NEW DELHI: The much anticipated Jammu and Kashmir election has finally ended and its result didn't surprise anyone as it aligned with exit polls predictions. The National Conference won the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election with 42 seats and the Congress bagged 6. Both the parties' coalition crossed the majority mark and will form the government soon in the Union Territory.
Meanwhile, the BJP won 29 and PDP bagged only 3 seats. In this election, 7 independent candidates won the seats with Satesh Sharma, who left the Congress and contested as an independent from the Chhamb seat of Jammu region, winning the election by defeating BJP candidate Rajeev Sharma with a margin of 6,929 votes. Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Haryana Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 L + W Majority: 46 BJP 48 CONG 37 INLD 2 AAP 0 OTH 3 Leads + Wins : 90 / 90 BJP WON Jammu & Kashmir Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 Results Majority: 46 JKNC 42 BJP 29 CONG 6 PDP 3 OTH 10 Results : 90 / 90 HUNG ASSEMBLY Source: PValue Highest margin In the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections , BJP candidate Devender Rana emerged victorious from the Nagrota segment with the highest margin of 30,472 votes, while PDP's Rafiq Ahmad Naik secured the Tral seat with the lowest victory margin of just 460 votes.
Rana, who had previously won the 2014 assembly elections on the National Conference (NC) ticket, retained his seat by defeating NC's Joginder Singh, who received 17,641 votes. AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir also .