Jammu, Oct 8: The counting of votes for the 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir is underway with Congress and National Conference leading in at least 47 seats and BJP in 28 constituencies.

Similarly, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) is leading in 4 seats. The majority mark is 46.

The counting commenced at 8 am with heavy security arrangements in place.

The Jammu and Kashmir is going under the electoral process after a gap of six years, following the collapse of the PDP-BJP regime on June 20, 2018, and the subsequent abrogation of Article 370.

The assembly elections for its 90 constituencies were held in three phases - September 18, September 25, and October 1 - after 2014.

This is also the first election for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly since Article 370 was abolished in August 2019, which divided the former state into the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.