Jammu & Kashmir Election Results 2024: NC-Congress Vs BJP In Tight Race, Independents May Hold Key To Govt – News18

Jammu & Kashmir Election 2024 Result LIVE: Counting day has started for the 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, marking the first assembly elections since the region was downgraded to a Union Territory (UT) five years ago.

The vote counting will begin at 8 am, and this election will establish the first elected government in the UT since 2019, when Article 370 was abrogated.

The main contenders in this highly anticipated election are the Congress-National Conference alliance, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Voting was conducted in three phases, with 24 seats in the first phase, 26 in the second, and 40 in the third. The overall voter turnout stood at 63.45 percent, slightly lower than the 65.52 percent recorded in the 2014 assembly elections.

Meanwhile, while many exit polls have predicted an advantage for the Congress-NC alliance, the BJP remains optimistic about forming the government. Some pollsters have also suggested that independent candidates could play a key ‘kingmaker’ role in the outcome.