Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: After completion of the polling for the third and final phase of the three-phased Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, a meeting of the Core Group of the BJP will be held on Tuesday evening to discuss the situation. Highly placed sources said that BJP’s Core Group will seek feedback from workers up to the polling booth level to get an exact picture of the party’s chances in the crucial 24 assembly segments of Jammu province. Sources said that survey teams deputed by the BJP’s high command have suggested that the party is going to perform excellently on these 24 seats but a real picture would emerge only after getting feedback from the polling booth agents who will present date to their respective Mandal presidents after completion of the polling.
Sources said that Prabharis of all the 24 seats have been asked to prepare a detailed polling booth vise report of their respective constituencies.
As reported earlier, the BJP is hoping to retain the tally of 2014 on Jammu, Samba, Udhampur, and Kathua assembly seats.
Meanwhile, the stage is all set for the third and final phase of assembly elect The BJP Core Group meeting will be held on Tuesday evening to discuss the situation.
The party’s Core Group will seek feedback to get an exact picture of the party’s chances in Jammu province.
Prabharis of all the 24 seats have been asked to prepare detailed reports.
The fate of 415 candidates will be determined by over 39.18 lakh voters.
The third phase will cover 40 Assembly segments across seven districts of Jammu & Kashmir. These include Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora in the Kashmir Division while as Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Samba in the Jammu Division.
According to the latest electoral rolls, 39,18,220 voters are eligible to cast their ballots in this phase, comprising 20,09,033 male voters, 19,09,130 female voters and 57 third-gender voters.
Underlining the significance of the role to be played by youth of Jammu and Kashmir in strengthening the democracy, as many as 1.94 lakh youths voters aged 18 to 19 are eligible to vote in 3rd phase of Assembly Election.
This phase will also see participation from 35,860 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and 32,953 voters above the age of 85.
To facilitate the voters for smooth and hassle free electoral participation, Election Commission of India (ECI) has established 5,060 polling stations with 100% webcasting across 40 Assembly Constituencies. These include 974 Urban Polling Stations and 4,086 Rural Polling Stations. | 