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Update: 7 pm: Final results are in:
NC: 28
PDP: 21
Congress: 17
BJP: 11
Others: 10
Update: 05:00 PM: "Jammu and Kashmir is not like any other state just because over 60 per cent of people voted. It is not the end of the road. The people here have different aspirations and ambitions," says party president Mehbooba Mufti.
Update: 04:35 PM: National Conference patron and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been declared elected from both Hazratbal and Sonawar constituencies. Abdullah defeated his nearest PDP rival G Q Pardesi in Sonawar constituency by a margin of 200 votes.
Update: 04:33 PM: PDP suffers a shock defeat in Batmaloo constituency of Srinagar district when its former minister and General Secretary Tariq Hameed Karra is trounced by Irfan Shah of National Conference.
Update: 04:31 PM: Vikar Rasool of Congress defeats his nearest rival Shaukat Javed Dang (Independent) by a margin of 3,033 votes in Banihal assembly seat.
Update: 04:30 PM: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today retained his Bhaderwah assembly seat in Doda district. The Congress leader had earlier won from the Bhaderwah constituency in by-polls in 2006.
Update: 04:28 PM: Former deputy speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone, Aga Syed Ruhullah, Javid Ahmad Dar, Abdul Rahim Rather (all NC) have been declared elected from Sonawari, Budgam, Rafiabad and Charar-e-Sharief constituencies, respectively.
Update: 04:25 PM: Nizamuddin Bhat, Shafi Ahmad Wani, Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Maulana Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Bhasharat Bukhari, Abdul Rehman Bhat alias Veeri, Javid Mustafa Mir, Syed Bashir Ahmad, Abdul Haq Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, Zahoor Ahmad, Sartaj Madani (all PDP) won from Bandipora, Beerwah, Baramulla, Pattan, Sangrama, Bijbehara, Chadoora, Rajpora, Lolab, Tral, Pampore and Devsar constituencies respectively.
Update: 04:23 PM: Ghulam Hassan Mir, independent, was declared elected from Gulmarg defeating among others Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, the National Conference stalwart and younger brother of party patron Farooq Abdullah.
Update: 04:21 PM: Endorsing Omar Abdullah for the Chief Ministership, National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah says his son can better serve the people of Jammu and Kashmir while he prefers to remain in Parliament.
Update: 03:55 PM: In Basohli assembly seat, Jagdish Raj Sapolia of BJP defeats his nearest NC rival Devinder Kumar by a margin of 2,886 votes.
Update: 03:53 PM: Lal Chand of BJP defeats his nearest NC rival Hyder Malik by a margin of 2,273 votes in Bani assembly constituency.
Update: 03:46 PM: Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan of PDP wins by 615 votes against nearest NC rival Javed Ahmed Rana from Mendhar assembly constituency.
Update: 03:43 PM: Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan of PDP wins by 615 votes against nearest NC rival Javed Ahmed Rana from Mendhar assembly constituency.
Update: 03:41 PM: Former minister and Congress candidate G M Saroori retains Inderwal assembly seat in Kishtwar district by defeating his nearest rival Shakti Parihar of BJP by a margin of 10,415 votes.
Update: 03:40 PM: A meeting of top Congress leaders has been convened by party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Sunday evening to deliberate on the outcome of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
Update: 03:15 PM: Sajjad Kitchloo of National Conference retains Kishtwar assembly seat, winning by 2,465 votes against BJP candidate Sunil Sharma.
Update: 03:14 PM: Ashok Kumar of Congress wins Ramban assembly constituency, defeating nearest BJP rival Bali Bhagat by 10,319 votes.
Update: 03:13 PM: NC candidate Shameema Firdous Habba Kadal defeated her nearest rival Hira Lal Chada of BJP by a margin of 1,710 votes. Firdous polled 2,374 votes, while chada got 664 votes.
Update: 02:55 PM: Former Chief Minister and NC patron Farooq Abdullah wins from Hazratbal constituency but trails in Sonawar constituency of Srinagar.
