The polling for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections has begun on Tuesday, with people queueing up at a polling station across 40 constituencies in seven districts of the Union Territory.
As Jammu and Kashmir's 40 constituencies go to the polls on Tuesday in the third and final phase of the Assembly election, the election officers here have set up pink polling stations to attract women voters.
An ECI delegation led by CEC Rajiv Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and SS Sandhu, is in Mumbai to review preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra over the next two days.
A high-level delegation of senior diplomats from USA, Mexico, Guyana, South Korea, Somalia, Panama, Singapore, Nigeria, Spain, South Africa, Norway, Tanzania, Rwanda, Algeria, and the Phillipines travelled to Kashmir to witness the ongoing assembly elections
A high-level delegation of senior diplomats from various countries arrived at different polling booths including Budgam and Srinagar on Wednesday to witness the polling process in Jammu and Kashmir.
As the second phase of polling commences in Jammu and Kashmir, people in several parts of the territory were seen waiting in the long queues, waiting for their turn to cast vote.
In a groundbreaking initiative, a pink polling station has been established in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district as Phase 2 of the assembly elections commenced on Wednesday.
Ahead of the second phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on September 25, the polling parties of Srinagar collected their electronic voting machines (EVMS) and dispatched for their respective polling stations on Tuesday.
Laying out the preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, District Collector and Election Officer Rajesh Sharma on Saturday said that all necessary facilities at the polling stations have been put in place.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda Range, Shridhar Patil said that long queues of voters were seen outside the polling stations since the polling began on Wednesday morning in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Polling parties of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Tuesday left for their designated polling stations with electronic voting machines (EVMs) ahead of the first phase of polling on Wednesday.