Aazan Manzoor
Srinagar, 1 Oct (KB): The third (last) phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections recorded an 28.12% voter turnout by 11am, official said.
“All the 40 assembly constituencies of seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir have recorded 28.12 percent voter turnout till 11am in the second phase of Assembly Elections in the Union Territory”, communicated the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K as per news agency Kashmir Bulletin
As per official district wise data available with KB reads that, Bandipora recorded 28.04% voter turnout, Baramulla 23.20%, Jammu 27.15%, Kathua 31.78%, Kupwara 27.34%, Samba 31.50% and Udhampur recorded 33.84% voter turnout till 11am.
The 3rd (last) phase of General Elections to J&K Legislative Assembly is ongoing in 40 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) across seven districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
In this phase, there are 39,18,220 lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise. Out of them, there are 20,09,033 male voters; 19,40,092 female voters and 57 third gender voters.
As many as 1.94 lakh youth between the age group 18-19 years, along with 35,860 Person with Disabilities (PwDs) and 32,953 elderly voters above the age of 85 are also eligible to exercise their franchise in this phase.
The respective District Administrations have made elaborative arrangements at all the polling stations for free, fair and transparent elections. (KB)
