Sopore assembly election result 2024: NC's Irshad Rasool Kar wins by more than 20,000 votes

NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir National Conference's Irshad Rasool Kar won the seat by securing 26,975 votes. He won against Independent candidate Mursaleen Aajir who secured 6,619 votes.

Sopore is one of the 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, located in the Baramulla district. This constituency is classified as a General seat and is part of the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency. Known as a stronghold of militancy and separatism, the 2024 elections marked a significant shift with a 45% voter turnout, surpassing previous records of the last three decades.

In the third phase of the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, held alongside 40 other constituencies, Sopore recorded a 45.32% voter turnout, according to the Election Commission of India.

In comparison, only 19% of the electorate voted in 2008, and 30% in 2014. These elections were the first after the abrogation of Article 370 and the reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, followed by a delimitation exercise that increased Jammu's seat count from 37 to 43, while Kashmir gained one seat, raising its total to 47.

For many first-time voters, the key issues driving them to the polls were unemployment, inflation, the restoration of statehood, and concerns over the disempowerment of the people.

Sopore Assembly election results

Sopore went to the polls on October 1, 2024, during Phase 3 of the elections, and the results will be counted on October 8, 2024.