Jammu & Kashmir Elections 2024 Phase 3 Polling Live Updates: Voter Turnout Reaches 28.12% By 11 AM Across 40 Seats

Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live Updates: The voting began at 7am and will conclude around 6pm, till the voters arrive. Conting of votes and results are scheduled for October 8.

Jammu and Kashmir Elections 2024 Live Updates: J&K is voting for the third and final phase of the assembly elections on Monday (October 1). A total of 3.9 million voters will declare the fate of 415 candidates in fray for 40 assembly seats. Polling booths are set up across seven districts: Jammu, Udhampur, Samba and Kathua in the Jammu region and Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara in north Kashmir. 

The voting began at 7am and will conclude around 6pm, till the voters arrive. Conting of votes and results are scheduled for October 8. 

This is the first election in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. 

Political stalwarts like BJP and Congress along with regional parties like PDP, PC, JKPC are locking horns for the total  of 90 assembly seats. 

Key Candidates: 

Notable candidates in the third phase of polling include People's Conference chairman and former minister Sajjad Lone, along with National Panthers Party India president Dev Singh. Among Jammu and Kashmir ministers, Raman Bhalla (R S Pura), Usman Majid (Bandipora), Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurez), Taj Mohiuddin (Uri), Basharat Bukhari (Wagoora-Kreeri), Imran Ansari (Pattan), Ghulam Hassan Mir (Gulmarg), and Choudhary Lal Singh (Basohli) are also key contenders. 

01 October 2024

01 October 2024 12:03 IST

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Polls Phase 3 Live: Voter Turnout By 11AM

According to Election Commission of India, as of 11 in the morning a total of 28.12% voter turnout has been recorded in the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. District-wise, voter participation stands at 28.04% in Bandipore, 23.20% in Baramulla, 27.15% in Jammu, and 31.78% in Kathua. In Kupwara, the turnout is 27.34%, while Samba and Udhampur have reported 31.50% and 33.84% respectively. The final phase is being closely monitored as voters across these regions head to the polls to cast their ballots in a crucial election for the state.

01 October 2024 10:14 IST

J&K Polls Phase 3 Live: Over 11 per cent polling till 9 am 

According to data from the Election Commission (EC), voter turnout reached 11.60 percent within the first two hours of polling for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on Tuesday.