Polling in 18 Assembly Segments tomorrow: Bilal Habib, Sachnews Jammu Kashmir Srinagar, December 01: Campaigning for all 18 Assembly segments, which are scheduled for polling tomorrow on December 2, ended at 6 pm Yesterday. In Kulgam, the CPI(M) face in J&K Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami is seeking fourth consecutive term. Similarly Harshdev Singh in Ramnagar and Abdul Gani Malik from Gulabgarh were also seeking fourth consecutive term in second face of polling. All 18 seats will witness a multi-cornered contest with Noorabad constituency having the highest number of 15 candidates, followed by Reasi (14), Handwara and Kupwara (12 each). In Karnah 7 candidates are in fray but the main contest is between Kafilur Rehman( NC) and Raja Manzoor Ahmad Khan of PDP. There is tri-angular contest between Saifullah Mir of NC, Mir Mohammad Fayaz of PDP and Advocate Bashir Ahmad Dar of PC in Kupwara. In Lolab, there are nine candidates in fray with main contest between PDP candidate Abdul Haq Khan and Qaisar Jamshed Lone of NC. The Handwara constituency has 12 candidates in fray with main contest between Sajjad Gani Lone of PC and Chowdhary Ramzan of NC. In Lagate there are 11 candidates in fray with main contest between AIP candidate Engineer Abdul Rashid, PC candidate Advocate Mohammad Abdullah Mir and Ghulam Nabi Gania of PDP. In Noorabad, there are 15 candidates in fray with main contest between NC candidate Sakina Itoo and PDP candidate Abdul Majeed Paddar. Eight candidates are in fray in Kulgam with main contest between M. Yusuf Tarigami of CPI (M), Nazir Ahmad Lawvey of PDP and Imran Nabi Dar of NC. Eight candidates are in fray in Homeshalibugh with main contest between Abdul Gaffar Sofi of PDP,and Abdul Majid Bhat Larmi of NC. In Devsar eight candidates are in fray with main contest being between Sartaj Madni of PDP, Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad of NC and Mohammad Amin Bhat of Congress.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:29:41 +0000