J&K DDC results LIVE: Gupkar Alliance bags 110 seats, BJP 75, Congress 26

Jammu and Kashmir local election result: BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 75 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

Jammu and Kashmir local election result: 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. 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.

The counting of votes for the 280 DDC constituencies - 14 each in 20 districts - started on Tuesday morning after the peaceful culmination of the eight-phase election from November 28 to December 19. This was the first democratic exercise in Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into union territories last year.

Out of the 278 seats for which results have been declared by the J&K Election Commission so far, besides the PAGD and the BJP, Independent candidates have won 50, Congress 26, Apni Party 12, PDF and the National Panthers Party two each and the BSP one.

The polling was held over eight phases beginning November 28 and ending on December 19 as 51.42 per cent of the 5.7 million eligible voters exercised their franchise in the elections, which were largely peaceful.

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6:26 PM

Results of 278 DDC seats declared; PAGD gets 110, BJP 75

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 counting of votes for the 280 DDC constituencies - 14 each in 20 districts - started on Tuesday morning after the peaceful culmination of the eight-phase election from November 28 to December 19. This was the first democratic exercise in Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into union territories last year.

 

Out of the 278 seats for which results have been declared by the J-K Election Commission so far, besides the PAGD and the BJP, Independent candidates have won 50, Congress 26, Apni Party 12, PDF and the National Panthers Party two each and the BSP one.

 

6:14 PM

Jammu and Kashmir DDC elections: BJP won 75 seats so far

5:59 PM

BJP got more votes than 'Gupkar Gang' in J-K DDC elections, says Anurag Thakur

After BJP emerged as the single largest party in first-ever elections to District Development Councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir, Anurag Thakur, BJP's in-charge of the polls in the Union Territory on Wednesday claimed that his party got more votes than the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).

 

"It is important to know that independent candidates have polled more votes than the Congress and the PDP. The same Mehbooba Mufti who had refused to unfurl the Tricolour has got a befitting reply today," Thakur said in a press conference in Jammu. "The trust which the J-K people have put in Modiji, the support which they have shown in his policies and to his work to strengthen the democratic principles, are the reasons why BJP has got three seats in the Kashmir Valley," he added.

 

The Union Minister said that people participated extensively in the DDC election and over 51 per cent polling was recorded which was very good compared to previous elections.

 

"Many parties in the Guptakar gang did not gather to challenge BJP and Modi ji. BJP got 75 seats in Jammu and Kashmir which is the highest. The vote share of BJP is 38.74 per cent and the total vote of Gupakar Gang is 32.96 per cent. BJP got a total of 4,87,364 votes and the total votes of NC, PDP and Congress together is 4,77000 which is much less than BJP's vote," he said.

5:29 PM

Centre should listen to the voice of people of J&K: Omar Abdullah

The Centre should listen to the people's voice against the abrogation of Article 370 since it has itself termed the DDC polls as a victory of democracy, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday. Addressing party workers at NC headquarters Nawa-i-Subah, he said the people have made clear their view by supporting the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) in the District Development Council polls.

 

The NC leader also said he does not foresee assembly elections in the union territory anytime soon because of the poll results.

 

The seven-party PAGD swept the maiden DDC polls by winning 110 seats out of 276 for which results were declared, while the BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 74 seats after securing the biggest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir. If you really say that democracy has won, then you will have to listen to the voices of the people, and the people of Jammu and Kashmir have said it with a huge majority that they do not accept (the decisions of) August 5, 2019, Abdullah said.

4:52 PM

Amit Shah thanks people of J&K for voting BJP as single largest party in DDC polls

4:44 PM

Jammu and Kashmir DDC elections: BJP won 75 seats so far

4:25 PM

Jammu and Kashmir DDC polls: Margin of victory less than 100 on 19 seats

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 BJP, two each from the National Conference and the Congress and one each from the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), People Democratic Front (PDF) and the Peoples 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. Singh polled 246 votes while rival NC candidate Ali Mohmmad Bhat polled 243 votes.

