SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 BJP scripts new electoral history, wins all 3 seats in Jammu, Ladakh JAMMU-POONCH SEAT the State. However, the results Independent candidate in 2004. tively. were just reverse with the Alliance Chhewang polled 31111 votes Surprisingly, Udhampur and losing all six seats. while his nearest rival, Ghulam Ramnagar Assembly segments Widely attributed to Narendra Raza, a Congress rebel, who was in are held by NPP leaders Modi wave, the BJP managed to the fray as Independent candidate, (Mankotia and Harshdev Singh, wrest Jammu-Poonch and who polled 31075 votes. Another former Minister). Despite this, Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seats Independent candidate Syed NPP supremo Prof Bhim Singh from the Congress after 15 years as Mohammad Kazim Sabri finished fared badly securing just 10805 the party had last time won the two third with 28,234 votes while votes in Ramnagar and 4483 in seats in 1999 elections when Atal Congress candidate Tsering Udhampur. In Chenani Assembly Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Samphel finished at the bottom segment, which Bhim Singh had Minister. The BJP had never won polling 26,402 votes. NOTA got represented in 1983 and NPP in Ladakh seat before though it had 1207. 2002, Singh polled only 3004 votes. held Udhampur seat for three con- Raza was backed by powerful In 2009 Parliamentary election, secutive terms in 1996, 1998 and Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust Bhim Singh had secured about 1999 and Jammu seat for two terms (IKMT) while Sabri had the sup- 69,400 votes while in today's results, in 1998 and 1999. port of another major religious he polled just 25,312 votes notwith- Significantly, the Congress fared organisation Islamiya School standing an increase of about 27 per badly in the Assembly segments Kargil (ISK). Prominent NC lead- cent voter turnout in present election. held by prominent Congress ers including Chief Minister's In Kathua district, it were Ministers including Deputy Chief Advisor Qamar Ali Akhoon, MLA Kathua Main and Hiranagar Minister Tara Chand (Chhamb), Kargil and Minister for Science and Assembly constituencies, held by PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Technology, MLA Zanskar, had Independent and NC ally Charanjit Sham Lal Sharma (Akhnoor), openly backed the candidature of Singh Jasrotia and BJP respectively, Housing Minister Raman Bhalla Sabri while former Minister Haji which gave Jitendera Singh huge (Gandhi Nagar), Urban Nissar Ali and CEC LAHDC leads of about 45,000 and 40,000 Development Minister Rigzin Jora Kargil, Asgar Ali Karblaie were votes respectively. In Congress (Leh) and Cooperatives Minister Dr supporting Raza. Minister held Dr Manohar Lal Manohar Lal Sharma (Billawar). In Raza led the counting trends Sharma's Billawar constituency, BJP Marh constituency also, which is till the last two rounds when for- led by about 24,000 votes. In BJP represented by BJP but from where tunes fluctuated in favour of held Basohli and Bani segments, the Planning Minister Ajay Sadhotra Chhewang as all four candidates BJP candidate led by 28,000 and hailed, the Congress was defeated were involved in neck-to-neck 2500 votes respectively. with a huge margin. race. Raza called for recounting Udhampur seat was represented However, it was in Doda, of postal ballots, a request to by the Congress MP Choudhary Lal Kishtwar, Banihal and Reasi districts which the District Election Singh for two consecutive terms of that NC-Congress Ministers man- Authorities agreed. Earlier, 2004 and 2009. He was denied man- aged to secure leads for Azad in their Chhewang had won the seat by date by the party high command as a UDHAMPUR-DODA LOK SABHA SEAT segments. They included R&B 34 votes while after re-counting number of senior Congress leaders Minister Abdul Mujeed Wani his margin increase by two more had lobbied against him in New (Doda), Minister for Home Sajjad votes and he was declared winner Delhi and wanted mandate for Azad. Ahmed Kitchloo (Kishtwar), by 36 votes. Lal Singh had defeated BJP's Minister for Revenue Aijaz Khan In Leh Assembly segment held Nirmal Singh by about 13,500 votes (Gool-Arnas) and Minister for by Congress Minister Rigzin Jora, in 2009 election. Technical Education Viqar Rasool BJP polled 23,471 votes while In Jammu-Poonch (Banihal). Congress got 18,814. Parliamentary constituency, which Out of 37 Assembly segments It was, however, BJP's Dr state party chief Jugal Kishore in Jammu region, which com- Jitendera Singh, who turned out to Sharma won by a whopping margin prised two Lok Sabha seats of be giant killed defeating big gun of of over 2.57 lakh votes, the BJP led Jammu-Poonch and Udhampur- the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad, a