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| On eve of counting NC, Cong step in to lure Independents | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 7: On the eve of the beginning of the counting of the votes for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil elections, local leadership both the National Conference and Congress opened the channel with communication with potential Independent candidates in the fray.
25 Independent candidates are trying their luck for the 26 constituencies of the LAHDC Kargil. Voting for the 26 constituencies of Kargil Council was held on Wednesday and counting will be held on October 8.
Candidates of the National Conference and Congress are locked into “friendly” contests on as many as 13 seats of the LAHDC Kargil but the parties are trying to rope in Independents much before the beginning of counting to muster the majority after declaration of the results. This is the first time polls were held since Ladakh was converted into a Union Territory in 2019. Counting will begin on October 8.
An electorate of 74,026, including 46,762 women, exercised their franchise at 278 polling stations spread over 26 constituencies across Kargil. The LAHDC Kargil recorded nearly 78 percent of voters turning up at polling stations to seal the fate of 85 candidates in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
According to the statistics, as many as 74,026 voters including 48625 males and 46,762 females out of the total 95,388 electors visited the polling booths and voted through EVMs. Saliskut constituency recorded the maximum polling with over 90 percent of voters turning up to exercise their right to franchise where the BJP, NC, and Congress have entered a triangular contest. Apart from this, at least eight constituencies recorded over 80 percent polling. Out of the total 85 contesting candidates, a maximum of 22 belonged to Congress, while the National Conference and the BJP have fielded 17 candidates each. 25 Independents have also tried their luck while four candidates belonged to the Aam Adami Party (AAP).
The elections to constitute the fifth Council—the first in Kargil after the abrogation of Article 370 and grant of Union Territory (UT) status to Ladakh—holds great significance as two key political parties—NC and Congress—having a strong presence in the district joined hands and announced pre-poll alliance with a sole objective to keep the BJP out of the 30-member Council.
In the last Council in Kargil, the BJP had three members, only one of whom was elected on its ticket. The other two had switched allegiance from the PDP. |
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