Jammu and Kashmir Election Date: Assembly poll in 3 phases from September 18, says Election Commission
Jammu and Kashmir assembly election to be held on September 18, 25 and October 1. Results will be declared on October 4.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced that the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections will be held in three phases, beginning September 18, with results to be declared on October 4.

Polling for the first phase will be held on September 18, the second phase on September 25, and the final phase on October 1.
The dates for the gazette notification for the three phases will be August 20, August 29, and September 9, respectively. The last dates for making nominations for the three phases will be August 27, September 5 and September 12 respectively.
The announcement comes a week after Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, along with election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, visited the union territory.
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“We have seen long queues of people in Jammu and Kashmir during Lok Sabha polls, which showed they want to be part of the democratic process and preferred ballot over bullet,” said Rajiv Kumar during the briefing on Friday.
Jammu and Kashmir has 87.09 lakh eligible electorates with an equal percentage of males and females, said the CEC, adding that the total number of polling stations will be over 11,800.
Among the total voters, 44.46 lakh are male, 42.62 are female and 3.71 lakh are first time voters. Average voters per polling station is 735, showed the ECI data.

Of the total 90 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 74 are reserved for general, nine for Scheduled Tribes, and seven for Scheduled Castes.
Earlier during the visit to the union territory, Rajiv Kumar said that the time has come to give the people of Jammu and Kashmir their government through elections. “We are committed to conducting elections at the earliest. We are confident that the people of J&K will give a befitting response to disruptive forces. No internal or external intervention will be allowed to derail the democratic process. We are fully prepared for it,” said CEC Kumar in a media briefing.
The three-member delegation was in the region to consult all stakeholders and assess the preparedness of the Jammu and Kashmir union territory to conduct elections in 90 seats. There have also been concerns due to an uptick in terror attacks in the region.
No elected government in J&K
Jammu and Kashmir has been without an elected government since June 2018, when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) broke its alliance with Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) forcing Mehbooba Mufti to resign as chief minister.
The state was headed by then Governor Satya Pal Malik, who dissolved the J&K Legislative Assembly on November 28, 2018, soon after Mehbooba Mufti staked claim to form the government with the support of Congress and National Conference (NC).
However, on December 19, 2018, then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, issued a notification announcing President's Rule in J&K under Article 356 of the Constitution of India. Eight months later, on August 5, 2019, the BJP-led government at the Centre repealed Article 370, providing special status to J&K, and bifurcated the erstwhile state into union territories.
