Srinagar: Chief Election Commission of India (CEC) Rajeev Kumar on Friday announced three-phased assembly polls for JK starting from September 18 and counting will be done on October 4.
“We had promised the shortest Assembly poll schedule and we stand by our promise. Elections in J&K will be held in three phases from September 18. Second phase will be on September 25 and third phase will be held on October 3. Counting of votes will be done on October 6,” the CEC Kumar said addressing a press conference in New Delhi.
The CEC said that there are 90 assembly constituencies of which 74 are general and 7 are Scheduled Cast and 9 seats belong to ST category people.
There are 87.9 lakh electors of which 44.46 are male and 42.36 lakh are female voters, he said, adding that Amarnath Yatra is concluding on August 19 and final electoral rolls will be published on August 20, a copy of which will be sent to all political parties.
Flanked by the two Election Commisoners—Gyanesh Kumar and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, the CED said that are 11838 total polling stations in J&K.
“Location wise, there are 9169 locations. It is pre-dominantly rural area as far as polling stations are concerned. There are 360 model polling stations,” the CEC said. (KNO)
