Yasmeen Manzoor
Srinagar, December 11(KNB):Voting for the final phase of the 2018 Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir began on Tuesday.
Polling began at 8 am and will end at 2 PM today.
As per officials,the polling is being held in different blocks of Kashmir’s nine districts- Kupwara, Bandipora, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Budgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag.
Meanwhile, 452 polling stations are being set up of which 346 have been categorised as sensitive.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer Jammu and Kashmir, 430 candidates are in the fray for 55 sarpanch and 138 panch seats while 68 sarpanch and 433 panch have been elected unopposed for this phase.
Security arrangements including Central Armed Police Force(CAPF) as well as Basic Minimum facilities have been ensured in all polling stations,he added.
While as,an electorate of 68745 is eligible for voting for sarpanch constituencies whereas 20688 for panch constituencies.(KNB)
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