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NC-Cong alliance bags all 4 LC seats in J-K
Tribune News Service

Jammu/Srinagar, December 6
The ruling National Conference-Congress coalition bagged all four Legislative Council seats in elections held under panchayat quota in Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of 38 years.

The elections, which were held on December 3, saw nearly 35,000 panches and sarpanches braving threats and warnings from terror outfits and separatist groups and coming out to vote. The counting was held in the two state capitals today.

The NC and the Congress got two seats each in Jammu and Srinagar regions. NC’s Ali Mohammad Dar defeated Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Peer Mohammed Hussain by 2,600 votes to bag the Kashmir (K-1) constituency. Dar secured 8,586 votes against 5,911 polled by Hussain. For K-2 seat, Ghulam Nabi Monga of the Congress beat his PDP rival Yasir Reshi by 2,500 votes. In the Jammu region, Shyam Lal of the Congress defeated his nearest rival Gurmeet Singh of the PDP by 7,034 votes to win the Jammu (J-1) seat. For the J-2 seat, Shahnaz Ganai of the NC defeated her nearest rival Ved Prakash Gupta of the PDP by 6,917 votes.