The National Conference-Congress alliance clinched an absolute majority in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, winning 48 seats in the 90-member assembly.
According to the Election Commission of India, JKNC won 42 seats and its ally partner Congress won 6 seats, putting the alliance comfortable position to form the government in the erstwhile state. The BJP on the other hand, won 29 seats, all in the Jammu region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended congratulations to Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) party for "commendable" performance in the J-K Assembly elections.
Omar Abdullah won both the assembly constituencies he was contesting in Kashmir on Tuesday. He won the Budgam seat by a margin of 18,485 votes against Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi. In Ganderbal, he won by a margin of 10,574 votes.
As the National Conference-Congress alliance headed for clear majority in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday called exit polls a "waste of time" and said that those believening in it deserve to be in memes.
With the counting currently underway, the trends by the Election Commission of India have indicated that in Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is leading and has crossed the half mark and has secured 46 seats.
The Axis My India has predicted a hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir with the National Conference-Congress alliance slightly ahead and the BJP tailgating the opposition.
The Election Commission of India said on Thursday in a press statement that an overall 63.88 percent voter turnout was recorded in the Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The polling concluded for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in a "peaceful and celebratory atmosphere", with the end of the third and final phase of polling on Tuesday.
Elections to phase 3 of the Assembly Elections in J&K recorded 65.58 percent polling as of 7 PM today, which is going to surpass the Lok Sabha 2024 voter turnout in these 7 districts, which was 66.78 percent