People's Conference president Sajad Lone.
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Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference chief Sajad Lone had mixed results in the two constituencies he contested in. He won in Handwara, but came third in Kupwara.
Lone won in Handwara by a minor margin of 662 votes, ahead of NC's Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan. The JKPC chief received 29,812 votes while Ramzan received 29,150 votes.
In Kupwara, Lone gained just 7,457 votes to come in third. He lost by a margin of 20,316 votes to PDP's Mir Mohammed Fayaz, who won with 27,773 votes, while NC's Nasir Aslam Wani came in second with 17976 votes.
The former separatist-turned-mainstream politician had pledged to establish a judicial commission to investigate alleged rigging in the 1987 Assembly elections if they come to power.