SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Threats from terrorist teams stored a majority of folks clear of polling booths in Kashmir valley the place the turnout used to be a paltry eight.3 according to cent, whereas in Jammu and Ladakh divisions over 65 according to cent of the electorate voted in the first section of city local frame polls on Monday, officials stated.
Polling on Monday used to be by and massive peaceful in the four-phase election to city local our bodies, which has been boycotted by two main regional parties -- the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In Kashmir valley, Bandipore recorded the bottom turnout at 3.3 according to cent and Kupwara the very best at 36.6 according to cent.
With no election rallies going down earlier than the first-phase polling in 58 wards in Kashmir valley, the fear of terrorist teams used to be glaring as most of the booths wore a deserted glance and at positive puts folks tried to hide themselves from the assembled media individuals.
In the election to 238 wards in Jammu department, the turnout used to be recorded at 65 according to cent. In Ladakh department's Leh and Kargil districts, 55.2 and 78.1 according to cent of the electorate respectively solid their votes till 4pm, when the balloting ended. Polling started at 7am.
Terrorist teams akin to Hizbul Mujahideen had threatened to "throw acid" at applicants and asked folks to stay indoors and now not solid their ballots. Streets in Kashmir valley wore deserted glance and stores and business institutions had been shut.
Two National Conference staff had been gunned down remaining week, slightly two days earlier than elections.
However, there used to be no poll-related violence reported in any part of the valley barring a small incident during which a BJP candidate used to be stuck in a minor stone-pelting incident.
"Only 7,057 voters of the 84,692 eligible persons turned up to vote in the wards which went to polls (in Kashmir Valley) on Monday. The polling was by and large peaceful," one of the crucial officials stated.
The polls to city local our bodies in Jammu and Kashmir might be held in four levels.
In North Kashmir, Kupwara Municipal Committee recorded a prime voter turnout of 36.6 according to cent, whilst 27.eight according to cent of the electorate exercised their franchise at wards of Handwara Municipal Committee.
Out of the 30,074 electorate in three wards of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation, 1,862 became up at heavily-fortified polling stations.
Budgam recorded a turnout of 17 according to cent, Anantnag 7.3 according to cent, Baramulla five.7 according to cent and Bandipora 3.3 according to cent, the officials stated.
Of the 150 polling stations in Kashmir department, 138 polling stations had been classified as "hypersensitive".
The polls had been introduced remaining month however two primary political parties -- the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) -- boycotted the elections accusing the Centre of now not taking a company stand at the protection of Article 35A of the Constitution which is going through a criminal problem in the Supreme Court.
Article 35A accords particular rights to permanent electorate of Jammu and Kashmir.
Terrorist teams had issued threats to someone collaborating in these polls, prompting applicants to avoid campaigning and now not cling rallies.
In several wards, especially the ones in south Kashmir, no candidate filed nomination papers for the polls.
For ensuring security of applicants, they had been moved to secure places and their main points were not made public.
The election government also stored the identities of the contesting applicants from the valley secret because of security causes, prompting the people to term these polls as "secret elections".
In Jammu, which witnessed elections to 238 wards, saw 56.7 according to cent of polling with 3,32,255 exercising their franchise.
The 2nd section covering 384 wards is scheduled for October 10, the third covering 207 wards on October 13 and the remaining section covering 132 wards on October 16. The counting of votes might be completed on October 20.
The remaining election to the municipal our bodies in the state used to be held in 2005 through secret ballots and the five-year term expired in February, 2010.
Expressing pleasure at the a hit outcome of the first-phase polling, Union minister Jitendra Singh stated that point is working out for politicians and political teams who thrived on militancy.
"The leaders who have been dissuading people from participating in the election process are the ones who have, over the last several decades, sought to project their indispensability by intimidating the genuine democratic forces. Nevertheless, however much they may try to thwart this phenomenon, even though unsuccessfully, there is going to be no looking back now," Singh, minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office, stated in Delhi, in obvious attack at the NC and the PDP.
He stated the common folks, in particular the early life, together with the ones from Kashmir Valley, have seen during the hypocrisy and duplicity of such leaders who call for "dynastic" autonomy for themselves, however don't reinforce "democratic" autonomy for duly-elected local representatives.
