Jammu and Kashmir Candidates list 2024: Full list of BJP candidates and their constituencies

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections will be spread over three phases and the results will be declared on October 4. (File Photo: PTI)

Jammu and Kashmir Elections 2024 BJP candidates list: The stage is set for an intense political face-off as Jammu and Kashmir votes to elect its first government since the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two union territories.

The stakes are high for all major political parties in the fray, but higher for the Bharatiya Janata Party which has claimed that the Centre’s 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 has ushered in a new era of development and peace in the Kashmir Valley. While the Congress and the NC have announced a pre-poll alliance, others are entering the fray on their own.

Jammu and Kashmir Elections 2024: Full list of BJP candidates and their constituencies

1. Pampore - Er. Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi
2. Rajpora - Arshid Bhat
3. Shopian - Jawed Ahmad Qadri
4. Anantnag West - Mohd Rafiq Wani
5. Anantnag - Adv. Syed Wazahat
6. Srigufwara-Bijbehara - Sofi Yousuf
7. Shangus-Anantnag East - Veer Saraf
8. Inderwal - Tariq Keen
9. Kishtwar - Shagun Parihar
10. Padder-Nagseni - Sunil Sharma
11. Bhadarwah - Daleep Singh Parihar
12. Doda - Gajay Singh Rana
13. Doda West - Shakti Raj Parihar
14. Ramban - Rakesh Thakur
15. Banihal - Salim Bhat
16. Kokernag - Choudhary Roshan Hussain Gujjar
17. Habbakadal - Ashok Bhat
18. Gulabgarh (ST) - Mohammad Akram Chaudhary
19. Reasi - Kuldeep Raj Dubey
20. Mata Vaishno Devi - Baldev Raj Sharma
21. Kalakote-Sunderbani - Thakur Randhir Singh
22. Budhal (ST) - Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali
23. Thannamandi (ST) - Mohd. Iqbal Malik
24. Surankote (ST) - Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari
25. Poonch Haveli - Chowdhary Abdul Ghani
26. Mendhar (ST) - Murtaza Khan
27. Udhampur West - Pawan Gupta
28. Chenani - Balwant Singh Mankotia
29. Ramnagar (SC) - Sunil Bhardwaj
30. Bani - Jeevan Lal
31. Bilawar - Satish Sharma
32. Basohli - Darshan Singh
33. Jasrota - Rajiv Jasrotia
34. Hiranagar - Adv Vijay Kumar Sharma
35. Ramgarh (SC) - Dr Devinder Kumar Maniyal
36. Samba - Surjit Singh Slathia
37. Vijaypur - Chandra Prakash Ganga
38. Suchetgarh (SC) - Gharu Ram Bhagat
39. R.S. Pura-Jammu South - Dr Narinder Singh Raina
40. Jammu East - Yudhvir Sethi
41. Nagrota - Dr Devinder Singh Rana
42. Jammu West - Arvind Gupta
43. Jammu North - Sham Lal Sharma
44. Akhnoor (SC) - Mohan Lal Bhagat
45. Chhamb - Rajeev Sharma

The release of the BJP’s candidates list was marred by high drama as the party withdrew the list of 45 candidates released on August 26 within hours. It then released a trimmed version with 15 names shortly after and followed it up with another with just one name. The third list with 29 names was released on August 27 with just one change of candidate.

When are Jammu and Kashmir Elections being held?

The elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in 90 Assembly seats of the Union Territory on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The elections will be the first after the delimitation exercise which saw the number of seats increase from 87 to 90.

How many phases in Jammu and Kashmir Elections?

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1.

When are Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election results?

The Jammu and Kashmir Election results will be declared on October 4 when the counting of votes is taken up.

(This copy will be updated as and when the BJP announces more candidates. Watch this space!)