J&K Assembly Election Results 2024: In Mendhar, BJP's Murtaza Khan Trails At Number Four

The Mendhar (ST) seat is witnessing a triangular contest among NC's Javed Rana, BJP's Murtaza Khan and PDP's Nadeem Rafiq Khan.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir):As counting of votes gets underway for the much anticipated Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, the early trends of the ECI show that Javed Ahmed Rana of the National Conference took the lead of nearly 5000. As per the trends, Mohd Ashfaq (Independent) is the runner-up while Shazad Ahmed Malik (Independent) is the second runner-up with the BJP Murtaza Ahmed Khan is a distant fourth.

Let us have a look at the high-stakes reserved seats and the candidates in the fray.

Total candidates: 9.
Major candidates: Javed Ahmad Rana (NC), Advocate Murtaza Khan( BJP) Advocate Nadeem Rafiq Khan (PDP)

Total voters: 109474
Male voters: 56062
Female voters: 53412
Trangenders:0
Voter Turnout in 2024: 73.56%
Female voter turnout in 2024: 78.16%
Men voter turnout in 2024: 69.18 %

The Mendhar Assembly constituency is, reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) The Constituency is considered a border Constituency, it has a border with Pakistan (LoC) and remains sensitive.

The National Conference has fielded Javed Ahmad Rana from the Mendhar assembly. People's Democratic Party have given the ticket to Advocate Nadeem Rafiq Khan, while the BJP has fielded Murtaza Khan from Mendhar constituency.

Rana won the seat in 2014 when Jammu and Kashmir was a state. Rana, who secured 31,186 votes, won the seat with a margin of 9,025 votes and a vote share of 47.8%. He defeated PDP candidate Advocate Maroof Ahmad Khan who got 22,161 votes (33.9% vote share). Indian National Congress candidate Murtaza Ahmad Khan stood third with 7,255 votes (11.1% vote share). In 2008, the People's Democratic Party leader Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan registered a win while in the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Rana registered a victory. In the 1996 and 1987 state elections, NC leader Nissar Ahmad Khan emerged victorious respectively.

As per data from the Election Commission, there were 81,554 voters in the Mendhar constituency in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections including 42,502 male and 38317 female voters.