Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has won the Anantnag  Assembly seat by almost 12,000 votes. She defeated her rival from the Congress Hilal Shah.

The PDP candidate Ms. Mufti has secured 17,701 votes in overall 28,500 polled votes, while Hilal Shah earned 5,616. National Conference (NC) Iftikhar Misger stood a distant third with 2,811 votes.

"They are losing out at places where they had good support. So, this is expected from them," PDP legislator Abdul Raheem Rather said.

“An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was not properly sealed and should not be counted at all,” alleged Mr. Shah.

Nandini