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Sajad Lone was on Wednesday elected unopposed as the President of Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC).

The announcement was made by the election authority of JKPC headed by Basharat Bukhari and comprising Peerzada Mansoor Hussain and Mohammad Ashraf Mir.

Addressing a press conference, Bukhari said that in response to the notification announcing the schedule for the election for the post of JKPC President, the election authority received eight nomination sets till the expiry of last date for receiving nominations.

All nominations were in favour of Sajad Lone as the candidate for the President's post.

The nominations were received from Anantnag, Budgam, Srinagar, Baramulla, Handwara, Kupwara, Poonch and Jammu.

No nomination was received in favour of any other candidate.

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Sajad Lone will take oath as the party president on November 10.