Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Live: 50.65% voter turnout till 3 pm has been recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September, with the highest turnout recorded in Inderwal at 72.20 per cent and the lowest in Pulwama at 36.90 per cent.

J&K is facing its first assembly election since the abrogation of Article 370. Agencies on alert to ensure peaceful polling.

With this, a total of 873 candidates will be in the final fray in the Assembly Elections for 90 assembly constituencies, including 219 candidates for 24 assembly seats in the first phase, 239 candidates for 26 seats in the second phase, and 415 candidates for 40 seats in the final phase, the official added.

Voting in the first phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will take place today. The 24 assembly constituencies across seven districts of the Union Territory will vote for the first time in an assembly election in 10 years.

Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

India’s troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir saw a brisk turnout amid tight security as voters cast their ballots on Wednesday in the first regional legislative elections in a decade. The region, which has seen years of separatist violence and is at the centre of a dispute between India and Pakistan,

In the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir's assembly polls held on September 18, a voter turnout of over 61% was recorded, mirroring the 2014 elections. Kishtwar district led with an impressive 80% turnout.

The initial phase of Jammu and Kashmir's assembly elections concluded with a voter turnout of 58.85 per cent, with Kishtwar leading at 77 per cent and Pulwama trailing at just over 46 per cent. This election is significant as it is the first since Article 370 was revoked.