15/11/2025
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Nov 14: The bypolls to the Nagrota and Budgam Assembly constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir delivered contrasting outcomes on Thursday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retaining Nagrota in Jammu while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clinched a historic victory in Budgam, a seat held by the National Conference (NC) since 1957.
The BJP secured a major win in the Nagrota Assembly constituency as 30-year-old Devyani Rana, daughter of late senior party leader and former MLA Devender Singh Rana, clinched the seat with a massive lead of 24,647 votes. She secured 42,350 votes, defeating JKNPP president Harsh Dev Singh, who managed 17,703 votes, while NC's Shamim Begum finished third with 10,872.
The bypoll saw over 75% voter turnout, reflecting high public engagement in the constituency. Counting was held at the Government Polytechnic College, Gandhi Nagar.
Devyani Rana, managing her family's media and automobile businesses and an economics graduate from the Unive...