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| Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | |
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| Abbreviation | JKPDP |
| President | Mehbooba Mufti |
| Founder | Mufti Mohammed Sayeed |
| General Secretary | Abdul Haq Khan, Mohd Khurshid Alam |
| Working President | |
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1] The PDP was headed and founded by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. His daughter, Mehbooba Mufti, succeeded him as party leader and as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir following his death in January 2016. The party was a member of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration electoral alliance. The party was also a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance from its founding on 18 June 2023 till 2024.[2]
Currently Mehbooba Mufti[3] remains as the president of the party, with Waheed Para serving as the legislative party leader in the J&K Assembly, Fayaz Ahmad Mir as whip [4] and Mirza Mehboob Beg as the Chief Spokesperson for the party.
History
The PDP was founded in 1999 by the former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.[5][6][7] It captured power in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2002 Assembly elections. In 2004, it had one member each in the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha. It was a member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance until the 2009 general election.[8]
Sayeed headed the PDP-Indian National Congress coalition government between October 2002 and November 2005, and the PDP- BJP government between March 2015 and January 2016 and he was the party's patron until his death on 7 January 2016.[9] The PDP is now headed by Mehbooba Mufti, Sayeed's daughter.[10]
The PDP operates on the ideology of self-rule, as distinctly different from the issues of autonomy. It believes that self-rule as a political philosophy, as opposed to autonomy, ensures the empowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, while further engaging in debates over new political territoriality of the Jammu and Kashmir.[11]
In 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election, it failed to win any Lok Sabha seat.
In the 2014 general election, three of its members were elected to the Lok Sabha, and its strength in the Legislative Assembly was 28.[12] The party ran a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Bharatiya Janata Party[13] until the BJP abandoned the coalition on June 19, 2018, due to concerns about terrorism and radicalization in Kashmir.[14]
The party won just 3 seats in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. It was also its worst election performance in Jammu and Kashmir since its formation.
Election results
Lok Sabha
| Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Election Year | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Lok Sabha | style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats contested | style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats won | style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Overall votes | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | (%) of votes | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | (±) in seats | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Vote swing | ||
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| Lok Sabha | |||||||||
| 2004 | 14th | 3 | Template:Composition bar | 2,67,457 | 11.94% | Template:Increase 1 | Template:Steady new | ||
| 2009 | 15th | 6 | Template:Composition bar | 5,22,760 | 20.06% | Template:Decrease 1 | Template:Increase 8.12 | ||
| 2014 | 16th | 5 | Template:Composition bar | 7,32,644 | 20.54% | Template:Increase 3 | Template:Increase 0.48 | ||
| 2019 | 17th | 3 | Template:Composition bar | 1,20,754 | 3.38% | Template:Decrease 3 | Template:Decrease 17.16 | ||
| 2024 | 18th | 3 | Template:Composition bar | 4,33,049 | 8.48% | Template:Steady | Template:Increase 5.10 | ||
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
| Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Election Year | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Assembly | style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats contested | style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats won | style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Overall votes | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | (%) of votes | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | (±) in seats | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Vote swing | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Outcome | |
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| Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |||||||||
| 2002 | 10th | 59 | Template:Composition bar | 2,46,480 | 9.28% | Template:Increase 16 | Template:Steady new | Template:Yes2 | |
| 2008 | 11th | 78 | Template:Composition bar | 6,10,502 | 15.39% | Template:Increase 5 | Template:Increase 6.11 | Template:No2 | |
| 2014 | 12th | 84 | Template:Composition bar | 10,92,203 | 22.67% | Template:Increase 7 | Template:Increase 7.28 | Template:Yes2 | |
| 2024 | 13th | 81 | Template:Composition bar | 5,11,434 | 8.97% | Template:Decrease 25 | Template:Decrease 13.70 | Template:No2 | |
List of Chief Ministers
Chief Ministers
| No | Name | Image | Constituency | Term of office | Tenure length | Party | Governor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | 
|
Pahalgam | 2 November 2002 | 2 November 2005 | Template:Age in years and days | People's Democratic Party | Girish Chandra Saxena | |
| 2 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
|
Anantnag | 1 March 2015 | 7 January 2016 | Template:Age in years and days | People's Democratic Party | N. N. Vohra | |
| 3 | Mehbooba Mufti | 
|
Anantnag | 4 April 2016 | 20 June 2018 | Template:Age in years and days | People's Democratic Party | N. N. Vohra | |
Deputy chief
| No | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Tenure length | 5,years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | Pahalgam | 2 November 2006 | 11 July 2008 | Template:Age in years and days | 10th |
See also
- Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
- Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party
- Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party
- Ikkjutt Jammu
- Politics of Jammu and Kashmir
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Indian National Congress
- Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference
References
- ↑ Profiles: Political parties: The key political parties in Jammu and Kashmir.. www.aljazeera.com(2 August 2011). Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ Remain committed to unity of INDIA bloc, says PDP amid reports of party quitting alliance. The Indian Express(19 Feb 2024). Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ Engineer Rashid's campaigner Shoukat Pandit detained by J-K police: Mehbooba Mufti. The Economic Times(2024-05-17). Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ↑ PDP appoints Dr Mehboob Beg as party's chief spokesperson, Desk, GK Web. Greater Kashmir(2024-11-14). Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ↑ Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP). Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ Mufti floats new regional party in Kashmir. Rediff.com(28 July 1999). Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ↑ JKPDP History. JKPDP.org.
- ↑ United Progressive Alliance: Partners in governance.
- ↑ JKPDP Patron. JKPDP.org.
- ↑ JKPDP Office Bearers. JKPDP.org.
- ↑ Self Rule Framework. JKPDP.org.
- ↑ Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: PDP Wins Two.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs nameddupref - ↑ BJP quits government in Jammu and Kashmir, ends alliance with PDP. The News Minute(2018-06-19). Retrieved 2018-06-19.
Works cited
- General Election to Lok Sabha Trends and Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
External links
- Official Website
- Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party at Elections.in
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