National Conference-Congress Big Win, Independents And Smallers Parties Fail In J&K
The National Conference and the Congress on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir election - the first in the former state in a decade - defying exit poll predictions of a hung Assembly.
The alliance claimed 49 of the union territory's 90 elected legislature seats; five more will be nominated by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha under a contentious new rule.
But it is the NC that has emerged, by a country mile, as the majority partner with 42 wins to the Congress' dismal six. The NC turned in a strong showing across the Kashmir region's 47 seats.
