The election results yet again highlight the polarised nature of the political landscape and the vast differences between the State’s regions The election results in J&K yet again highlighted the polarised nature of the political landscape of the State. While the BJP retained its two seats in the Jammu division and one in Ladakh, the … Read more
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
A total of 33 candidates are contesting from Jammu and Baramulla Lok Sabha constituencies, which are going to polls in the first phase on April 11, 2019. Of these candidates, 16 are Independents and the average of assets per contesting candidate is to the tune of Rs 4.32 crore. Among major parties, the average of … 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