Re-polling on two DDC seats begins in North Kashmir

Re-polling on two DDC seats begins in North Kashmir

Press Trust Of Kashmir Srinagar Dec 05:-Amid tight security, re-polling in two District Development Council (DDC) seats in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara and Bandipora districts has begun on Monday.

The DDC elections took place in Jammu and Kashmir in December 2020. However, the counting of votes was withheld in these two seats — Drugmulla in Kupwara and Hajin-A in Bandipora — due to the disputed qualification of two candidates.

Later, the state election commission (SEC) declared the polling to these constituencies as void, cancelling the candidature of Soomia Sadaf and Shazia Aslam, citing wrong information about the place of birth by the PoK-origin candidates.

An official said that All the arrangements for the re-poll have been put in place and polling has started amid tight security arrangements.

The polling started at 7 am and it will end at 2 pm and DDC constituency of Hajin-A has a total electorate of 15,351 and Drugmulla 32,845.

As per reports around 5 percent voting has been recorded till 10 pm.