdul Aziz MirJKPDP3,81138.46%Mohammed Anwar BhatINC3,10631.35%705
33Pulwama18.13%Mohammad Khalil BandJKPDP 5,20953.09%Bashir Ahmad NengrooJKNC2,78228.36%2,427
34Rajpora36.71%Syed Bashir AhmadJKPDP 13,94658.6%Ghulam Mohi Uddin MirJKNC5,86024.62%8,086
35Wachi28.29%Khalil NaikCPI(M) 4,13329.19%Ghulam Hassan BhatJKPDP4,05328.62%80
36Shopian26.91%Ghulam Hassan KhanJKPDP 4,08327.2%Sheikh Mohammed RafiJKNC3,36322.4%720
37Noorabad23.41%Abdul Aziz ZargarJKPDP3,61629.74%Sakeena AkhtarJKNC3,30127.15%315
38Kulgam24.4%Mohamad Yousuf TarigamiCPI(M)8,34651.72%Ghulam Nabi DarJKNC3,46121.45%4,885
39Hom Shali Bugh22.93%Abdul Gafar SofiJKPDP6,80358.59%Mohammed Amin DarCPI(M)2,32720.04%4,476
40Anantnag7.16%Dr. Mehboob BeighJKNC 3,51370.23%Liyakat Ali KhanJKAL65213.03%2,861
41Devsar35.56%Mohammed Sartaj MadniJKPDP8,72138.52%Mohammed YaqubCPI(M)5,69525.16%3,026
42Dooru40.48%Ghulam Ahmad MirINC14,46166.19%Syed Manzoor AhmadJKNC3,11914.28%11,342
43Kokernag15.27%Peerzada Mohammad SyedINC3,35638.06%Ghulam Rasool MalikJKPDP2,92033.12%436
44Shangus–Anantnag East25.4%Peer Mohammed HussainJKPDP5,11537.07%Gulzar Ahmad WaniINC4,77434.6%341
45Srigufwara–Bijbehara16.67%Abdul Rehman BhatJKPDP5,96158.32%Abdul Gani ShahJKNC2,08420.39%3,877
46Pahalgam33.02%Mehbooba MuftiJKPDP8,54445.11%Rafi Ahmed MirJKNC6,40533.82%2,139
47Kargil74.83%Haji Nissar AliIndependent27,38456.61%Qamar Ali AkhoonJKNC20,98843.39%6,396
48Zanskar78.97%Mohammed AbassJKNC8,58047.67%Tsering ChhosphelIndependent5,39329.96%3,187
49Kishtwar54.82%Sajjad HussainJKNC16,72541.32%Ghulam Haider SheikhINC15,06237.21%1,663
50Inderwal56.61%Ghulam Mohammad SarooriINC24,55164.75%Jalal-Ud-DinJKNC5,66714.95%18,884
51Doda55.54%Abdul Majid WaniIndependent13,79935.29%Khalid Najib SoharawardyJKNC13,19233.74%607
52Bhaderwah54.25%Mohammed ShariefINC16,96234.18%Mohammed AslamJKNC10,13520.42%6,827
53Ramban (SC)57.71%Dr. Chaman LalJKNC15,22036.12%Ashok KumarINC12,68130.1%2,539
54Banihal40.55%Molvi Abdul RashidIndependent11,39347.51%Mohammed Farooq MirJKNC4,71919.68%6,674
55Gulabgarh55.99%Abdul Ghani MalikJKNC12,47635.15%Ajaz Ahmad KhanIndependent9,54626.9%2,930
56Reasi62.2%Jugal KishoreINC23,04536.97%Baldev RajBJP20,98933.67%2,056
57Gool Arnas60.08%Ajaz Ahmed KhanIndependent10,88133.36%Kabala SinghBJP5,89518.08%4,986
58Udhampur58.39%Balwant Singh MankotiaJKNPP24,67940.39%Pawan Kumar GuptaBJP14,72724.1%9,952
59Chenani (SC)61.54%Faquir NathJKNPP17,11837.42%Krishan ChanderINC15,35333.56%1,765
