Wins 42 Seats, Set To Form Govt With Congress; PDP Loses Both On Seats Tally, Vote Share Srinagar/Jammu: The INDIA bloc is poised to form the first elected government in Jammu and Kashmir, having secured a victory in the assembly elections by securing 49 out of 90 seats on which polls were held for the […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the INDIA bloc will stake claim to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir only after the alliance partners meet to elect the leader of the coalition in the assembly. “Let the NC legislative party meet, I am not staking a claim to the […]
Srinagar: Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, his father and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah announced on Tuesday as the party looked on course to come to power in the union territory with ally Congress. “Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister,” the senior Abdullah told reporters when asked who […]
Srinagar: Two candidates from National Conference made it to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for the record seventh term on Tuesday. Party’s senior leader and former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather won seventh term from central Budgam district’s Chrar-i-Sharief constituency, which he represented from 1977 to 2014. Rather’s only electoral defeat came in the 2014 […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 have concluded successfully, marking a significant moment in the UT’s democratic process. “This marked the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir since 2014, drawing considerable attention and participation from the public”, stated Chief Electoral Officer, P K Pole. The record-breaking voter turnout has reasserted and reaffirmed […]
Party’s Wins Against BJP Contender In Doda Jammu: The Aam Aadmi Party registered its first victory in assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday when its candidate Mehraj Malik defeated his nearest rival from the BJP in Doda constituency by a margin of over 4,538 votes. Malik, a District Development Council (DDC) member, polled […]
Jammu: Three women, including former minister Sakeena Masood (National Conference), won elections on Tuesday to enter the male-dominated Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. While two women made it to the Assembly in 2014, three women, including Mehbooba Mufti, won elections in 2008. Among them, the lone BJP female candidate Shagun Parihar won the Kishtwar Assembly […]
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday suffered shock defeat in Haryana, considered a low-hanging fruit by the party which was hoping to cash in on a 10-year anti-incumbency and carry forward the Lok Sabha election gains against the BJP. Even though the Congress managed over 39 per cent vote share, the difference with BJP being less […]
Srinagar: The results of assembly elections in the Kashmir Valley have culminated in a significant rejection of separatist candidates, including those from Engineer Rashid-led Awami Ittehad Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, who failed to make a meaningful impact in the polls. The standout performance came from Sayar Ahmed Reshi, a proxy candidate for Jamaat-e-Islami from Kulgam, and […]
Srinagar: Going by the mandate in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti faces an uphill task to keep the PDP flag flying. The PDP, which formed a government in the erstwhile state 2014 in alliance with the BJP, won just 3 seats of the total 84 it contested in the assembly elections. Mehbooba, who was chief […]