National Conference Emerges As Single-Largest Party in LAHDC Kargil Polls

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Out of the 26 seats polling for which was held, the NC bagged 10, Congress 8, Independents 5, PDP 2 and the BJP 1 seat.

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SRINAGAR — Regional National Conference (NC), headed by Dr. Farooq Abdullah as its president, emerged as the single-largest party in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil elections, results for which were declared on Saturday.

Out of the 26 seats polling for which was held, the NC bagged 10, Congress 8, Independents 5, PDP 2 and the BJP 1 seat.

The Council has 30 seats but the election is held for 26 seats. Four councilors are nominated by the state government and they too have the voting rights during a confidence or no confidence motion.

Congress got second position winning 8 seats followed by independents and PDP.

The BJP party managed to win only one seat.

National Conference also could not get a simple majority on its own as 16 seats are required for claiming simple majority.

NC President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and party’s Vice President Omar Abdullah have thanked the people of Kargil for voting NC as the single-largest party in the powerful hill development council.

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