2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 2014 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir.
2014 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections
25 November to 20 December 2014
All 87 seats in Legislative Assembly
44 seats needed for a majority
Registered7,316,946
Turnout65.91% ( 4.75%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Nirmal Kumar Singh
Party JKPDP BJP
Leader's seat Anantnag (won) Billawar (won)
Last election 21 11
Seats won 28 25
Seat change 7 14
Popular vote 10,92,203 11,07,194
Percentage 22.67% 22.98%
Swing 7.31 pp 10.55 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Omar Abdullah Ghulam Nabi Azad
Party JKNC INC
Leader's seat Beerwah (won), Sonawar
(lost) 		Did not contest
Last election 28 17
Seats won 15 12
Seat change 13 5
Popular vote 10,00,693 8,67,883
Percentage 20.77% 18.01%
Swing 2.27 pp 0.29 pp
Chief Minister before election

Omar Abdullah
JKNC
(in coalition with the INC)

Elected Chief Minister

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
PDP
(in coalition with the BJP)

The 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in five phases from 25 November – 20 December 2014. Voters elected 87 members to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 23 December 2014. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 3 assembly seats out of 87 in Jammu Kashmir elections. Following the election, the Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) formed a coalition government with the BJP and their leader, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became the state's Chief minister. BJP leader Nirmal Kumar Singh became the deputy chief minister.

This was the last assembly election before the territory's special status was revoked and Ladakh separated as union territory in 2019.

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