Over 66 per cent voter turnout recorded in Kupwara

Voting for the first phase of panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir began at 8 am on Friday amid high security in the wake of boycott call by joint resistance leadership.

427 candidates are in the fray for 536 Sarpanch Halqas and 5,951 candidates for 4,048 Panch wards for first phase of the Panchayat polls, said an official.

Updates:

2PM:

66.46 per cent voting recorded in five blocks of Kupwara district

12 PM:

Srinagar 19%

Ganderbal 9.7%

Budgam 11.9%

Baramulla 36.5%

Kupwara 35.2%

Handwara 28%

Bandipora 42%

Leh 23.6%

Kargil 14.6%

Kishtwar 54.7

Doda 60.1%

Ramban 69.4%

Udhampur 50.9%

Kathua 62.9%

Rajouri 62.9

Poonch 50

11 AM: 

Srinagar 13.7 %

Ganderbal 8.3 %

Budgam 12%

Baramulla 12.5 %

Kupwara 33.6%

Handwara 28%

Bandipora 11.9%

Sopore 7.6%

Leh 9.5%

Kargil 13.2%