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2024 Indian general election in Ladakh

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2024 Indian general election in Ladakh

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Lone Lok Sabha seat from Ladakh
Opinion polls
Turnout71.82% (Increase0.77%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Mohmad Haneefa Tsering Namgyal Tashi Gyalson
Party Independent INC BJP
Alliance INDIA NDA
Leader since 2020 2024
Leader's seat Ladakh Ladakh Ladakh
Last election Did not existed 16.80%, 0 seat 33.94%, 1 seat
Seats before 0 1
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 65,259 37,397 31,505
Percentage 48.15% 27.59% 23.58%
Swing New Increase10.79% Decrease10.36%

Result Map of the 2024 general election in Ladakh

Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

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 Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Tashi Gyalson 1
Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress Nawang Rigzin Jora 1

Candidates

Constituency
NDA INDIA
1 Ladakh BJP Tashi Gyalson INC Tsering Namgyal

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
NDA INDIA Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[3] ±5% 1 0 0 NDA
Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
NDA INDIA Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[3] ±5% 44% 41% 15% 3

Exit polls

Polling agency Lead
NDA INDIA Others

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Mohmad Haneefa 65,259 47.96% New 1 1 Increase1
INDIA INC 37,397 27.88% Increase10.73% 1 0 Steady
NDA BJP 31,956 23.49% Decrease10.36% 1 0 Decrease1
NOTA 912 0.67% 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%Increase Independent Independent Mohmad Haneefa 65,629 48.15% INC INDIA Tsering Namgyal 37,397 27.59% 27,862 20.56%

References

  1. ^ "Kargil results make BJP's bid for Ladakh parliament seat an uphill task in 2024". The Hindu. 9 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Ladakh council election, A warning for the BJP". India Today. 13 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b ABP News Bureau (12 March 2024). "ABP News-CVoter Opinion Poll: BJP Set To Sweep Ladakh In First Polls After Separation From J&K". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.