The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act of 2019 established two Union Territories: Ladakh, which has no legislature, and Jammu and Kashmir, which does. This led to amendments in the Constitution’s First Schedule and Article 3, which deals with the “Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States”.

Twenty four assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in the first phase. These include 16 seats in the Kashmir region and eight seats in the Jammu region

Jammu and Kashmir Phase 1 Election 2024 Live Updates and Latest News: The Election Commission of India has scheduled the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections for September 18, 25, and October 1, 2024,

Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the main city in Himalayan Kashmir to campaign for his party in the staggered local election in the first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disput

India’s troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir saw a brisk turnout amid tight security as voters cast their ballots on Wednesday in the first regional legislative elections in a decade. The region, which has seen years of separatist violence and is at the centre of a dispute between India and Pakistan,

PM Modi praised the historic voter turnout in J&K assembly polls, promising development and statehood, while criticizing dynastic politics in the region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the 'dynastic politics' of Congress, National Conference and People's Democratic Party (PDP) as he held rally in Srinagar in support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates.