Srinagar: Polling for the sixth phase of the district development council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) began on a dull note, as fog and chilly weather caused by snowfall kept most people indoors early on Sunday, officials said.
The polling for 31 DDC seats – 14 in the Kashmir division and 17 in the Jammu division of the Union Territory – began at 7 am but the Valley’s polling stations saw less turnout due to the biting cold, they said.
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Voter turnout is expected to pick up later in the day and polling is scheduled to conclude at 2 pm, the officials said.
Nearly 7.5 lakh people are eligible to exercise their franchise at the 2,000 polling stations set up for the sixth phase of these eight-phase elections, which began on November 28.