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J&K Assembly Polls: Congress Fields Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Vikas Rasool & Tariq Hameed Karra| Full List

National Conference and the Congress party confirmed their alliance ahead of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and revealed that ally National Conference will contest 51 seats and Congress will run in 32.

Congress fields Ghulam Ahmad Mir from Dooru
Congress fields Ghulam Ahmad Mir from Dooru constituency Photo: X/@GAMIR_INC
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The Congress has announced a total of 34 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir assembly. For the assembly elections, the Congress party has revealed a seat-sharing arrangement with National Conference.

Key candidates include Ghulam Ahmad Mir for Dooru and former state chief Vikar Rasool Wani for Banihal.

J&K Assembly Polls: Full List Of Congress Candidates

  1. Tral - Surinder Singh Channi

  2. Dooru - Ghulam Ahmad Mir

  3. Devsa - Amanullah Mantoo

  4. Anantnag - Peerzada Mohammad Syed

  5. Inderwal - Shaikh Zafarullah

  6. Banihal - Vikar Rasool Wani

  7. Doda - Sheikh Riyaz from

  8. Doda West - Pradeep Kumar Bhagat

  9. Bhadarwah - Nadeem Sharief

  10. Reasi - Mumtaz Khan

  11. Rajouri (ST) - Iftkar Ahmed

  12. Udhampur West - Summit Mangotra

  13. Samba - Krishan Dev Singh

  14. Jammu East - Yogesh Sawhney

  15. Jammu West - Thakur Manmohan Singh

  16. Surankote (ST) - Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary

  17. Central Shalteng - Tariq Hameed Karra

  18. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi - Bhupender Jamwal

  19. Thannamandi (ST) - Shabir Ahmad Khan

  20. Langate - Irshad Ab Gani

  21. Sopore - Haji Abdul Rashid Dar

  22. Wagoora-Kreeri- Adv. Irfan Hafeez Lone

  23. Ramnagar (SC)- Mool Raj

  24. Bani - Ms. Kajal Rajput

  25. Billawar - Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma

  26. Basohli - Ch. Lal Singh

  27. Jasrota - Thakur Balbir Singh

  28. Hiranagar - Rakesh Choudhary Jatt

  29. Ramgarh (SC) - Yashpal Kundal

  30. Bishnah (SC)- Neeraj Kundan

  31. R.S. Pura - Jammu South - Raman Bhalla

  32. Bahu - T.S. Tony

  33. Nagrota - Balbir Singh

  34. Marh (SC) - Mula Ram

(The list of candidates will be updated as and when announced)

INDIA Bloc Seat Sharing Deal In J&K

National Conference and the Congress party confirmed their alliance ahead of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and revealed that ally National Conference will contest 51 seats and Congress will run in 32.

The CPI(M) and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) have each been allocated one seat.

A joint press conference at NC president Farooq Abdullah's residence in Srinagar revealed that five seats will see a "friendly contest" between the allies after a day of negotiations.