Congress, NC announce seat-sharing for Lok Sabha polls
In Jammu and Kashmir, out of the five LS seats, the Congress would contest in two seats and NC in three parliamentary constituencies.
National Conference chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday took an unassailable lead of 10,557 votes to beat People's Democratic Party (PDP) rival Nazir Ahmad Khan.
Abdullah was leading by 9,633 votes over his rival after the 17th round of counting. Abdullah polled 35539 against Nazir’s 24931.
The counting of votes began at 8 am. The bypoll to Srinagar Lok Sabha seat was held on 9 April. A re-poll was ordered for 13 April at 38 polling stations in Budgam district after eight civilians were killed in a clash that erupted between protesters and security forces.
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Nine candidates were in the fray, but the main battle was between Farooq and Nazir Ahmad Khan.
Farooq had lost the seat to PDP's Tariq Hameed Karra in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Born on 21 October 1937 in Soura, Abdullah served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several times since 1982. He was the Union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014.
He was also elected to the Lok Sabha unopposed from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in 1980 general elections.
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