19/04/2019
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Apr 18: Seventy per cent voting was recorded in Udhampur LokSabha seat on Thursday, while the trend of low turnout continued in Srinagar with 14.8 per cent voters exercising their franchise in the constituency where polling was held in tight security amid militant threats and boycott call by separatists.
The polling for the second phase of LokSabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir remained peaceful and incident-free, Chief Electoral Officer Shailendra Kumar told reporters.
In the 2014 general election, Srinagar had witnessed a turnout of 25.86 per cent which fell to 7.2 per cent in the 2017 Lok Sabha by poll. Udhampur had witnessed 70.9 per cent polling in 2014.
Kumar said Srinagar district recorded the lowest turn out of 7.69 per cent while Reasi district in Udhampur constituency recorded the highest of 73 per cent among the nine district where polling was conducted Thursday in the state.
According to sources, as many as 90 polling booths, mostly in downtown Srinag...