Lok Sabha Elections 2024: J-K records highest voter turnout in 35 years, says Election Commission

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Anantnag-Rajouri seat of the Valley voted in the sixth phase of polling on May 25 marking the end to elections in all five seats of Jammu and Kashmir. Four other seats – Udhampur, Jammu, Srinagar and Baramulla – voted in earlier phases of Lok Sabha Elections 2024.Also Read: Kashmir News: Redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri breaks turnout record with over 54% polling in Phase 6, highest after 1984“This active participation is a huge positive for Assembly elections to be held soon so that the democratic process continues to thrive in the Union Territory," said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in a statement.The Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency recorded about 54.

84 per cent voter turnout on Saturday, as polling for the five Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir came to an end, officials said.Also Read: Kashmir News: J-K assembly polls soon after Lok Sabha Election 2024? Here's what CEC said after record Baramulla turnoutThe Lok Sabha Elections 2024 was the first major election held in the Union Territory after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre in August 2019. The erstwhile state was also divided into two UTs – J&K and Ladakh.Before 2019, J&K had six Lok Sabha seats, including Ladakh.

Now that Ladakh is a separate UT, the parliamentary seats in J&K have been reduced to five.All three seats of Kashmir Valley – Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri – witnessed record separate turnouts. The record voter turnout of 50.86 per cent from the three Parliamentary Constituencies in the Kashmir Valley echoes the faith of the people in the democratic process, the poll panel said.“The poll participation percentage witnessed 30 points jump from the last general elections in