Jammu and Kashmir DDC election Result Highlights | Final results: PAGD wins 110 seats, BJP single-largest party with 75 seats, Independents win 50 seats

National Conference (NC) vice-president and former CM of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullahsaid on December 23 that 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. Abdullah, who was addressing party workers at NC headquarters Nawa-i-Subah, said the people have made clear their view by supporting the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) in the District Development Council polls.

"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 according to a report in news agency PTI.

The GupkarAlliance has secured majority in nine district development councils ofKupwara, Baramula, Budgam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Bandipora, Ganderbal, ShopianandKulgam. TheBJPhas won five -Doda, Udhampur, Kathua, Jammu, Reasi (with Apni Party) andSamba. The independents have won Srinagar and Poonch with seven seats in both the councils.In Rajauri, RambanandKishtawarthe National Conference and the Councilmay stake claim to the council together.

With this defeat, I don't think BJP govt will conduct Assembly elections here anytime soon. They would have announced the polls by now had they believed in democracy. So, we have time to strengthen our party: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on DDC polls results (ANI)

This election has proved that no matter what you do against National Conference, you can't put an end to its existence. Only Almighty or public has that power. Spread lies andpropaganda but truth will come out someday: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah addressing party workers onDDC polls results (ANI)

We would have won more seats had we not been partners in the Gupkar Alliance, says former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah while addressing workers after the DDC poll results. The Alliance has won 110 seats with NC bagging 67, highest by any party in the alliance, segments.

TheCPI (M) has wonall five seats it contested in south Kashmir in the District Development Council (DDC) polls. The CPI (M) was allotted three seats by the Peoples Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration. But the partychose to fight from five seats in Kulgam district, the only Left stonghold in Jammu and Kashmir

PAGD, an alliance of seven regional parties of Jammu and Kashmir has won nine of the 20 district councils in the DDC polls, the counting of which is underway. These districts include, Kupwara, Baramula, Budgam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Shopianand Kulgam. All these districts are in Kashmir division. The BJP, on the other hand, has won six district councils-- Doda, Udhampur, Kathua, Jammu, Reasi and Samba, all in Jammu division.In five other districts Srinagar, Poonch, Rajauri, Ramban and Kishtawar, since there is no clear majority for any party, independent winners will call the shots in taking control of the council.

Former BJP minister Sham Lal Choudhary lost the DDC election in Suchetgarh segment of Jammu district by 11 votes. The BJP has won 11 of the 14 seats in the district. Choudhary polled 12,958 votes against independent candidate Taranjit Singh, who polled 12,969

He was a cabinet minister in the BJP-PDP coalition government in the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir.

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The Jammu and Kashmir state election authority has so far announced the results for 276 of the 280 seats that went to polls . The PAGD haswon 110 while the BJP bagged 74 of them. Party wise in PAGD, the NC has won 67 seats,the PDP 27, JKPC 8 and CPIM 5 seats. Theindependents have won 49 and the Congress 26 seats, among others. The Centre-backed JK Apni Party has won 12 seats so far, according to the authority

An independent candidate won by just three votes against his National Conference rival, as many winners of the just concluded District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir succeeded by small margins due to the low voter turnout recorded by various constituencies in the union territory. Avtar Singh polled 246 votes against 243 by his NC rival Ali Mohammad Bhat, the winner from Dadsara constituency in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, according to the results declared by the JK Election Commission. (PTI)