SRINAGAR Moderate polling was witnessed in the early hours of the first phase of panchayat election in Kashmir Valley on Saturday as nearly twenty per cent of voters exercised their franchise till 11 AM.
“A total of 19.9 per cent of the electorate cast their votes at 283 polling locations across the valley till 11 AM,” an official said.
They said 27,041 votes were polled in the first three hours of the poll conducted in 16 blocks in six districts of the valley.
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The officials said the total number of electorate in these polling stations is 1,35,774.
In 10 blocks of Ladakh region having 130 polling locations, the officials said 2,938 votes were polled in the first two hours.
The total electorate in these polling stations is 25,906 and the voting percentage till 11 AM is 11.3 per cent.
The total voting percentage in Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, at 11 AM is 18.5 per cent, the officials said.
Voting began at 8 AM and would end at 2 PM, officials said.
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