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) About 14.8 per cent voters of 12.95 lakh electorates kept their date with democracy and exercised their franchise in the second phase of Lok Sabha election in Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, where polling remained by and large peaceful amid shutdown and unprecedented security arrangements.
The polling recorded in the parliamentary constituency was about 7 per cent more than votes polled during by-polls to Lok Sabha seat in 2017. National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah had emerged as the winner after a meager 7.2 per cent voting, during which eight civilianswere killed in clashes with security forces.
In view of the threat perception besides strike and poll boycott call by separatists, unprecedented security arrangements were on Thursday made to provide a secure atmosphere to voters to cast their votes in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, where mobile internet services were suspended for security reasons.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, Shailendra Kumar said that the polling recorded in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat till 1800 hrs was 14.8 per cent. “The votes polled on Thursday were twice as compared to by-polls in 2017,” Mr Kumar said during a press conference here on Thursday evening. He said overall percentage of 43.4 per cent was in Udhampur and Srinagar parliamentary constituencies.
About 12.95 lakh electors -- including 627,282 females, 744 service voters (728 males and 16 females) and 26 transgender -- were registered to exercise their democratic right on Thursday in the constituency, spread over 15 Assembly segments comprising of three districts of Central Kashmir -- Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam. As many as 1716 Polling Stations were set up in the constituency for polling in the Lok Sabha seat, where clashes between protestors and security forces were reported at many places.
Dr Abdullah is seeking re-election from the constituency, which was, barring twice, represented by NC since party shunned the plebiscite demand and joined the election process after Indira-Sheikh accord in 1975. Interestingly, Congress has not fielded any candidate against Dr Abdullah following agreement that NC will not put up any candidate in Jammu to avoid divide of secular votes.
Dr Abdullah has to battle it out against Aga Syed Mohsin of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sheikh Khalid Jehangir of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Abdual Rashid Ganie of National Panthers Party (NPP), Showkat Hussain Khan of Janata Dal (United), Abdul Khaliq Bhat of Shiv Sena (SS), Irfan Raza Ansari of People Conference (PC), Nazir Ahmad Lone of Rashtriya Jankranti Party (RJP), Nazir Ahmad Sofi of Manvadhikar National Party, Independents Bilal Sultan , Sajjad Ahmad Dar and Abdul Rashid Banday.
But, the main contest will be between Dr Abdullah, PC candidate Irfan Raza Ansari and Aga Syed Mohsin of PDP. The Shiv Sena had also put up their candidate in the constituency which has no base. BJP which had not fielded any candidate in the 2017 Bye-election, has fielded Sheikh Khalid Jehangir this time. BJP had also organised meetings of party workers in the constituency, mostly indoor.
The development issue has taken a back seat as leaders tried to woo the voters raising the issues of threat to Article 370 and 35 A, ban on civilian traffic twice in a week on Srinagar-Jammu national highway and National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids, besides Public Safety Act (PSA).
The NC, PDP and PC blamed each other for the prevailing situation in the valley besides erosion of special status of the state. Three former chief ministers -- Dr Farooq Abdullah, his son and NC vice president Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti president PDP -- staged dharna on the highway against ban to draw the attention of voters.
Bye-election in the constituency was held after PDP Member of Parliament (MP) Tariq Hameed Karra resigned from the seat and party after PDP again formed coalition government headed by Mehbooba Mufti with BJP despite his opposition. Mr Karra had defeated Dr Abdullah in 2014 election.
However, Dr Abdullah won the By-election by securing 48,555 votes while his nearest rival of PDP Nazir Ahmad Khan got 37,779 votes in the boycott hit election.
Out of 15 Assembly segments, NC and PDP have won seven each while one went to PDF in the constituency in 2014 when no party could manage to get magic 44 figure in 87-member-House. Later, PDP and BJP formed a coalition government.
NC headed by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad was the first to represent the constituency in 1967. However, Shamim Ahmad Shamim, an Independent candidate, supported by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah won in 1971.
In 1977, Begum Akbar Jehan, wife of Sheikh Abdullah, got elected.
Dr Abdullah represented the constituency in 1980, 2009 and 2017.
Omar Abdullah won 1989, 1999 and 2004, when he became minister in the Atal Behari Vajpayee government at the centre.
The NC candidates Abdul Rashid Kabuli represented the seat in 1984 and Mohammad Shafi Bhat in 1989 while Congress nominee Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami won in 1996, when NC boycott the polls while PDP Tariq Hamid Karra in 2014. No elections could be held in 1991 due to militancy in the valley.