 

Khalid Bibi won Larnoo segment of Anantnag district on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket with a thin margin of seven votes as she polled 4,580 votes against his rival Independent candidate Sajida Begam, who polled 4,573 votes. Two candidates lost by just 11 votes in Shopian district. Former BJP minister Sham Lal Choudhary lost in the Suchetgarh constituency of Jammu district by 11 votes.

4:05 PM

BJP keeps calling us Kashmir based party: Omar Abdullah

3:28 PM

DDC polls: Gupkar group fails to reach halfway mark, BJP single largest

The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has been restricted to only 110 seats and has failed to cross the halfway mark of 140 during the recent District Development Council elections, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as the single largest party, winning 75 seats alone. While dominating the electorate in Kashmir division, PAGD has only managed to grab three seats in Srinagar, with independent candidates winning seven seats, and BJP winning one seat from Srinagar.

 

BJP's Aijaz Hussain, who won from Srinagar's Balhama constituency is Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's national Vice President.

 

The PAGD's poor performance in Srinagar is being seen as the people's disappointment with the older order and their willingness to go with the independent leaders in the valley. Independent candidates emerged victorious in 49 DDC seats, way more than Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party, which only managed to grab 27 seats.

 

Among the PAGD allies, the National Conference won the highest number of 67 seats, followed by PDP with 27 seats, People's Conference took 8 seats, CPI(M) won 5 seats and J&K Peoples Movement only 3 seats.

2:52 PM

DDC polls: PAGD gets clear majority in 6 of 20 Jammu and Kashmir districts, BJP in 5

The PAGD has got a clear majority in six districts, followed by the BJP in five in the maiden DDC election in Jammu and Kashmir but the alliance of seven mainstream parties has got an edge over the saffron party in six other districts as it is just short of one or two seats for the majority. Independent candidates hold sway in the rest of the two districts Srinagar and Poonch where they have won seven seats each . An independent candidate is also leading in another seat in Poonch district, where the counting for one of the constituencies is still in progress.

 

The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which among others includes regional heavyweights National Conference and PDP, 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 and the maximum vote share in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

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.

 

The counting of votes for the 280 DDC constituencies -- 14 each in 20 districts -- started on Tuesday morning after the peaceful culmination of the eight-phase election from November 28 to December 19. This was the first democratic exercise in Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two union territories last year.

2:43 PM

DDC polls in J&K can be surmised as a victory of democracy: Ravi Shankar Prasad

2:22 PM

DDC polls LIVE: BJP got three seats in the Kashmir Valley, says Anurag Thakur

1:48 PM

Bagging 49 seats out of 280, Independents emerge as key player in J&K DDC polls

Independent candidates have emerged as big winners in Jammu and Kashmir's maiden District Development Council polls, with 49 of them having been declared elected so far from 280 seats, putting them ahead of parties like the Congress and the PDP. Among the big Independent wins is Taranjit Singh defeating BJP's two-time MLA and former minister Sham Lal Choudhary in Suchetgarh in Jammu region by a slender margin of 11 votes, PTI reported.

 

Though the BJP maintained its supremacy by emerging as the single largest party with 74 seats and is leading in another seat, the defeat of its stalwarts Choudhary and another former minister Shakti Raj Parihar, who lost from two constituencies in Doda district, has come as a shock for it. Choudhary lost to Singh by a razor-thin margin. Singh polled 12,969 votes against Choudhary's 12958, according to the results declared by the J&K Election Commissioner in the early hours of Wednesday.

 

Choudhary, who originally hailed from Bhimber Tehsil in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir before his family migrated to border village Chakroi in R S Pura sector, had won Suchetgarh assembly seat for the first time in 2008 and repeated the performance for the party in 2014. Singh expressed gratitude to his voters and said the vote for him was "against the farm laws imposed by the BJP government on the farmers of the country against their will".

12:40 PM

J&K DDC election result LIVE: Here's what the latest numbers look like

11:10 AM

J&K DDC election result LIVE: Gupkar Alliance bags 110 seats

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 74 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.