Jammu-Kashmir Elections Conclude With Highest Voting In Last Phase, Turnout In Reserved Constituencies Above Average

The voting for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections has concluded with the highest voter turnout in the last phase of polling with almost 70 per cent voting.

The voter turnout for the first phase was 61.38 per cent, then dropped to 57.31 per cent in the second phase and then again jumped to 69.65 per cent in the last phase.

Moreover, this voter turnout is higher than in the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year. The average turnout in the seven districts that voted in the last phase was 66.78 per cent in the Lok Sabha election.

Notably, all assembly constituencies, reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, reported a voter turnout of above 70 per cent and their average turnout was higher than the overall turnout.

Marh assembly constituency, which reported the highest voter turnout of 81.47 per cent is also a SC-reserved seat. Terrorism-hit Sopore reported the least turnout of 45.32 per cent.