Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Elections 2018: Voting Underway for Sixth Phase Amid Tight Security, 7156 Candidates in Fray

Jammu, December 1: Polling for the sixth phase of Panchayat elections began in Jammu and Kashmir at 8 am on Saturday amid high security and will end at 2 PM. Voting will be held at 3174 polling stations including 410 in Kashmir division and 2764 in Jammu division. According to details by state's Chief Electoral Officer, Shaleen Kabra, 7156 candidates in the fray for the 406 Sarpanch seats and 2277 Panch seats in Phase-VI while 111 Sarpanchs and 1048 Panchs have been elected unopposed in this Phase.

Kabra said 771 polling stations have been categorised as hypersensitive including 410 in Kashmir division and 361 in Jammu division. He added saying that Photo Voter Slips have been distributed among the voters to inform them of their polling station. Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Elections 2018: Voting Underway for Fifth Phase Amid Tight Security. 

The voting for the fifth phase of Panchayat elections was held on November 25 with a total voter turnout was 71.1 per cent. The Kashmir division recorded a 33.7 per cent turnout, while the Jammu region witnessed 85.2 per cent voting.  Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Elections 2018: Voting Underway for Fourth Phase, 5470 Candidates in Fray.

Reports inform that polling percentage was highest in Reasi district with 89.1 per cent voter turnout and was the lowest in Pulwama district with just 0.5 per cent. Meanwhile, in Poonch district, re-polling for Sarpanch seat in Sanai Panch Halqa of block Surankote witnessed a turnout of 79.78 per cent and deferred polling in Panchayat HalqaNonabandi witnessed a turnout of 92.23 per cent.

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