Over 23 lakh voters will resolve the destiny of 219 candidates, together with 90 independents, who’re working for 24 meeting segments – eight in three districts of Jammu area and 16 in 4 districts of Kashmir valley.
Seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir, situated on both aspect of Pir Panjal mountain vary, will vote for the first time in an meeting election in 10 years because the stage is about for phase 1 polling within the union territory on Wednesday.
Over 23 lakh voters will resolve the destiny of 219 candidates, together with 90 independents, who’re working for 24 meeting segments — eight in three districts of Jammu area and 16 in 4 districts of Kashmir valley.
This would be the first meeting elections in Jammu and Kashmir for the reason that abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
According to the Election Commission (EC), a complete of 23,27,580 electors are eligible to vote in phase 1, comprising 11,76,462 male, 11,51,058 feminine and 60 third-gender electors.
“As many as 1.23 lakh youth between the age 18 to 19 years, along with 28,309 Person with Disabilities (PwDs) and 15,774 elderly voters above the age of 85 are also eligible to exercise their franchise in phase one,” an EC official stated.
The official stated a complete of 14,000 polling workers will oversee the method at 3,276 polling stations, making certain easy conduct of the polls.
“There are 302 urban polling stations and 2,974 rural polling stations. Four election staff, including the Presiding Officer, will be stationed in each polling station. In total, more than 14,000 polling staff will be deployed on duty for the 1st phase election,” he stated.
“As the first phase of voting will take place on September 18, Jammu and Kashmir police have made elaborate security arrangements for the assembly polls so that maximum number of people can exercise their right to vote,” Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone V Ok Birdi advised PTI.
The safety preparations embody multi-tier forces from the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF), Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police and J-Ok Police, Birdi added.
Prominent candidates in Kashmir embody CPI (M)’s Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, AICC basic secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, National Conference’s Sakina Itoo, and PDP’s Sartaj Madni and Abdul Rehman Veeri. PDP’s Iltija Mufti, working from Bijbehara, is in a triangular contest with NC’s Bashir Ahmad Veeri and BJP’s Sofi Mohammad Yousuf.
Prominent candidates in Kashmir embody CPI (M)’s Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, who’s in search of a fifth consecutive time period from Kulgam phase. AICC basic secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir is hoping for a 3rd time period from Dooru, whereas National Conference’s Sakina Itoo is in search of one other time period from Damhal Hajipora. PDP’s Sartaj Madni (Devsar) and Abdul Rehman Veeri (Shangus-Anantnag) are additionally key candidates to be careful for.
However, all eyes can be on Srigufwara-Bijbehara and Pulwama meeting segments the place PDP’s Iltija Mufti and Waheed Para are contesting polls, respectively.
Iltija Mufti, the third technology politician from her household to run for workplace from Bijbehara, is in a triangular contest with NC’s Bashir Ahmad Veeri and BJP’s Sofi Mohammad Yousuf.
However, Para — an accused in a terror case — faces stiff problem from his former celebration colleague Mohammad Khalil Bandh, who’s now contesting on NC ticket. The contest right here has been spiced up by the entry of a former member of banned Jamaat-e-Islami Talat Majid Alie. Tarigami additionally faces an identical candidate in Sayar Ahmad Reshi.
In Jammu, attempting their luck are former ministers Sajjad Kitchloo (NC), Khalid Najid Suharwardy (NC) Vikar Rasool Wani (Congress), Abdul Majid Wani (DPAP), Sunil Sharma (BJP), Shakti Raj Parihar (Doda west) and Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, a three-time MLA who’s combating as an impartial after he was denied ticket by DPAP which he had joined after quitting Congress in help of Ghulam Nabi Azad two years in the past.
Former MLA Daleep Singh Parihar (BJP), former MLC Firdous Tak and Imtiyaz Shan (PDP), NC’s Pooja Thakur who’s sitting chairperson of district improvement council Kishtwar, BJP’s younger face Shagun
Parihar, whose father Ajit Parihar and uncle Anil Parihar had been killed by terrorists in November 2018, and Mehraj din Malik of AAP are amongst different distinguished faces within the fray.
Even because the National Conference (NC) and the Congress are in alliance, each the events have fielded candidates in Banihal, Bhaderwah and Doda underneath ‘pleasant contest’, whereas a insurgent NC chief Pyare Lal Sharma is combating as an impartial from Inderwal and two BJP rebels, Rakesh Goswami and Suraj Singh Parihar, are additionally attempting their luck from Ramban and Padder-Nagseni constituencies.
The constituencies going to the polls on Wednesday embody Pampore, Tral, Pulwama, Rajpora, Zainapora, Shopian, DH Pora, Kulgam, Devsar, Dooru, Kokernag (ST), Anantnag West, Anantnag, Srigufwara-Bijbehara, Shangus-Anantnag East, Pahalgam, Inderwal, Kishtwar, Padder-Nagseni, Bhadarwah, Doda, Doda West, Ramban and Banihal.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is revealed from PTI)
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