J&K civic polls: Victory margin less than 100 on 19 seats KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/24/2020 1:00:07 PM JAMMU, Dec 23: Nineteen candidates saw an extremely close contest in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir where the margin of victory was less than 100. Of these candidates, eight are Independents, followed by three from the Bharatiya Janata Party, two each from the National Conference and the Congress and one each from the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), People's Democratic Front (PDF) and the People's Conference (PC), as per data of the state election authority. Avtar Singh, a Sikh who contested as Independent candidate in the Dadsara constituency of Pulwama district, won the DDC polls by just three votes.