Live Updates: In DDC arena, Gupkar Alliance, BJP, Congress, Apni Party battle for grassroots

This Ziraat Times live blog presents Live Coverage of DDC poll results in J&K

Srinagar:

7:15 PM- Gupkar Alliance leads in 112 seats, BJP 68, Congress 23

5:40 pm – Gupkar Alliance is leading in 107 seats, BJP 62 and Congress 22

5 PM update: Gupkar Alliance is leading in 95 seats, BJP 57 and Congress 22

DDC, SMC counting over in Srinagar: DEO

Independents win 7 seats

The Returning Officers in Srinagar have declared the results of District Development Council elections in all the 14 constituencies and handed over election certificates to winning candidates.

Meanwhile, results of 4 SMC ward constituencies were declared earlier.

District Election Officer (Deputy Commissioner) Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the results of all 14 DDC constituencies have been declared.

“As per the final results, Independents have been declared winners in 7 constituencies including Srinagar-I, Qamarwari-I, Qamarwari-II, Harwan-I, II, IV and VI, while the JKAP candidates were declared winners from Harwan-V, Khanmoh-I and Srinagar-III constituencies. Four political parties won one seat each, with the BJP winning Khanmoh -II, PDP Khanmoh-III, NC Harwan-III and JKPM Srinagar-II”, he said—(KNO)

3 pm update:
Results – 218/280 seats

PAGD 90 (Lead 75, Won 15)
BJP 46 (Lead -42 Won 4 )
INC 21 (Lead 20, Won 1)
JKAP 8 (Lead 5, Won 3)
OTHERS 54 (Lead 43, Won 11)

2:20 pm update: Dadsara Tral – Altaf Thakur of BJP (spokesperson Kashmir) lost election

Avtar Singh independent – 246
NC – 243
Altaf Thakur – 235
Waheed Rahman para, youth leader PDP, won his seat

BJP wins third seat from Kashmir. Minha Lateef won seat from Kakpora Pulwama.

Time: 2:00 pm –

》PAGD 88 (Lead 84, Won 4)

》BJP 44 (Lead 43 Won 1 )

》INC 21 (Lead 20, Won 1)

》JKAP 7 (Lead 6, Won 1)

》OTHER 50 (Lead 43, Won 7)

Time: 1:50 pm – Gupkar Alliance leads in 86 seats, BJP 47, Congress 21

Update time: 1:15 pm (Leads +Won 202/280)

PAGD 80 (Lead 77, Won 3)

BJP 47 (Lead – 46 Won 1 )

INC 22 (Lead 21, Won 1)

JKAP 7 (Lead 6, Won 1)

OTHERS 46 (Lead 39, Won 7)

Update time 12.45 PM

PAGD – 70 leads – 3 won

BJP – 49 leads – 1 won

INC – 21 leads – 1 won

JKAP – 06 leads – 1 won

OTHERS – 35 leads – 07 won

12: 40 pm – LATEST JAMMU district trends – Source: SEC, J&K

District	Constituency	Candidate	Party	Symbol Allotted	Total Votes
Jammu	1-Akhnoor	Sharda Bhau	BJP	Lotus	4020
Jammu	1-Akhnoor	Anuradha Sharma	INC	Hand	1907
Jammu	2-Arnia	Surekha Devi	BJP	Lotus	1359
Jammu	2-Arnia	Suman Jyoti	INC	Hand	722
Jammu	3-Bhalwal	Bharat Bhushan	BJP	Lotus	1540
Jammu	3-Bhalwal	Chanchal Singh	Independent	Gas Cylinder	1155
Jammu	4-Bhalwal Brahmana	Bushan Kumar	BJP	Lotus	2819
Jammu	4-Bhalwal Brahmana	Satish Sharma	Independent	Road Roller	1399
Jammu	5-Bishnah	Dharminder Kumar	BJP	Lotus	1486
Jammu	5-Bishnah	Faqir Chand	Independent	Pressure Cooker	714
Jammu	6-Dansal	Shamim Begum	J&K NC	Plough	2793
Jammu	6-Dansal	Nasreen Akhtar	BJP	Lotus	2618
Jammu	7-Khour	Suraj Singh	BJP	Lotus	1577
Jammu	7-Khour	Suram Singh	INC	Hand	901
Jammu	8-Maira Mandrian	Suresh Kumar	BJP	Lotus	6775
Jammu	8-Maira Mandrian	Sham Lal	INC	Hand	2889
Jammu	9-Mandal Phallian	Geetu Aulakh	BJP	Lotus	3442
Jammu	9-Mandal Phallian	Kunti Devi	J&K NC	Plough	1333
Jammu	10-Marh	Balbir Lal	Independent	Gas Cylinder	2183
Jammu	10-Marh	Vandana Kumari	BJP	Lotus	1642
Jammu	11-Miran Sahib	Vidya Devi	BJP	Lotus	1346
Jammu	11-Miran Sahib	Aketa Devi	Independent	Tractor Chalata Kissan	713
Jammu	12-Nagrota	Joginder Singh	BJP	Lotus	967
Jammu	12-Nagrota	Som Nath Khajuria	J&K NC	Plough	452
Jammu	13-R S Pura	Gharu Ram	BJP	Lotus	1656
Jammu	13-R S Pura	Bushan Lal	Independent	Tractor Chalata Kissan	970
Jammu	14-Suchetgarh	Taranjit Singh	Independent	Football	1256
Jammu	14-Suchetgarh	Sham Lal Choudhary	BJP	Lotus	1178

