In Jammu & Kashmir, the NC and Congress have got 47 seats, the BJP 29 and the PDP three. AAP’s Mehraj Malik has handed the Arvind Kejriwal-led party its first-ever electoral win in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir voted in its first assembly elections since 2014, first as a Union Territory and first after the removal of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state special status.
On Tuesday, the National Conference and the Congress won the Jammu and Kashmir election, the first in the former state in a decade, defying exit poll predictions of a hung Assembly. The alliance claimed 49 of the union territory’s 90 elected legislature seats; five more will be nominated by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha under a contentious new rule.
#WATCH | J&K: Jammu Kashmir National Conference Vice President and winning candidate from Ganderbal and Budgam assembly seats, Omar Abdullah arrives at a counting centre in Ganderbal amid cheers of supporters and party workers. pic.twitter.com/b19NmFTUO2
— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024
The NC has emerged, by a country mile, as the majority partner with 42 wins to the Congress’ dismal six. The BJP finished with 29 seats, four more than it claimed in 2014 but fewer than Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was expecting.
Polling started at 7 am in 16 assembly segments in three border districts of north Kashmir amid tight security. The assembly segments in the region going to the polls are Baramulla, Uri, Rafiabad, Pattan, Gulmarg, Sopore, and Wagoora-Kreeri (Baramulla district), Kupwara, Karnah, Trehgam, Handwara, Lolab and Langate (Kupwara district) and Bandipora, Sonawari, and Gurez (Bandipora district).
A total of 202 candidates are in the fray in these 16 segments. Voting also started in 24 assembly constituencies in the Jammu region, including in Udhampur, Samba and Kathua districts. The earlier phases of the election saw robust turnout, with 61.38% participation in the first phase on September 18 and 57.31 % in the second phase on September 25.
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