Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
AbbreviationJKPDP
PresidentMehbooba Mufti
ChairpersonWaheed Para
General SecretaryAbdul Haq Khan, Mohd Khurshid Alam
FounderMufti Mohammed Sayeed
Founded1999
Headquarters2, Circuit House, Emporium Lane, Residency Road, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India[1]
Student wingPeoples Democratic Student Union[2]
Youth wingPDP Youth Wing
IdeologyKashmiriyat

Jammu and Kashmir statehood[3]
Regionalism
Islamic democracy[4]
Political positionCentre-right
ECI StatusState Party[5]
Alliance
Former Alliances
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
4 / 90
Seats in District Development Council
27 / 280
Election symbol
Ink-pot & Pen
Website
jkpdp.in

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[7] 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. The party was also a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance from its founding on 18 June 2023 till 2024[8]

Currently Mehbooba Mufti[9] 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 [10] 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.[11][12][13] 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.[14]

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.[15] The PDP is now headed by Mehbooba Mufti, Sayeed's daughter.[16]

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.[17]

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.[18] The party ran a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Bharatiya Janata Party[6] until the BJP abandoned the coalition on June 19, 2018, due to concerns about terrorism and radicalization in Kashmir.[19]

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 Year Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won Overall votes (%) of votes (±) in seats Vote swing
Lok Sabha
2004 14th 3
1 / 6
 2,67,457 11.94% Increase 1 Steady new
2009 15th 6
0 / 6
 5,22,760 20.06% Decrease 1 Increase 8.12
2014 16th 5
3 / 6
 7,32,644 20.54% Increase 3 Increase 0.48
2019 17th 3
0 / 6
 1,20,754 3.38% Decrease 3 Decrease 17.16
2024 18th 3
0 / 5
 4,33,049 8.48% Steady Increase 5.10

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

Election Year Assembly Seats contested Seats won Overall votes (%) of votes (±) in seats Vote swing Outcome
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
2002 10th 59
16 / 87
 2,46,480 9.28% Increase 16 Steady new Government
2008 11th 78
21 / 87
 6,10,502 15.39% Increase 5 Increase 6.11 Opposition
2014 12th 84
28 / 87
 10,92,203 22.67% Increase 7 Increase 7.28 Government
2024 13th 81
3 / 90
 5,11,434 8.97% Decrease 25 Decrease 13.70 Opposition

List of Chief Ministers

Chief Ministers

No Name Image Constituency Term of office Tenure length Party Governor
1 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Pahalgam 2 November 2002 2 November 2005 3 years, 0 days People's Democratic Party Girish Chandra Saxena
2 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Anantnag 1 March 2015 7 January 2016 312 days People's Democratic Party N. N. Vohra
3 Mehbooba Mufti Anantnag 4 April 2016 20 June 2018 2 years, 77 days People's Democratic Party N. N. Vohra

Deputy chief

No Name Constituency Term of office Tenure length 5,years
1 Muzaffar Hussain Baig Pahalgam 2 November 2006 11 July 2008 1 year, 252 days 10th

See also

References

  1. ^ "JKPDP Srinagar Office". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
  2. ^ "PDSU- students' wing of PDP formulated". Greater Kashmir. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
  3. ^ Jammu Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. "Self Rule". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Mehbooba Mufti suspends poll campaign for a day after killing of Hezbollah leader, says 'stand with people of Palestine, Lebanon'".
  5. ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b Hussain, Aijaz (1 March 2015). "Hindu nationalist party forms coalition government in Kashmir". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Profiles: Political parties: The key political parties in Jammu and Kashmir". www.aljazeera.com. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Picking the name INDIA for alliance, Opposition parties frame 2024 battle as BJP vs the country". The Hindu. 18 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Engineer Rashid's campaigner Shoukat Pandit detained by J-K police: Mehbooba Mufti". The Economic Times. 17 May 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  10. ^ Desk, GK Web (14 November 2024). "PDP appoints Dr Mehboob Beg as party's chief spokesperson". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 14 November 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP)". Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  12. ^ Mukhtar, Ahmad (28 July 1999). "Mufti floats new regional party in Kashmir". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  13. ^ "JKPDP History". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
  14. ^ "United Progressive Alliance: Partners in governance". Times of India.
  15. ^ "JKPDP Patron". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014.
  16. ^ "JKPDP Office Bearers". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
  17. ^ "Self Rule Framework". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: PDP Wins Two".
  19. ^ "BJP quits government in Jammu and Kashmir, ends alliance with PDP". The News Minute. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

Works cited

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir_People%27s_Democratic_Party