Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the bypoll to the Anantnag Assembly constituency by more than 12,000 votes. After 10 rounds of counting, Mehbooba secured more than 16,000 votes against her nearest rival and Congress candidate Hilal Ahmad Shah who got 5,529 votes. National Conference candidate Iftikhar Misger was a distant third, securing 2,702 votes, district election officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose party is in a coalition government with Mehbooba’s PDP, was quick to congratulate her. 57-year-old Mehbooba was among eight candidates in the…
Read MoreMehbooba Mufti won Anantnag bypoll by more than 12,000 votes
