election results
A quick summary of election results for Zanskar. NC's
Feroz Khan won by securing 6552 votes, beating
Congress candidate Ghulam Raza by 918 votes. I
received a note from a friend in Zanskar several days
ago who assured me that the 'dirty business of
election is complete'. I would imagine it was not as
dirty as the activities recently uncovered in our own
House of Commons...
Polling in Zanskar was not without complication.
Inhabitants of the Ralakung area voted on the 15th
May, two days after the rest of the Zanskar
constituency, as bad weather prevented the airlifting
of polling staff in time for voting on the 13th. More
on this story can be found
here.
flying election materials
Zanskar goes to the polls on the 13th (along with the majority of J&K). Helicopter flights from Kargil were scheduled yesterday carrying polling materials to remote stations across Zanskar. Several lucky Zanskaris also got to travel as they too are prevented from traveling by road as the Pensi La remains closed (expected opening first week of June).