J&K civic polls: Victory margin less than 100 on 19 seats KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/24/2020 1:00:07 PM
JAMMU, Dec 23: 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 Bharatiya Janata Party, two each from the National Conference and the Congress and one each from the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), People s Democratic Front (PDF) and the People s 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.
Bagging 49 seats, independents emerge as key players in J&K DDC polls KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/24/2020 12:59:38 PM
JAMMU, Dec 23: 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.
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.
2735 Independent candidates have emerged as key players in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, winning 50 of the 280 seats.
Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, December 23
Independent candidates have emerged as key players in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, winning 50 of the 280 seats.
Impressive show
Kashmir: 31 Inds Anantnag 2, Budgam 2, Bandipora 3, Baramulla 3, Ganderbal 3, Kupwara 3, Pulwama 4, Shopian 4, Srinagar 7
Jammu: 19 highest 8 in Poonch
Ex-minister falls short of 11 votes
Independent candidate Taranjit Singh defeated BJP’s two-time MLA and former minister Sham Lal Choudhary in Suchetgarh (Jammu) by a margin of just 11 votes
They finished third after the BJP and National Conference in the overall DDC poll results announced this evening. They got more votes than the Congress and PDP. The BJP got 4.87 lakh votes, NC 2.82 lakh, Independents 1.71 lakh, Congress 1.39 lakh and the PDP
December 23, 2020, 11:03 AM UPDATED: December 23, 2020, 11:03 AM
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Former BJP minister Sham Lal Choudhary lost by a razor-thin margin of 11 votes in Suchetgarh constituency of Jammu district in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) election, officials said on Wednesday.
The Gupkar alliance led by Farooq Abdullah was leading the tally by winning over 110 out of 280 seats on Wednesday, followed by the BJP, which emerged as the single largest party, bagging 74 seats, including three in the Kashmir Valley for the first time.
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Jammu: Nineteen constituencies saw an extremely close contest in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir, with the margin of victory being less than 100 votes.
Of the candidates who won in these constituencies, eight are Independents, three of the BJP, two each of the National Conference and the Congress, and one each of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) and the Peoples Conference (PC), as per data of the state election authority.
Avtar Singh, a Sikh who contested as Independent in Dadsara constituency of Pulwama district, won the DDC polls by just three votes.