Elaborate arrangements put in place for smooth & hassle-free voting
#JAMMU: In Jammu and Kashmir, the campaigning for third and final phase of assembly elections ended this evening. More than 39.18 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their electoral franchise during the 3rd and last phase of the Assembly Election to be held on 1st October across 40 Assembly Constituencies in 7 districts of the Union Territory.
Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for smooth, peaceful and incident free polling. The voting will take place from 7 AM to 6 PM. VOICE CAST The political fate of 415 candidates of various political parties and independent who are in the final electoral fray would be decided by more than 39.18 lakh eligible electors in the third and last phase of the assembly elections on October 1.
Out of 40 assembly seats, twenty four seats in Jammu and 16 in North Kashmir, likely to witness an intense face-off between arch rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress in Jammu while in Kashmir, INDI Alliance NC-Congress candidates will face Jammu Kashmir People Conference and Awami It ihad Party.
Some prominent fights for their political survival in this phase which includes former deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, who is Congress candidate for Chamb Constituency and facing four corner battle from BJP’s- Rajeev Sharma and two independent Satish Sharma and Narinder Singh Bhau, Congress working president Raman Bhalla from R S Pura Jammu south constituency, Former Minister and BJP Candidate Sham Lal Sharma who is facing Former Minister and National Conference candidate Ajay Sadhotra from Jammu North, Former Minister and Congress candidate from Basholi Choudary Lal Singh who is facing BJP’s Darsahn Singh, Panther Party leader and Former Minister Harsh Dev Singh fighting his own cousin and Panther Party colleague now BJP candidate Balwant Singh Mankotia from Udhampur’s Chenani assembly constituency. Democratic Progressive Azad Party of Ghulam Nabi Azad also fielded candidates but is fighting as an independent candidate.
The Election Commission of India has setup 5060 Polling stations across 7 districts of Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Udhampur, Samba, Kathua and Jammu for smooth and hasel free voting by the eligible elwctors. Four election staff, including Presiding Officer will be stationed in every polling station. In total, more than 20 thousand Polling staff has been deployed on duty for 3rd phase election.
A total 39 lakh 18 thousand 220 voters including 20 lakh 09 thousand 033 male, 19 lakh 40 thousand 092 female and 57 third gender voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the third phase of assembly elections. As many as 1.94 lakh youth between the age 18-19 years, along with 35,860 Person with Disabilities (PwDs) and 32,953 elderly voters above the age of 85 are also eligible to exercise their franchise in this phase. 24 special Polling Stations have been established for Migrant Voters of Kashmir Division, which includes 19 Special Polling Stations in Jammu, 4 in Delhi and 1 in Udhampur District.
