48.62 pc turnout in second phase of DDC polls in J&K
| Date :02-Dec-2020 |
SRINAGAR :
A 48.62 per cent turnout was recorded in the second phase of polling in District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir which passed off peacefully on Tuesday. Jammu region witnessed 65.54 per cent voting, while Kashmir Valley recorded an average of 33.34 per cent turnout, State election commissioner K K Sharma told reporters here. Bandipora district recorded the highest turnout in Kashmir at 69.66 per cent which was the third-highest in the Union Territory.
A turnout of 51.76 was recorded in the first phase on November 28-- 64.2 per cent in the Jammu division and 40.65 per cent in the Kashmir division. The election is significant as it is the first major democratic exercise since the Centre abrogated Article 370 that gave Special Status to J&K and bifurcated the State into two Union Territories in August year.
Poonch recorded the highest turnout of 75 per cent on Tuesday, while Pulwama retained its position at the bottom, as in the first phase, with just 8.67 per cent people casting their votes. Out of the 280 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 43 went to polls in the second phase with 25 in Kashmir and 18 in the Jammu division. Voting was held in 43 DDC constituencies including 25 in Kashmir and 18 in the Jammu region in the first phase.
