Jammu & Kashmir: Very low polling was witnessed in the early hours of the 5th phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir today.
“A total of 1.36 per cent of the electorate cast their votes across the valley till 10 AM,” an official said.
Polling started at 7 a.m. in both the Lok Sabha seats, but it will end at 4 p.m. in Anantnag constituency and 6 p.m. in Ladakh constituency.
In the hilly Shahdab Karewa village of Shopian district, voters came out at an average rate to cast their vote and exercise their democratic rights.
In Ladakh, the contest is four-cornered between Jamyang Tsering Namgyal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rigzin Spalbar of the Congress and two independents, Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai and Sajjad Hussain.
There are 18 candidates in fray in Anantnag, but the main contest is between Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ghulam Ahmad Mir of Congress and Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi of the National Conference.
