Chanapora Assembly Election Result 2024 Highlights: As the counting of votes progresses, early trends from the Election Commission of India indicate that the Jammu Kashmir National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance has surpassed the halfway mark, leading in 47 seats as of 10:15 AM. According to the Election Commission, between three to five rounds of counting have been completed in most of the 90 constituencies in the region. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 28 seats. The election results will determine the political futures of several prominent figures, including former ministers Tara Chand, Muzaffar Baig, Raman Bhalla, and Basharat Bukha, as well as Omar Abdullah, Ravinder Raina, and Yousuf Tarigami, among others.
The main candidates competing for the seat include Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari, Mohammed Iqbaal Trumboo from the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mushtaq Guroo from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC), Hilal Ahmad Wani from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and AR Wani representing the Jammu & Kashmir Awami National Conference.
In the 2014 assembly elections, the PDP emerged victorious with 28 seats, followed by the BJP with 25, the NC with 15, and Congress with 12. Following these elections, the PDP and BJP formed a coalition government led by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. However, the BJP withdrew its support in 2018 after Mehbooba Mufti succeeded her father as Chief Minister, marking a significant shift in the region’s political landscape.
Chanapora Election Result 2024 Live: Mushtaq Guroo wins
NC's Mushtaq Guroo has defeated Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari by a margin of over 5600 votes.
Chanapora Election Result 2024 Live: Mushtaq Guroo on his way to victory
NC candidate Mushtaq Guroo has maintained his lead by over 5600 votes. As per the ECI, 11 out of 13 rounds of counting remain are over.
Chanapora Election Result 2024 Live: Altaf Bukhari trails
Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari is facing a tough contest against NC's Mushtaq Guroo. As per the ECI, Bukhari is currently trailing by a margin of over 2,400 votes. The NC candidate is leading from the constituency.
Chanapora Election Result 2024 Live: Bukhari trailing, NC leading
Mushtaq Guroo of National Conference is currently leading by a margin of over 1,200 votes. Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari is currently trailing, as per ECI trends.
Chanapora Election Result 2024 Live: What are early trends indicating?
In Jammu and Kashmir, the trends available for 74 of the 90 seats showed, the Congress-National Conference Alliance ahead on 39 seats, while the BJP was leading in 25. The PDP was ahead on six seats and three seats were with 'others'.
Ahead of the commencement of counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP state unit president Ravinder Raina performed a 'yagya' Tuesday morning and expressed confidence the party would secure a majority and form a government, potentially with the support of Independents.
Chanapora Election Result 2024 Live: Key contenders
All eyes are set for the Chanapora seat, from where Apni party president Altaf Bukhari is contesting the Assembly Elections. National Conference's Mushtaq Guroo, People's Democratic Party's Mohammed Iqbal Trumboo and Hilal Ahmad Wani from the BJP are also in the fray.
Chanapora Election Result 2024 Live: Voter demographic
In the 2024 Chanapora assembly polls, there were a total of 81,266 registered voters. Out of which 1,26,891 were male, 40,531 female and 1 of the third gender.
The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2024 was 910.12.
Counting of votes have begin for all 90 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. Initial trends to be out soon.
The counting of votes for the Chanapora assembly constituency, one of the 90 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir legislature, will begin at 8 am today.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Jammu and Kashmir election counting. The counting of votes for the 90 seats in the Union Territory is scheduled to begin at 8 am. We will bring you all the latest updates from Chanapora constituency. Chanapora is witnessing a tight contest between Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari, PDP’s Mohammed Iqbaal Trumboo and Awami National Conference’s AR Wani, among others.
Stay tuned to this space for live updates from Chanapora.