<span style="color: #222222;">In the first ever District Development Council Polls held in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, results of 278 seats out of 280 seats have been declared. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">BJP has emerged as the single largest party winning 75 seats, followed by National Conference with 67 seats, Peoples Democratic Party 27, Congress 26, J&K Apni party 12, J&K Peoples Conference 8, CPI(M) 5, JKPM 3, PDF and J&K National Panthers Party 2 seats each and Bahujan Samaj Party 1. Independents have won 50 seats.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State Election Commissioner, K K Sharma while addressing a press conference in Jammu this evening said that the counting of votes has concluded and the results of 278 seats have been declared barring Drugmulla in Kupwara and Hajin-A in Bandipora districts. Sharma said the counting was deferred in these two constituencies in view of a question on the eligibility of contesting candidates. However, he said a final decision in this regard will be taken after taking all aspects into consideration.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State Election Commissioner (SEC) lauded AIR and Doordarshan for  making people of the UT, especially those of far flung areas aware about the importance of these first ever DDC Elections.</span><br />''