KL Report
SRINAGAR
Four per cent votes were polled in Bandipora till 9am while Gurez and Sonawari registered 9.5 and 6 per cent votes respectively.
Voters were seen queuing up since early morning Tuesday to exercise their franchise.
15 constituencies go to polls today in the first phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Bandipora Constituency, at polling station-56, 142 votes were polled, at polling station-57, 99 votes were polled, at polling station-59, 115 votes were polled, at polling station-60, 132 votes were polled and at polling station-61, 123 votes were polled when the last reports came in.
Sources said that an explosive material went off in Bandipora minutes after the polling started.
The incident took place near the polling stations 64 A and 65 B in Nowpora area of the town. However, there were no reports of any losses to lives or property.
Meanwhile, in Kangan constituency, 94 votes were polled at Vosun-A, Polling Station, at Kangan-B, 163 votes were polled and at Vailoo-B, 67 votes were polled and at polling station 32-Margan, 144 votes were polled.
At polling Station Daderhama (Ganderbal) 32-A, 51 votes were polled till 8.30 a.m whileas at Polling Station 3-Dhobipora (Ganderbal) 86 votes were polled till 8.50.a.m.
In the Ramban constituency, at Polling Station Dukson, 20 votes were polled, at polling station-62, 32 votes were polled, at polling station 63, 45 votes were polled. Similarly, at Rajgar-64, 30 votes were polled while as at polling station-31, 27 votes were polled by 10 a.m.
