In Jammu & Kashmir, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP President and incumbent Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has won the Anantnag Assembly by-poll. She defeated her nearest rival Hilal Shah of Congress by over 12000 votes.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports, for the fourth time Mehbooba Mufti was elected to the State Assembly today.<br/><br/>She retained the Anantnag assembly constituency for her Peoples Democratic Party.<br/><br/>Mehbooba has been elected to the State Assembly three times in the past 20 years. She won first Assembly elections in 1996 from Anantnag district's Bijbehara segment as a Congress candidate.<br/><br/>About 34 percent of voters exercised their franchise in Bye-elections of Anantnag Assembly Segment on Thursday (June 22).<br/><br/>The seat was left vacant with the demise of former Chief Minister and PDP Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 07.