NC-Congress bag power in J&K where Article 370 abrogation & roads, jobs took centrestage

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New Delhi:The first assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 saw the National Conference-Congress alliance cross the majority mark and bag power by winning 48 seats in the Union Territory...

After several statements about not contesting polls till the restoration of statehood to J&K, Omar Abdullah decided to take the plunge and contest not one but two seats in the assembly elections.While he has won the Budgam seat, he is also set for a win in Ganderbal...

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has 90 seats, requiring any party or coalition to win at least 46 seats to stake claim to form government..

The election assumed greater significance for the PDP, considering Mehbooba Mufti recently suffered a defeat from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat and decided not to contest this assembly election, saying she would not contest as long as Jammu & Kashmir was a Union Territory and did not have its special status...

In 2014, when Jammu and Kashmir had been a state, the BJP won 25 seats in the Jammu region and formed a coalition government with the PDP, which, with 28 seats, was the single-largest party at the time...

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