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Polling for the fourth part of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir started on a boring be aware as fog and chilly climate saved most individuals indoors early on Monday, officers mentioned. The polling for 34 DDC seats — 17 in Kashmir division and 17 in Jammu division — started at 7 am however the turnout was much less at polling stations in the Valley on account of biting chilly, they mentioned.
Voter turnout is anticipated to choose up later in the day, and polling is scheduled to conclude at 2 pm, the officers.
There are 138 candidates, together with 48 ladies, in the fray in the Kashmir division, whereas in the Jammu division, 111 candidates, together with 34 ladies, are contesting in the fourth of the eight-phase DDC polls, which started on November 28.
By-elections to vacant panch and sarpanch seats in the Union Territory are additionally being held alongside with the DDC polls. There had been 123 sarpanch vacancies notified in the fourth part and out of these, 45 received stuffed unopposed. Polling is being carried out in 50 constituencies and 137 candidates, together with 47 ladies, are in the fray, the officers mentioned.
Out of the entire 1,207 panch vacancies notified in this part, 416 received stuffed unopposed. Voting is going down in 216 constituencies and there are 478 candidates, together with 129 ladies, in the fray, they mentioned.
In the fourth part, 7,17,322 persons are eligible to vote and this contains 3,76,797 males and three,40,525 ladies. Of the entire, 3,50,149 electors are from the Jammu division and three,67,173 are from the Kashmir division, the officers mentioned.
There are 1,910 polling stations arrange throughout the Union Territory for this part, out of which 781 are in the Jammu division and 1,129 are in the Kashmir division.
Out of the entire polling stations, 212 have been allotted for by-elections to vacant sarpanch seats and 219 for panch seats. The officers mentioned that 1,152 polling station have been categorised as hypersensitive and 349 as delicate.
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