JK election results tomorrow Contestants await outcome with bated breath: WASIM MAJNOON MIR More than 800 contestants In Jammu and Kashmir will spend a couple of nervous nights till December 23 when counting of votes for elections to the 12th Legislative Assembly will be held, after a record turnout in the five-phase polls in the state. Most of the observers will keenly watch the result of Handwara Assembly constituency in north Kashmir Kupwara district where separatist-turned mainstream politician Sajad Gani Lone is trying his luck. The voter turnout in the state this year was 65 per cent which was 4 per cent more than the last Assembly elections was held in 2008—development which has generated hope as well as anxiety among all major political parties. The high voter turnout signalled an end to boycott politics in Kashmir, as even some areas considered to be separatist strongholds voted in larger numbers.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:26:40 +0000
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