Ladakh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Dates, schedule, party wise candidates and all you need to know

Ladakh is the sole constituency in the newly established Union Territory. Previously part of Jammu and Kashmir, this parliamentary seat became part of Ladakh when the central government revoked Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019, designating Ladakh as a separate UT.

The Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, the largest in the country with an area of 173,266 square kilometers and over 182,000 voters, will participate in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections.

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Phase 5, May 20

Ladakh Lok Sabha Elections: Previous results
Thupstan Chhewang won the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat for the BJP for the first time in 2014. In the 2019 general election, the BJP held onto the seat with Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who is not running this time.

Since the constituency's creation in 1967, the Congress has claimed victory six times, the National Conference twice, and Independents three times.

Ladakh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Candidates
The Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is set to feature a three-way battle between candidates from the incumbent BJP, the Congress party and an independent contender from Kargil.

Tashi Gyalson, representing BJP and the current chief executive councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (Leh), will face off against Tsering Namgyal, the Congress candidate representing the INDIA alliance. Both Gyalson and Namgyal hail from the Leh district. Mohammad Haneefa Jan, a rebel from the NC party, has thrown his hat into the ring as an independent candidate.

(With TOI inputs)