The nomination process for the first phase of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir began on August 20 with the issuance of the official notification. Voting will be held in the first phase for as many as 24 seats in six districts of the erstwhile state on September 18.
The last date for submitting the application nominations The deadline for this phase is August 27, followed by the counting of candidacies the following day. The last date for withdrawing candidacies is August 13, and voting will take place on September 18, according to the schedule prepared by Election Commission of India.
Jammu and Kashmiris set to hold its first assembly elections in a decade to elect a government after more than six years of central rule.
Voting will take place in three phases The first round will take place on 18 September. The next two rounds will be held on 25 September and 1 October. The results will be announced on 4 October.
The final electoral rolls for the upcoming Union Territory assembly elections are also likely to be released today and the voter turnout is expected to be close to 90 lakhs.
The census is significant as the boundaries of many assembly constituencies have been changed following the delimitation exercise and the number of assembly seats has been increased from 83 to 90 across the country. Jammu and Kashmir.
There are 87.09 lakh voters in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 44.46 lakh are men, 42.62 lakh are women, 3.71 lakh are first-time voters and 20.7 lakh are young voters.
Of the 90 UT assembly constituencies, 74 are general, 7 are reserved for SC candidates and 9 are reserved for ST candidates.
This will be the shortest voting period in any assembly election held in Jammu and Kashmir Since 2002, elections were held in four phases. In 2008, elections were held in seven phases, while in 2014, Assembly elections were held in five phases in Jammu and Kashmir.
The PDP-BJP government formed in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014 could not last for the full six-year term as the BJP withdrew its support to the former prime minister. Mehbooba Mufti‘s People’s Democratic Party(PDP) in 2018. Since then, the former state has been under central government.
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