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Elections

This section is a window to the Parliamentary, Assembly, Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies elections in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

What Next?

With 20:20 over, Kashmir’s Reds and Greens are fighting a much tougher battle over the vote later this year. Shah Abbas explains the possible...

A Defeat and A Boycott

Why NC lost the game and how the separatist boycott influenced the outcome, an analysis by Nazir Hussain On May 7th after the last vote...

Out of Safe Zone

As results came out for 2014 elections many solid political foundations were shaken to the base. Shah Abbas analyzes how PDP took fight right...

A Fallen Prince

NC president and Kashmir’s flamboyant politician Farooq Abdullah lost his first ever election in decades sending the party in tailspin. Tasavur Mushtaq analyzes the...

Loss of political heirs

With PDP’s Muzaffar Hussain Beigh sweeping North Kashmir both Er Rashid and Sajad Gani Lone failed to carry forward Abdul Gani Lone’s political legacy....

Madam Mufti Leading…

In an otherwise male-dominated politics, Mehbooba Mufti defeated 12 rivals to enter the Indian parliament for the second time, a first for any women...

Magic Mufti

Wresting all the three Lok Sabha seats from NC in Kashmir, ensuring Congress’ defeat for the twin Jammu seats, Mufti Sayeed left only Ladakh...

‘Survivor’ Slides

In the contest between ‘secularism’ and ‘communalism’, the seasoned congressman was tasted dust. Many believe, Ghulam Nabi Azad fell to the whisper campaign launched...

SHOCKERS

As the election results are out Safwat Zargar scans thorough numbers to pick up the major upsets of 2014 elections in Kashmir   Kangan A National Conference...

Setting The Trends

Elections to the Parliament are over in J&K. Moderate mobilization and low participation apart, the exercise exhibited many interesting aspects which may reflect in...

The Last Leg

As clock struck 7 on Wednesday morning, the last phase of parliamentary polls began in Jammu and Kashmir. In the cold desert of Leh, the heterogeneous voters polled till the...

Knotty North

With contestants successfully engaging more people than south and central Kashmir, the elections in North Kashmir is heading towards a high poll. But intense...

Unpredictable

High Altitude Battle Unlike the last four phases in J&K, the last one involving Ladakh and Baramulla is being contested by parties so intensely that...

Centre Fold

One killing, one per cent increase in overall votes and boycott marked Srinagar elections as fate of 14 candidates is to be decided. Is...

In Pictures: Election Day In Kashmir

As the ‘high voltage’ contest of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is on, there is mixed feeling whether Dr Farooq Abdullah could retain his title...