Update: 02:40 PM: Former Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed was declared elected from Kokernag constituency, defeating his immediate NC rival Ghulam Nabi Bhat by a margin of 1,246 votes. Peerzada polled 13,021 votes as against 11,775 votes by Bhat.
Update: 02:38 PM: PDP's Mohammad Rafi Mir defeated nearest rival and Congress candidate Abdul Gani Bhat in Pahalgam constituency by a margin of 8,782 votes.
Update: 02:35 PM: National Conference candidate Kafeel-ur-Rehman wins from Karnah constituency, defeating A R Badana of Awami National Conference by a margin of 1,149 votes.
Update: 02:25 PM: BJP candidate Bharat Bushan wins Domana seat, defeating Congress nominee and former Minister Mula Ram by a margin of 12,269 vote. Bushan polled 28,685 votes as against Ram's 16,416 votes.
Update: 02:20 PM: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ashok Khajuria wins Jammu (East) assembly constituency by a margin of over 10,000 votes.
Update: 02:18 PM: National Conference candidate Mubarak Gul was elected to Jammu and Kashmir assembly from Eidgah constituency, defeating his PDP rival Arifa Tariq Karra by a margin of 1,679 votes. Gul polled 4,457 votes, while PDP nominee got 2,778 votes.
Update: 02:15 PM: PDP candidate Abdul Gaffar Sofi retained Homshalibugh constituency, defeating his National Conference rival by a margin of 5,055 votes. Sofi got 12,225 votes as against 7,170 by NC's Abdul Majid Bhat.
Update: 02:05 PM: Former Minister and PDP candidate Abdul Aziz Zargar suffered defeat at the hands of NC candidate Sakeena Itoo in Noorabad constituency. He lost by a margin of 4,355 votes.
Update: 01:58 PM: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti wins from Wachi constituency, defeating Shoukat Hussain Ganai of National
Conference by a margin of over 8,000 votes. Mehbooba, a sitting Lok Sabha member from Anantnag-Pulwama parliamentary constituency, polled 12,808 votes while her NC rival got 4,420 votes.
Update: 01:55 PM: We will approach the Congress to form a government, says Omar Abdullah
Update: 01:54 PM: Yashpal Kundal of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party wins Samba assembly constituency, defeating his nearest BJP rival Satwant Kour by a margin of 1,989 votes.
Update: 01:52 PM: National Conference's Nasir Aslam Wani alias Sogami defeats his nearest PDP rival Parvaiz Ahmad by a margin of 874 votes.
Update: 01:50 PM: Ali Mohammad Sagar of National Conference trounces PDP's Shoukat Ahmad Hafiz in Khanyar constituency by a margin of 5507 votes.
Update: 01:40 PM: BJP's Baldev Raj Sharma defeats former minister and Congress candidate Jugal Kishore Sharma in Reasi assembly constituency by a margin of 6,662 votes.
Update: 13:38 PM: Results of five seats are out. The NC, headed by Omar Abdullah, has won three seats and is ahead in 23 of the 87 seats.
Update: 13:25 PM: "We owe a lot to militant organisations, who did not use the gun because in case they had used the gun, we would have been in trouble. I think Pakistan did put pressure on them that they should not do anything to affect the elections," says former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.
Update: 13:05 PM: Former Chief Minister and PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wins from Anantnag constituency, defeating his nearest rival Mehboob Beig of National Conference by a margin of over 5,000 votes. Sayeed polled 12,417 votes as against 7,136 polled by Beig.
Update: 12:50 PM: Former PCC chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed is leading by 1,394 votes over an independent Abdul Salam Reshi. Sayeed polled 4411 votes, while Reshi got 3017 votes.
Update: 12:45 PM: Former minister Choudhary Ajaz Ahmed Khan of Congress defeats Ghulam Qadir Mughal of NC by a margin of 3,452 votes in Gool-arnas constituency assembly seat.
