{"id":3957,"date":"2025-11-14T18:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:10:55","slug":"pdp-wins-budgam-constituency-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/pdp-wins-budgam-constituency-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP wins Budgam constituency for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aga Muntazir defeats NC\u2019s Aga Mehmood by over 4,400 votes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Budgam, Nov 14: In a landmark political shift, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Budgam Assembly Constituency for the first time in history, breaking the decades-long dominance of National Conference (NC) in the central Kashmir seat.<\/p>\n

According to the figures available with the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), PDP\u2019s Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi secured 21,576 votes, while NC\u2019s Aga Syed Mahmood Al-Mosavi bagged 17,098 votes, giving the PDP a winning margin of 4,478 votes.<\/p>\n

The victory marks a significant breakthrough for the party, which had never won Budgam in any previous assembly election.<\/p>\n

The by-election was necessitated after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who won both Ganderbal and Budgam seats last year, chose to retain Ganderbal, leaving Budgam vacant.<\/p>\n

Despite Budgam being an NC stronghold, historically held by the Aga family, the party\u2019s campaign appeared visibly weaker this time.<\/p>\n

Senior NC leader and MP Aga Syed Ruhulla Mehdi, who holds substantial influence in the constituency, did not campaign for the party candidate.<\/p>\n

Political observers say this contributed to a split in NC\u2019s traditional vote base, benefiting the PDP.<\/p>\n

For the PDP, the victory marks a crucial political milestone. Until now, the party had only three members in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly. With this win, the PDP will now have four MLAs, strengthening its position in the House.<\/p>\n

The seat has historically remained out of the PDP\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Omar Abdullah (NC) defeated PDP\u2019s Muntazir Mehdi by 18,485 votes; in 2014, 2008 and 2002, NC\u2019s Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi won consecutively and in 1996, NC\u2019s Syed Gh. Hussain Geelani won the seat.<\/p>\n

With a strong margin and a historic breakthrough, PDP\u2019s victory in Budgam is being seen as a sign of shifting political winds in central Kashmir.<\/p>\n

The party leadership is expected to capitalise on this momentum as it prepares for the next political cycle. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aga Muntazir defeats NC\u2019s Aga Mehmood by over 4,400 votes Budgam, Nov 14: In a landmark political shift, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Budgam Assembly Constituency for the first time in history, breaking the decades-long dominance of National Conference (NC) in the central Kashmir seat. According to the figures available with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}