SRINAGAR: In a closely contested election, National Conference (NC) candidate Javaid Riyaz Bedar, a former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), secured victory in the Pattan Assembly seat with a narrow margin of 603 votes.
Bedar received 29, 893 votes, edging out his opponent, Imran Raza Ansari of the Jammu & Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC), who garnered 29, 290 votes.
This outcome marks a significant shift in Pattan’s political landscape, where the People’s Conference has historically held sway.
Ansari’s defeat has surprised many political observers, indicating a potential change in voter sentiment in this long-standing stronghold of the People’s Conference. (KNO)
