Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Assembly polls ke pehle phase mein 11 baje tak 26.72% voter turnout record kiya gaya, Election Commission ne bataya. Polling ka shuruaat subah 7 baje tight security ke saath hui, jo 24 constituencies mein ho rahi thi across 7 districts. Yeh elections Article 370 abrogate hone ke baad pehli baar ho rahe hain.
J&K Assembly Polls
Officials ke mutabiq, Kashmir valley ke 16 assembly segments mein Pahalgam mein sabse zyada voting percentage 31.62% record kiya gaya, followed by Kokernag (ST) 29% aur DH Pora 27.74%. Anantnag mein sabse kam 16.9% voting record hui. Jammu region ke Inderwal seat par highest 40.36% polling hui.
Polls shaam 6 baje tak chalne wale hain, aur doosre do phases 25 September aur 1 October ko honge, jiska vote counting 8 October ko hoga.
Wednesday subah se kai booths par long queues dekhi gayi as log pehli baar Union Territory ke setup mein vote karne aaye. BJP-led government ne 5 August 2019 ko Article 370 abrogate kiya tha, jo J&K ko special status deta tha, aur state ko do Union Territories—J&K aur Ladakh mein divide kiya gaya tha.
Starting ke do ghanto mein 11.11% voter turnout record hua. Voters, especially women aur elderly log subah se polling booths ke bahar line mein lage dekhe gaye. Early morning breeze ke baad dhoop nikalne ke saath voting mein tezi aayi aur queues lambi hoti gayi.
Voters ne kaha ki J&K ke logon ko lambey samay baad apne assembly members choose karne ka mauka mil raha hai, aur log is chance ka pura fayda utha rahe hain. Kulgam ke Bashir Ahmad ne bola, “Aaj democracy ka festival hai. Hum 10 saal baad apne representatives ko choose kar rahe hain.”
Officials ne kaha ki sabhi arrangements, including security, theek se chal rahe hain aur polling smoothly ho rahi hai. Pehle phase ke 7 districts, jo Pir Panjal mountain range ke dono taraf hain, wahan voting ho rahi hai. 23 lakh se zyada voters 219 candidates ka future decide karenge, jisme 90 Independents bhi hain.
Kashmir ke kuch prominent candidates mein CPI (M) ke Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, NC ke Sakina Itoo, aur PDP ke Sartaj Madni aur Abdul Rehman Veeri hain. Jammu region mein Sajjad Kitchloo (NC), Khalid Najib Suharwardy (NC), Vikar Rasool Wani (Congress) aur Abdul Majid Wani (DPAP) jaise pramukh candidates hain.
In sab ke alawa former ministers aur experienced leaders bhi election mein apna kismat azma rahe hain. Kishtwar aur Doda districts mein bhi kai important faces poll mein hain.
