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68% polling in Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency: CEO
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Thursday, 10 April 2014
9:37 pm
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JAMMU: Around 68% electorate
cast their vote in today’s polling for Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency
which concluded this evening. This is 18.29% more than the polling percentage
of last Parliamentary election.
Disclosing this
at a press conference here today the Chief Electoral Officer, Umang Narula said
70% votes were cast in Jammu district, 75% in Samba district and figures of
polling are being received from Rajouri and Poonch districts which would add up
the final poll percentage tally subsequently. He said the polling was held in a
peaceful atmosphere and so far no untoward incident was reported from any part
of the constituency.
According to GNS,
Chief Electoral Officer said 10, 000 personnel were detailed for election duty
and 800 vehicles were used to ferry them and poll material. He said the
Election Commission had deployed five Observers including three General
Observers, one Expenditure Observer and one Police and Security Observer.
Besides, he said the Commission had deployed 201 Micro Observers and webcasting
of 60 booths was also done.
Narula said the
Commission had set up 2274 polling booths at 1582 locations out of which 68
were declared as critical. He said 2274 electronic machines were used for the
purpose. He said video recordings were also done to ensure free and fair polls.
The CEO said 19
candidates were in the fray for the constituency which comprised 1848553
numbers of electors including 871212 female and 977328 male voters. (GNS)
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