2014 Jammu and Kashmir Phase II Assembly Election for 18 Seats Tuesday Dec 02,2014

 

Out of the 175 candidates in fray in 18 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir which are going to polls in the second phase on Tuesday, 97 or more than 50 per cent are not graduates and nine have criminal cases against them

Nine seats in Jammu and as many in Kashmir are going to polls in the second phase with 175 candidates in fray, including several high-profile candidates like former separatist Sajad Lone and four state ministers

A total of 15,35,087 voters, including 8,12,809 men and 7,22,269 women, will decide the fate of Four ministers of the Congress-NC coalition government, 16 former ministers and sitting legislators are among the 175 candidates at 2181 polling stations in on December 02,2014

 

J&K records 71% voter turnout in second phase of polls despite separatist calls for a boycott

All shops in the border town of Handwara were closed and only a few private vehicles were seen plying on the roads on Tuesday. 

The serene atmosphere was not on account of a strike, as is usually the case, but because people had gone to polling booths to exercise their franchise. 

People lined up in long queues at Handwara’s Higher Secondary School, where four booths were set up, to cast their votes in the second phase of voting in Jammu and Kashmir. 

 

Interestingly, queues for women voters were longer than those for men.

The voter turnout in the state on Tuesday was higher than the 68.79 per cent recorded during the 2008 Assembly polls. 

107-year-old Khazer Mohammad turns up to vote in J&K