Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Highlights: The next CM, Omar Abdullah said that there was ‘no chance’ of getting Article 370 back, and that it would be ‘foolish’ to think otherwise.
Shortly after being declared the winner of the Jammu Kashmir Assembly Elections, Abdullah also stated that the ‘balance of representation’ was going to be a challenge for the new government. “This government will be as much a govt for those who voted for BJP as much as for those who voted for NC and Congress," Omar Abdullah said in an interview with the deKoder.
The National Conference and the Congress are set to form the Jammu and Kashmir government after securing a majority on Tuesday. The BJP garnered 29 seats while the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP secured three. NC chief Farooq Abdullah said his son and senior party leader Omar Abdullah would be the next Chief Minister.
The Union Territory held its first assembly elections in ten years, which is also the first assembly poll after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 that granted special status. Voting was held in three phases in the 90 assembly seats: 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.
In the multi-cornered fight, the National Conference and the Congress fought the elections in an alliance and the People's Democratic Party, in addition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the two other major players.
What exit poll predictions say?
Various exit poll projections on Saturday placed the National Conference-Congress alliance in pole position with the regional party predicted to get the lion's share of the seats.
Will Congress-NC dominate today's assembly results? Assembly results to unveil Jammu and Kashmir's fate today.
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Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC chief says Omar Abdullah will become Chief Minister
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: National Conference Chief Farooq Abdullah indicated on Tuesday that his son and fellow party leader Omar Abdullah "will be chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir". The Congress-NC combine has secure a comfortable lead and appears set to form the government.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP wins 11 seats, leading in 18
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: The BJP has won 11 seats and currently leads in 18 others.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC's Sheikh Ahsan Ahmed declared as winner on Lal Chowk seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC's Sheikh Ahsan Ahmed has won on Lal Chowk seat with 16,731 votes. Apni Party's Mohammad Ashraf Mir lost by 11,343 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC's Omar Abdulah wins Budgam seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC's Omar Abdulah wins on Budgam seat with 36,010 votes. PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi lost by a big margin of 18,485 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC's Nazir Ahmad Khan win Gurez seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC's Nazir Ahmad Khan won on Gurez seat with 8,378 votes. BJP's Faqeer Mohammad Khan lost by a narrow margin of 1,132 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Sham Lal Sharma wins Jammu North seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Sham Lal Sharma wins on Jammu North seat with 47,219 votes. NC's Ajay Kumar lost by a big margin of 27,363 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Arvind Gupta wins Jammu West seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Arvind Gupta wins on Jammu West seat with 41,963 votes. Congress' Manmohan Singh lost by a big margin of 22,127 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Darshan Kumar wins Basholi seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Darshan Kumar wins on Basholi seat with 31,874 votes. Congress' Lal Singh lost by a big margin of 16,034 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Satish Kumar Sharma wins Billawar seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Satish Kumar Sharma wins on Billawar seat with 44,629 votes. Congress' Manohar Lal Sharma lost by a big margin of 21,368 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP'sBalwant Singh Mankotia wins Chenani seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Balwant Singh Mankotia wins from Chenani seat with 47,990 votes. J&K National Panthers Party's Harsh Dev Singh lost by a big margin of 15,611 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Ranbir Singh Pathana wins Udhampur East seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Ranbir Singh Pathana wins on Udhampur East seat by a narrow margin of 2,349 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Sunil Kumar Sharma ahead by 1,546 votes on Padder-Nagseni seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP candidate Sunil Kumar Sharma is leading on Padder-Nagseni seat with 17,036 votes, as NC's Pooja Thakur trails by 1,546 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Payare Lal Sharma takes lead on Inderwal seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Independent candidate Payare Lal Sharma is leading on Inderwal seat with 13,580 votes, as Congress' Mohd Zafarullah trails by 1,936 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Pawan Kumar Gupta leading in Udhampur West
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP's Pawan Kumar Gupta is leading on Udhampur West seat with 36,343 votes. Congress' Sumeet Magotra is trailing by 16,625 votes, ECI's latest trends show.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Who's leading, trailing on Lal Chowk seat?
