Sixth phase of Panchayat elections of Jammu and Kashmir to begin today
In what is considered a celebration of democracy, the nine-phased Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat elections are going on in full swing and the polling for the sixth phase of Panchayat elections have begun. The voting for the sixth phase of Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir is being held in over the thousand and one hundred polling stations and the voting procedure had begun at eight am sharp today morning. There are a fit hundred and ten polling stations in the Kashmir region and more than two thousand seven hundred in the Jammu division of the state.
The numbers you need to know regarding the sixth phase of Panchayat elections of Jammu and Kashmir
According to officials, there are seven hundred and seventy-one polling stations, out of which four hundred and one are in Kashmir and the hundred and sixty-one in Jammu that has been put in the category of hypersensitive and will be requiring special attention during the sixth phase of Panchayat elections.
The officials also added, “As many as 7,156 candidates are contesting for 406 sarpanch and 2,277 panch seats in the sixth phase, while 111 sarpanches and 1,048 panches were elected unopposed,”
A good voter turnout is expected in the sixth phase of the Panchayat elections as well. This expectation is based on the seventy-one point one voter turnout in the fifth phase which is a good turn out. The sad part is that there was more than eighty-five per cent turnout in Jammu division and only thirty-four per cent in the Kashmir division. However, there are hopes for better in the remaining phases.
The result for the previous five phases has been announced the returning officers. The conduction of a fair and peaceful election is something every person in a democracy has a right to, no matter for which representative body the elections are for. The Panchayats work at the grass root level and are important to establishing peace in Kashmir and hence making these elections extremely important.
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