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In October 1993, the Indian Union Government and the Jammu and Kashmir State Government agreed to grant Ladakh the status of Autonomous Hill Council. The council came into being with the holding of elections on 28 August 1995. The inaugural meeting of the council was held at Leh on 3 September 1995.
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.
The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh (LAHDC Leh) is the Autonomous District Council that administers the Leh district. [8] As of July 2019, Leh district is divided into 7 sub-divisions (new sub-divisions in Leh), 12 tehsils (new tehsils in Panamik, Turtuk, Chuchot and Likir) and 18 new blocks in Sumoor and Likir . [9] [6]
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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The Indian union territory of Ladakh consists of two districts, with the intention to create 5 new districts announced on 26th August 2024. [1] Each district elects an autonomous district council. Until 31 October 2019, the districts of Kargil and Leh were part of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir.