[1] This is the first assembly election in over a decade, and the first since the territory's special status was revoked, its statehood withdrawn,[2][3] martial curfew imposed and over 300 political leaders detained or under house arrest in 2019.

[7][8] In December 2023, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of India to restore the democratic process by 30 September 2024.

[17] In June 2018, BJP withdrew its support to the PDP-led government[18] and Governor's rule was subsequently imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.

[24] The changes allowed Hindu refugees residing in Jammu who were displaced from Pakistan following Partition in 1947 to vote in state elections.

[35] Former minister and JKNPP president Harsh Dev Singh, challenged the legal premise, upon which the federal government planned to assign mineral rights valued at US$500 billion (half a trillion dollars).

[36] On 29 May 2023, Harsh Dev,[37] stated that in accordance to Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957, only a federated state or union territory government had the lawful right to hold auctions and assign mining concessions for minerals found on land.

[39][40] In July 2024 a second attempt by the central Indian government of auction Jammu and Kashmir's lithium failed to receive any bids.

[91] On 10 October, four independent MLAs pledged to support the incoming National Conference led government.

[92] On 11 October, the Aam Aadmi Party offered its support to an Omar Abdullah led administration.

[94] On 8 October 2024, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi congratulated Omar Abdullah on the National Conference's election victory and expressed hope that the new government would focus on regional development, welfare peace, prosperity and human rights.

[95] On 18 September 2024, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari categorically rejected the J&K legislative assembly elections in the Indian-administered Kashmir asserting that the polls were "no substitute for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination".

This attracted a series of controversy with the BJP leader and Home Minister of India Amit Shah saying "The Congress has always been hand in glove with anti-national forces."

BJP leaders further accused the INDIA bloc of being anti-nationalist forces and received endorsements from the Pakistan government.