Baramulla Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Polling date, candidates and more

BARAMULLA/SRINAGAR: The Election Commission of India (EC) on March 16 announced the dates the voting and result declaration dates for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The polls will be held in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1, covering a total of 543 constituencies.
Baramulla Lok Sabha elections: Date
Parliamentary elections in Baramulla will take place in Phase 5 on May 20, with results declared by June 4.
Sitting MP — Mohammad Akbar Lone (National Conference)
Candidates
In the North Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC) chief Sajjad Gani Lone, Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples' Democratic Party's (JKPDP) Fayaz Ahmad Mir and jailed independent candidate Sheikh abdul rashid , popularly known as Engineer Rashid are the main contenders.
Winners from Lok Sabha seat in Baramulla in 2009, 2014 and 2019
Sitting MP: Mohammad Akbar Lone
Constituency: Baramulla
Election Year: 2019
Party: National Conference
Winner name: Muzaffar Hussain Baig
Constituency: Baramulla
Election Year: 2014
Party: J&K People's Democratic Party(JKPDP)
Winner name: Sharief- Ud- Din Shariq
Constituency: Baramulla
Election Year: 2009
Party: National Conference
The Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency encompasses a vast region that spans across three districts: Kupwara, Baramulla, and Bandipur. It is divided into fifteen assembly constituencies, with seven of them - Uri, Pattan, Sopore, Baramulla, Gulmarg, Rafiabad, and Sangrama - situated in the Baramulla district. Five constituencies - Karnah, Kupwara, Handwara, Lolab, and Langate - are located within the Kupwara district, while the remaining three are part of the Bandipur district.
While Kashmir gained only one new assembly seat post-delimitation, Jammu saw the creation of six new seats. The newly formed Trehgam assembly segment in Kashmir now belongs to the Baramulla constituency. Furthermore, two assembly segments, Budgam and Beerwah, previously part of the neighboring Srinagar constituency, have been merged with Baramulla, bringing the total number of assembly segments to 18.