Jammu and Kashmir Election 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, which will be conducted in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for October 4. The second list has names of 29 candidates for the second and the third phase. The first list had 15 names. With this, the party has announced a total of 44 candidates out of the total 90 seats.

In the second phase, the party has nominated candidates for various constituencies:

Habba Kadal – Ashok Bhat


Gulabgarh (ST) – Mohammad Akram Chaudhary


Reasi – Kuldeep Raj Dubey


Shri Mata Vaishno Devi – Baldev Raj Sharma


Kalakote-Sunderbani – Thakur Randhir Singh


Budhal (ST) – Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali


Thannamandi (ST) – Mohd. Iqbal Malik


Surankote (ST) – Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari


Poonch Haveli – Chowdhary Abdul Ghani


Mendhar (ST) – Murtaza Khan

In the third phase, the following candidates have been fielded:

Udhampur West – Pawan Gupta


Chenani – Balwant Singh Mankotia


Ramnagar (SC) – Sunil Bhardwaj


Bani – Jeevan Lal


Billawar –  Satish Sharma


Basohli – Darshan Singh


Jasrota – Rajiv Jasrotia


Hiranagar – Adv. Vijay Kumar Sharma


Ramgarh (SC) – Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal


Samba –  Surjit Singh Slathia


Vijaypur – Chandra Prakash Ganga


Suchetgarh (SC) – Gharu Ram Bhagat


R.S. Pura-Jammu South – Dr. Narinder Singh Raina


Jammu East – Yudhvir Sethi


Nagrota – Dr. Devinder Singh Rana


Jammu West – Arvind Gupta


Jammu North – Sham Lal Sharma


Akhnoor (SC) – Mohan Lal Bhagat


Chhamb – Rajeev Sharma

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The BJP is contesting these elections with a focus on strengthening its foothold in the region. The upcoming elections are seen as crucial for the party to establish its influence and address local issues in Jammu and Kashmir.

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