November 01
After the election of the urban Local Bodies, that attracted less crowd and the voter turnout remained minimal, now the Panch Elections are the talk of the town as Government agencies expect that the Panchayat elections are likely to attract massive support.
Talking about the Kashmir division A total of 713 candidates have filed nominations for 259 Sarpanch Seats and 2383 have filed nominations for 2021 Panch Seats.
The Militants have been warning people not to contest the elections and people in return, most of the Ex Sarpanches have also chosen to stay distant from the elections fray.
Voter turnout in Kashmir for the Urban Local Body polls has been the lowest – 4.27% – since 1951, worse than the 1989 turnout of 5.18% when militancy was on the rise