Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said that it is the responsibility of the Election Commission of India to ensure that vote counting on June 4 takes place in a proper manner.
The Srinagar constituency, which saw the first general election after the abrogation of Article 370 in J-K, recorded 37.99 per cent voting, according to the Information and PR Department, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This is the highest voter turnout in several decades.
Through the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 in Parliament, Article 370, which gave special constitutional privileges to the erstwhile state, ceased to exist. Jammu and Kashmir was split and reorganised into two UTs--Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh--in August 2019.
Srinagar voter turnout of 38 per cent in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is the highest in several decades. It was 14.43 per cent in 2019, 25.86 in 2014, 25.55 in 2009, 18.57 in 2004 and just 11.93 per cent in 1999.
As the fourth phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Monday, the Srinagar parliamentary constituency in Jammu and Kashmir recorded a voter turnout of 38 per cent, according to Election Commission data
A groom dressed in wedding attire arrived at Boys Hr Sec School Kangan in Srinagar parliamentary constituency to cast his vote on Monday in the fourth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Displaced from their native soil, their homes, hearths and loved ones, many of whom perished in the face of militancy and cross-border terrorism; migrant Kashmiri Pandits residing in Jammu turned out in numbers outside polling booths on Monday, in the hope, perhaps, of a homecoming in the
Making a big claim, marking a departure from the official party line, Waheed Ur Rehman Para, the PDP's Lok Sabha candidate from Srinagar, on Monday said violence in the erstwhile state has reduced significantly over the last five years.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah alleged that his party workers have been detained for the last two days and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the claims of normalcy in the Union Territory.
Voting for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is underway, marking the first parliamentary election in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.