Phase One: 77.80% turn out in 4 blocks
Rising Kashmir News
Srinagar, April 13: Heavy voter turnout marked an incident-free first phase of panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday. The poll percentage for the four blocks of Kashmir was recorded 77.80 per cent.
Official sources said unprecedented security arrangements was made for peaceful, fair and free elections. They said the polling started at 0800 hrs and ended till 1500 hrs.The blocks that went to polls today included Kangan, Badgam, Qoimoh and Kupwara in the Valley and Samba, Bishna and Udhampur in Jammu region.
Polling on a non-party basis covered a total 4,128 panchayats across the state and will be completed by May.
Ballot boxes were used instead of Electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the polls in which more than five million people are eligible to vote.
Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda had held a high-level meeting with senior police and paramilitary officers to ensure proper security to poll staff, candidates and voters.
Security for the polls has been reviewed by the various security and intelligence agencies here.
Despite the boycott call given by Syed Ali Geelani, people in large numbers came out to choose their representatives in Kashmir.
The voting passed of peaceful and incident-free in all the four blocks which went to polls in the first phase of the panchayat elections here," an official said.
The polls are being held after the state assembly elections of 2008 in which over 62 percent polling was recorded despite separatists' boycott call.
The last panchayat elections were held in the state in 2001.
An official spokesman while giving poll per centage of the blocks said 86.2 % polling took place in Kupwara, 77.87 % in Kangan, 72% in Budgam, 77.87% in Quimoh (Main), 77.34 in Quimoh (Partly), 80.49 % in Udhampur, 82% in Samba and 80 % in Bishnah with a total percentage of 80.77% in all the blocks.
Rising Kashmir News
Srinagar, April 13: Heavy voter turnout marked an incident-free first phase of panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday. The poll percentage for the four blocks of Kashmir was recorded 77.80 per cent.
Official sources said unprecedented security arrangements was made for peaceful, fair and free elections. They said the polling started at 0800 hrs and ended till 1500 hrs.The blocks that went to polls today included Kangan, Badgam, Qoimoh and Kupwara in the Valley and Samba, Bishna and Udhampur in Jammu region.
Polling on a non-party basis covered a total 4,128 panchayats across the state and will be completed by May.
Ballot boxes were used instead of Electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the polls in which more than five million people are eligible to vote.
Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda had held a high-level meeting with senior police and paramilitary officers to ensure proper security to poll staff, candidates and voters.
Security for the polls has been reviewed by the various security and intelligence agencies here.
Despite the boycott call given by Syed Ali Geelani, people in large numbers came out to choose their representatives in Kashmir.
The voting passed of peaceful and incident-free in all the four blocks which went to polls in the first phase of the panchayat elections here," an official said.
The polls are being held after the state assembly elections of 2008 in which over 62 percent polling was recorded despite separatists' boycott call.
The last panchayat elections were held in the state in 2001.
An official spokesman while giving poll per centage of the blocks said 86.2 % polling took place in Kupwara, 77.87 % in Kangan, 72% in Budgam, 77.87% in Quimoh (Main), 77.34 in Quimoh (Partly), 80.49 % in Udhampur, 82% in Samba and 80 % in Bishnah with a total percentage of 80.77% in all the blocks.
