BJP candidate Darshan Kumar on Tuesday registered the party’s first victory from Jammu and Kashmir. The party face from Basohli, Kumar won the constituency by defeating Congress candidate Chaudhary Lal Singh with a margin of 16,034 votes.
The National Conference-Congress alliance is likely to form government in Jammu and Kashmir with poll trends on Tuesday showing the combine ahead in 51 of the 90 seats while the BJP was leading in 26.
Trends uploaded by the Election Commission showed that the PDP was ahead in five seats in the Union territory while the Independents are leading on seven seats.
The National Conference was leading in 41 while its ally Congress was ahead in 10 seats, the trends showed.
As the trends showed the NC ahead of its rivals, NC vice president Omar Abdullah asserted there should be no “fiddling” with the mandate of the people in Jammu and Kashmir.