LATEST SRINAGAR DISTRICT UPDATE – Source: SEC, J&K

District	Constituency	Candidate	Party	Symbol Allotted	Total Votes
Srinagar	1-HARWAN-I	Shaista Aslam	Independent	Road Roller	474
Srinagar	1-HARWAN-I	Shaziya Parveen	J&K NC	Plough	345
Srinagar	2-HARWAN-II	Ali Mohammad Rather	Independent	Cutting Pliers	291
Srinagar	2-HARWAN-II	Zahoor Ahmad Bhat	JKAP	Bat	182
Srinagar	3-HARWAN-III	Kaisar Ahmad Ganaie	J&K NC	Plough	502
Srinagar	3-HARWAN-III	Farooq Ahmad Ganaie	Independent	Cake	241
Srinagar	4-HARWAN-IV	Rizwana Bano	Independent	Carrom Board	410
Srinagar	4-HARWAN-IV	Afroza Akhter	J&K NC	Plough	252
Srinagar	13-SRINAGAR-II	Afroza Banu	JKPM	Road Roller	376
Srinagar	13-SRINAGAR-II	Jamsheeda	JKAP	Bat	187
Srinagar	14-SRINAGAR-III	Malik Aftab	JKAP	Bat	233
Srinagar	14-SRINAGAR-III	Mohammad Sharief Sofi	J&K NC	Plough	88

12: 40 pm – Results – 182/280

PAGD 69 (Lead 66, Won 3)

BJP 46 INC 20 (Lead 19, Won 1)

JKAP 7 (Lead 6, Won 1)

OTHERS 40 (Lead 33, Won 7)

12: 35 pm – Result Update

PAGD – 65 leads – 3 won

BJP – 46 leads

INC – 19 leads – 01 won

JKAP – 6 lead – 1 won

OTHERS – 32 lead – 7 won

12: 30 pm – Out of 140 constituencies in #Jammu division, @BJP4JnK is leading at 24 seats, @INCJammuKashmir at 4, @JKNC_ at 7, @Apnipartyonline at 2, Independents at 3, & Panthers Party at one constituency, according to J&K State Election Authority

12: 20 pm – Gupkar Alliance leads in 58 seats, BJP 47, Congress 18

12: 10 pm – As per the latest trends, Gupkar Alliance and BJP are neck-and-neck in terms of leads. BJP is leading in 46 seats, Gupkar Alliance 44 and Congress 15.

11: 50 am – Gupkar Alliance surges ahead, is leading in 40 seats while BJP 36.

11: 40 am – Gupkar Alliance has bridged the gap again – leads in 36 seats now with BJP still ahead as of now with leads/wins in 38 seats. Congress is leading/winning 12.

11: 25 am – After early morning leads, Gupkar Alliance is now trailing at second position behind the BJP, which has taken a lead in early trends.

11: 25 am – BJP leads in 36 seats, Gupkar Alliance 24, Congress 7

9: 25 am – Counting of votes for the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir District Development Council (DDC) elections is underway. The fate of nearly 2,181 candidates for the 280 District Development Council (DDC) seats in Jammu and Kashmir will be decided today. The elections, held in eight phases, began on November 28 and ended on December 19.

9: 15 am – Seven political parties, including the National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party, Apni Party, BJP, Congress, etc contested the polls in an alliance, under the banner of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) formed for restoration of Article 370. The Congress was initially a part of the PAGD but distanced itself when the BJP targeted the opposition party for being in league with the ‘Gupkar Gang’.

9:10 am – Counting of votes for 280 constituencies of District Development Council (DDC) under way at Sher-I Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar.

What are DDCs?

The District Development Councils (DDCs) are set to become a new unit of governance in Jammu and Kashmir. A legislation to this effect was brought in by the Ministry of Home Affairs on October 16 through an amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989. This structure will include a DDC and a District Planning Committee (DPC).

The J&K administration has also amended the J&K Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996, to provide for establishment of elected District Development Councils in J&K.