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Mehbooba Mufti wins Anantnag bypoll by more than 11,000 votes

Anantnag bypoll: The election was necessitated by the death of incumbent MLA and former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

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anantnag, anantnag bypoll, anantnag election, anantnag election result, mehbooba mufti, mehbooba mufti election, PDP, kashmir news Mehbooba Mufti was leading after the first round of counting in Anantnag. (Express Photo)

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the Anantnag by-election by nearly 11,550 votes against Hilal Ahmad Shah of the Congress.

Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba polled nearly 17,000 votes while Shah managed 5,589.

After the first round, Mehbooba had polled 1826 votes followed by Hilal Ahmad Shah of Congress (516) and Iftikhar Misger of National Conference (316), District Election Authorities said.

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But news agency ANI reported that Congress workers created a ruckus outside the counting hall alleging that they found the EVM machines unsealed.

Mehbooba is among eight candidates in the bypoll for Anantnag Assembly seat which was necessitated due to death of incumbent MLA and then chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7 this year.

Polling in the constituency was held on June 22 during which over 28,000 of the 84,000 voters exercised their franchise.

(With ANI, IANS and PTI inputs)

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