2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

2014 Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections
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All 87 seats in Legislative Assembly
44 seats needed for a majority
Registered7,316,946
Turnout65.91% (Increase4.75%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Nirmal Kumar Singh Omar Abdullah
Party JKPDP BJP JKNC
Leader's seat Anantnag (won) Billawar (won) Beerwah (won), Sonawar(lost)
Last election 21 11 28
Seats won 28 25 15
Seat change Increase7 Increase14 Decrease 13
Popular vote 10,92,203 11,07,194 10,00,693
Percentage 22.67% 22.98% 20.77%
Swing Increase7.31 pp Increase10.55 pp Decrease2.27 pp
  Fourth party
 
Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
Party INC
Leader's seat Did not contest
Last election 17
Seats won 12
Seat change Decrease 5
Popular vote 8,67,883
Percentage 18.01%
Swing Increase0.29 pp
Chief Minister before election

Omar Abdullah
JKNC
(in coalition with the INC)

Elected Chief Minister

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
PDP
(in coalition with the BJP)

The 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in five phases from 25 November – 20 December 2014. Voters elected 87 members to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, which ends its six-year term on 19 January 2020. The results were declared on 23 December 2014.[1][2] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 3 assembly seats out of 87 in Jammu Kashmir elections.[3][4][5]

This was the last assembly election before the territory's special status was revoked[6] and Ladakh separated as union territory in 2019.[7]

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  2. ^ "EC announces five phased polling for Jharkhand and J-K | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. ^ "NPP to challenge 'validity' of JK Assembly polls in SC". Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Polls from Nov 25; results on Dec 23". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. ^ "5-phase polls in J&K, J'khand from Nov 25". Dailypioneer.com. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ^ "President declares abrogation of provisions of Article 370". The Hindu. PTI. 7 August 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  7. ^ "President Kovind gives assent to J&K Reorganisation Bill, two new UTs to come into effect from Oct 31". The Indian Express. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2022.