The first assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019 saw phase one conclude peacefully with a voter turnout of 50.65% by 3 pm. Political leaders called for high voter participation, emphasizing future stability,

A turnout of about 59 percent, the highest in the past seven elections -- was recorded in the first phase of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole said, adding polling passed off peacefully.

Chief Electoral Officer PK Pole announced that this marks the highest voter turnout in the last seven Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the region.

The first phase of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 59 percent voter turnout, the highest in seven elections. Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole announced that the polling proceeded peacefully.

Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

Srinagar: There was not a significant change from 2014 in the voter turnout in the 24 segments that voted in phase one of Jammu and Kashmir polls on Wednesday, the first assembly elections since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.

In 2014, the total voter turnout across all seats was 65.52 per cent. Ten years back, Kishtwar had recorded 78.1 per cent and Pulwama 38.1 per cent

In 2018, former minister Chaudhary Lal Singh had attended a rally in support of the accused persons in the Kathua rape and murder case.

About 2.3 million voters cast their ballots for 24 of the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly. The poll is the first since the region’s special status was repealed in 2019. The turnout should