First phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand
First phase of assembly elections began on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security in Ganderbal, Bandipore and Doda districts. (Photo: PTI)- A total of of 33,61,938, including 15,77,090 women voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase to choose among the candidates, including 18 women and 72 independents. (Photo: PTI)
- All the 13 seats are spread over the six Maoist -affected districts of Palamu, Gumla, Lohardaga, Chatra, Garhwa and Latehar. (Photo: PTI)
- A landmine was detected at Hariharganj under Hussainabad Assembly constituency in Palamau district and was defused. (Photo: PTI)
- Sporadic incidents were reported in the first phase of the staggered five-stage Assembly elections in 13 constituencies in Maoist-hit areas of Jharkhand where 26.5 percent votes were cast in the first four hours of polling. (Photo: PTI)
- Gurez, an Assembly seat located along the Line of Control in North Kashmir, however, saw people braving the early morning chill as the area recorded 9.5 per cent polling. In Bandipore and adjacent Sonawari, four and 6.5 per cent votes were cast in
- In the prestigious Ganderbal area, which has been a traditional bastion of the Abdullah family for the last four decades, five per cent of polling had been recorded in the first hour. The adjacent Kangan Assembly seat recorded six per cent polling
- There were reports of a grenade attack near a polling station at Naidkhai in Sonawari area and Nowpora in Bandipore but police termed the incidents as a tyre burst, a version contradicted by CRPF personnel who were guarding the polling booth. (Photo
- Barring minor attempts to disrupt polling in Bandipore and in Sonawai Assembly seat, the voting was going on smoothly with people slowly coming out of their homes. (Photo: PTI)
First phase of assembly elections began on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security in Ganderbal, Bandipore and Doda districts. (Photo: PTI)
First phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand
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