The Jammu and Kashmir Election Commissioner KK Sharma officially declared the result for District Development Councils (DDC) election on Wednesday.

As per the official data, BJP won 75 seats in the Union Territory while J&K NC bagged 67 seats. The PAGD alliance, which comprises of some regional parties, has won 110 seats. Apni Party, which was formed nine months ago, has bagged 12 seats in the first election it has contested. Here are the full statistics: 

BJP: 75

J&K NC: 67

Independent: 50

J&K PDP: 27

Congress: 26

JKAP: 12

JKPC: 8

CPI(M): 5

JKNPP: 2

PDF: 2

BSP: 1

“I congratulate all the candidates who have won the DDC elections. With the active participation of people, the voting percentage was higher, and polling was peaceful. Results were declared for 278 seats and deferred for 2 seats,” Sharma said.

The counting of votes for the 280 DDC constituencies — 14 each in 20 districts — started on Tuesday morning after the peaceful culmination of the eight-phase election from November 28 to December 19. This was the first democratic exercise in Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two union territories last year.