Besides Mehbooba, ruling National Conference leader and sitting MP Mehboob Beg, Tanveer Maqbool Dar (AAP) and Mushtaq Ahmad Malik (BJP) are among the prominent candidates for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat which is going to polls on April 24.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on April 7 while the last date for withdrawal of nominations is April 9.
The Anantnag Lok Sabha seat has 12.72 lakh voters including 601688 female voters who are eligible to cast their votes at 1615 polling stations to be set up in the constituency.