in 15 Assembly segments including Doda Lok Sabha seats, the BJP several times Union Minister and all those held by the Congress had leads in 24 segments (15 in Chief Minister of Jammu and Ministers. The Congress led in just Jammu seat and nine in Kashmir for over two and a half two segments and PDP in two. The Udhampur seat) while Congress years from November 2005 to July Jammu seat was based on 20 could gain leads only in 11 seg- 2008 by over 60,000 votes. Assembly seats. ments (eight in Udhampur seat Azad, a Rajya Sabha member Madan Lal Sharma had won the and three in Jammu constituen- till April 2015, was making first seat in 2004 and 2009 before losing cy). The PDP led in two Assembly attempt to enter Lok Sabha from his Ladakh MPs so far segments. In Ladakh seat, BJP led home State though he had been Year Name Party in prestigious Leh Assembly seg- elected to Rajya Sabha from here 1967 Koushak Bakula Cong Winners of Jammu Winners of Udhampur 1971 Koushak Bakula Cong seat so far seat so far 1977 Parvati Devi Cong 1967: Inder Jit Malhotra, INC 1967: Karan Singh, INC (U) 1980 P Namgyal Cong 1971: Inder Jit Malhotra, INC 1971: Karan Singh, NC (U) 1984 P Namgayal Cong 1977: Thakur Baldev Singh, Indp. 1977: Karan Singh, INC (U) 1989 Ghulan Hassan 1980: Girdhari Lal Dogra, INC (I) 1980: Karan Singh INC (U) Commander Independent 1984: Janak Rai Gupta, INC 1984: G.L. Dogra, INC 1996 P Namgayal Cong 1989: Janak Rai Gupta, INC 1987: Ayub Khan, INC 1998 Syed Hussain NC 1996: Mangat Ram Sharma, INC 1989: Dharam Pal Sharma, INC 1999 NC 1998: Vishno Datt Sharma, BJP 1996: Chaman Lal Gupta, BJP 2004 Thupstan Independent 1999: Vishno Datt Sharma, BJP 1998: Chaman Lal Gupta, BJP Chhewang 2002: Chowdhary Talib Hussain, NC 1999: Chaman Lal Gupta, BJP 2009 Ghulam Hassan Independent 2004: Madan Lal Sharma, Indian NC 2004: Chaudhary Lal Singh, INC Khan 2009: Madan Lal Sharma, Indian NC 2009: Chaudhary Lal Singh, INC 2014 Thupstan 2014: , BJP 2014: Dr Jitendra Singh, BJP Chhewang BJP BARAMULLA LOK SABHA SEAT ment held by Jora with about earlier also. He had been elected to 2002 by-election but failed to make 5000 votes. Lok Sabha from Washim in a hat-trick. He had defeated BJP's Two times Congress MP Maharashtra in 1980 and 1984. Leela Karan Sharma by about 1.27 Madan Lal Sharma failed to lead However, Dr Singh, riding high lakh votes in last election. in his home town of Akhnoor, on Modi wave and his own charis- In Deputy Chief Minister Tara which is represented by his ma of being an intellectual and pro- Chand's Assembly segment Minister brother Sham Lal Jammu leader, an image he devel- Chhamb and neighbouring Sharma and trailed to BJP by oped during 2008 Amarnath land Akhnoor held by Madan Lal over 9000 votes. row agitation defeated Azad with an Sharma's brother and PHE BJP also led in Leh Assembly impressive margin. Minister Sham Lal Sharma, BJP segment. Dr Singh was contesting first had a lead of about 11,000 votes It may be mentioned here that election of his brief political career each. In Housing Minister Raman NC-Congress, the coalition partners as he had joined BJP only four Bhalla's Gandhi Nagar seat, Jugal in the Government, were contesting years back after resigning as got healthy lead of over 36,000 Lok Sabha elections in alliance with Professor in Medicines Department votes. Jammu West held by BJP each other like 2009. Congress was of the GMC Jammu. rebel Prof Chaman Lal Gupta, contesting three seats of Jammu, However, Azad got impressive BJP got highest lead of about Udhampur and Ladakh while NC support in all six Assembly seg- 55,000 votes over Congress. was contesting three seats of the ments of erstwhile Doda district In Jammu East held by Ashok Kashmir Valley. and two constituencies of Reasi dis- Khajuria, BJP led by about 18,000 BJP State president Jugal trict-Gool-Arnas and Gulabgarh but votes. In NPP held Samba, BJP led Kishore Sharma recorded highest fared very badly in five Assembly by about 23,000 votes while in victory margin of 2,57,280 in segments of Kathua district, three in neighbouring Vijaypur, the BJP lead Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary con- Udhampur district and Reasi prop- was over 22,000 votes. stituency wresting Jammu-Poonch er, leading to his defeat. In Nagrota segment, held by Lok Sabha seat from the Congress In Kishtwar segment, Azad Jugal Kishore Sharma for two terms, after three elections to Lok Sabha had lead of about 6,000 votes BJP had a slender lead of just about 2002 (by-election, which was won while in Inderwal constituency, 5000 votes. In Bishnah, the BJP had by NC) and 2004 and 2009. held by Congress MLA Ghulam a lead of 35,000 plus votes while in Jugal polled 6,19,995 votes Mohammad Saroori, Azad regis- party segments of RS