Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
PDP- Also seen as
- j&k pdp, peoples democratic party, jammu and kashmir peoples democratic party, jkpdp
About PDP
Founded in 1999 by former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to push for dialogue on Kashmir. PDP first came to power after the 2002 election in a power-sharing coalition with the INC, with Sayeed as Chief Minister until 2005. It returned to power in 2014 in coalition with the BJP; Sayeed again became Chief Minister until his death in January 2016, when his daughter Mehbooba Mufti succeeded him, becoming J&K's first woman Chief Minister until the coalition collapsed in 2018.
- Key leaders
- Mufti Mohammad Sayeed — founder; Chief Minister, 2002–2005, 2015–2016
- Mehbooba Mufti — Chief Minister, 2016–2018 (first woman CM of J&K)
Source: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party — Wikipedia. Real-world political history, hand-researched and cited — not a figure computed from results.
Election record
Every election where PDP polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.
| Lok Sabha | 2024 | 0 | 4,37,020 | 0.1% | 4 | #60 |
| JK Assembly | 2024 | 3 | 5,11,434 | 9.0% | 81 | #5 |
| PY Assembly | 2021 | 0 | 199 | 0.0% | 4 | #18 |
| Lok Sabha | 2019 | 0 | 39,856 | 0.0% | 3 | #113 |
| KL Assembly | 2016 | 0 | 47,949 | 0.2% | 60 | #22 |
| KL Assembly | 2011 | 0 | 14,178 | 0.1% | 7 | #21 |
| Lok Sabha | 2004 | 0 | 45,720 | 0.0% | 1 | #85 |
| JK Assembly | 2002 | 16 | 2,46,480 | 9.3% | 59 | #3 |
| Lok Sabha | 1998 | 0 | 92,083 | 0.0% | 4 | #64 |
| Lok Sabha | 1996 | 0 | 65,641 | 0.0% | 8 | #57 |
| KL Assembly | 1996 | 0 | 1,02,226 | 0.7% | 50 | #15 |
| MH Assembly | 1995 | 0 | 6,344 | 0.0% | 8 | #24 |
Peak: 16 seats at the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2002.