The Congress and National Conference (NC) alliance defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council (LDHC) elections in Kargil. Results of 22/26 seats announced so far, the Congress won 8 seats, the National Congress 11, the BJP only had 2 seats and 1 seat belonged to an independent candidate.
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti said he was happy to see secular parties like NC and Congress win in Kargil. PDP did not contest the election.

“It is encouraging to see secular parties like NC and Congress registering wins in Kargil. This is the first election after 2019 and the people of Ladakh have spoken,” Mehbooba Mufti posted on social network X (formerly Twitter).
Polling for the fifth LAHDC Kargil election was held on October 4, 2023 and a total of 77.61% voters exercised their franchise through EVMs to decide the fate of 85 candidates. election candidates.
An electorate of 74,026 people including 46,762 women, are eligible to exercise their right to vote at 278 polling stations spread across 26 constituencies across Kargil.

LAHDC Kargil 2023 elections are the first local polls in Ladakh since the country separated from Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 to become a union territory after the abrogation of Article 370. The new Assembly will be established before October 11. In September, the Ladakh government announced a new election schedule for the fifth LAHDC in the Kargil region, following a Supreme Court directive.

The Ladakh government’s announcement came after the apex court restored the National Conference party’s symbol for the upcoming elections and quashed the earlier election notification as NC candidates could not file.
The current council is headed by Feroz Ahmad Khan of NC. The Congress joined hands with the NC before the elections and fielded 22 candidates. Conducted research 17. Both sides said the agreement was limited to areas where there was stiff competition with the BJP.

The BJP, which won one seat in the last election and later increased its tally to three with the participation of two PDP councillors, has fielded 17 candidates this time.