Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2008 Results
|
Jammu
and Kashmir Assembly Election Results Declared |
| Party |
Lead |
Won |
| INC |
0 |
17 |
| BJP |
0 |
11 |
| JKNC |
0 |
28 |
| PDP |
0 |
21 |
| CPI(Marxist) |
0 |
1 |
| J&K
Democratic Party Nationalist |
0 |
1 |
| People's
Democratic Front |
0 |
1 |
| Independents |
0 |
4 |
| J&K
National Panthers Party |
0 |
3 |
|
Schedule for holding General Election to
the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir
| Poll
Event |
Poll Event
|
Date |
| 1 |
Counting
of Votes on |
Sunday Dec 28, 2008 |
| 2 |
Date
before which the Election shall be Completed |
Wednesday
Dec 31, 2008 |
General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu &
Kashmir
The Assembly Elections of Jammu & Kashmir has been declared by Election
Commission. There will be a 7 phase election, the dates of which has been
fixed for 14th , 23rd , 30th November, 2008, and 7th , 13th , 17th , 24th
December, 2008, The Legislative Assembly of the State of Jammu & Kashmir
was dissolved on 10 th July, 2008 and since then the state has been placed
under the Governor's rule. This will come to an end on 10 th January, 2008.
As per constitutional law (Section 138 read with Section 52 (1) of the
Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, and the decision of the Hon’ble
Supreme Court in Special Reference No.1 of 2002 [AIR 2003 SC 87, (2002) 8
SCC 237], and Section 27 of the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the
People Act, 1957) , it is mandatory on the part of the Election Commission
to hold general election to constitute the new Legislative Assembly in the
State before 10th January, 2009.
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY
Under Section 47 read with Section 48 of the Constitution of J & K, the
assembly constituency is as follows:
| State |
Total No. ACs |
ACs reserved for SC |
ACs reserved for ST |
| Jammu & Kashmir |
87 |
7 |
- |
ELECTORAL ROLLS
There are 65,38,111 electors in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
ELECTORS PHOTO IDENTITY CARDS (EPIC)
The identification of the voters at the polling booth at the time of poll
is mandatory.Presently, the EPIC coverage in J & K is 68.00%.
POLLING STATIONS
There are 8,109 polling stations in the State.
DATE OF ELECTION
There will be seven phase elections in the state, starting from 14th
November, 2008 till 24th December 2008.