Congress releases list of star campaigners for Jammu & Kashmir elections; Kharge, Rahul, Sonia among key names

The congress party on Thursday released a list of star campaigners for Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections including party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

The list also includes Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, KC Venugopal and Sachin Pilot.

Here is the complete list:


As per the seat-sharing formula between the two parties, the National Conference (NC) will contest 51 of the 90 seats, and the Congress will contest 32. The two parties will also contest five seats against each other. They have left one seat each for the CPI (M) and the Panthers Party.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) has also extended its support to the Congress and National Conference alliance in the Jammu and Kashmir polls.

Jammu and Kashmir has 90 assembly constituencies, with 7 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 9 for Scheduled Tribes (STs).

In the previous Assembly elections, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won 28 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 25, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) won 15, and the Congress won 12.

These upcoming elections will be the first in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370.

Polling in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1. The counting of votes will take place on October 8.