Balloting Underway In Segment-Four Of Jammu And Kashmir Native Frame Polls
Balloting is going down in 216 constituencies and there are 478 applicants, together with 129 ladies.
Srinagar:
Polling for the fourth section of the District Building Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir started on a lifeless observe as fog and cold climate stored the general public indoors early on Monday, officers stated.
The polling for 34 DDC seats — 17 within the Kashmir department and 17 within the Jammu department — started at 7 am however the turnout was once much less at polling stations within the Valley because of biting chilly, they stated.
Voter turnout is anticipated to pick out up later within the day, and polling is scheduled to conclude at 2 pm, the officers.
There are 138 applicants, together with 48 ladies, within the fray within the Kashmir department, whilst within the Jammu department, 111 applicants, together with 34 ladies, are contesting within the fourth of the eight-phase DDC polls, which started on November 28.
By way of-elections to vacant panch and sarpanch seats within the Union Territory also are being held at the side of the DDC polls.
There have been 123 sarpanch vacancies notified within the fourth section and out of those, 45 were given crammed unopposed. Polling is being performed in 50 constituencies and 137 applicants, together with 47 ladies, are within the fray, the officers stated.
Out of the overall 1,207 panch vacancies notified on this section, 416 were given crammed unopposed. Balloting is going down in 216 constituencies and there are 478 applicants, together with 129 ladies, within the fray, they stated.
Within the fourth section, 7,17,322 individuals are eligible to vote and this comprises 3,76,797 males and three,40,525 ladies. Of the overall, 3,50,149 electors are from the Jammu department and three,67,173 are from the Kashmir department, the officers stated.
There are 1,910 polling stations arrange around the Union Territory for this section, out of which 781 are within the Jammu department and 1,129 are within the Kashmir department.
Out of the overall polling stations, 212 had been allocated for by-elections to vacant sarpanch seats and 219 for panch seats.
The officers stated that 1,152 polling station had been labeled as hypersensitive and 349 as delicate.
