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JK elections 2024: BJP will not contest eight of 24 seats in Kashmir Valley in Phase 1

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Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded only 16 candidates for the 24 seats up for grabs in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on September 18. These include 16 seats in the Kashmir Valley and 8 seats in Jammu.

Of the 16 constituencies in the Kashmir valley, the party has fielded candidates for only eight and the deadline to file nominations was August 27. These constituencies, for which the BJP has not fielded candidates, are in South Kashmir. The constituencies include Tral, Pulwama, Zainapora, DH Pora, Kulgam, Devsar, Dooru and Pahalgam.

Here is a complete list of BJP candidates for Phase 1




























S.No Constituencies Candidates
1. Pampore Um. Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi
2. Trale No candidate nominated
3. Pulwama No candidate nominated
4. Rajpura Arshid Bhat
5. Zainapora No candidate nominated
6. Shopian Jawed Ahmad Qadri
7. DH Pora No candidate nominated
8. Kulgam No candidate nominated
9. Devsar No candidate nominated
10. Dooru No candidate nominated
11. Kokernag (ST) Choudhary Roshan Hussain Gujjar
12. Anantnag West Mohd Rafiq Wani
13. Anantnag Lawyer Syed Wazahat
14. Sriguenwara-Bijbehara Sofi Yousuf
15. Shangus Anantnag East Veer Saraf
16. Pahalgam No candidate nominated
17. Indian whale Tariq Keen
18. Kishtwar Shagun Parihar
19. Padder – Nagseni Sunil Sharma
20. Bhadarwah Daleep Singh Parihar
21. Doda Gajay Singh Rana
22. Doda West Shakti Raj Parihar
23. Ramban Rakesh Thakur
24. Banana Salim Bhat

The BJP has announced the names of 45 candidates for the upcoming three-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir. More names for the second and third phases will be announced soon. Of the 90 seats in the Union Territory, Kashmir has 47 seats and Jammu has 43.

Earlier, on August 26, the BJP had withdrawn its first list of 44 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections soon after its publication. The list included 15 candidates for the first phase of voting, 10 for the second phase and 19 for the third phase.

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir will hold assembly elections on September 18, 25 and October 1. The results of the elections will be announced on October 8. Significantly, the 2024 elections will be the first elections in the valley since the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution were abrogated and the erstwhile state was bifurcated into two Union Territories in 2019.

The BJP won 25 seats in the last general elections in 2014 and is making all efforts this time to fend off the challenge from a resurgent Congress, which has formed an alliance with the National Conference.

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