News Politics National First phase polls: Huge voter turnout recorded in both Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir

First phase polls: Huge voter turnout recorded in both Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir

New Delhi:  Jammu and Kashmir today notched up one its “highest” polling figures with over 70 per cent voting recorded in the first phase of Assembly polls while a turnout of about 62 percent was

5:15pm- 70 per cent polling in 15 constituencies in the first phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir:EC

5:00pm- 61.92 per cent votes were cast in the first phase of polls in 13 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand

3:00pm- Jharkhand : Gumla 58%, bishunpur 59%, manika 58%, latehar 60%, panki 63%, daltanganj 65.27%, bishrampur 62%, chatrpur 60%, husainabad 67.3%, garwa 64.28%, bhavnathpur 69.60%, Lohardaga 63%

2.00pm- Jammu and Kashmir:  GUREZ 67.8%, BANDIPORA 51.76%, SONAWARI 55.89%, KANGAN 63.52%, GANDERBAL 48.63%, NUBRA 56.4%, LEH 34%, KARGIL 30.6%, ZANSKAR 22.82%

11:55 am: J&K: 14.69 per cent polling recorded at six seats till 10 am

11:48 am: J&K: Blast outside polling booth in Naupura

11:24am- Jharkhand: 29 per cent polling till 11 am

10:10 am: Jharkhand: 15 per ent polling till 10 am

09:20 am: Jharkhand: 12 per cent polling till 9 am

09:02 am: 1st phase of voting today, good luck to all the voters braving the cold weather. Vote in large numbers & vote with your hearts: Omar Abdullah

09:00 am: Good luck to all my colleagues whose electoral fates will be determined today: Omar Abdullah

08:00 am: Jharkhand: Four landmines recovered in Palam's Hariharganj

07:49 am: I particularly call upon my young friends in J&K and Jharkhand to turnout in large numbers & cast their votes: PM Narendra Modi

07:48 am: As polls begin in J&K and Jharkhand, I urge my sisters & brothers in these States to go out & vote in large numbers: PM Narendra Modi

07:00 am: Polling begins in J&K and Jharkhand