J-K Assembly polls: In 2014, PDP won 11 of the 24 seats voting in phase 1 today; NC, Congress bagged 4 seats each

Voting is underway across 24 seats in seven districts in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections today. The first phase covers 16 seats in Kashmir and eight seats in Jammu region.

Assembly elections are being held in the erstwhile state in three phases. The other two phases will be held on September 25 and October 1. The results will be announced on October 8.

In the 2014 assembly elections, the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP won 11 out of the 24 seats voting today. The BJP and Congress won four each, while the Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) and CPI (M) won one seat each.

The PDP-BJP government formed after the 2014 assembly elections could not last the full six-year term as BJP withdrew its support to former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2018.

PDP had won 21 assembly seats

If one considers the delimitation exercise in 2022, the PDP won 21 assembly seats in the 2014 assembly polls corresponding to the post-delimitation seats going to vote in the first phase today, according to a report in Indian Express.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, held prior to the abrogation of Article 370 and the 2022 delimitation, the Congress was the leading party among the assembly segments going to polls in the first phase today with most votes in at least nine assembly segments, followed by the NC in six, the PDP in four and the BJP in two segments.

In 2024 LS polls, NC led in 11 assembly segments

In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the NC led in 11 assembly segments, followed by the PDP in five, the Congress in four and the BJP in three segments, according to a report in Indian Express.

While the former allies, the BJP and the PDP, are contesting elections separately this time, the NC and Congress have stitched up an alliance.