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The council was created under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act 1995, following demands of Ladakhi people to make Leh District a new Indian Union Territory because of its religious and cultural differences with the rest of Jammu and Kashmir.
The autonomous hill councils work with village panchayats to take decisions on economic development, healthcare, education, land use, taxation, and local governance which are further reviewed at the block headquarters in the presence of the chief executive councillor and executive councillors. [6]
Elections were held in October 2020 for the 26 seats of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. [1] The Bharatiya Janata Party won 15 and the Indian National Congress won 9 seats respectively out of the 26 seats. [2] The other 2 seats were won by 2 independent candidates. Tashi Gyalson was elected the Chief Executive Councillor. [3]
Elections were held in October 2023 for the 26 seats of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil. [2] [3] [4] This was also the first election conducted in the union territory of Ladakh since its split from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.
Politics of Ladakh is exercised within democratic setup of the Indian-administered union territory of Ladakh. Major power centres are Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh [ 1 ] and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil [ 2 ] alongside Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency . [ 3 ]
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