The Farooq Abdullah-led People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration  and the Congress have won 13 of 20 districts in the first local polls in Jammu and Kashmir since it lost its special status and was turned into a Union Territory last year. In the first-ever District Development Council (DDC) polls in J&K, regional parties surged ahead in Kashmir while the BJP kept an upper hand in the Jammu region.

The Gupkar alliance, a grouping of seven mainstream J&K-based parties including rivals National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP), has won more than 100 seats. BJP has emerged as the single largest party as it won 74 seats, the Congress has won 27 seats. Voting was held in 280 seats, 14 in each of the 20 districts of the union territory, in eight phases over a period of 25 days.

In Jammu province, the BJP won 71 seats, while the Gupkar alliance won 35, Congress managed to win 17 seats. In Kashmir, the Farooq Abdullah-led alliance scored win in 72 seats, the BJP in 3, and the Congress in 10. Watch the video to know more.