In Photos: Jammu and Kashmir votes for the first time in 10 years
Jammu and Kashmir held its first assembly election in the last 10 years, also a first since abrogation of Article 370. Around 23.27 lakh voters, including 5.66 lakh youths, will vote to elect leaders on state’s 90 constituencies. As many as 24 seats went to polls in the first of the three-phased election, which saw a turnout of 58.9 per cent voters until 5 pm
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Ink it! Voters show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting votes during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on September 18. This is the maiden assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in a Union Territory setup — also the first poll to elect an assembly in the last 10 years.
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Security arrangements were in place as voters queued up at voting stations. As many as 24 constituencies spread over seven districts of the Union Territory went to polls in Phase 1 of elections. Officials said the security arrangements included multi-tier forces from the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF), Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police, and J-K Police. PTI
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Sashastra Seema Bal personnel assist an elderly voter near a polling station. This time the main parties in the fray are the National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP). PTI
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A woman at a polling booth to cast her vote in Pulwama district, which is also one of the four south Kashmir districts including Anantnag, Kulgam, and Shopian going to polls in phase one. According to latest data, the Pulwama district recorded 36.3 per cent voter turnout. PTI
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A polling official welcomes a voter at a women-managed polling station in Srinagar. A similar pink booth was set up in Kishtwar district to encourage women voters. The booth is being operated by all-female staff with a heavy presence of security. PTI
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First time voters Rahila Younis (centre), Humaira Jan (left) and others show their voting slips as they wait to cast votes at a polling station at Bijbehara. Meanwhile, polling was also underway in the Chenab Valley districts, which had over 7.14 lakh eligible voters, to decide the fate of 64 candidates in the first phase of the assembly elections. PTI
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PDP supremo and Ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti arrives at a polling station in Bijbehara to cast her vote. This time Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija Mufti (37) is contesting from the Srigufwara-Bijbehara constituency. Earlier, the leader’s mother, Gulshan Ara, was also seen at a polling station. PTI
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A Kashmiri migrant shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote during the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, at Jammu & Kashmir House, in New Delhi. More than 35,000 displaced Kashmiri Pandits from across the country are eligible to vote at 24 polling stations in three-phased Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. PTI
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In the first assembly polls in J-K since the abrogation of Article 370, enthusiastic voters queued up at polling stations to exercise their franchise. Kishtwar (70.03 per cent) recorded highest voter turnout followed by followed by Doda(61.90 per cent), Ramban (60.04 per cent), Kulgam (50.57 per cent), Shopian (46.84 per cent), Anantnag (46.67 per cent) and Pulwama (36.90 per cent). PTI
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