51.51% Voter Turnout in Phase 6 of First DDC Elections in J&K

Voters are braving the cold and following social distancing protocol to cast their votes in the elections.

Voters queue up outside a polling station to cast their votes for the fifth phase of District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on Dec 10, 2020.

(Photo: IANS)

The sixth phase of District Development Council polls saw an overall polling percentage of 51.51 per cent on Sunday, 13 December.

While Kashmir registered a voter turnout of 31.55 per cent, Jammu recorded the polling percentage at 68.56, according to the Cheif Election Officer of the Union Territory.

There are 31 constituencies that cast their vote on Sunday – with 14 in Kashmir and 17 in Jammu – in the first-ever DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir, reported ANI.

Voting was also be held for 334 panch and 77 sarpanch seats today. Out of 7.48 lakh voters, 3.90 lakh are male and 3.57 lakh are female voters who will decide the fate of 245 candidates, of which there are 124 candidates in Kashmir, with 47 women candidates, and 121 candidates in Jammu, with 53 women candidates, reported ANI.

Voters braved the cold to cast their votes in the 17 DDC constituencies in Jammu and 14 DDC constituencies of Kashmir division. A total of 2,071 polling stations had been designated with 1,208 in the Kashmiri division and 864 in the Jammu division, reported ANI.

All necessary arrangements such as election material, precautionary social distance measures for COVID-19, security arrangements for voting and manpower were also in place, reported ANI.

(With inputs from ANI)