Iltija Mufti To Waheed Parra: Full List Of PDP Candidates For J&K Assembly Elections

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released the list of some of its candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, scheduled to take place in three phases starting September 18.

The party, led by Mehbooba Mufti, has promised to pursue the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's "original status" and advocate for confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan in its election manifesto, titled 'People's Aspirations'.

The manifesto also pledges to establish full connectivity across the Line of Control (LoC) for trade and social exchange, and to revoke several controversial laws, including the Public Safety Act (PSA) and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

In the last Assembly polls in 2014, PDP had won 28 seats and formed the government with BJP, which had won 25 seats, and swept Jammu.

Here is the list of PDP candidates announced so far:

Kashmir Region:

1. Anantnag - Mehboob Beg

2. Anantnag East - Abdul Rehman Veeri

3. Bijbehara - Iltija Mufti

4. Chadoora - Mohd Yaseen Bhat

5. Char-e-Shareef - Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura

6. Devsar - Sartaj Ahmad Madani

7. Dooru - Mohd Ashraf Malik

8. Habakadal - Arif Laigroo

9. Hazratbal - Asiea Naqash

10. Kangan - Syed Jamaat Ali Shaheen

11. Kishtwar - Firdous Ahmad Tak

12. Kulgam - Mohd Amin Dar

13. Lalchowk - Zuhaib Yousf Mir

14. Pampore - Zahoor Ahmad Mir

15. Pulwama - Waheed-ur Rehman Parra

16. Rajpora - Syed Bashir Ahmed

17. Shaltang - Ab Qayoom Bhat

18. Shopain - Yawar Bandey

19. Tangmarg - Shabir Ahmad Mir

20. Tral - Rafiq Ahmad Naik

21. Watchi - Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Wani

Jammu Region:

1. Bahu - Verinder Singh Sonu

2. Poonch Hawali - Shamim Ganai

3. R.S Pora - Narendra Shamra

4. Samba - Rajender Manhas

(The list will be updated as more candidates are announced)