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Jammu Kashmir gears up for local body elections, 75 Lakh voters registered

The Jammu Kashmir administration has started preparing for elections to Urban local bodies and village panchayats, whose terms are ending on November 15 this year and January 9, 2024, respectively, Indian Express reported.

The Chief Electoral Officer on July 28 had issued notification for revision of electoral rolls for all the municipalities including both the Municipal Corporations at Jammu and in Srinagar.

The last municipal elections were last held in Jammu Kashmir in September 2018.

The region has a total of two municipal corporations, 19 municipal councils and 57 municipal committees.

A total of 75 lakh voters have been registered after summary revision of electoral rolls, as per the report.

Sources in the Election Commission said that they are prepared to conduct the rural polls as well. The final electoral rolls are to be published on August 25.

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