The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India. 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.

Currently Mehbooba Mufti 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 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. 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.

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. The PDP is now headed by Mehbooba Mufti, Sayeed's daughter.

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.

In the 2019 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. The party ran a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Bharatiya Janata Party until the BJP abandoned the coalition on 19 June 2018, due to concerns about terrorism and radicalization in Kashmir.

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

Election YearLok SabhaSeats contestedSeats wonOverall votes(%) of votes(±) in seatsVote swing
Lok Sabha
200414th31 / 62,67,45711.94%1new
200915th60 / 65,22,76020.06%18.12
201416th53 / 67,32,64420.54%30.48
201917th30 / 61,20,7543.38%317.16
202418th30 / 54,33,0498.48%5.10

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

Election YearAssemblySeats contestedSeats wonOverall votes(%) of votes(±) in seatsVote swingOutcome
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
200210th5916 / 872,46,4809.28%16newGovernment
200811th7821 / 876,10,50215.39%56.11Opposition
201412th8428 / 8710,92,20322.67%77.28Government
202413th813 / 905,11,4348.97%2513.70Opposition

List of Chief Ministers

Chief Ministers

NoNameImageConstituencyTerm of officeTenure lengthPartyGovernor
1Mufti Mohammad SayeedPahalgam2 November 20022 November 20053years, 0daysPeople's Democratic PartyGirish Chandra Saxena
2Mufti Mohammad SayeedAnantnag1 March 20157 January 2016312daysPeople's Democratic PartyN. N. Vohra
3Mehbooba MuftiAnantnag4 April 201620 June 20182years, 77daysPeople's Democratic PartyN. N. Vohra

Deputy chief

NoNameConstituencyTerm of officeTenure length5,years
1Muzaffar Hussain BaigPahalgam2 November 200611 July 20081year, 252days10th

See also

Works cited

  • . Election Commission of India. Archived from on 18 December 2014.

External links

  • at Elections.in