Congress and National Conference are fighting together in Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The Congress announced the first list of 9 candidates late on Monday night. The National Conference has also announced 18 candidates. The seat sharing formula between the two parties was decided on August 26. Out of the 90 seats in the union territory, the National Conference will contest 51 seats and the Congress will contest 32 seats. There will be a friendly fight on 5 seats. CPI(M) and Panthers Party got 2 seats. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, Salman Khurshid and State Congress President Hamid Kara visited National Conference Supremo Farooq Abdullah's residence in Srinagar on Monday. After an hour-long meeting between the leaders, the issue of distribution of seats was discussed. Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections; Congress first list- 9 names…Jammu-Kashmir assembly election; The first list of the National Conference – 18 names… Rahul said – the alliance will happen only when the workers get respect Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi reached Srinagar on the evening of August 21. Meanwhile, he held a meeting with the National Conference regarding the alliance and seat sharing. On August 22, Rahul told the workers that the alliance in the Jammu and Kashmir elections will take place only when all Congress workers get respect. Apart from this, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that if we win the elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the entire country will come under our control. Voting in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir, the result will be on October 4 The Election Commission announced the dates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on August 16. Voting will be held in three phases in the state. There are total 90 assembly seats here. The majority figure is 46. The last assembly election was held in 2014. The last assembly election was held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014. Then BJP and PDP formed a coalition government. In 2018, the government fell after the coalition broke down. After this, the state had Governor's rule (as per the then Jammu and Kashmir Constitution) for 6 months. After this President's rule was implemented. The 2019 Lok Sabha elections were held during the President's rule, with the BJP returning to the Center with an overwhelming majority. Following this, on August 5, 2019, the BJP government abrogated Article 370 and divided the state into two Union Territories (Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh). In this way, assembly elections are being held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years.
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J&K Elections: Congress First List Released: 9 Candidates Fielded; The National Conference also announced 18 candidates, both parties in coalition
