The National Conference (NC) has won 25 of the 140 seats in the Jammu region in the District Development Council (DDC) elections.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of another former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, which is also a part of PAGD, could win only one seat in the Nowshera region of Jammu.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 71 seats while the Congress won 17, Jammu Kashmir Apni Party three, National Panthers Party bagged two seats, and Bahujan Samaj Party one.
In a tweet, NC leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday, “I understand the temptation to overplay the 3 seats the BJP has won in the valley but why to underplay the 35 wins/leads of the @JKPAGD in Jammu province. We aren’t Kashmir-based parties, we are political parties with strong support in both Kashmir and Jammu.”
BJP minister Sham Lal Choudhary lost in Suchetgarh constituency of Jammu district in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) election.
Another BJP minister and MLA from Doda, Shakti Raj Parihar also lost to a National Conference candidate.