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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (September 19) said the Bharatiya Janata Party is committed to restoring the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir. While addressing an election rally rally in Srinagar, Modi hailed the voter turnout in the first phase on September 18. "It is a matter of pride that people voted in large numbers in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir polls.
Previous records (poll percentage) were broken in many seats. Today, the world is seeing how people of the Union Territory are strengthening the democracy of India, I congratulate you for this," he said. A voter turnout of more than 61% was recorded in the first phase of assembly polls covering 24 segments across seven districts in the UT, the Election Commission (EC) said.
Kishtwar district recorded the highest 80.14% polling followed by Doda (71.34%) and Ramban (70.
55%) in the Chenab valley region of Jammu. In south Kashmir, Kulgam district led the turnout chart with 62.46% followed by Anantnag district (57.
84%), Shopian district (55.96%) and Pulwama district (46.65%), the EC said.
Modi added that the election in the valley took place without the shadow of terror for the first time. "A new history has been written by people of Jammu and Kashmir, this shows that aspirations of people have touched new heights," he said. This was the first assembly elections in the UT post abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
The last assembly elections were held in 2014. The EC said the voter participation in the seven districts exceeded the participation during the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a voter turnout of 58.
58%, the highest in the last 35 years. Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls in three phases. The first phase was held on September 18, the second phase is on September 25 and the third phase is on October 1.
The result for the 90-member Assembly is on October 8..
