Jammu and Kashmir election result: Counting of votes underway
The National Conference-Congress alliance holds an edge, most exit polls projected.
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The counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections began at 8 am on Tuesday.
The Legislative Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir has a strength of 119 members. While elections took place in 90 constituencies, 24 more seats are designated for areas that are in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The lieutenant governor has the power to appoint five members. Therefore, a party or an alliance needs 48 seats for a majority when the House has 95 members.
The Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir took place in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. A voter turnout of 63.8% was recorded.
Most exit polls on Saturday projected the National Conference-Congress alliance to be ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Background
The Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir were the first in 10 years and since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019, which gave special status to the erstwhile state. The Centre had at the time also bifurcated the state into two Union territories: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
In December, the Supreme Court in its verdict on petitions challenging the Centre’s decision had set September 2024 as the deadline for the Election Commission to conduct elections for the Legislative Assembly that is being restored.
The court had also directed the...
