The election in Ladakh was a three-cornered fight between the BJP, Congress and an Independent candidate Mohmad Haneefa.
Mr. Haneefa won by a margin of 65,259 votes.
almost 1.82 lakh voters in Ladakh headed to polls on May 20, in the fifth phase of the elections. This was the first General Election after the territory was separated from Jammu and Kashmir under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and granted a separate Union Territory status. The voter turnout was recorded at 71.82% in phase 5, per Election Commission of India data.
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The BJP won the Ladakh seat in 2014 and 2019, then a part of the Jammu and Kashmir State.
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