Lotus Blooms in Jammu and Kashmir: BJP tweets after DDC polls results

The majority results of the crucial poll were out on Wednesday morning.

"Lotus blooms in Jammu and Kashmir! We heartily thank the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their univocal belief in the politics of development and good governance. We congratulate our brave and dedicated Karyakartas who worked fearlessly and tirelessly to make this possible," the BJP tweeted.

The newly formed alliance formed by seven regional parties including arch-rivals, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), won big in the local polls in Kashmir while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made inroads in Jammu.

The Gupkar Alliance, which was formed as a protest against the stripping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, won nine of 20 districts in Jammu and Kashmir.

While the alliance, led by former Chief Minister from the NC Farooq Abdullah, won more than 100 seats, the BJP appeared as the single largest party with 74 and Congress could win 26.

In Kashmir, the alliance won 72 seats while the BJP bagged only three.

In the Jammu province, the saffron party won 71 seats in six district councils of Jammu, Udhampur, Samba, Kathua Reasi and Doda while the NC and Congress won seats in four district councils of Poonch, Rajouri, Kishtwar and Ramban districts.

The elections to 280 seats spread across 20 districts with each having 14 seats were held in eight phases over a span of 25 days.

The poll results are considered as a referendum to the BJP-led Centre's bold move of abrogating Articles 370 and 35A to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its special status on Aug 5, 2019.

This was the first election since the dissolution of the special status, following which several Kashmiri leaders including Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti were detained.

Even during the polls, the opposition leaders were detained, not allowing them to campaign for the polls.