Landslide victory for Mehbooba

SRINAGAR: In what was probably her first major first test since taking over as Jammu & Kashmir chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the bypolls in Anantnag

Published on: Jun 26, 2016, 09:29:33 IST

By Toufiq Rashid

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SRINAGAR: In what was probably her first major first test since taking over as Jammu & Kashmir chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the bypolls in Anantnag — a PDP bastion — by a landslide.

Mehbooba secured 17,701 votes, with her nearest rival — Congress candidate Hilal Ahmad Shah — coming a distant second with 5,616 votes. National Conference (NC) candidate Iftikhar Misger polled just 2,811 votes according to election officials.

The 57-year-old was among eight candidates in the fray for the Anantnag assembly seat which fell vacant after the death of then CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. This is Mehbooba’s fourth win to the state assembly from south Kashmir since she joined politics in 1996.

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Toufiq Rashid
Chief of bureau of HT at Srinagar, Toufiq has been covering the volatile state of Kashmir for the past seven years. Was working as special correspondent in Indian Express in New Delhi, covering health and wellness. Has done human interest stories from across the country for almost a decade.Read More

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