Elections for the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in September -October 2002 in four phases.[1][2]
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| Registered | 6,165,285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 43.70% ( 10.22%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jammu & Kashmir National Conference was the single largest party but lacked majority. The Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Indian National Congress (Congress) formed a coalition government with PDP's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed serving as the Chief Minister for the first three years and Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad for the next three years. The election saw a major boycott at the appeal of Tehreek -e-Hurriyat.Kashmir division had a voting percentage of 3.5% while Jammu division had a voting percentage of 16.5%.Rajouri district recorded the least voting percentage at 2.7%[3][4] The Panthers Party formed part of the ruling coalition with Harsh Dev Singh as the party's first cabinet minister.[5]
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used for first time in Jammu Kashmir assembly elections in 2002.[6] The international community also appreciated the credibility of the elections and the results that followed it. The elections was seen as a victory of the ballot over the bullet.[7][8] United States lauded 2002 elections of the state.[9][10] There were 1.7 million voters in the state for 2002 elections.[11][12]
Voting
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The first phase voting took place on 16 September 2002.[13] There was a polling station for just 11 voters in Zanskar.[6] BJP contested on 52 seats while Jammu State Morcha contested on 12 seats.[14][15] National Conference president Omar Abdullah contested from Ganderbal seat.[16] Separatists had varied views on the elections ranging from voting to boycott of elections.[17][18][19]
The four stages of the elections were held as follows:
| Date | Seats | Turnout | |
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| Monday 16 September | 23 | 47.28% | |
| Sunday 24 November | 28 | 42% | |
| Sunday 1 October | 5 | 41% | |
| Sunday 8 October | 18 | 46% | |
| Total | 87 | 45% | |
| Source:[20] | |||
Results
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| Party | Seats | Previously | +/– | Vote % | Vote Share | ||||||
| National Conference | 28 | 57 | 29
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28.24% | 7,49,825 | ||||||
| Indian National Congress | 20 | 7 |  13
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24.24% | 6,43,751 | ||||||
| People's Democratic Party | 16 | - | 16
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9.28% | 2,46,480 | ||||||
| Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | 4 | 1 | 3
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3.83% | 1,01,830 | ||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | 0 | 0.88% | 23493 | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 8 | 7
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8.57% | 2,27,633 | ||||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | 4 | 3
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4.50% | 1,19,492 | ||||||
| Democratic Movement | 1 | 0.62% | 16,366 | ||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir Awami League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.91% | 24,121 | ||||||
| Independents | 13 | 16.50% | 4,38,287 | ||||||||
| Total (turnout 43.70%) | 87 | 87 | - | - | |||||||
| Valid votes | 26,55,570 | 99.90 | |||||||||
| Invalid votes | 584 | 0.10 | |||||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 26,56,627 | 43.70 | |||||||||
| Abstentions | 24,94,170 | 56.30% | |||||||||
| Registered voters | 60,78,570 | ||||||||||
| Source:Election Commission of India[21] | |||||||||||
JKNC became the single largest party with 28 seats. Congress became the second largest party with 25 seats.[22]
Farooq Abdullah resigned as a chief minister on 24 December 2002.[23]
Elected Members
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