Jammu and Kashmir civic polls phase 3 updates: Polling underway on 300 booths for 96 wards in state
Jammu and Kashmir civic polls phase 3 LIVE updates: Polling began Saturday for the third and penultimate phase of municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir to seal the fate of 365 candidates in the fray across the state. Polling began at 6 am amid stringent security arrangements, officials said.
 "Jammu and Kashmir civic polls phase 3 updates: Polling underway on 300 booths for 96 wards in state")
Trend of abysmal turnout unlikely to change, say officials
There is little hope of any change in the trend of low voter turnout in the Valley as most of the wards in the Saturday’s poll fall in the separatist hotbed of downtown Srinagar and south Kashmir. The polling for the third phase started at around 6.05 am in all the 4 districts after the mock poll was conducted.
Of the 40 wards going to polls on Saturday, 20 fall in Srinagar city’s downtown area, where the voter turnout has been generally low since the eruption of militancy in the state in 1989. The voter turnout, however, is expected to be high in 13 wards in the Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, which has traditionally been a high polling area. A similar trend might be seen in seven wards in the Mattan area of Anantnag district, which has a significant Kashmiri migrant population.
Voter turnout likely to be high in Uri
Voter turnout is expected to be high in 13 wards in the Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, which has traditionally been a high polling area. A similar trend might be seen in seven wards in the Mattan area of Anantnag district, which has a significant Kashmiri migrant population.
Jammu & Kashmir: Voting underway for the third phase of urban local body polls; #visuals from a polling station in Baramulla's Uri pic.twitter.com/bivBD9rFE4
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Polling to take place in 96 of 207 wards
A total of 207 wards in the state were scheduled to go to polls in the third phase, but polling is being held only in 96 wards — 56 in Samba district in Jammu division and 40 in the Valley. Of the remaining 111, candidates were elected unopposed on 49 wards, while no one came forward to contest polls in 62 wards — mostly falling in Pulwama and Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
Polling underway for phase 3 of Jammu and Kashmir local body elections
Voting is underway for the third phase of Jammu and Kashmir local body polls, but there is little hope of any change in the trend of low voter turnout in the Valley as most of the wards fall in the separatist hotbed of downtown Srinagar and south Kashmir. The polling for the third phase started at around 6.05 am in all the 4 districts after the mock poll was conducted.
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