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: National Conference candidate Sheikh Ahsan Ahmed is leading on Lal Chowk seat and is ahead of Ashraf Mir by 11,226 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Checkout ECI's latest trends
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has given its latest counting tally as given below:
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - JKN : 43
Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP : 28
Indian National Congress - INC : 7
Independent - IND : 7
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party - JKPDP : 2
Jammu & Kashmir People Conference - JPC : 1
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: ‘Received a lot of support,’ says Handwara's trailing candidate
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Awami Ittehad Party candidate Abdul Majid Banday from Handwara assembly constituency is trailing by 13.761 votes. Abdul Majid Banday on Tuesday said, “We received a lot of support from the public as the elections are being held after ten years," reported ANI.
People's Conference president Sajad Lone is leading from this particular seat by a slender margin of 896 votes against Chowdry M Ramzan.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC ahead by big margin
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-National Conference (NC) is leading on 52 seats, and BJP is trailing with 28. Others stand steady with 8 seats, while Mehbooba Mufti's PDP rakes in 2 in the counting stage, as of 12:24 pm.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: NC's Javaid Iqbal ahead of BJP's Zulfkar Ali on Budhal seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: According to ECI's latest trends, NC's Javaid Iqbal is ahead of BJP's Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali by 14,352 votes on Budhal seat.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Who's leading, trailing on Bandipora seat?
Congress' Nizam Uddin Bhat is in a stiff fight against Independent candidate Usman Abdul Majid in Bandipora seat, as the gap between the two is of just 1,176 votes. Congress is leading with 8,403 votes as Usman Abdul Majid trails with 7,227 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC surges ahead
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC alliance is leading on 51 seats and BJP is trailing behind with 29 seats. Others stand steady with 9 seats as Mehbooba Mufti's PDP rakes in 2.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: JPC's Sajad Gani Lone ahead of Chowdry M Ramzan by 1,175 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: People Conference' Sajad Gani Lone is leading from Handwara seat with 14,553 votes, while National Conference' Chowdry M Ramzan trails by 1,175 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri leads as Iltija Mufti trails on Bijbehara seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti is trailing by 3,788 on Bijbehara seat while NC's Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri leads with 19,332 votes.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Omar Abdullah takes lead in Ganderbal with 12,848 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Omar Abdullah, the National Conference vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, is leading from Ganderbal with 12,848 votes and from Budgam with 18,311 votes, as per ECI's early trends.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP candidate Devender Singh Rana is leading in Nagotra with 13,630 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP candidate Devender Singh Rana is leading in Nagotra, one of the important seats located between Jammu City and Udhampur. Devender Singh Rana is also the brother of Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
Joginder Singh of the J&K National Conference is trailing in Nagotra.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance is leading on 50 seats, as BJP falls short by 25
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-National Conference (NC) is leading on 50 seats, and BJP falls short by 25. Others stand steady with 10 seats, while Mehbooba Mufti's PDP rakes in 5 in the counting stage, as of 11:29 am.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Raja Abdul Waheed, Independent Candidate in Shopian, South Kashmir, trailing by 681 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Raja Abdul Waheed, Independent Candidate in Shopian, South Kashmir, trailing by 681 votes in the Assembly Election Results 2024.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Shiekh Mohammad Rafi of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in Shopian, South Kashmir trailing by 458 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Shiekh Mohammad Rafi of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in Shopian, South Kashmir trailing by 458 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Javid Ahmad Qadri, BJP Candidate in Shopian, South Kashmir is leading by 500 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Javid Ahmad Qadri, BJP Candidate in Shopian, South Kashmir is leading by 500 votes
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: How key candidates are doing
Omar Abdullah (Budgam and Ganderbal): Leading in both seats
Ravinder Raina (Nowshera): Leading
Iltija Mufti (Bijbehara seat): Trailing
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija trailing from Srigufwara-Biejbehara seat
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: The daughter of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, Iltija Mufti, who contested from Srigufwara-Biejbehara seat is trailing by more than 1,842 votes against NC's Bashir Ahmad Veeri.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Check ECI seat tally here
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has given its latest counting tally as given below.
- Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - JKN : 41
- Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP : 22
- Indian National Congress - INC : 8
- Independent - IND : 9
- Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party - JKPDP : 3
- Jammu & Kashmir People Conference - JPC : 3
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: ECI says NC leading with 33, BJP trails with 20
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: ECI has given its latest counting tally
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - JKN : 33
Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP : 20
Indian National Congress - INC : 7
Independent - IND : 4
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party - JKPDP : 2
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Omar Abdullah leads in both seats
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: National Conference vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is leading from Ganderbal and Budgam, as per early trends.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC leading with 49, early trends show
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC has crossed the majority mark of 46 seats, early trends show. Congress-NC leading with 49, BJP falls short by 20. Others stand steady with 2 seats while Mehbooba Mufti's PDP rakes in 8.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Iltija Mufti, Sajjad Lone trailing
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Key leaders Iltija Mufti contesting from Bijbehara and Sajjad Lone contesting from Handwara seat are trailing.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC ahead as fierce battle rolls in
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC leads with 39, BJP falls short by 14. Others stand steady with 3 seats while Mehbooba Mufti's PDP rakes in 7.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: ECI gives counting tally, BJP leads with 5
Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP : 5
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - JKN : 3
Independent - IND : 1
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC ahead as BJP trails with 20 seats
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Congress-NC leads with 30, BJP falls short by 10. Others stand steady with 3 seats while Mehbooba Mufti's PDP rakes in 6.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Election Commission gives counting update
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Election Commission gave latest counting update that says BJP is leading with 1 seat.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Omar Abdullah takes the lead in Ganderbal
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: National Conference vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is leading from Ganderbal, as per early trends.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP ahead as Congress-NC trails with 19 seats
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP leads with 22, Congress-NC falls short by 3. Others stand steady with 2 seats while Mehbooba Mufti's PDP rakes in 4.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: PDP opens account
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: PDP has opened its account with 1 seat, BJP leads with 18, Congress-NC falls short by 5, while others stand steady with 1 seat.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP leads with 14, Congress-NC falls short by 4
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: BJP leads with 14, Congress-NC falls short by 4, while others stand steady with 1 seat.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Check early trends here
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Early trends are given below
BJP - 10
Congress-NC : 8
Others : 1
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Vote counting to commence shortly
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Vote counting to commence shortly
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: ‘The results will reflect…,’ says Omar Abdullah
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Omar Abdullah, the National Conference Vice President, on Tuesday appeared optimistic. Expecting positive outcome, he said, “Here's wishing all my colleagues and allies the very best of luck for today. We fought the good fight & now, InshaAllah, the results will reflect that," reported ANI.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: ‘We know the opinion of people,’ says BJP leader over exit poll results
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Kavinder Gupta, the former Deputy CM and BJP leader, on Tuesday said, "There are differences between the numbers in exit polls and our numbers. We have been among the people...We know the opinion of people...Results will be in the favour of BJP," reported ANI.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: When were last elections held?
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: The last elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held 10 years ago, in 2014, when the PDP and BJP formed the government. However, the union territory has been under central rule after the government fell in 2018.
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: ‘BJP has taken people in J-K on…,’ says BJP
Jammu & Kashmir Election Results Live: Kavinder Gupta, the former Deputy CM and BJP leader exuded confidence that the BJP would emerge as the largest party in the Union Territory and would win the elections.
He said, “The BJP has taken people in J-K on the path to development, they have taken away from stone pelting. They have been freed of separatism, terrorism, corruption, and dynasties," reported ANI.
Asserting that BJP will form the government, he said, “The manner in which we have headed from bullet to ballot, from terrorism to tourism, people have voted for the BJP." He claimed that BJP will emerge as the largest party.