Srinagar, Oct 8 (Reporter) Several former members of banned Jamaat-e-Islami, who contested polls for the first time in three decades, failed to make a significant impact in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Banned Jamaat had fielded eight former members and was also supporting a few independent candidates in Kashmir. Sayar Ahmed Reshi, a former Jamaat member and ex-director of Academics at the Falah-e-Aam Trust, contested from the Kulgam seat and finished as the runner-up, securing 25,000 votes. He lost to veteran politician and CPI(M) leader M.Y. Tarigami, who won the Kulgam Assembly seat for the fifth consecutive time, with over 33,000 votes. Another candidate who finished as a runner-up was Ajaz Ahmad Mir, who contested from the Zainapora constituency. Mir, a former PDP legislator, who contested as an Independent candidate was supported by Jamaat. He lost to the National Conference's Showkat Ahmed Ganai by a margin of over 13,000 votes, securing more than 15,000 votes. In Pulwama, former Jamaat member Dr. Talat Majeed only managed to gather around 1,800 votes. The seat was won by PDP youth leader Waheed Parra. Dr. Kaleemullah Lone, an engineering graduate from NIT and son of Ghulam Qadir Lone, a member of Jamaat's eight-member panel that decided to re-enter the poll process, also lost in the Langate constituency of Kupwara district. He secured over 3,500 votes, while the seat was won by the brother of Member of Parliament Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who received over 25,000 votes. A member of the Jamaat panel, currently in talks with the Centre about lifting the ban on the organization, mentioned that their inability to actively campaign hindered their performance. "There were other factors that limited our campaigning. Despite this, there were some positive outcomes, and our candidates finished as second runners-up in a few constituencies," he said. Independent candidate Aijaz Ahmad Guroo, who is the brother of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, managed to win only 129 votes from North Kashmir's Sopore constituency. The Sopore seat was won by National Conference’s Irshad Kar, who polled nearly 27,000 votes. Jailed cleric and separatist leader Sarjan Ahmad Wagay, widely known as Sarjan Barkati, who contested as Independent candidate from Ganderbal and Beerwa managed to get 438 and 12282 votes respectively...////...