Update: 12:35 PM: BJP does well in Jammu region in the backdrop of Amarnath land row, and in the process damages the electoral prospects of the Congress there.
Update: 12:25 PM: National Conference leader and former minister Mian Altaf wins from Kangan assembly seat by over 5,000 votes, defeating his nearest PDP rival Bashir Ahmad Mir.
Update: 12:18 PM: Omar Abdullah has won the Ganderbal assembly seat
Update: 1212 PM: Key lies in the hands of independents, says Ghulam Nabi Azad, adding, "Dont treat us as kingmakers, we can be the king."
Update: 12:07 PM: Congress has won the Gool Arnas seat in Jammu
Update: 12:06 PM: We will give Jammu and Kashmir a befitting reply that will match their huge turnout in favour of democracy, says Salman Khurshid, Congress leader
Update: 12:02 PM: PDP patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has established an early lead of 2,818 votes against his NC rival Mehboob Beig in Anantnag assembly constituency.
Update: 12:01 PM: No single party is likely to muster halfway mark of 44 seats. It looks that the polls will throw up a hung assembly like in 2002 when Congress and PDP joined hands to form the government.
Update: 11:59 AM: Shoib Lone, the son of former PDP minister Ghulam Nabi Lone, was leading in Sangrama by 501 votes.
Update: 11:58 AM: Assembly speaker Tara Chand is trailing behind BJP's Chaman Lal by 327 votes in Chhamb constituency.
Update: 11:57 AM: PDP candidate Ghulam Qadir Pardesi is leading over National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah in Sonawar
constituency. However, Abdullah, who is also contesting from Haratbal constituency, is leading over PDP rival Asiea Naqash.
Update: 11:55 AM: National Conference will prefer an alliance with Congress if it comes to it, says Omar Abdullah
Update: 11:54 AM: Omar Abdullah says the National Conference legislative party will take a call on who its CM candidate will be (if it is single largest party) even though Farooq has been announced as its CM nominee
Update: 11:46 AM: Independents are also leading in Rajauri and Darhal constituencies in Jammu. The PDP is leading in Idagah, Devsar, Noorabad and Batmaloo seats in the Valley.
Update: 11:45 AM: Independent leads in the Zadibal constituency (Valley)
Update: 11:40 AM: Jammu results are a setback for us, says Congress
Update: 11:38 AM: Congress candidate Gulam Ahmad Wani is leading in Shangus constituency over PDP rival Peerzada Mansoor Hussain. Wani polled 2,204 votes, while PDP got 1,311 votes.
Update: 11:35 AM: In Noorabad, PDP veteran Abdul Aziz Zargar is leading over his nearest National Conference rival Sakeena Itoo. Zargar polled 3,979 votes in the first round, while
Itoo got 3,253 votes.
Update: 11:35 AM: PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his daughter and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti are leading from Anantnag and Wachi constituencies respectively. In the first round, Sayeed polled 3,483 votes against NC candidate Mehboob Baig, who got 1,994 votes.
Update: 11:32 AM: "Democracy has won in Jammu and Kashmir. It does not matter which party wins," says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Update: 11:30 AM: Effect of Amarnath land row is apparent in the results, says Prithviraj Chavan, adding that if the land row had not happened, the Congress would have swept the polls.
Update: 11:28 AM: Nazir Gurezi of National Conference wins Gurez assembly seat. He defeated his Congress rival Fiqeer Mohammed Khan by 732 votes.
Update: 11:16 AM: Large turnout in Jammu and Kashmir elections is a vote for democracy. It is a lesson our neighbour should learn, says Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Update: 11:10 AM: Former Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad is leading by 1,572 votes over his nearest rival Aslam Goni of National Conference in Bhaderwah constituency.
