The Bharatiya Janata Party released the names of 29 candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, raising its total nominees to 45. Devender Singh Rana and Satish Sharma were fielded for Nagrota and Billawar respectively. A prior candidate list was revised, with Baldev Raj Sharma taking the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi seat. The remaining seats await the announcement.