Barring an MP, Leh in Ladakh has no elected representatives since October 31

As Leh district in Ladakh ceases to have any elected representatives from October 31, 2025, with the five-year term of the hill council coming to an end, elections to the local body are likely to be held only after ongoing talks between civil society groups and the Centre take a decisive turn, officials said. Ladakh MP Mohammad Haneefa is now its only representative.

On October 22, a month after after four people, including a Kargil war veteran, were killed in police action against protestors seeking Statehood, the civil society groups Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) — representing the two districts in Ladakh — resumed talks on the region’s status with Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials.

The groups were asked by the government to prepare a draft framework,