Kashmir News: After Srinagar, Baramulla breaks voter turnout record with 54 % polling till 5 pm in phase 5 today
Lok Sabha Elections 2024today, registered 54.21 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm, Election Commission of India said. This is a record of sorts for the constituency in north Kashmir for any general election held so far. The best turnout in last thirty-five year history of polling in Baramulla seat was 61.09 per cent, in 1984 general elections.
Follow all Live Updates on Phase 5 Polling here The Monday's turnout will be updated as one more hour of voting is left. The turnout for Baramulla was 46.65 per cent in 1996 general elections. Baramulla is one of the three seats in the Kashmir division of J&K—other than Srinagar and Anantnag-Rajouri—where the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has not fielded any candidates.
The seat comprises assembly segments in the Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora,and Budgam districts. Former J&K chief minister and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullahand Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) chief Sajad Lone are the main contenders for the seat. Independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is also in the fray, along with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Fayaz Ahmad Mir.
Also Read: Engineer Rashid, jailed under UAPA, electrifies phase 5 Lok Sabha contest in Baramulla today Srinagar voted in the fourth phase of polling on May 13, and Anantnag-Rajouri will go to the polls in the sixth phase on May 25. Srinagar recorded a record 38 percent voter turnout during the May 13 polling. This was thehighestvoting percentage in the constituency since the 1996 general elections, when 41 percent of voters exercised their franchise.
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