Srinagar: Third and Final Phase Updates
Voter Turnout till 11 am
The third phase of voting is underway and people with great enthusiasm are coming out to cast their vote. As per the Election Commission, 28.12% voter turnout was recorded till 11 am. According to the data by Election Commission, till 11 am, Bandipore recorded 28.04%, Baramulla 23.20%, Jammu 27.15%, Kathua 31.78%, Kupwara 27.34%, Samba 31.50% and Udhampur 33.84% of the voter turnout.
Voter Turnout till 9 am
The third phase of voting in Jammu and Kashmir saw a cumulative voter turnout of 11.60 percent as of 9 am on Tuesday, as per the Election Commission of India. According to the latest data issued by ECI, Udhampur district recorded the highest voter turnout of 14.23 percent as of 9 am, followed by Samba at 13.31 percent of voter turnout. Meanwhile, Bandipore recorded voters turnout of 11.64 percent, Baramulla at 8.89 percent, Jammu at 11.46 percent, Kathua at 13.09 percent and Kupwara at 11.27 percent.
Voting started at all the 5,060 polling stations in 40 Assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Tuesday as the bright autumn sun greeted voters when they started pouring out to exercise their democratic right. Voters were seen wearing woolens at most places in Baramulla and Kupwara districts of the Valley while in Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Udhampur districts of Jammu division, voters still wore summer attire.
Men started building queues at the polling stations in Pattan, Sangrama, Kreeri, Tangmarg, Kunzar, Uri town and other places in the Valley while voters wearing traditional Dogri dresses came out in a festive mood in Kathua, samba, Udhampur, R.S. Pura and other polling stations in Jammu division.
Enthusiasm was unmatched among the voters in areas close to the International Border in Samba, Kathua and Jammu district. Voters exchanged greetings with the security forces guarding the polling stations as special arrangements were made for the sick and infirm voters to exercise their democratic rights.
In the third and final phase of J&K Assembly elections, 39.18 lakh voters will decide the political fate of 415 candidates in 40 Assembly constituencies going to vote on Tuesday. Voting is taking place in 40 Assembly constituencies in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Udhampur districts of Jammu division and in Baramulla and Kupwara districts of the Valley.
The Jammu district has 11, Samba three, Kathua six and Udhampur four Assembly constituencies while Baramulla and Kupwara districts have 16 constituencies for which voting is underway now. The Election Commission has set up 5,030 polling stations for voters for the third phase of polling. Special polling stations have been set up for Kashmiri migrant voters. Of these 11 are in Jammu, four in Delhi and one in Udhampur district.