Srinagar, Sept. 20 -- The Election Commission on Friday deregistered 12 political parties from the Union Territory.

According to an official order, the poll body struck off the registration of 12 parties for failing to contest any election in Jammu & Kashmir over the past six years.

These parties did not participate in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, or the 2024 Assembly polls-the three electoral exercises conducted by the Election Commission since 2019 in J&K.

The parties identified by the Commission include: Backward Classes Democratic Party, Duggar Pradesh Party, Front of Revolutionised Creative Efforts, Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Party (Secular), Kashmir Development Front, Jammu & Kashmir National Democrati...