While the Kashmir Valley region constitutes of 47 Assembly seats, 43 seats are in the Jammu region.
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Out of the 47 seats, the INDIA bloc has won or is leading in 39 seats. the National Conference secured 34 seats.
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Till date, the Congress has not won more than five seats in this region in the past. Following a similar pattern, the Congress won exactly five seats in Wagoora-Kreeri, Central Shalteng, Dooru, Kokernag, and Bandipora— areas where it has consistently had presence.
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All the three seats won by the JKPDP are from the Valley.
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The BJP, which was hoping to make to make inroads into this region, failed to do so.
Let’s further break the Valley region to three segments: Central, North, and South Kashmir.
Central Kashmir has always been a stronghold for NC. The party swept the region winning 14 out of 15 seats and Congress winning one.
Out of the eight seats within Srinagar, which is NC’s bastion, the party won seven seats. In 2008, NC won eight seats in Srinagar and five in 2014….