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Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party

Political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Summary

Political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India

FieldValue
party_nameJammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
abbreviationJKPDP
party_logoJammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.png
colorcode
foundation1999
founderMufti Mohammed Sayeed
headquarters2, Circuit House, Emporium Lane, Residency Road, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
eciState Party
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loksabha_seats
rajyasabha_seats
state2_seats_nameDistrict Development Council
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ideologyKashmiriyat
Jammu and Kashmir statehood
Regionalism
Islamic democracy
positionCentre-right
youthPDP Youth Wing
studentsPeoples Democratic Student Union
website
symbol[[File:Indian Election Symbol Ink Pot and Pen.pngInk-pot & Pen200px]]
state_seats_nameJammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
state_seats
presidentMehbooba Mufti
Legislative LeaderWaheed Para
general_secretaryAbdul Haq Khan, Mohd Khurshid Alamchairperson=Waheed Para
  • INDIA (2023–2024)
  • UPA (2004–2008)
  • People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (2019–2024) (State Level)
  • NDA (2014–2018) (India)}}

Jammu and Kashmir statehood Regionalism Islamic democracy

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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 2019 Indian general election 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 June 19, 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

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200414th32,67,45711.94%1new
200915th65,22,76020.06%18.12
201416th57,32,64420.54%30.48
201917th31,20,7543.38%317.16
202418th34,33,0498.48%5.10

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

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200210th592,46,4809.28%16new
200811th786,10,50215.39%56.11
201412th8410,92,20322.67%77.28
202413th815,11,4348.97%2513.70

List of Chief Ministers

Chief Ministers

NoNameImageConstituencyTerm of officeTenure lengthPartyGovernor
1Mufti Mohammad Sayeed[[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg100px]]Pahalgam2 November 20022 November 2005People's Democratic Party
2Mufti Mohammad Sayeed[[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg100px]]Anantnag1 March 20157 January 2016People's Democratic Party
3Mehbooba Mufti[[File:MehboobaMufti Ji.jpg100px]]Anantnag4 April 201620 June 2018People's Democratic Party

Deputy chief

NoNameConstituencyTerm of officeTenure length5,years
1Muzaffar Hussain BaigPahalgam2 November 200611 July 2008

References

Works cited

References

  1. "JKPDP Srinagar Office". JKPDP.org.
  2. (2013). "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013". Election Commission of India.
  3. Hussain, Aijaz. (1 March 2015). "Hindu nationalist party forms coalition government in Kashmir". The Associated Press.
  4. "Self Rule".
  5. "Mehbooba Mufti suspends poll campaign for a day after killing of Hezbollah leader, says 'stand with people of Palestine, Lebanon'".
  6. "PDSU- students' wing of PDP formulated". Greater Kashmir.
  7. (2023-07-18). "Picking the name INDIA for alliance, Opposition parties frame 2024 battle as BJP vs the country". The Hindu.
  8. (2024-05-17). "Engineer Rashid's campaigner Shoukat Pandit detained by J-K police: Mehbooba Mufti". The Economic Times.
  9. Desk, GK Web. (2024-11-14). "PDP appoints Dr Mehboob Beg as party's chief spokesperson".
  10. "Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP)".
  11. Mukhtar, Ahmad. (28 July 1999). "Mufti floats new regional party in Kashmir". [[Rediff.com]].
  12. "JKPDP History". JKPDP.org.
  13. "United Progressive Alliance: Partners in governance". Times of India.
  14. "JKPDP Patron". JKPDP.org.
  15. "JKPDP Office Bearers". JKPDP.org.
  16. "Self Rule Framework". JKPDP.org.
  17. "Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: PDP Wins Two".
  18. (2018-06-19). "BJP quits government in Jammu and Kashmir, ends alliance with PDP". The News Minute.
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