J&K DDC Polls: Gupkar Alliance Wins 110 Seats, BJP Emerges as Single Largest Party With 74 Seats
The DDC polls are the first local polls in newly turned Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir since the reading down of Article 370 on August 5, 2019.
National Conference (NC) candidate Salmaan Sagar flashes victory sign after his lead in the municipality election results, in Srinagar, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Photo: PTI
Politics23/Dec/2020
New Delhi: The seven-party Gupkar alliance led by Farooq Abdullah swept the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls by winning 110 seats, while the BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 74 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
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Gupkar Alliance Sweeps Maiden DDC Elections With 110 Seats, BJP Emerges as Single-Largest Party
Members of People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and others during a press conference after their meeting, at Bathindi in Jammu, Saturday. (PTI)
The results of four constituencies one each in Bandipora and Kupwara districts of north Kashmir and Poonch and Rajouri districts in Jammu region are still awaited. Srinagar/Jammu
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The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a conglomerate of regional and national parties, has swept the maiden District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the first election held after the abrogation of the region’s special status and its conversion into a union territory.
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6336 Residents stand in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station during the eight and last phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections. PTI photo.
Srinagar/Jammu, December 23
The People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) swept the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls by winning 110 seats, while the BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 75 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
The results of two constituencies -one each in Bandipora and Kupwara districts of north Kashmir -are still awaited as counting of votes has been deferred there till further orders, they said.
The seven-party Gupkar alliance led by Farooq Abdullah was ahead in the seat tally in the maiden District Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir by winning or leading in 112 seats out of 280 on Tuesday, followed by the BJP which had won 52 seats, including three in the Kashmir valley for the first time, and was frontrunner in 18. The People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has bagged 82 seats and is leading in 30. Thirty-eight Independents, mainly disgruntled leaders from all political parties, have been declared winners and the same number are leading in other seats. The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) put up a dismal performance by bagging seven seats and leading in another five. The Congress has so far won 19 seats and is leading in nine other council seats.