Srinagar/Budgam (J&K), Nov 14 (PTI) Opposition PDP candidate Aga Syed Muntazir on Friday won the Budgam assembly bypoll in Jammu and Kashmir, defeating ruling National Conference (NC) candidate Aga Syed Mehmood by a margin of nearly 4,500 votes.

This is the first time that the NC has lost in its bastion of Budgam, in central Kashmir, since 1957, the first elections for the legislative assembly.

According to the data on the ECI website, Muntazir secured 21,576 votes against Mehmood's 17,098 at the end of the counting of votes.

The BJP candidate Aga Syed Mohsin stood a distant sixth with just 2,619 votes.

Reacting to his win, Muntazir said the bypoll verdict is a protest against the ruling National Conference (NC) for not keeping its promises.

"This verdict is a protest against the NC f

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