Elections were held in October 2023 for the 26 seats of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil.

[6] There were 74,026 voters including 46,762 women, who exercise their franchises through EVMs in 278 polling stations across the Kargil.

The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust and Anjuman Jamiatul Ulama Islamia School-Kargil are the main Shite seminaries in Kargil.

The Bharatiya Janata Party had earlier promised district status to the Buddhist majority Zanskar tehsil but failed to deliver the promise and is facing resentment from people in Buddhist majority seats like Karsha and Padun which are part of Zanskar.

[9] Samanla Dorje, a Buddhist Congress leader has also said "People can no more be fooled by the promise of district status to Zanskar,” .