As the counting for the recently concluded Assembly elections in J&K began on Tuesday, National Conference vice president and party candidate from Budgam and Ganderbal segments is expecting a favourable outcome for his party.
“Here’s wishing all my colleagues and allies the very best of luck for today. We fought the good fight, & now, Inshallah, the results will reflect that,” he said.
On Monday, he said that the PDP has not offered support and called for putting an end to all speculations till the results are announced.
He was commenting on his father’s statement that he welcomed all support from the PDP even if they did not need it; he said, “We have to go ahead together.”
“They haven’t extended support, they haven’t offered support, and we don’t know what the voters have decided yet, so I really wish we could put a lid on all this premature speculation for the next 24 hours,” Omar Abdullah said in a post on X.
The fate of all big names, veteran leaders, those contesting for the first time, and Jamaat-backed candidates are all waiting for today's results.
The election commission said that an overall 63.88 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The poll panel said the highest voter turn of 69.69 per cent was recorded in the third phase held on October 1.
Phase 1 and Phase 2 saw polling percentages of 61.38 per cent and 57.31 per cent, respectively. The three-phase assembly elections concluded peacefully in Jammu and Kashmir on October 1.
These elections for the general legislative assembly in J&K were held after a gap of ten years. The last such polls were held in 2014.
The JKNC-Congress alliance, which contested the Lok Sabha elections as partners under the INDIA Bloc, also forged a pre-poll alliance to contest the elections jointly.
The polls also witnessed a sizeable increase in voter turnout in areas that were considered militant hotbeds in J&K.
As per ECI figures, the overall percentages increased by a margin of 12.97 per cent in the Pulwama Assembly constituency compared to the 2014 elections.
Zainapora in Shopian in south Kashmir also witnessed a 9.52 per cent increase, while Eidgah in Srinagar recorded a 9.16% rise, reflecting growing confidence in the electoral process.
Follow us
