Langate

Located in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Langate had a high voter turnout in the Lok Sabha elections. In the upcoming Assembly elections on October 1, the constituency will witness a high-stakes contest. Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, brother of Baramulla MP Engineer Abdul Rashid, and backed by the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), will challenge Irfan Sultan Panditpuri of the People’s Conference. The seat is also being contested by the JKPDP, JKNC, and JKPC. Independent candidate Engineer Rashid won the Langate constituency in both 2008 and 2014. 

 

In the 2014 elections, Langate had 70,608 registered voters, including 37,130 males and 33,477 females. There was