The 2024 Indian general election was held in Ladakh on 20 May 2024 to elect 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha.[1][2] These elections are the first elections to be held in Ladakh after the separating of the territory from Jammu and Kashmir under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and granting it a separate Union territory status.
Election schedule
| Poll event | Phase |
|---|---|
| V | |
| Notification date | 26 April 2024 |
| Last date for filing nomination | 3 May 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 4 May 2024 |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 6 May 2024 |
| Date of poll | 20 May 2024 |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 |
Parties and alliances
National Democratic Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Party color cell | Bharatiya Janata Party | 
|
|
Tashi Gyalson | 1 |
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Party color cell | Indian National Congress | 
|
|
Tsering Namgyal | 1 |
Candidates
| Constituency | colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | INDIA | ||||||
| 1 | Ladakh | Template:Party color cell | BJP | Tashi Gyalson | Template:Party color cell | INC | Tsering Namgyal |
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
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Exit polls
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Results
Results by alliance or party
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Template:Party color cell | Independent | 65,259 | 47.96% | New | 1 | 1 | Template:Increase1 | ||
| Template:Party color cell | INDIA | Template:Party color cell | INC | 37,397 | 27.88% | Template:Increase10.73% | 1 | 0 | Template:Steady |
| Template:Party color cell | NDA | Template:Party color cell | BJP | 31,956 | 23.49% | Template:Decrease10.36% | 1 | 0 | Template:Decrease1 |
| NOTA | 912 | 0.67% | Template:Decrease0.06% | ||||||
| Total | 1,35,524 | 100% | - | 3 | 1 | - | |||
Results by constituency
| Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||||
| 1 | Ladakh | 71.82%Template:Increase | Template:Party name with color | Template:Party name with color | Mohmad Haneefa | 65,629 | 48.15% | Template:Party name with color | Template:Party name with color | Tsering Namgyal | 37,397 | 27.59% | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|27,862 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|20.56% | ||||
References
- ↑ Kargil results make BJP’s bid for Ladakh parliament seat an uphill task in 2024. The Hindu(9 October 2023).
- ↑ Ladakh council election, A warning for the BJP. India Today(13 October 2023).
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