12-28-2008, 11:45 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>BJP, PDP emerge stronger in J&K assembly polls</b>
PTI | Srinagar
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have emerged stronger in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections by bagging more seats as compared to the previous polls.
The BJP, which was represented in the State by a lone member, emerged as a strong force and won 11 seats, while the only other party which improved its position in the assembly elections was PDP.
<b>Against 16 in the 2002 elections, PDP improved its tally to 21 this year</b>.
National Conference, which won the distinction of being the single largest party, retained its earlier position with 28 seats.
<b>Congress lost three seats as compared to 2002. The party had won 20 seats in the previous elections and could only manage 17 seats this time</b>.
The CPI(M), which had two members in the outgoing assembly, lost one seat to PDP President Mehbooba Mufti but retained the Kulgam seat where party's state secretary MY Tarigami won despite stiff resistance from PDP.
<b>Democratic Party Nationalist President Ghulam Hassan Mir retained his Gulmarg seat, while Peoples Democratic Front president Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen again won on Khansahib seat</b>.
Yaseen, however, was defeated by NC candidate in Budgam district.
<b>The biggest losers this time were independents who could won only four seats against 15 in the previous elections.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Loser were Congress and NC, but they will form government. <!--emo&
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PTI | Srinagar
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have emerged stronger in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections by bagging more seats as compared to the previous polls.
The BJP, which was represented in the State by a lone member, emerged as a strong force and won 11 seats, while the only other party which improved its position in the assembly elections was PDP.
<b>Against 16 in the 2002 elections, PDP improved its tally to 21 this year</b>.
National Conference, which won the distinction of being the single largest party, retained its earlier position with 28 seats.
<b>Congress lost three seats as compared to 2002. The party had won 20 seats in the previous elections and could only manage 17 seats this time</b>.
The CPI(M), which had two members in the outgoing assembly, lost one seat to PDP President Mehbooba Mufti but retained the Kulgam seat where party's state secretary MY Tarigami won despite stiff resistance from PDP.
<b>Democratic Party Nationalist President Ghulam Hassan Mir retained his Gulmarg seat, while Peoples Democratic Front president Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen again won on Khansahib seat</b>.
Yaseen, however, was defeated by NC candidate in Budgam district.
<b>The biggest losers this time were independents who could won only four seats against 15 in the previous elections.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Loser were Congress and NC, but they will form government. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->