Kargil, August 26: The Deputy Election Officer has released the final list of candidates for the 5th general election of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil. According to the Election Department’s notification of the Union Territory of Ladakh, the election process commenced with the opening of nominations on August 16, 2023. During the nomination submission period on August 23, a total of 278 candidates submitted their nominations. The scrutiny of nominations took place on August 24, followed by the withdrawal process. Eventually, 105 candidates withdrew their nominations on August 26, leaving a total of 89 candidates in the running.

For the current LAHDC Kargil election, the list of candidates for each constituency, as provided by the Deputy Election Officer, is as follows:

Constituency 1 – Ranbirpora:

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• Mubarak Shah Naqvi (Independent)
• Abdul Samad (INC)
• Fayaz Ahmad Qari (BJP)

Constituency 2 – Bhimbat:

• Syed Asgar Shah (Independent)
• Abdul Wahid (Independent)
• Mohd Abdeen (Independent)
• Talib Hussain (INC)
• Bilal Ahmad (BJP)

Constituency 3 – Shargol:

• Mohd Jawad (INC)
• Mohd Ali Chandan (BJP)
• Stanzin Tarpoo (Independent)

Constituency 4 – Pashkum:

• Kacho Mohd Feroz (INC)
• Ahmad Hussain (AAP)
• Mohd Ali (Independent)

Constituency 5 – Tai-suru:

• Syed Abbas (Independent)
• Abdul Hadi (INC)

Constituency 6 – Parchachik:

• Ghulam Muhammad (Independent)
• Agha Ain UL Huda (INC)

Constituency 7 – Karsha:

• Stanzin Jigmet (INC)
• Stazin Ishay (Independent)
• Rigzin Tsewang (BJP)

Constituency 8 – Padum:

• Amir Hamza (Independent)
• Punchok Tashi (Independent)
• Skanzang Wangyal (BJP)

Constituency 9 – Cha:

• Tenzin Sonam (INC)
• Stanzin Lakpa (BJP)

Constituency 10 – Chuliskambo:

• Khatija Banoo (INC)
• Altaf Hussain (Independent)
• Reyaz Ahmad Khan (Independent)

Constituency 11 – Kargil Town:

• Mohd Hussain (INC)
• Mohammad Raza (Independent)
• Mohd Abbass Adulpa (Independent)

Constituency 12 – Baroo:

• Ali Akbar (Independent)
• Mohammad Haneefa (Independent)
• Ghulam Mehdi (Independent)
• Kacho Ahmad Khan (independent)
• Khadim Hussain (INC)

Constituency 13 – Poyen:

• Mohd Hussain Gronjuk (Independent)
• Mohd Amin (Independent)
• Haji Anayat Ali (BJP)
• Murtaza Ali (INC)
• Mohd Hussain (AAP)

Constituency 14 – Yurbaltk:

• Kacho Ahmad Khan (Independent)
• Manzoor Ul Hassan (Independent)
• Mohd Hussain Pasha (BJP)

Constituency 15 – Silmoo:

• Feroz Ahmad Khan (Independent)
• Mohd Ali Khan (INC)
• Regzin Gurmath (BJP)

Constituency 16 – Choskore:

• Nasir Hussain Munshi (INC)
• Mohd Raza (Independent)
• Bashir Ahmad (BJP)

Constituency 17 – Trespone:

• Syed Mujtaba (Independent)
• Nawaz Ali (Independent)
• Ahmad Hussain (Independent)

Constituency 18 – Gundmagalpur:

• Syed Ali (Independent)
• Syed Mehdi (Independent)
• Mohd Ali (Independent)
• Mohammad Abbas (INC)
• Naszir Hussain (BJP)

Constituency 19 – Salikot:

• Syed Hassan (INC)
• Mohd Sajad (Independent)

Constituency 20 – Lankarchey:

• Mohd Sadiq (INC)
• Mansoor Hussain (BJP)
• Khaira Banoo (AAP)
• Mehmood Hussain (Independent)
• Ghulam Haider (Independent)

Constituency 21 – Thangdumbur:

• Ashiq Ali (Independent)
• Mohd Ali (BJP)

Constituency 22 – Thaasgam Thuina:

• Akhon Safdar Ali (Independent)
• Mohd Jaffar Akhon (Independent)
• Shiekh Mohd Hussain (INC)
• Mohd Hassan (AAP)

Constituency 23 – Barsoo:

• Ghulam Abass Wazir (Independent)
• Shiekh Ghulam Mohmad (Independent)
• Mohsin Ali (Independent)
• Mohmad Hussain (Independent)
• Abdul Hani (BJP)

Constituency 24 – Shakar:

• Zakir Hussain (INC)
• Kacho Shameen Ahmad Khan (BJP)

Constituency 25 – Chiktan:

• Mohd Salman (Independent)
• Sajjad Hussain (Independent)
• Niyaz Hussain (Independent)
• Liyaqat Ali Khan (INC)
• Mohsin Ali (BJP)

Constituency 26 – Stakchey Khangral:

• Ashraf Hussain (Independent)
• Ghulam Hussain (Independent)
• Ghulam Nabi (Independent)
• Syed Hassan (INC)
• Padma Dorjey (BJP)

In the previous 4th general election, a total of 100 candidates had contested for the 26 council seats. Following the election, an INC and NC coalition government was established, which later evolved into an NC-PDP coalition later when PDP changed its party alliance, the coalition government between NC and BJP formed.