Two former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are trailing from the two Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir.
The early trends from the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir indicate that National Conference is leading in Srinagar and Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seats. Independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh aka Engineer Rashid is leading from Baramulla Lok Sabha seat.
In Anantnag-Rajouri constituency NC’s leader Mian Altaf Ahmad is leading with 30513 votes. PDP chief Mehbooba is trailing by over 50,000 votes.
In Baramulla, Engineer Rashid is leading with over 19,000 votes. Both Omar Abdullah and Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone are trailing from the seat.
In Srinagar, NC’s Aga Ruhullah is leading by over 19000 votes from his nearly rival Waheed Parra of PDP.
Earlier, the counting of votes for the three Lok Sabha constituencies of Kashmir started on Tuesday morning amid tight security.
The counting started at 8 am in four counting centres established for the three constituencies of Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri.
The three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir recorded a turnout of over 50%, breaking the records since 1989, when the insurgency began. voting.