Anantnag: The Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, a crucial battleground in the final phase of the parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir, is set to go to the polls on Saturday with a total of 2,338 polling stations established across the constituency.
The fate of 20 candidates will be decided by 18.36 lakh voters which includes 9,33,647 male voters, 9,02,902 female voters, 27 third-gender voters, approximately 17,967 persons with disabilities, and 540 centenarians.
The constituency covers five districts: Kulgam, Anantnag, Poonch, Shopian (Jainanpora), and Rajouri. Notably, 19 ‘border’ polling stations are located in the districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
According to officials, Voting began at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, if voters are still queued in the polling station premises at 6 pm, they will be allowed to cast their votes.
Each polling station will be manned by four election personnel, including the presiding officer, with more than 9,000 polling staff, including reserves, mobilized for duty.
(KNO)
