In Jammu and Kashmir, a voter turnout of 46.12 per cent was recorded up to 3 PM in the second phase of Assembly polls today. Long queues of enthusiastic voters are seen waiting for their turn to exercise their right to franchise.
The voting began at 7 AM in all the 3502 polling stations across 26 Assembly segments of the six districts of the Union Territory amid tight security arrangements. These districts are Reasi, Rajouri, and Poonch in Jammu region, and Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal in the Kashmir Valley. The polls are being held for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370.
Polling is underway in 26 constituencies spread over six districts of the Union Territory. About 25.78 lakh voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates in this phase. More than 15 thousand 5 hundred displaced Kashmiri Pandits from across the country are eligible to vote at 24 polling stations in the second phase.
