The National Conference and Congress alliance is set to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir as both combined cross the halfway mark.
The National Conference and Congress alliance is set to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir as both combined cross the halfway mark with 48 seats. While the Farooq Abdullah-led NC scored 42, the Congress settled with six.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) meanwhile, won 29, with the majority of its gains from the Jammu region where Congress faced massive setbacks. This election established the first elected government in the UT since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated.
On the other hand, the Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with disappointment as the party bagged victory on three seats out of the 90 seats it contested. The People Conference, CPI(M) and Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP registered victory on one seat each. Independents outperformed several parties with victory on seven seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election 2024.
The main contenders in this highly anticipated election were the Congress-National Conference alliance, the PDP, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Voting to elect the members for the Jammu And Kashmir Legislative Assembly was conducted in three phases, with 24 seats in the first phase, 26 in the second, and 40 in the third. The overall voter turnout stood at 63.45 per cent, slightly lower than the 65.52 per cent recorded in the 2014 assembly elections.