) About 14.8 per cent voters of 12.95 lakh electorates kept their date with democracy and exercised their franchise in the second phase of Lok Sabha election in Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, where polling remained by and large peaceful amid shutdown and unprecedented security arrangements.
The polling recorded in the parliamentary constituency was about 7 per cent more than votes polled during by-polls to Lok Sabha seat in 2017. National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah had emerged as the winner after a meager 7.2 per cent voting, during which eight civilianswere killed in clashes with security forces.
In view of the threat perception besides strike and poll boycott call by separatists, unprecedented security arrangements were on Thursday made to provide a secure atmosphere to voters to cast their votes in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, where mobile internet services were suspended for security reasons.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, Shailendra Kumar said that the polling recorded in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat till 1800 hrs was 14.8 per cent. “The votes polled on Thursday were twice as compared to by-polls in 2017,” Mr Kumar said during a press conference here on Thursday evening. He said overall percentage of 43.4 per cent was in Udhampur and Srinagar parliamentary constituencies.
About 12.95 lakh electors -- including 627,282 females, 744 service voters (728 males and 16 females) and 26 transgender -- were registered to exercise their democratic right on Thursday in the constituency, spread over 15 Assembly segments comprising of three districts of Central Kashmir -- Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam. As many as 1716 Polling Stations were set up in the constituency for polling in the Lok Sabha seat, where clashes between protestors and security forces were reported at many places.
Dr Abdullah is seeking re-election from the constituency, which was, barring twice, represented by NC since party shunned the plebiscite demand and joined the election process after Indira-Sheikh accord in 1975. Interestingly, Congress has not fielded any candidate against Dr Abdullah following agreement that NC will not put up any candidate in Jammu to avoid divide of secular votes.
Dr Abdullah has to battle it out against Aga Syed Mohsin of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sheikh Khalid Jehangir of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Abdual Rashid Ganie of National Panthers Party (NPP), Showkat Hussain Khan of Janata Dal (United), Abdul Khaliq Bhat of Shiv Sena (SS), Irfan Raza Ansari of People Conference (PC), Nazir Ahmad Lone of Rashtriya Jankranti Party (RJP), Nazir Ahmad Sofi of Manvadhikar National Party, Independents Bilal Sultan , Sajjad Ahmad Dar and Abdul Rashid Banday.
But, the main contest will be between Dr Abdullah, PC candidate Irfan Raza Ansari and Aga Syed Mohsin of PDP. The Shiv Sena had also put up their candidate in the constituency which has no base. BJP which had not fielded any candidate in the 2017 Bye-election, has fielded Sheikh Khalid Jehangir this time. BJP had also organised meetings of party workers in the constituency, mostly indoor.
The development issue has taken a back seat as leaders tried to woo the voters raising the issues of threat to Article 370 and 35 A, ban on civilian traffic twice in a week on Srinagar-Jammu national highway and National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids, besides Public Safety Act (PSA).
The NC, PDP and PC blamed each other for the prevailing situation in the valley besides erosion of special status of the state. Three former chief ministers -- Dr Farooq Abdullah, his son and NC vice president Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti president PDP -- staged dharna on the highway against ban to draw the attention of voters.
Bye-election in the constituency was held after PDP Member of Parliament (MP) Tariq Hameed Karra resigned from the seat and party after PDP again formed coalition government headed by Mehbooba Mufti with BJP despite his opposition. Mr Karra had defeated Dr Abdullah in 2014 election.
However, Dr Abdullah won the By-election by securing 48,555 votes while his nearest rival of PDP Nazir Ahmad Khan got 37,779 votes in the boycott hit election.
Out of 15 Assembly segments, NC and PDP have won seven each while one went to PDF in the constituency in 2014 when no party could manage to get magic 44 figure in 87-member-House. Later, PDP and BJP formed a coalition government.
NC headed by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad was the first to represent the constituency in 1967. However, Shamim Ahmad Shamim, an Independent candidate, supported by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah won in 1971.
In 1977, Begum Akbar Jehan, wife of Sheikh Abdullah, got elected.
Dr Abdullah represented the constituency in 1980, 2009 and 2017.
Omar Abdullah won 1989, 1999 and 2004, when he became minister in the Atal Behari Vajpayee government at the centre.
The NC candidates Abdul Rashid Kabuli represented the seat in 1984 and Mohammad Shafi Bhat in 1989 while Congress nominee Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami won in 1996, when NC boycott the polls while PDP Tariq Hamid Karra in 2014. No elections could be held in 1991 due to militancy in the valley.
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