63.45 pc votes polled in 3 phases of J&K assembly elections
The overall polling percentage in the three phases of J&K assembly elections is 63.45 per cent, said officials this evening after the polling for the third phase concluded on Tuesday.
Over 67 per cent votes were polled till 4 pm in Meghalaya Assembly election on Tuesday, an election official said.
“Till 4 pm, over 67 per cent of the 18.09 lakh voters in the state cast their votes. Polling was peaceful,” Chief Election Officer F R Kharkongor told PTI.
He said polling percentage is likely to go up as long queues were reported in a number of polling stations even after the polling was scheduled to close at 4 pm.
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Polling for 59 of the 60 Assembly seats was held in the north-eastern state. Polling was countermanded in the Williamnagar constituency due to the killing of NCP candidate Jonathone N Sangma ahead of the election.
In the last Assembly elections in 2013, about 88 per cent polling was recorded.
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