Assembly Elections In Jammu And Kashmir

Dalai Lama wrote to congratulate Omar Abdullah on his coalition's success in the recent Assembly Polls and his appointment as the Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir in the Assembly polls.

This will be the first elected government in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and the reorganization of the former state into two Union Territories.

The stage is set for Omar Abdullah to take oath as the first chief minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir following the victory of his National Conference in the maiden assembly election after the abrogation of Article 370.

At least 13 newly elected MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir come from political families whose members have won or contested elections in the past, with the National Conference accounting for the maximum number of such legislators.

BJP's 29-year-old Shagun Parihar is the youngest member of the newly elected Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, while National Conference veteran Abdul Rahim Rather aged 80 is the oldest member.

There are 51 first-time MLAs among the 90 members elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in the first polls held for the Union Territory's legislature.

The Congress has been relegated from a junior partner in the incoming Jammu and Kashmir government to a relative non-entity, after four independent MLAs extended support to the National Conference, the 'big brother' in the alliance that won the poll.

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah has expressed strong reservations about the Centre's potential move of nominating five BJP MLAs to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.

Shiv Sena and Trinamool Congress' reviews of the Congress's dismal show in the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir elections are in - and they do not make for pleasant reading.

Three women, including former minister Sakeena Masood (National Conference), won elections on Tuesday to enter the male-dominated Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.

The National Conference-Congress alliance may have won more seats in Jammu and Kashmir but the BJP has emerged as the single-largest party in terms of vote share, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, addressing party cadre after the stunning win in Haryana and impressive show in Jammu and Kashmir polls, singled the Congress and launched a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi.

The National Conference-Congress combine on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir polls, winning 49 of the union territory's 90 seats, beating the exit polls' predictions.

It was a bittersweet day for the Aam Aadmi Party. As the Election Commission figures indicated that it may not win even a single seat in Haryana, the party found its silver lining in Jammu and Kashmir.

The National Conference and the Congress on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir election - the first since special status was scrapped in 2019 and the first in the former state in a decade - defying exit poll predictions of a hung Assembly.

Dalai Lama wrote to congratulate Omar Abdullah on his coalition's success in the recent Assembly Polls and his appointment as the Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir in the Assembly polls.

This will be the first elected government in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and the reorganization of the former state into two Union Territories.

The stage is set for Omar Abdullah to take oath as the first chief minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir following the victory of his National Conference in the maiden assembly election after the abrogation of Article 370.

At least 13 newly elected MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir come from political families whose members have won or contested elections in the past, with the National Conference accounting for the maximum number of such legislators.

BJP's 29-year-old Shagun Parihar is the youngest member of the newly elected Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, while National Conference veteran Abdul Rahim Rather aged 80 is the oldest member.

There are 51 first-time MLAs among the 90 members elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in the first polls held for the Union Territory's legislature.

The Congress has been relegated from a junior partner in the incoming Jammu and Kashmir government to a relative non-entity, after four independent MLAs extended support to the National Conference, the 'big brother' in the alliance that won the poll.

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah has expressed strong reservations about the Centre's potential move of nominating five BJP MLAs to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.

Shiv Sena and Trinamool Congress' reviews of the Congress's dismal show in the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir elections are in - and they do not make for pleasant reading.

Three women, including former minister Sakeena Masood (National Conference), won elections on Tuesday to enter the male-dominated Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.

The National Conference-Congress alliance may have won more seats in Jammu and Kashmir but the BJP has emerged as the single-largest party in terms of vote share, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, addressing party cadre after the stunning win in Haryana and impressive show in Jammu and Kashmir polls, singled the Congress and launched a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi.

The National Conference-Congress combine on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir polls, winning 49 of the union territory's 90 seats, beating the exit polls' predictions.

It was a bittersweet day for the Aam Aadmi Party. As the Election Commission figures indicated that it may not win even a single seat in Haryana, the party found its silver lining in Jammu and Kashmir.

The National Conference and the Congress on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir election - the first since special status was scrapped in 2019 and the first in the former state in a decade - defying exit poll predictions of a hung Assembly.