The seven-celebration 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 major in 112 seats out of 280 as of late Tuesday, followed by the BJP which emerged as the single biggest celebration as it won 73 seats such as 3 in the Kashmir valley for the 1st time, PTI reported.
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has bagged one hundred seats and was major in 12 other people, according to information from the union territory’s election commission. Forty-seven Independents, mostly disgruntled leaders from all political parties, have been declared winners and six more have been major in other seats.
The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) place up a dismal functionality by bagging 11 seats and major in one more seat. The Congress so far won 22 seats and was major in 5 other council seats.
The eight-phase DDC polls, which started on November 28, are the 1st election just after Jammu and Kashmir’s unique status beneath Article 370 was revoked final year and it was reorganised into a Union Territory. In the election, 140 seats every single in the Jammu and Kashmir regions went to polls.
The trends in most seats in the DDC elections have been in accordance with expectations — the BJP maintained its strength in the Jammu division when the PAGD, which incorporates regional heavyweights the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was ahead in Kashmir, in addition to Pir Panchal and the Chenab Valley regions of Jammu.