According to the latest leads reported for 231 out of 280 segments, the PAGD is leading on 96 seats while the BJP is ahead on 56 constituencies.
The latest trends in the counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir indicated that the Farooq Abdullah-led People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has taken a big lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even as the counting of votes is underway on Tuesday to determine the fate of 2,178 candidates.
According to the latest leads reported for 231 out of 280 segments that went to the polls across Jammu & Kashmir, the PAGD is leading on 96 seats while the BJP is ahead on 56 constituencies.
The overall voting percentage in all the eight phases across the Union Territory was 51.42 per cent and over 30 lakh votes have been counted at the counting centres across Jammu & Kashmir. The PAGD is an alliance of Kashmir’s mainstream parties which is fighting the elections jointly to prevent the BJP from making inroads in J&K.
The PAGD was floated on October 7 for the reversal of constitutional changes made to Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year.
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah was appointed the president of the alliance, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti its vice president and People`s Conference leader Sajad Lone as the spokesperson and CPI-M leader Yousuf Taragami as its convenor. The flag of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was adopted as the symbol of the alliance.
The Gupkar Alliance, which was formed in protest against the massive constitutional changes – in which Article 370 on special status to Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated and the state was turned into two union territories – was largely missing during the campaign. Many of its leaders, like former Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and others were detained in August last year, soon after the changes, as the centre imposed security restrictions to prevent protests. The Abdullahs were released in March while Mehbooba Mufti was freed after over a year in October.
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