Update: 11:08 AM: PDP candidates, who are leading include Abdul Haq Khan (Lolab constituency), Javaid Mustaffa Mir (Chadoora), Mohd Kamal Malik (Badgam), Shafi Ahmed Wani (Beerwah), Zahoor Ahmed (Pampore) and Shehr Iqbal (Kokernag).
Update: 11:06 AM: Large turnout means anti-incumbency. So it is natural for the National Conference, as the largest party with the largest cadres, to benefit from this, says Omar Abdullah.
Update: 11:05 AM: National Conference has overtaken the People's Democratic Party and is now leading in 16 seats in the state. Of the 16 seats, 12 are in the Valley alone. The PDP leads in 13 seats.
Update: 10:55 AM: "Congress will emerge as the single largest party. And if it is a coalition government, the Congress will determine its future," says Union Minister and Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress chief Saifuddin Soz.
Update: 10:50 AM: BJP's performance in Jammu is worrisome, says Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, adding that secularism is shrinking in J&K. He also said that a hung assembly is certain in the state.
Update: 10:45 AM: Latest Party Positions: PDP is leading 15 seats, NC is leading in 12, Congress is leading in 10, BJP is leading in 7 and Others are leading in 8 seats.
Update: 10:42 AM: National Conference is leading in Noorabad and Karnah constituencies in the Kashmir Valley. The party is also leading in the Zanskar constituency in Ladakh
Update: 10:35 AM: Panthers Party is leading in Udhampur (Jammu) while the PDP is ahead in Sopore (Kashmir) but trailing in Pattan (Kashmir)
Update: 10:30 AM: Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is leading in Bhaderwah (Jammu).
Update: 10:24 AM: Congress is leading in the Ramban constituency (Jammu) while the BJP and PDP are leading in Samba and Chadoora (Kashmir) respectively.
Update: 10:20 AM: BJP has ruled out an alliance in J&K. The party says it prefers to sit in the opposition than form a coalition government.
Update: 10:16 AM: An Independent candidate is leading in the Nobra constituency in Ladakh
Update: 10:15 AM: BJP's Jagdish Raj Sapolia is leading in Basoli while Qazi Mohammed Afzal of PDP is ahead in Ganderbal. In Bani seat, Ghulam Haider Malik of JKN is ahead.
Update: 10:10 AM: PDP is leading in Valley. NC appears to be taking a beating here. The BJP is doing very well in Jammu. However, the surprise package have been the Independents.
Update: 10:06 AM: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti is leading in Wachi (Kashmir)
Update: 10:02 AM: PDP leader Mufti Mohammed Sayeed is trailing in Anantnag
Update: 09:56 AM: BJP is leading in Hiranagar constituency (Jammu). Congress candidate leads in Bilawar (Jammu).
Update: 09:55 AM: Former Deputy chief minister and Congress leader Mangat Ram Sharma is trailing in Jammu West contituency.
Update: 09:53 AM: National Conference is leading in Anantnag seat.
Update: 09:48 AM: More leads are coming in. Panthers Party is leading In Ramnagar (Jammu), BJP is leading in Basohli (Jammu) and Congress is leading in Chanani (Jammu).
Update: 09:47 AM: We have learnt a lesson that one cannot ignore people's daily concerns, says Mirwaiz.
Update: 09:42 AM: An Independent candidate is leading in Kangan constituency in Kashmir
Update: 09:42 AM: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah is trailing in Ganderbal
Update: 09:40 AM: BJP is leading in Kathua contituency in Jammu
Update: 09:38 AM: Omar Abdullah says his party, National Conference, will not join hands with the BJP
Update: 09:31 AM: Jammu and Kashmir has had a free and fair election, says CEC
Update: 09:30 AM: CEC says man of the match is the J&K voter
Update: 09:25 AM: Pollsters are already predicting another coalition government in the state.
Update: 09:15 AM: Adequate security arrangements have been made at all counting centres across the state and 1200 staff have been deployed for the process.
Update: 9 AM: Counting of votes for the 87 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir begins.
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