J&K Assembly Elections: Vote for Peace By Deepak Parvatiyar December 16, 2014 Polling in the four out of five-phase Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections has been remarkable for the high turnout of voters. Each of the four phases has registered more percentage polling than previous years. The first phase saw 71.28 per cent polling in J&K – an increase of seven and 18 percentage points respectively from the last Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the same segment. The second phase again saw 71 per cent voting – higher than the 61.04 per cent polling during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and 68.79 per cent recorded during the 2008 Assembly elections in the same segment. The 58 per cent voters’ turnout in the third phase too was a considerable improvement from the 48.69 per cent turnout in the same segment in 2008. This despite the poll-eve deadly terror attacks by Pakistani infiltrators in the state! The lowest turnout thus far has been in the fourth phase of pollin
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