The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has won or is leading in 110-plus seats out of the total 280 in the first-ever District Development Councils (DDC) elections held in Jammu Kashmir.
On the other hand, the Bhartiya Janta party has won or is leading on 75 DDC seats. It is sweeping the Hindu-dominated districts — Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Samba — in the Jammu Division, leading in 49 out 56 DDC seats.
As there is no clear-cut majority in the five councils, the result of 276 District Development Council (DDC) seats, out of 280 seats, has been declared so far.
Both the BJP and the People’s Alliance have termed the poll results as their success.
“The overwhelming participation of the people is a clear sign that they believe in democratic procedure rather than bullet and grenade,” BJP’s election-in-charge for the Valley, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said.
Former Chief Minister and Vice President of the People’s Alliance Mehbooba Mufti called it a “hard-earned victory”.
“Today’s DDC results have made it clear that people of J&K voted en masse for @JKPAGD thus rejecting the unconstitutional decision to abrogate Article 370. They have overwhelmingly supported @JKPAGD which stands for the restoration of J&K’s special status,” Mufti tweeted.
“Our win is dedicated to PAGD cadre who worked tirelessly to ensure our success. GOI left no stone unturned to create hurdles for us. Beginning with @parawahid’s arrest a day after he filed his DDC nominations, restricting our movement & not allowing us to the campaign,” she said in her tweet.