National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and UnionMinister Jitendra Singh are leading in their respective Lok Sabha seats inJammu and Kashmir.
The NC is leading in Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag, whilean Independent candidate is leading in Ladakh. BJP’s Singh and Jugal KishoreSharma are leading in Udhampur and Jammu.
According to election officials, Abdullah was leading overPDP candidate Aga Syed Mohsin by a margin of 32,975 votes in Srinagar, whileSingh had a substantial lead of 1,70,944 votes over his Congress rivalVikramaditya Singh.
NC’s Hasnain Masoodi was leading by a slim margin of 386votes over Congress state president GA Mir in the Anantnag seat.
Sitting MP Jugal Kishore is leading over Congress candidateRaman Bhall by 1,07,326 votes in the Jammu seat.
Former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid is trailing by 11,644 votesin the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency against NC’s Mohmmad Akbar Lone.
In Ladakh, Independent candidate Sajad Hussain is leadingwith 4,723 votes over another Independent, Asgar Karbalie, according toofficials.
The BJP had won three seats — two in the Jammu region andthe Ladakh seat — in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls while the PDP had swept allthree seats in the Valley.
However, Abdullah had won the Lok Sabha by-poll to Srinagarseat held in 2017.