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Lok Sabha Polls Phase 5- Voting Closes at 2.28 Percent- Live Updates

May 06

The Voting for South Kashmir District of Pulwama and Shopian in South Kashmir has closed at 4 PM at a dismal voting percentage of 2.28 percent, according to tyhe official mobile application of Election commission of India.

Nine crore voters across 51 constituencies will decide the fate of 674 candidates.

The phase 5 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will see political heavyweights Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi fight to protect family bastions Amethi and Raebareli.

On the other hand are BJP bigwigs Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani who will also be testing their fates from Lucknow and Amethi.

Voting will take place in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, seven seats each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar and four in Jharkhand.

In Jammu Kashmir, polling will take place in Ladakh constituency and Pulwama and Shopian districts of Anantnag seat.

Live Updates

9:20 AM: 1583 Votes Polled Out of 3,51,314 in Pulwama District till 9 AM.

9:35 AM: 540 Votes Polled in Shopian Out of 171,216 till 9 AM

10:21 AM: Polling Station Attacked in Bhatnoor Tral.

10:35 AM: Clashes Erupt in Muran area of Pulwama.

10:50 AM: In Shopian, Only 1640 votes have been cast and 2993 votes have been cast in Pulwama district till 10:00 am.

The overall votes cast till 10:00 am were 4633 out of total 522,530 electors.

Total Percentage Till AM: 10 0.9%.

11:50 AM: In Pulwama district 3662 votes have been polled out of Out of 3,51,314. In Shopian District, 2184 have been polled out of 171,216. Total voting percentage at 11 AM is- 1.1%.

11:54 AM: Tral: 0.37% Pampore: 2.73% Pulwama: 0.29% Rajpora: 0.74% Wachi: 0.66% Shopian: 1.86%.

11: 56 AM: Voting Percentage in Leh-20.89%, inĀ  Kargil it is -21.14%.

12:35 PM: Pulwama : Total votes cast 3768, In Shopian: 3381 votes have been polled.

Voting percentage is at 12 Noon was 1.4%.

1:17 PM: 1.72% percent polling recorded in the twin districts.

1:21 PM: 3 Votes Polled out of 9263 in 12 Polling stations Across Kakpora belt of Pulwama till 1230 PM

2:00 PM: Another Polling Station Attacked with a Grenade- Chatpora in Pulwama- Sources to The Kashmiriyat – No Injuries Reported.

3: 14 PM: Overall Voting percentage 2.14 Percent.

Tral 0.93% Pampore 4.65% Pulwama 0.64% Rajpora 1.49% Wachi 1.37% Shopian 3.90%