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Jammu and Kashmir Goes to Polls for the First Time in a Decade

Around 11.1% polling was recorded till 9 am.
Voters line up at Pulwama. Photo: X/@dcpulwama
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New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is voting today in its first assembly elections in a decade and for the first time since the Union Territory was stripped of statehood five years ago.

The voter turnout in the 24 assembly constituencies was recorded at 58.19% as of 5 pm.

Jammu’s Inderwal constituency saw the highest voter turnout at 80.06%, followed by Padder and Kishtwar. In Kashmir Valley, Pahalgam led with 67.86%, followed by Kulgam (59.58%) and Kokernag (58%).

Polling is staggered geographically in three phases. The first phase is today and will see voting across 24 assembly seats in seven districts. The seats going to polls are as follows:

  1. Pampore
  2. Tral
  3. Pulwama
  4. Rajpora
  5. Zainapora
  6. Shopian
  7. D.H. Pora
  8. Kulgam
  9. Devsar
  10. Dooru
  11. Kokernag (ST)
  12. Anantnag West
  13. Anantnag
  14. Srigufwara – Bijbehara
  15. Shangus – Anantnag East
  16. Pahalgam
  17. Inderwal
  18. Kishtwar
  19. Padder – Nagseni
  20. Bhadarwah
  21. Doda
  22. Doda West
  23. Ramban
  24. Banihal

As many as 23.27 lakh electors are eligible to vote today, 11.76 lakh of whom are men and 11.51 lakh, women.

Around 15,774 electors are over 85 years old. Nearly 28,309 electors are persons with disabilities. First-time electors are almost 1.23 lakh in number.

Two hundred and ten men and nine women make up the candidates’ list today.

The second and third phases of the polls are slated for September 25 and October 5. Ballots will be counted on October 8, with results expected the same day.

The office of the Lieutenant Governor of J&K, Manoj Sinha, has urged voters to come out in large numbers, as have Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and other leaders.

 

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