With this win, the National Conference has consolidated its position as the dominant political force in Jammu and Kashmir.

In the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections, which were held after a decade, the NC won 42 seats alone and is slated to form the government with alliance partner Congress.

Opposition parties seeking the restoration of autonomy in volatile Indian-administered Kashmir have edged out the party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the first regional election since New Delhi imposed direct rule five years ago.

Shagun Parihar, the BJP's lone woman candidate in the Jammu and Kashmir elections, wins the Kishtwar seat, defeating veteran leader Sajad Ahmad Kichloo. Her victory comes five years after losing her father and uncle to terrorism,

The Congress-NC alliance won the elections and will form the government. Independent candidates won more seats than Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the Jammu and Kashmir Elections 2024.

Seven independent candidates have emerged victorious in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, marking an increase from the 2014 elections when three such candidates had won. Satesh Sharma, who left the Congress and contested as an independent from the Chhamb seat of Jammu region,

The National Conference-Congress alliance will form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, as the INDIA bloc partners have won 47 seats in the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly, the voting for which was held on September 18,