Jalandhar, Dec. 18 -- In Doaba region, though AAP had an upper hand in Hoshiarpur, it faced a tough neck-and-neck contest from the Congress in Jalandhar and Kapurthala, trends showed. In SBS Nagar, Congress candidates comfortably managed to win more zones than AAP. The Doaba region has 66 zila parishad zones, of which AAP won 24, Congress 18, BSP three and SAD two. One zone went to an independent candidate. Of the 548 block samiti zones in the region, 186 went to AAP, 125 to Congress, 41 to SAD, 27 to BSP and seven zones were won by the BJP. Independents bagged 32 zones. The results of the remaining zila parishad and block samiti zones were awaited. Of the 10 zila parishad zones in SBS Nagar, the Congress won six while four zones went to AAP. Out of 82 block samiti zones, the Congress and the AAP won 33 and 29 zones, respectively. The SAD remained victorious in nine zones, while the BSP won seven zones and two went to independent candidates. In Jalandhar district, out of 188 block samiti zones, the results of 182 were declared, with AAP winning in 74 zones and Congress' win in 59. As many as 19 zones went to the BSP, 18 to SAD and 12 to independents. As far as zila parishad results were concerned, the AAP got nine zones, followed by Congress (8), BSP (3) and SAD (1). In Kapurthala, the results of all 59 block samiti zones were out, with AAP victorious in 22 zones. As many as 17 zones went to independent candidates, mainly in Sultanpur Lodhi where Rana Inder Pratap Singh (independent MLA) fielded his candidates. The Congress, the SAD and the BSP bagged 12, 7 and 1, respectively. Of the 10 zila parishad zones, the AAP won four and Congress three. AAP's domination continued in Hoshiarpur district where out of 25 zila parishad seats, the ruling party won five and was leading with considerable margins on 15 seats. The Congress was ahead in four zones, while the saffron BJP was leading in one zone. In block samitis, AAP won 61 zones, Congress 21 and SAD and BJP bagged seven each. Taking to X, Congress MLA from Jalandhar Cantonment Pargat Singh wrote, "In the final counting rounds, Congress votes were being arbitrarily rejected to engineer AAP victories. Even the recount requests by candidates were ignored."...