Congress announces first list of 9 candidates for J&K Assembly elections

This comes after the two parties National Conference and Congress sealed their deal on Monday for the coming Assembly elections in the Union territory.

By: Express Web Desk

New Delhi | Updated: August 27, 2024 12:40 AM IST

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Congress announces first list of 9 candidates for J&K Assembly elections

Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi with National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah in Srinagar.(PTI/File)

Congress on Monday released its first list of the candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. In its first list, the Congress released name of candidates for 9 constituencies including Tral, Aanantnag and Doda region.

This comes after the two parties National Conference and Congress sealed their deal on Monday for the coming Assembly elections in the Union territory.

After negotiations at NC president Farooq Abdullah’s residence lasting through the day, culminating on the eve before the nomination deadline for the first phase of voting ends, the parties announced that of the 90 seats in J&K, the NC will contest 51 and the Congress 32, putting aside one constituency each for the CPI(M) and J&K Panthers Party.

The five seats where both the NC and Congress will field candidates are Sopore, Banihal, Bhaderwah, Doda and Nagrota. In the first phase involving 24 seats, which vote on September 18, the NC will contest 12 seats in the Valley, and six in the Jammu region. The Congress will contest three in the Valley and 2 in the Jammu region.

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