Pura and while Madan Lal Sharma could tered about 28,000 lead. In Doda Suchetgarh, BJP got lead of about muster only 3,62,715 votes. PDP segment, Azad led by about 16,000 and 20,000 respectively. candidate Yashpal Sharma finished 17,000 votes while in his home Though Marh segment is repre- third with 1,68,554 votes. BSP can- segment of Bhaderwah, he got sented by the BJP, the NC's former didate Ashok Bhagat mustered only about 23,000 votes more than his MLA from the seat Ajay Sadhotra, 31,199 votes while NPP leader Hari BJP rival. In Ramban also, Azad who happened to be the Planning Chand Jhalmeria was polled just led over BJP by 3000 odd votes Minister, had worked hard for the 9071 votes. As many as 4382 votes while in Banihal, he got about Alliance but the Congress there were polled for NOTA (None of the 27,000 votes more than the BJP. trailed by about 18,000 votes. In BJP Will restart Vajpayee’s initiatives on Kashmir NC vote share down by 8 %, Cong dips 2% Above). However, it was Gulabgarh held Raipur Domana, Jugal secured share from 22.36 per cent in 2009 to 20.5 the lead obtained by the BJP candidates over Congress stalwart and Union segment of Reasi district, which a lead of about 31,000 votes. with NDA: Mehbooba per cent this time. Though the party's vot- their rivals in the constituencies of Jammu Minister for Health and Family gave Azad highest lead of about In Rajouri district's Nowshera being the youngest political organi- have had to brave heavy odds," the jubi- ing percentage is down by nearly 2 per cent, region. Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad failed to 30,000 votes while in Gool-Arnas, Assembly and Kalakote Assembly zation of the State and which has been lant Mehbooba said. it has captured all the three seats- Srinagar, Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat, which enter the Lok Sabha from his home he got lead of about 21,000 votes. constituencies, which are repre- responsible for introducing a genuine The PDP president said her party Anantnag and Baramulla respectively in recorded 72 per cent voting has witnessed a State in maiden bid. He lost to BJP's All these eight Assembly seg- sented by the NC, BJP had lead of competition in political scene of J&K treats this as an opportunity to serve the Kashmir region. massive increase of 27 per cent of polling per- first timer but formidable political ments are represented by NC- about 28,000 and 8000 votes which had witnessed the predominance State to the best of their ability and also In Anantnag, PDP president Mehbooba centage as compared to just 45 per cent polling rival Dr Jitendera Singh by 60,976 Congress MLAs (six by Congress respectively. of only one political party for better part recognize it as a challenge in view of the Mufti defeated NC candidate Mirza in 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Dr Jitendra votes. Dr Singh polled 4,87,369 and two by NC). The only silver lining for the of the past century," she said. huge problems that the State faces. Mehboob Beg with a margin of 65, 417 votes Singh of BJP in a high-pitched battle defeated votes while Azad secured 4,26,393 However, Azad, who led in ini- Congress was in Darhal, a PDP held "We thank the party cadre, the peo- "For me personally this is an over- while in Baramulla Muzaffar Hussain Baig Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare votes. tial three rounds of counting, started Assembly segment, where Madan ple of State and Election Commission of whelming occasion as I along with my PDP candidate Mohammad trailing as votes polled in these eight Lal Sharma led over PDP by over defeated Sharief-ud-din Shariq of NC with Ghulam Nabi Azad by a margin of nearly India for holding free and fair elections distinguished colleagues Muzaffar margin of 29,219 votes. In Srinagar, Tariq 61,000 votes. Arshad Malik secured 30,461 seats were far less as compared to 7000 votes and over BJP by 20,000 since 2002," Mehbooba said, adding, Hussain Baig and Tariq Hamid Karra votes while NPP supremo Prof Kathua and Udhampur districts and odd votes. In Congress held Rajouri, Hamid Karra defeated former Chief Minister, In Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha that went to she was also thankful to Kashmiri are trusted by the people for represent- Dr Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar by nearly polls in first phase of State, voting percentage Bhim Singh polled only 25,312 Reasi Main. Madan had a lead of about 5000 Pandits and minority community for ing them in the highest democratic votes. BSP's Dharam Pal In Reasi main, presently held votes over PDP and 16000 votes 42,280 votes. stood at 70.6 per cent, an increase of about 21 voting for their party. forum of the country. "I am humbled by Balgotra got 16,437 votes. by BJP MLA Baldev Raj Sharma, over BJP. Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in the Kashmir per cent over 2009 Parliamentary polls, when Based on this decisive mandate, the the new responsibility and the expecta- Former Union Minister and Jitendera Singh got lead of over It was, however, PDP, which recorded highest turnout among three seats of the turnout was merely 49.7 per cent. Today, MLA Jammu West Prof 9000 votes. It was Udhampur led in two Assembly segments of PDP leader said: "We will do exactly tions that this vote entails," she said. the Valley with 39.6 per cent electorates exer- BJP State President Jugal Kishore defeated the what we have stated in our manifesto; Mehbooba said these results also Chaman Lal Gupta's son, Anil Main, held by NPP MLA Balwant Poonch-Haveli and Surankote by cising their right to vote. However, the voting sitting MP, Madan Lal Sharma of Congress by not look for ministerial berths and use show that the new age voters vote for Gupta secured 5755 votes only Singh Mankotia, which gave about 21,000 and 3000 votes percentage went down by 1.5 per cent as in a huge margin of 257280 votes. The party also the Parliament as a forum for debate and real issues who reposed their trust in while10,477 electorates opted for Singh an impressive leader of respectively over the Congress. 2009, Baramulla seat had witnessed 41.1 per captured the Ladakh seat for first time in polit- dialogue on the Kashmir issue." democratic process and constitutional NOTA. Independent candidates about 30,000 votes while in neigh- In PDP held Mendhar, Congress cent turnout. ical history of State, though with a slender including Anil Khajuria polled bouring Chenani and Ramnagar, led by about 2500 votes over Mehbooba also said that the polls methods of finding a resolution to the this time have resulted in a profound Kashmir issue and the issues of Jammu Anantnag-Pulwama Lok Sabha seat margin of 36 votes. In terms of percentage, 15,188 votes, Bansi Lal 7339 and BJP led over Azad by about PDP and about 22,000 votes over accounted for 28 per cent voting, an increase of Ladakh Lok Sabha seat recorded highest Nazakat Hussain 10,478. 20,000 and 15,000 votes respec- BJP. change in the political landscape of the and Kashmir. "We are grateful to them country. People have participated in this and I pray to God that we are able to dis- just .9 per cent over 2009 elections when 27.1 turnout of 72.1 per cent bettering 2009 turnout Barring three candidates on LADAKH LOK SABHA SEAT per cent voters had cast their votes. Srinagar by just .3 per cent. Jammu-Poonch seat (Jugal, Madan Candidate Party Votes election in unprecedented number to charge our duty towards them to the best Lok Sabha seat has recorded a meagre .6 per Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), which and Yashpal) and two on Thupstan Chhewang Bharatiya Janata Party 31111 write a new script in country's electoral of our ability and in accordance with our Udhampur seat (Jitendera and Ghulam Raza Independent 31075 history. manifesto," she said. cent increase in voting. While 26.17 per cent has presence in Jammu region has also shown Azad), all other candidates forfeited Syed Mohd Kazim Independent 28234 "In J&K, we too witnessed a change Earlier, Tariq Hamid Karra who won electorates cast their votes this time, the decline in voter percentage from 2.42 per cent Tsering Samphel 26402 turnout was 25.5 per cent in 2009 elections. in 2009 to 1.2 per cent in the just concluded their deposits. None of the Above None of the Above 1207 that is unprecedented in its nature and form Srinagar by defeating Dr Farooq Statistics indicates that BJP has emerged as Lok Sabha. Jammu and Kashmir National In Ladakh Lok Sabha seat, it BJP Cong Ghulam Raza Kazim Sabri dimensions. Democratic competition Abdullah said that he attributes his vic- was a lucky win for BJP candidate Kargil 1963 732 23411 20507 has achieved a new cutting edge in the tory to the youth of the State who faced direct beneficiary of the high polling percent- Panthers Party (JKNPP), which had also field- Thupstan Chhewang, who won by Zanskar 1339 1430 6046 5690 State and people have participated in the State repression. He said that it is the age in the State with almost doubling its voting ed candidates in five constituencies during just 36 votes. Chhewang had won Leh 23471 18814 1426 1512 percentage from 18.61 per cent in 2009 to 32.4 these polls, has also witnessed a decline in vote Nobra 3958 5009 166 488 process not only in respectable numbers youth of the State who brought this Ladakh Parliamentary seat as an Postal Ballots 380 417 26 37 but in case of Kashmir division they change. per cent this time. This was also evident from share from 6 per cent in 2009 to 1.2 per cent.