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Jammu and Kashmir DDC Phase-1 polls today; tight security in place for first election since abrogation of Article 370

Jammu
November 28, 2020

The first phase of the District Development Councils (DDC) election and panchayat by polls in Jammu and Kashmir began on Saturday (November 28) with 1,427 candidates in the fray and seven lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise. At least 40 out of 280 constituencies in the Union Territory are going to polls in the first phase of the DDC elections.

The DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir, is the first major political activity to be held since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into two union territories Jammu and Ladakh.

Parties including the National Conference, People's Democratic Party, People Conference and CPI(M), formed the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration are fighting the maiden DDC elections together. National parties BJP and Congress are also in the fray.