: Jammu and Kashmir DDC polls: 50% total voter turnout recorded in the fourth phase #IndiaNEWS The final voter turnout in the fourth phase of the District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir

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Jammu and Kashmir DDC polls: 50% total voter turnout recorded in the fourth phase #IndiaNEWS
The final voter turnout in the fourth phase of the District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir was recorded at 50.08% on Monday, data from the Election Commission showed.Jammu region recorded a turnout of 69.31%, while Kashmir division saw a turnout of only 31.95%. The highest turnout of 75.42% was recorded in Jammu’s Poonch district, and the lowest of 1.96% was registered in Shopian district of Kashmir.More than seven lakh voters will decide the fate of 249 candidates contesting in the fourth phase, reported PTI. Out of the 280 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 34 voted in this phase. This includes 17 each in Kashmir and Jammu divisions.In the 17 DDC constituencies of the Kashmir division, 138 candidates, including 48 women, were in the fray. In Jammu, 111 candidates, including 34 women, contested in this phase. A total of 7,17,322 electors were eligible to cast their votes in the fourth phase, of which, 3,76,797 are men and 3,40,525 women. Among them, 3,50,149 are from Jammu division and 3,67,173 are from Kashmir division.Polling was also held for the panchayat bye-polls in 50 vacant sarpanch seats and 216 vacant panchayat seats under the DDC constituencies. “There were 123 sarpanch vacancies notified in the fourth phase and...Read more

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