Jammu & Kashmir Elections 2024: 59.19 percent voting till 5 pm in first phase of J-K assembly polls
National Congress and Congress have formed an alliance though they are also in friendly contest on some seats.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): A voter turnout of 58.19 per cent turned into recorded till 5 pm in the primary phase of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir held on Wednesday.
Per Election Commission data, Kishtwar recorded one of a couple of important best turnout at Seventy seven.23 per cent followed by Doda at 69.33 per cent, Ramban (sixty seven.seventy one per cent), Kulgam (Fifty nine.Sixty two per cent), Shopian (fifty three.Sixty four per cent), and Anantnag (Fifty four.17 per cent).
Pulwama recorded the underside voter turnout at forty three.87 per cent.
Twenty four assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in the primary phase. These consist of Sixteen seats in the Kashmir region and eight seats in the Jammu region Vote casting for the 2nd and third phases in J-K will likely be held on September 25 and October 1, respectively. Votes will likely be counted on October eight.
Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a fascinating contest with a couple of political parties and independents in the fray. National Congress and Congress have formed an alliance though they're also in friendly contest on some seats.
It be the primary election in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. Leaders have held hectic campaign to boost the prospects of their celebration candidates.
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly called Engineer Rashid, getting period in-between bail from a Delhi court has added another dimension to the election together with his Awami Ittehad Party contesting the polls.
Rashid contested the Lok Sabha elections as an Self reliant and defeated National Conference leader Omar Abdullah from the Baramulla seat. National Conference and PDP leaders have taken digs at BJP following Rashid’s free up from detention center on bail.
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