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| Kishtwar records 67.35% polling as people dare inclement weather | | Azad has an edge in erstwhile Doda district | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Apr 17: Braving inclement weather, the Kishtwar District of Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Parliamentary seat recorded 67.35% voter turnout on two assembly segments Kishtwar 65.35% and 69.25% on Inderwal constituency.
Large number of people cast their votes early morning despite chilly weather, but the polling picked up as the sun came out. Heavy rains in the afternoon did not deter the voters.
Reports said out of 1,54,274 registered voters in 225 polling stations of two constituencies of Kishtwar and Inderwal, 103978 votes were polled. These include d 46912 female voters as well.
The mood of the people reflected an advantage for the Congress not only in Kishtwar but other parts of erstwhile Doda district including Ramban and Doda. Doda District witnessed 68.41% and 63.22% voter turnout.
Reports also suggested a swing in favour of Congress in Kathua and Udhampur Districts. However, neck to neck fight with BJP is expected.
The impact of last year's communal violence, arrest of encounter specialist police official Shiv Krishan Sharma and recent Kathua terror attack had an impact with Hindu voters opting for the BJP and Muslims choosing the Congress.
The political analysts feel that record voting of 69% which is 24% more than last Parliamentary election has confused the poll analysts as well. The voters of erstwhile Doda district were happy as no untoward incident was reported.
Meanwhile as per details given by Chief Electoral Officer Jammu and Kashmir Umang Narula, around 69% electorates cast their vote in today's polling for Udhampur Parliamentary Constituency, which concluded this evening. This is about 24% more than the polling percentage of last Parliamentary election. He said the polling was held in a peaceful atmosphere and so far no untoward incident was reported from any part of the constituency and in order to ensure that the polling is done in various inaccessible areas of the hilly districts 45 air sorties were done and 545 poll staff /personnel were airlifted .He further said that 1272 vehicles were also put in use for transportation of polling personnel and material. The Chief Electoral Officer said that the constituency was spread over large Geographical area covering six districts for which as many as 2051 polling station at 1798 locations were set up, which included 198 critical/hypersensitive ones. He said that in order to improve the voting experience of the voters, 53 model polling stations were established with innovative facilities and added that web casting was done on 68 Polling Stations and 337 digital and 132 video cameras were deployed. He said that 269 micro observers were also deployed and 2772 EVMs were used in today's polling. He appreciated the District machinery of Jammu Division for their efforts for synergizing various aspects of election management for ensuring smooth conduct of the electoral process. The CEO said 13 candidates were in the fray for the constituency which comprised 1468886 numbers of electors including 681206 female and 787680 male voters. |
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