34 constituencies went to voting, day remained peaceful, Democracy getting deepened in UT, no lack of nominations in DDC seats anywhere, for vacant panchayat seats elections will be held after harsh winter period: SEC K K Sharma
Abid Bashir
Srinagar, Dec 07 (KNO): State Election Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma Monday said that the fourth phase of ensuing District Development Council (DDC) polls in J&K recorded 50.08 percent voting while no untoward incident was reported anywhere in the UT.
Addressing a press conference in Jammu, Sharma said that 1916 polling stations were set up for the phase-4 of the DDC polls across J&K and that 364527 voters exercised their right to vote.
“People in large numbers came out to vote in J&K. In total, 34 constituencies went to polls—17 each in Kashmir and Jammu,” Sharma said as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
He said that phase one of the DDC polls recorded 50.3 percent voting, second phase witnessed 48.02 voting. “Today in Jammu region, Poonch district of Jammu topped in the voting percentage at 70.42 percent while in Kashmir Ganderbal district topped with the total polling percentage at 56.28 percent,” the SEC said as per KNO.
He said that there is no lack of nomination for the DDC polls across J&K. “Each district has 14 DDCs. There may be some vacant seats in Panchayat polls and for that elections will be held once the Chilla-e-Kalaam (40 day-harsh winter period) starting from December 21,” he said.
The SEC said that it was for the first time that democracy was getting deeper in J&K as a UT—(KNO)
