JK polls: Prominent winners and losers

Srinagar: Three former chief ministers - Farooq Abdullah, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and Ghulam Nabi Azad - Sunday won the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections while many former ministers joined the ranks of the losers.The following are the prominent winners:• National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah won from both Hazratbal and Sonawar in Srinagar.• Omar Abdullah won from Ganderbal in north Kashmir. He defeated Qazi Afzal of the Peoples Democratic Party, who had humiliated Omar in the 2002 elections.• Ghulam Nabi Azad retained his Bhaderwah seat in the Muslim-majority mountainous area of Doda, which falls under Jammu region.• Chaman Lal Gupta, a former defence minister, of the BJP won from Jammu West• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Sayeed, a former Indian home minister, won Anantnag seat in south Kashmir • PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti won from Wachi, also in south Kashmir. • Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) retained his seat in Kulgam in south Kashmir • Former deputy chief minister and senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig won from BaramullaAmong prominent losers were:• Mangat Ram Sharma of the Congress, a former deputy chief minister, lost from Jammu West• Jugal Kishore of the Congress, a former education minister, lost to a BJP candidate from Reasi in Jammu• Former agriculture minister and senior PDP leader Abdul Aziz Zargar lost from Noorabad in south Kashmir to Sakina Itoo of the National Conference• Former finance minister Tariq Hameed Kara of the PDP lost from Batmaloo in Srinagar seat to National Conference candidate Irfan Shah.