J&K Assembly Remains Without Any Nominated Candidates Ahead of Next Session

The next session at the Jammu and Kashmir assembly is likely to be held without any nominated members because both, the Raj Bhavan and the elected government, have not announced the choices for the five nominated seats, as of now. 

Scheduled for March 3, the upcoming assembly meeting will have 90 elected members and five nominated members which takes the total strength of the recognised Jammu and Kashmir house to 95. However, there has been no conversation regarding nominating the members to the seats since there is no clarity on who to nominate.

Nominated Members of Assembly

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act (2019) specifies that the Lieutenant Governor may nominate two members to the legislative assembly to give representation to women. In his opinion, ‘if Women are not adequately represented in the legislative assembly’. In an amendment to this act made in July 2023, the nomination of three more members to the assembly was allowed. This includes two members from the Kashmiri migrant community, including a woman and one from the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

In the assembly polls held in October last year, the National Conference Party (NC) secured 42 seats in the government and acquired a comfortable majority with the support of the Congress.