Kashmir News: Anantnag-Rajouri breaks voter turnout record with over 51 % polling in Phase 6, highest since 1984
Election Commission of India.This is the highest voter turnout recorded in the redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri seat – earlier known as Anantnag – since the 1984 general elections when it recorded 70 per cent polling. Saturday's 5 pm turnout is expected to rise further with an hour of voting left.
The seat, earlier known as Anantnag, was one of the 58 seats that voted in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on May 25. It is one of the three seats in the Kashmir Valley—other than Srinagar and Baramulla—where theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has not fielded any candidates.
The saffron party is, however, informally supporting local parties to keep the National Conference and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at bay.Follow all Live Updates on Lok Sabha Elections Phase 6 HereThe seat witnessed a three-way contest in the first election after the abrogation of Article 370 and redrawing of its political map. PDP chief, Mehbooba Mufti, is pitted against Mian Altaf of the NC, and Zafar Iqbal Manhas of the Apni Party from this seat.Both Srinagar and Baramulla registered record voter turnout.
Srinagar which voted in fourth phase on May 13, saw 38.49 per cent voter turnout while Baramulla which voted in fifth phase on May 20 recorded 59.1 per cent voter turnout, according to the poll panel.TheAnantnag-Rajouriseat, which was earlier known as Anantnag, has gained even more significance in shaping the region's political landscape after itselectoral boundaries were redrawn in 2022.Until 2022, the constituency in South Kashmir – known earlier as Anantnag – comprised only the districts of the Valley. However, a redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri seat was carved out by combining theAnantnagregion in the Valley and Rajouri and Poonch
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