Polling on Monday used to be by and massive peaceful in the four-phase election to city local our bodies, which has been boycotted by two main regional parties -- the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In Kashmir valley, Bandipore recorded the bottom turnout at 3.3 according to cent and Kupwara the very best at 36.6 according to cent.
With no election rallies going down earlier than the first-phase polling in 58 wards in Kashmir valley, the fear of terrorist teams used to be glaring as most of the booths wore a deserted glance and at positive puts folks tried to hide themselves from the assembled media individuals.
In the election to 238 wards in Jammu department, the turnout used to be recorded at 65 according to cent. In Ladakh department's Leh and Kargil districts, 55.2 and 78.1 according to cent of the electorate respectively solid their votes till 4pm, when the balloting ended. Polling started at 7am.
Terrorist teams akin to Hizbul Mujahideen had threatened to "throw acid" at applicants and asked folks to stay indoors and now not solid their ballots. Streets in Kashmir valley wore deserted glance and stores and business institutions had been shut.
Two National Conference staff had been gunned down remaining week, slightly two days earlier than elections.
However, there used to be no poll-related violence reported in any part of the valley barring a small incident during which a BJP candidate used to be stuck in a minor stone-pelting incident.
"Only 7,057 voters of the 84,692 eligible persons turned up to vote in the wards which went to polls (in Kashmir Valley) on Monday. The polling was by and large peaceful," one of the crucial officials stated.
The polls to city local our bodies in Jammu and Kashmir might be held in four levels.
In North Kashmir, Kupwara Municipal Committee recorded a prime voter turnout of 36.6 according to cent, whilst 27.eight according to cent of the electorate exercised their franchise at wards of Handwara Municipal Committee.
Out of the 30,074 electorate in three wards of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation, 1,862 became up at heavily-fortified polling stations.
Budgam recorded a turnout of 17 according to cent, Anantnag 7.3 according to cent, Baramulla five.7 according to cent and Bandipora 3.3 according to cent, the officials stated.
Of the 150 polling stations in Kashmir department, 138 polling stations had been classified as "hypersensitive".
The polls had been introduced remaining month however two primary political parties -- the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) -- boycotted the elections accusing the Centre of now not taking a company stand at the protection of Article 35A of the Constitution which is going through a criminal problem in the Supreme Court.
Article 35A accords particular rights to permanent electorate of Jammu and Kashmir.
Terrorist teams had issued threats to someone collaborating in these polls, prompting applicants to avoid campaigning and now not cling rallies.
In several wards, especially the ones in south Kashmir, no candidate filed nomination papers for the polls.
For ensuring security of applicants, they had been moved to secure places and their main points were not made public.
The election government also stored the identities of the contesting applicants from the valley secret because of security causes, prompting the people to term these polls as "secret elections".
In Jammu, which witnessed elections to 238 wards, saw 56.7 according to cent of polling with 3,32,255 exercising their franchise.
The 2nd section covering 384 wards is scheduled for October 10, the third covering 207 wards on October 13 and the remaining section covering 132 wards on October 16. The counting of votes might be completed on October 20.
The remaining election to the municipal our bodies in the state used to be held in 2005 through secret ballots and the five-year term expired in February, 2010.
Expressing pleasure at the a hit outcome of the first-phase polling, Union minister Jitendra Singh stated that point is working out for politicians and political teams who thrived on militancy.
"The leaders who have been dissuading people from participating in the election process are the ones who have, over the last several decades, sought to project their indispensability by intimidating the genuine democratic forces. Nevertheless, however much they may try to thwart this phenomenon, even though unsuccessfully, there is going to be no looking back now," Singh, minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office, stated in Delhi, in obvious attack at the NC and the PDP.
He stated the common folks, in particular the early life, together with the ones from Kashmir Valley, have seen during the hypocrisy and duplicity of such leaders who call for "dynastic" autonomy for themselves, however don't reinforce "democratic" autonomy for duly-elected local representatives.
Local polls: Heavy turnout in Jammu and Ladakh; only 8.3% voting in Kashmir valley
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