New Delhi, Dec 25 (TIWN) The BJP has said its good performance in the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu & Kashmir is encouraging as it emerged as the single largest party with 74 seats.

Prasad said the BJP received a total of 4,87,364 votes, while the National Conference got about 2.82 lakh votes, PDP got around 57,000 and Congress got just 1.39 lakh votes. He said, "Thus, in the Jammu & Kashmir DDC election, the BJP has got more votes than the NC, PDP and Congress combined."  He said, "There are 49 independents who won in the Zilla Vikas Parishad elections and many of them were supported by the BJP."  He said, "Those talking about the PAGD alliance victory, they should know that this alliance was formed as these parties could not face the BJP alone."