Overview

• Polling is scheduled for October 24 with nominations due October 13 and counting the same evening, the Election Commission announced.
• Following a core-group meeting in Jammu presided by party in-charge Tarun Chugh, the BJP outlined a plan to field three nominees across the four contests.
• Party leaders indicated two candidacies will be largely symbolic against the ruling bloc, with a heavyweight planned for a more competitive seat.
• With the NC-led alliance holding 53 Assembly members to the BJP’s 28, proportional representation strongly favors the ruling camp in most races.
• The four Upper House seats have been vacant since February 2021, when terms expired during President’s Rule and no Assembly was in place.