Jammu Kashmir election poll 2024: date, schedule, other details!

The 7 phased polls are beginning on April 19 and ending on June 1. Although the results will be declared on June 4, but all of these are tentative dates. With announcing this, the Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar has also announced that the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election will be conducted after the Lok Sabha polls.

In Jammu Kashmir there has not held an Assembly poll for six years!

The assembly polls for Andhra Pradesh will be on May 13, Sikkim on April 19, Arunachal Pradesh on April 19, and Odisha will be held on May 13. Jammu & Kashmir, which is currently under President’s Rule,  has not held an Assembly poll for last six years. But this has changed this year. Jammu & Kashmir will hold theie parliamentary election in five phases – April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, May 2.

In a press conference today, the Election Commission said that it is working towards combating the 4Ms. The 4Ms are muscle, money, misinformation, and MCC violations. This is going to hinder the path to free and fair elections, as per the official. In December last year, the Supreme Court had directed about the conduct of an Assembly election in Jammu & Kashmir by September 30, 2024, which will be the first step in restoration of statehood.

J&K election polls: every candidate is going to be provided with two section force!

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has said, “The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed in 2019. There was a provision for 107 seats, 24 of which were in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Then the delimitation commission came and there was a change in the seats…. The reorganisation Act and delimitation were not in sync. That happened in December 2023. So our meter started running from December 2023.”

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar also explained why assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held after Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are over. He said, “All parties in Jammu and Kashmir said the Assembly election should be held with the parliamentary polls, but the entire administrative machinery said it cannot be done simultaneously. Every Assembly segment would have 10-12 candidates, which would mean more than 1,000 candidates. Every candidate has to be provided forces. It was not possible at this time.”