SRINAGAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party has made substantial gains in Jammu and Kashmir at the cost of the National Conference and the Congress but is unlikely to cross Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party hurdle.
Latest trends show the BJP and the PDP are locked in a close contest to emerge as the largest party.
The Congress and National Conference are doing better than what exit polls predicted but the state is heading for a hung Assembly.
BJP's bolstered performance, the best in Jammu and Kashmir so far, has been limited to the Jammu region which has 37 seats. The party has not bee able to make any headway in the Valley which has 46 seats.
As trends make clear that it will be a hung Assembly, a government can be formed only if two of the four major parties – PDP, NC, BJP and Congress – come together.
Last elections National Conference had won 28, PDP 21, Congress 17 and BJP 11.
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