Kashmir News: Three-way battle in NC bastion Srinagar in phase 4 Lok Sabha polls tomorrow
J&K – is among the 96 constituencies going to polls in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Monday, May 13. The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are the first general elections in the erstwhile state since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019 by the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-ruled centre. The abrogation stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status.
The government also downgraded the erstwhile state into two Union Territories – J&K and Ladakh. Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri –the other two seats of Kashmir Valley – will vote in the next two rounds of Lok Sabha polls. Established in 1962, the Srinagar parliamentary seat is spread over five districts, Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal, Pulwama and Shopian with 21 assembly segments with an electorate of over 17.4 lakh voters.
Srinagar has been a stronghold of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), the regional satrap that has won 10 out of 13 elections held for the seat so far. Party president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah won the seat in 2019. Before Farooq, his son Omar Abdullah and mother Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah have also represented the seat.
Also Read: Also Read: ‘Can change friends, not neighbours’: Omar Abdullah invokes AB Vajpayee on Mani Shankar Aiyar's ‘respect Pak’ remark The only national party to ever win the Srinagar seat is Congress. Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami of the Congress party won from Srinagar in 1996. Over the years, other parties have also started making in roads in the seat.
In 2014, Tariq Hameed Karra of the JK People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the seat. This poll season, Srinagar witnessed a high-octane campaign, even in old city areas, after decades. With no boycott calls this time, the voter
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