National Conference-Congress Alliance Wins Big In Key Ladakh Polls

The counting of votes in the 26-seat hill council began this morning.

The National Conference-Congress alliance has logged a massive victory in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council elections in Kargil, decisively defeating the BJP in the first-ever local elections held after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 which made Ladakh a Union Territory.

The counting of votes in the 26-seat hill council began this morning. The alliance has bagged 18 seats - National Conference has won on 10 and its ally, the Congress, on eight - after counting was completed on 21 seats. The BJP has managed to win two seats so far.

Counting is underway in the remaining five seats. As many as 85 candidates were in the contest for the 26 seats.