Ladakh constituency in Lok Sabha election 2024: Date of voting, result, candidates list, main parties, schedule

NEW DELHI: Ladakh is the only constituency in the newly created Union Territory. This parliamentary constituency came under Jammu and Kashmir until 2019 when the central government decided to scrape Article 370 of the Constitution and declared Ladakh as a separate UT.

The Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, the largest in the country with an area of 173,266 square kilometers and over 182,000 voters, will participate in the fifth phase of elections on May 20.

BJP, Congress are the key parties in the area. BJP's Tashi Gyalson and Congress's Tsering Namgyal from Leh, three Independents, Mohmad Haneefa Jan, Sajjad Hussain, and Kacho Mohd Feroz from Kargil, are in the fray to win the seat.

Thupstan Chhewang secured the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat for the BJP for the first time in 2014. The BJP retained the seat in the 2019 general election with Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who has not been given a ticket this time.

Since its establishment in 1967, the Congress has won the seat six times, the National Conference twice, and Independents three times.