National: The first list of 15 BJP candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections has been released. BJP has released this new list after revising the old list. Earlier, BJP had released the first list of 44 candidates but it was withdrawn shortly after. By making changes in it, this time BJP has announced the names of only 15 candidates in the first list.

Who got the ticket from where?

Results will come on October 4

Assembly elections are to be held in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir, which has 90 assembly seats. Voting for the first phase will be held on 18 September on 24 seats. The last date for nomination for the first phase is 27 August, so today BJP's first list for Jammu and Kashmir can come. Voting for the second phase is on 25 September, on that day votes will be cast on 26 seats and the third and last phase of voting will be held on 1 October. In the third phase, votes will be cast on the maximum of 40 seats. Counting of votes will be done on 4 October.

This time an interesting contest in Jammu and Kashmir

This time, an interesting contest is going to be seen in the elections of Jammu Kashmir. On one hand, BJP is contesting all 90 seats alone, while Congress has formed an alliance with National Conference. Mehbooba Mufti's party PDP is also contesting alone, while for the first time this time, Aam Aadmi Party is also trying its luck in the Jammu Kashmir elections.

The last elections were held in 2014

Earlier, assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014. At that time, this state was not a union territory. In that election, PDP won 28 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party won 25 seats, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 15 seats and Congress won 12 seats. Later, People's Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP formed the government together.