The 12th Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir will have nearly 65% new faces as only 31 of the 87 newly-elected MLAs have previously been member the House. As many as 56 winners have been elected to the Lower House of the state legislature for first time, while 26 MLAs managed to retain their membership. Five others have made a comeback to the House after staying out for six to 12 years.
The BJP , which won 25 seats, has the highest number of first-timers. Twenty-two BJP MLAs will experience their stint in the Assembly for the first time, while Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which emerged as the single largest party with 28 MLAs, have 19 new faces.
Six new faces will be part of the 12-member CLP in the new Assembly which will also have five new faces from NC and two from Peoples Conference.Two independent members -Pawan Kumar Gupta and Syed Bakir Rizvi -are also first timers in the Assembly .
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