Srinagar: The voting turnout for the phase-II of the Urban Local Bodies in Kashmir Valley remained paltry, recording a low of 3 percent while Jammu division saw whopping 76% voting.
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra on Wednesday evening said that overall 30% polling was witnessed in the Phase-II of Municipal Polls-2018 across J&K today.
Kabra said in Jammu division 76% polling was witnessed in 214 wards that went to polls today while Kashmir division witnessed 3% polling in 49 wards with Bandipora recording the highest 36% voting.
In Jammu division highest polling percentage of 84.6% was recorded in Reasi, the CEO said.
He said the cumulative polling percentage till date is 46.7% with 67.3% voting recorded in Jammu division and 8.34% in Kashmir Division in Phase-I and Phase-II.
The CEO said that 544 polling stations were designated across the State for Phase-II with 270 polling stations in Kashmir Division and 274 in Jammu Division.
He said 1029 candidates are in the fray for 263 Municipal Wards for Phase-II with 881 candidates in Jammu division and 148 in Kashmir division for Phase-II.
In the first two phases, he said, 436285 voters have exercised their franchise out of a total of 933,000 voters who were eligible to vote for these two phases.
