Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Live Updates: With the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections underway, the results for one of the biggest elections in the world are finally being declared.
Over seven thousand candidates are in the electoral fray to gain the mandate of over 900 million eligible voters across 543 constituencies spread across 28 states and 9 union territories. The voting for these parliamentary elections were held in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024. Now, it is time for the results.
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Live Updates of Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The polling for Anantnag-Rajouri was held in Phase 6 on 25 May.
The key candidates for the 2024 General Elections in Anantnag-Rajouri are Zafar Iqbal Khan Manhas (J&K Apni Party), Mian Altaf Ahmad (J&K National Conference), and Mehbooba Mufti (PDP).
As per the latest trends of counting of votes for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, JKNC's Mian Altaf Ahmad has won Anantnag-Rajouri seat.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Anantnag-Rajouri seat was won by (J&K National Conference) candidate Hasnain Masoodi, while Congress candidate Ghulam Ahmad Mir had come in second place.
In 2014's General Elections, Anantnag-Rajouri constituency was won by PDP candidate Mehbooba Mufti and (J&K National Conference) candidate Mirza Mehboob Beg was the runner-up.
Anantnag-Rajouri is one of the Lok Sabha seats of Jammu & Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Elections 2024
While Jammu and Kashmir's three prominent parties, NC, PDP, and Congress, are members of the INDIA alliance, only NC and Congress have entered into a seat-sharing agreement in the state. The Farooq Abdullah-led NC is contesting on three seats of the Kashmir valley, Congress is competing from the two seats of Jammu. PDP fielded its candidates on the three seats of Kashmir, thereby fighting directly with NC on those seats. BJP is contesting just from the two seats of Jammu.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, five seats of Jammu & Kashmir went to polls across phases 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. Notably, polling in Jammu & Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri constituency was delayed from phase three on 7 May to phase six on 25 May after ECI stated poor weather and connectivity barriers. The move incited significant controversy with both NC and PDP condemning the shift. This Lok Sabha elections also saw Kashmir's constituencies registering high voter turnouts after decades.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Jammu & Kashmir, which were held before the abrogation of Article 370, NC won all three seats of Kashmir, while BJP won both the seats from Jammu. In 2014's Lok Sabha elections, BJP won the same two seats of Jammu, but the situation was different in Kashmir with PDP winning all three seats there.