Anantnag bypolls: Mehbooba Mufti wins by huge margin

Anantnag bypolls: Mehbooba Mufti wins by huge margin

FP Staff June 25, 2016, 13:22:23 IST

After the seventh round of counting, Mehbooba Mufti is leading by 9,000 votes over Congress candidate Hilal Ahmad Shah.

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Voters wait to cast votes at a polling station during the by-election to the Anantnag constituency in south Kashmir on 22 June. PTI

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The counting for the results began on  25 June and saw brief disruption after Congress supporters alleged that bogus votes were being counted in the name of postal ballots . PTI

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti contested the polls among eight others. The other candidates were Hillal Ahmed Shah of the Congress and Iftikhar Hussain Misgar of the National Conference. PTI

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The constituency has over 84,000 eligible voters and nearly 28,500 voted on 22 June despite a poll boycott called by separatist politicians and militants. PTI

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The by-election was necessitated because of the death of the then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who represented the constituency in the assembly. PTI

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Mufti represents the south Kashmir Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in the parliament.

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