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No women contestant for J&K in Lok Sabha elections to be held on April 10 4/9/2014 10:44:52 PM Jammu, Apr 9 : Jammu and Kashmir will go for first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday and the state has no female representation in the polls. The state has a total number of 19 candidates contesting and does not include a single female candidate. Jammu and Kashmir has a total of 6 constituencies and the polling is divided into five phases. A total number of 69,33,118 voters will participate in the Lok sabha elections from the state. A total of 4548 ballot units (EVM) and around 2274 control units will be made available amidst heavy security across the state for voting. Meanwhile, Election commission has set a poll expenditure limit of Rs. 70 lakhs per candidate. Around 30.74% voters are in the age group of 16-30 and a total of 47.24% voters are women.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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