The Chief Electoral Officer said 10,000 personnel were posted for election duty and 800 vehicles were used to ferry them and poll material.
He said the Election Commission had deployed five observers including three General Observers, one Expenditure Observer and one Police and Security Observer. Besides, he said the Commission has deployed 201 Micro Observers and webcasting of 60 booths was also done.
Narula said the Commission had set up 2,274 polling booths at 1,582 locations out of which 68 were declared as critical. He said 2,274 electronic machines were used for the purpose. He said video recordings were also done to ensure free and fair polls.
The CEO said 19 candidates were in the fray for the constituency which comprised 18,48,553 electors including 8,71,212 female and 97,7328 male voters.
In Gursia polling station in Mendhar teshil of Poonch district a clash broke out between polling agents of PDP and NC resulting in injury to one PDP worker, police said. In Cherian polling station of Rajouri district, there were clashes between polling agents resulting in injuries to three persons.
In Poonch, people boycotted polling at four polling station of Mandi, Baila, Arichul and Marnote in protest against the inclusion of area in Surankote assembly segment, while the area has been a part of the Poonch Assembly segment in the past.
Senior district officials have rushed to the area to pacify the voters. No votes were polled in these polling stations, they said.
