Srinagar: Voting for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Kargil ended on Wednesday as a 77.61 per cent voter turnout was recorded.
This was the first time elections were held in Ladakh since the abrogation of Article 370.
The hill council election in Kargil was the first local poll in Ladakh since it was bifurcated from Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019.
Queues were seen at polling stations since early morning with many elderly voters among the first to cast their vote.
The counting of votes is scheduled for October 8 and the new council will be in place before October 11.
A total of 95,388 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the electoral fate of 85 candidates in 26 seats of the 30-member Hill Council, according to election officials.
Electronic voting machines are being used for the first time for the council elections.
The elections to LAHDC-Kargil were rescheduled from September 10 to October 4 on the directions of the Supreme Court which took serious note of the Ladakh administration denying the “plough" symbol to National Conference candidates.
