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Jammu and Kashmir DDC Elections Phase 4: 34 constituencies go to polls; 249 candidates in fray

Jammu
December 7, 2020

More than seven lakh voters will decide the fate of 249 candidates contesting in the 4th phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday (December 7).

The polling will be held between 7 am to 2 pm in 34 constituencies - 17 each in Kashmir and Jammu regions.

Besides DDC elections, polling will be held for Panchayat by polls in 50 vacant sarpanch seats and 216 vacant panch seats falling within the DDC constituencies, an official spokesman said.

So far, three phases of the maiden DDC elections, the first democratic exercise in Jammu and Kashmir after the reorganization of the erstwhile state last year, were held on November 28, December 1 and December 4, registering a voter turnout of 51.76 %, 48.62 % and 50.53 % respectively.

In the fourth phase, out of the total 280 DDC constituencies in the Union Territory, 34 are going to poll, the spokesman said.

In the 17 DDC constituencies of Kashmir division, 138 candidates, including 48 women are in the fray. In Jammu division, 111 candidates, including 34 women, are contesting in this phase.