Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Live: 50.65% voter turnout till 3 pm has been recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September, with the highest turnout recorded in Inderwal at 72.20 per cent and the lowest in Pulwama at 36.90 per cent.

Jammu and Kashmir is holding an Assembly election, its first as a Union Territory. In Phase 1 today, 24 constituencies go to polls. In Bijbehara, the family turf of the Muftis, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter is in the fray.

Polling for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections began on September 18 amid tight security arrangements. The voting process that began at 7 am will conclude at 6 pm, per the Election Commission of India.

As many as 219 candidates are competing in the first phase of voting today. As many as 23,27,580 electors are eligible to vote, according to the poll panel, in the first phase of voting today.

In the first phase of the three-phase polls, seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir, located on either side of Pir Panjal mountain range, are voting to choose their representatives

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Live Updates, Today: For the first time in three-and-a-half decades, Kashmir was witness to fearless campaigning, with enthusiastic public participation.

Authorities deployed thousands of additional police and paramilitary soldiers in the region where over 2.3 million residents are eligible to vote.

Voting for the regional elections in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir began on Wednesday, the first time in a decade. Turnout was 41 per cent in the morning of the first round of the three-phase polls,