Iltija Mufti, J&K Election Results 2024: PDP leader and Mehmooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti lost from Jammu and Kashir's Srigufwara-Bijbehara seat, Election Commission's data show. She lost against NC's Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri by a margin of 9770 votes . Mufti received 23529 votes as against Bashir Ahmad's 33299 votes. BJP candidate Sofi Yousif came last and received only 3716 votes.
Ahead of the final results, she took to X and accepted defeat and wrote, “I accept the verdict of the people. The love & affection I received from everyone in Bijbehara will always stay with me. Gratitude to my PDP workers who worked so hard throughout this campaign.”
Speaking about overall J&K elections, Congress-NC is currently leading with 41 seats while BJP is leading with 26 seats.
Earlier, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti had asserted that the next government in Jammu and Kashmir will be secular and not without her party’s support. "The government will be secular… without the PDP’s support, no government will be formed in Jammu and Kashmir. There will never be a BJP government in the region," she had asserted.
The counting of votes began on Tuesday for 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the final leg of an electoral journey that will give the union territory its first elected government since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. The first assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir since 2014 were held over three phases, registering 64 per cent voter turnout.
The Congress-National Conference alliance, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the main stakeholders in the keenly watched assembly election held five years after the erstwhile state was bifurcated into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The India Today-C Voter has predicted 23-27 seats for the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir and 40-48 seats for the NC-Congress alliance. The PDP gets 6-12 seats and others 6-11 seats in J&K, according to India Today -C Voter exit poll. The J-K assembly election for 90 constituencies was held over three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. According to poll panel data, 63.45 per cent voter turnout was recorded in all three phases. A voter turnout of 61% was registered in the first phase, 57.3% in the second phase of voting and 68.72% in the third phase.
(With inputs from agencies)
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