Nearly 40 per cent of migrant Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu cast their ballots in the second phase of polling for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, September 25, officials said. The polling was held at 24 stations set up in Jammu, Delhi and Udhampur. “Nearly 40 per cent polling was registered at 19 polling stations in Jammu, followed by 37 per cent in Udhampur and 43 per cent in Delhi in the second phase of the Assembly elections,” Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner Arvind Karwani told PTI.
According to official figures, a total of 6,250 voters, including 3,514 men and 2,736 women, cast their ballots.
The highest number of 2,796 votes were polled in the Habakadal constituency, which was once a bastion of Kashmiri Pandits, followed by 909 in Lal Chowk, and 417 in Zadibal.
In the first phase of the polls, 27 per cent voter turnout among the displaced Kashmiri Pandits was reported at 19 polling stations in Jammu while 31.39 per cent was reported at one polling station in Udhampur. While 9,218 Kashmiri Pandits out of 34,000 exercised their franchise for the South Kashmir seats in Jammu in the first phase of the elections on September 18, 6,250 voters out of over 15,500 voted for the Central Kashmir seat in the second phase.