J-K Urban Local Body Elections: 3.49% turnout in Valley, Samba records 82% voting in third phase
Elections | October 13, 2018 18:40 ISTThe frontier town of Uri in Baramulla district recording a 75.34 per cent turnout in the Valley.
The frontier town of Uri in Baramulla district recording a 75.34 per cent turnout in the Valley.
The second phase witnessed overall voter turnout of 31.3 percent out of total electorate of 3.47 lakh in the state.
Azad Singh Raju, 62, voted at the Sunaari Mohalla polling station in Ramban and collapsed soon after. "He was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead," a police officer said.
There are in total four phases. The first phase of polling took place on Monday. Third and fourth phases of voting will be done on October 13 and October 16, respectively.
There was poor turnout in the Kashmir Valley in the first phase of the civic polls that took place amid boycott calls by the two key parties in the state -- the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party.
Jammu and Kashmir Urban Local Body Polls: The last election to the municipal bodies in the state was held in 2005 through secret ballots and the five-year term expired in February 2010.
The first phase of polling will be followed by the second phase on October 10 (covering 384 wards) and third phase covering 207 wards on October 13. The final phase will be on October 16, covering 132 wards.
The state will vote for municipal body polls after 13 years. The last poll were held in 2005. The five year term of the elected body ended in February, 2010.
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