Barring the Ladakh parliamentary constituency, majority of the contesting candidates lost their security deposit in five other Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir where 51 of them even failed to get one per cent of the valid votes. The BJP retained three parliamentary seats of Jammu, Udhampur and Ladakh, while the National Conference swept … Read more
The BJP-led NDA is leading in 355 seats and Congress and its allies in 90 at 7:10pm, according to trends. In Jammu province, however, BJP has continued to maintain its grip and bagged both the parliamentary constituencies — Jammu and Udhampur. With 46.2 per cent vote share in its kitty, the BJP on Thursday emerged … Read more
Jammu & Kashmir enjoys a special autonomy under article 370 of Constitution of India. Formerly a princely state, the state has a total number of 78,50,852 voters listed on its electoral rolls. This figure comprises of 41,09,804 male voters, 37,40,709 female voters and 339 third gender electors. Going by the exit polls, of the six … Read more
Despite tough geographical terrain and hostile weather conditions in the snow-bound and inaccessible remote areas, Ladakh on Monday kept up the trend of a high turnout by recording an overall impressive poll percentage of 71.10. Women folk set an example in the remote Ladakh region again on Monday when they manned 49 polling stations in … Read more
In Jammu & Kashmir Phase 2, Udhampur and Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency will vote on 18 April. Voting Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019 Counting Date: Thursday, May 23, 2019 Udhampur Lok Sabha Constituency Udhampur is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in of Jammu & Kashmir and is located in Central India. Udhampur Lok Sabha seat is unreserved. It … Read more
In the first phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, 72.16 per cent of polling took place for the Jammu parliamentary constituency while over 35 per cent polling was witnessed for the Baramulla parliamentary constituency. The morning today couldn’t have been more enthusing and provoking to vote. The early morning breeze coupled with a relaxing dip in the day temperature set … Read more
The State of Jammu and Kashmir has 6 seats in total for the parliament. A troubled spot in the country due to the bad relations with Pakistan, Kashmir had been the principal focus during election campaign for all the parties during election campaigns. Despite having lesser number of constituencies, the state will go for polling … Read more
Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will not to be held along with Lok Sabha polls, chief election commissioner Sunil Arora said on Sunday. Only Lok Sabha elections would be held in Jammu and Kashmir. He said a three-member panel of observers will be appointed to assess the security situation for holding assembly election later . … Read more
The disputes and reasons for violence in Kashmir date back to 1947, right from the formation of Pakistan after India’s independence. Under the partition plan, Kashmir was free to accede to any of the two countries. Kashmir, which was then ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh, chose India and the region then saw a two-year war … Read more