J&K Election Result Highlights: Congress-NC Alliance Secures Majority With 48 Seats, Omar Abdullah To Be New CM
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Jammu And Kashmir Election Result LIVE: Hello and welcome to Jammu and Kashmir Elections Result Live Blog. Please follow this space for all the latest news and updates on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election results in 2024. Jammu and Kashmir is set to have its government after a decade and for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A. The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh after the Centre revoked Article 370 on August 5, 2019.
Jammu Kashmir Election Results: Couting Begins At 8 AM
The elections to the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly were held in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1 with a voter turnout of 63.45 per cent. This marks a significant rise from the Lok Sabha elections where the footfall was clocked at 58.58 per cent. However, the polling percentage was less than the 65.52 per cent recorded in the 2014 assembly elections.
The counting began at 8 am and wrap up by 6 pm later in the day under stringer security cover. A three-tier security system has been put in place at all the 20 counting centres across Jammu and Kashmir where the votes will be counted, said an official of the Election Commission of India, reported PTI.
Jammu Kashmir Election Results: A High-Stakes Battle
The high-stakes battle will have 873 candidates testing their electoral fate including bigwigs like National Conference's Omar Abdullah contesting from Budgam and Ganderbal segments; Sajad Gani Lone of People's Conference who entered the fray from Handwara and Kupwara seats; Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hamid Karra, a candidate from Batamaloo seat; and BJP state president Ravindra Raina, who is contesting from Nowshera seat.
State Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir (Dooru), PDP leaders Waheed Para (Pulwama), Iltija Mufti (Bijbehara), Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari (Chanapora), CPI(M) veteran Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami (Kulgam) and former deputy chief ministers Muzaffar Hussain Baig and Tara Chand are some of the other key candidates in the race.
Jammu Kashmir Election Results LIVE: 'Took Me 15 Yrs To Reach Where I Am', Says AAP First J&K MLA
AAP's winning candidate from the Doda Assembly seat, Mehraj Malik said: "... I wanted to ensure people get justice, but I wasn't strong enough and didn't have influence... It took me 15 years to reach where I am today... Now I will work on people's issues... Now I want people to cooperate... I want people to report their problems to me so I can work on them... I will work against corruption..."
#WATCH | J&K: AAP winning candidate from Doda Assembly seat, Mehraj Malik says, "... I wanted to ensure people get justice, but I wasn't strong enough and didn't have influence... It took me 15 years to reach where I am today... Now I will work on people's issues... Now I want… pic.twitter.com/zbYnD0KdBK
— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024
Jammu Kashmir Election Results LIVE: PM Modi Congratulates Congress-NC Alliance On J&K Win
Prime Minister Modi congratulated the Congress-NC alliance on winning majority in the Jammu Kashmir assembly elections.
Addressing the BJP workers at party headquarters in New Delhi, PM Modi said: "Following decades of wait in Jammu and Kashmir, elections were peacefully held there. This is a victory of India's Constitution and democracy. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have given more seats to the National Conference and their alliance, and I would like to congratulate them as well. But if you look at the vote percentage, then BJP has emerged as the largest party among all those who contested the polls."
VIDEO | "Following decades of wait in Jammu and Kashmir, elections were peacefully held there. This is a victory of India's Constitution and democracy. People of Jammu and Kashmir have given more seats to National Conference and their alliance, and I would like to congratulate… pic.twitter.com/cQMspRjXkk
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 8, 2024
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