60Ramnagar60.72%Harsh Dev SinghJKNPP29,91450.4%Khalil Allaha QaziBSP13,43022.63%16,484
61Bani67.63%Prem SagarINC10,39542.68%Ghulam Haider MalikJKNC6,70827.54%3,687
62Basohli63.15%Chaudhary Lal SinghINC18,91643.61%Jagdish Raj SapoliaBJP15,24835.15%3,668
63Kathua57.%Jatinder SinghDM16,36625.56%Sagar ChandBSP13,30720.79%3,059
64Billawar63.9%Manohar Lal SharmaIndependent24,73647.77%Balbir SinghINC10,17519.65%14,561
65Hiranagar (SC)60.12%Girdhari LalINC31,40254.88%Gopal DassBJP13,19023.05%18,212
66Samba (SC)58.47%Yash Paul KundalJKNPP11,07925.31%Swarn LataINC10,33323.6%746
67Vijaypur64.19%Manjit SinghBSP25,40639.21%Surjeet Singh SlathiaJKNC20,32931.37%5,077
68Nagrota63.85%Jugal Kishore SharmaBJP10,65326.82%Ajatshatru SinghJKNC10,58626.65%67
69Gandhinagar48.46%Raman BhallaINC37,01049.81%Harbans SinghJKNC26,51735.69%10,493
70Jammu East38.67%Yogesh Kumar SawhneyINC11,78434.91%Ashok KumarBJP8,44825.03%3,336
71Jammu West38.69%Mangat Ram SharmaINC25,62740.47%Virander Kumar GuptaIndependent17,70427.96%7,923
72Bishnah67.43%Ashwani Kumar SharmaIndependent17,96132.72%Kamal VermaJKNC13,29824.22%4,663
73Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South (SC)61.4%Suman Lata BhagatINC19,66941.4%Romesh Lal MottanNCP16,48534.7%3,184
74Suchetgarh69.81%Gharu Ram BhagatINC11,34427.45%Rajinder Singh ChibBJP11,20727.11%137
75Marh68.83%Ajay SadhotraJKNC14,95931.87%Sukh Nandan KumarBJP13,79229.39%1,167
76Raipur Domana (SC)61.05%Mulla RamINC20,53843.49%Bharat BhushanIndependent8,85218.74%11,686
77Akhnoor71.27%Madan Lal SharmaINC17,10229.36%Govind Ram SharmaJKNC16,03727.54%1,065
78Chhamb (SC)70.47%Tara ChandINC20,63046.3%Chhaju Ram LambaJKNC10,29623.1%10,334
79Nowshera57.86%Romesh Chander SharmaINC20,51140.25%Radhey Sham SharmaJKNC16,03731.47%4,474
80Darhal46.61%Thakur Puran SinghIndependent11,83228.09%Chowdhary Liaqat AliJKNC11,61527.58%217
81Rajouri27.05%Mohammed AslamJKNC11,93340.%Qamar HussainINC9,25531.02%2,678
82Kalakote48.66%Rachpal SinghJKNC19,32446.61%Ashok Kumar SharmaINC18,12443.71%1,200
83Surankote40.01%Mushtaq Ahmad ShahJKNC 15,24345.84%Mohammed AslamINC13,27139.91%1,972
84Mendhar60.29%Javed Ahmed RanaJKNC24,53051.39%Rafiq Hussain KhanIndependent16,66534.92%7,865
85Poonch Haveli60.73%Ghulam Mohammed JanJKNC27,36447.41%Yeshpal SharmaINC26,71846.3%646
86Nubra-Sonam Wangchuk NarbooIndependentElected Unopposed
87Leh-Nawang Rigzin JoraIndependentElected Unopposed

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Jammu_and_Kashmir_Legislative_Assembly_election