Lok Sabha polls: 10 per cent voter turnout in Kulgam

Voting for the second phase of Anantnag Lok Sabha seat ended on Monday amid high security with around 10 per cent voters coming out to exercise their franchise in Kulgam district.

“10.3 per cent voter turnout was recorded in today’s polling in the four segments of Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency,” said a poll official.

“The poll process ended peacefully except for few minor incidents of clashes intended to disrupt the poll process” he said.

Voting began at 7 a.m. in Kulgam district’s four Assembly segments — Noorabad, Devsar, Kulgam and Homshalibugh.

At the Laram polling station in Homshalibugh, voting was delayed for 40 minutes due to a faulty Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).

A total of 433 polling stations had been set up at 244 locations.

There are 3,45,486 voters in the district. Twenty-one polling stations had been set up for over 3,000 migrants voters in Udhampur, Jammu and Delhi.

As a precaution, mobile Internet services were suspended in the south Kashmir areas.

Train services between Baramulla and Banihal were also cancelled.