As India elects its next President on July 18, the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will not be a part of the exercise for the second time in the history of the election to the top constitutional post.
There have been precedents of Legislative Assemblies of States not being part of the presidential polls on account of their dissolution, the first such instance being of Gujarat in 1974.
The Assemblies of Assam, Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir too could not participate in subsequent elections on account of dissolution.
