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| NC-Cong all set to form Govt as alliance secures majority | | NC emerges single largest party by winning 42 seats, BJP dominates Jammu region with 29 seats | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Ten years after losing power from a full-fledged state, the National Conference is going to form the first government in the Union Territory with the support of the Congress and some Independents.
The NC has won 42 seats and Congress secured six seats along with a seat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPIM. All these parties have entered into a pre-poll alliance.
While the NC emerged as the single-largest party, the BJP emerged as the second single-largest party with 29 seats in its kitty.
The BJP has won 29 seats, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has secured three seats and seven seats have gone to the Independents across the Union Territory.
The last time the National Conference had entered into an alliance with the Congress ... | |
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| After 1996 NC sweeps Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 8: First time after the 1996 Assembly elections, the National Conference completely swept Kashmir Valley by winning a majority of the 47 seats.
Wave of the National Conference in the Kashmir Valley can be gauged from the fact that party leader Omar Abdullah won from both Budgam and Ganderbal seats comfortably.
While Congress won five seats of Kashmir with the support of the NC and CPIM candidate also emerged victorious with the help the NC.
The PDP, which is an arch-rival of the NC in Kashmir Valley, is confined to only three seats. One seat each was won by the Peoples Conference and Awami Ittehad Party. One Independent Shabir Ahmed Kullay won from... | |
| | | | PM Modi hails NC’s win, says proud of BJP show | | |  NEW DELHI, Oct 8:
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Jammu and Kashmir National Conference for their commendable performance in the Assembly elections and said he was proud of the BJP’s performance too.
“I thank all those who have voted for our party and placed their trust in us. I assure the people that we will keep working for the welfare of Jammu and Kashmir. I also appreciate the industrious efforts of our Karyakartas,” the PM said.
He added these electi... | |
| | | | Democracy revived in J&K: Amit Shah | | |  New Delhi, Oct 8:
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said democracy has been revived in Jammu and Kashmir with the successful conduct of assembly election as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congratulating people of the Union Territory (UT) for their participation in the polls, Shah also said for the first time since the advent of terrorism in the 1980s, the people of J&K witnessed such a transparent and peaceful election and participated in the elections in larg... | |
| | | | Centre should allow J&K Govt to function without interference: Mehbooba | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 8: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the Centre should take a lesson from the decisive verdict of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls and “not meddle” in the affairs of the upcoming National Conference-Congress government.
She congratulated the National Conference leadership on its victory and said her party would play the role of a constructive opposition.
“I congratulate the NC leadership for its spectacular win. I also want to congratulate... | |
| | | | Omar Abdullah set to become next J&K Chief Minister | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 8: A scion of the influential Abdullah clan in Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah faced a battle of prestige in the Assembly polls in the Union Territory. Securing an impressive victory in Budgam and leading in Ganderbal — the two seats that he contested — the third-generation politician is set to become the next Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and carry on his family’s legacy.
Just a few months ago, Abdullah, despite his privileged pedigree, endured an emb... | |
| | | | 7 independents emerge victorious | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Seven independent candidates have emerged victorious in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, marking an increase from the 2014 elections when three such candidates had won. Satesh Sharma, who left the Congress and contested as an independent from the Chhamb seat of Jammu region, won the election by defeating BJP candidate Rajeev Sharma with a margin of 6,929 votes. Satesh Sharma, 42, who is son of two-time MP and former Congress minister Madan Lal Sharma, po... | |
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