2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir from 18 September to 1 October 2024 in 3 phases to elect 90 members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The results of the elections were announced on 8 October 2024. The INDIA alliance won a majority of seats in the election, winning 49 of the 90 seats for which elections were held, with the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) winning the highest number of seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the second largest number of seats and the largest share of the popular vote. This was the first assembly election in over a decade, and the first since the territory's special status was revoked, its statehood withdrawn, martial curfew imposed and over 300 political leaders detained or under house arrest in 2019. The Indian government indefinitely suspended elections in order to stabilise the conditions in Kashmir Valley due to the decades long and ongoing armed insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. A Supreme Court plea...

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