Counting of votes has started in
the Jammu and Kashmir province of India, where the BJP is trying its utmost to
come in power for the first time in the history of independent India.
The early trend suggests that
it's a close fight between the BJP and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). To
come in power, a party needs to get 44 seats in the 87 member house.
The five phase election that
started on 25 November and ended on the 20th of December, saw thousands of
police and army personnel deployed in and around the polling stations all
around the state.
According to the data provided by
the election commission of India, around 65% of the eligible voters exercised
their franchises. The politics of the state is dominated by two regional
parties - the governing National Conference and the People's Democratic Party
(PDP). The former is owned by the Abdulla family and the later by Saeed
family.
The BJP has never been a force to
reckon with the muslin dominated Kashmir valley because of its hardline views
of the state's relation with the Indian union. But with its thumping win the
general elections in May; the BJP is eying a foothold in the valley.
The BJP, in the meanwhile, looks
ready to move towards the majority in the 81 seat assembly of the statehood of
Jharkhand, where the elections were held at the same time. Early leads tell us
that it is already leading in 40 seats, while the main rival JMM is leading in
21 seats.
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