An estimated 7.07 percent of 17.4 lakh voters exercised their franchise during the first two hours of polling for the prestigious Srinagar Parliamentary seat on Monday during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections.
An official spokesman said 5.07 percent of the votes were polled during the first two hours of the voting for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat.
The highest 9.62 percent votes were polled at Chadoora, followed by 8.83 percent at Ganderbal and 8.30 percent at the Charar-e-Sharief parliamentary segment during the first two hours.
Khanyar in downtown Srinagar registered ‘0’ percent during the first two hours of the polling being held for the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency.
Similarly, 7.89 percent of votes were polled at Kangan, 7.03 percent at Shopian, 6.70 percent at Khansahib, 5.14 percent at Pulwama, 5.87 percent at Rajpora, 4.61 percent at Pampore, 3.70 percent in Tral, 3.25 percent at Zadibal, 3.23 percent at Lal Chowk, 3.61 percent at central Shalteng, 2.77 Channapora, 4.70 at Eidgah, 2.10 percent Habbakadal, and 3.55 percent Hazratbal.
As many as 24 candidates are contesting for the Srinagar Lok Sabha, and among them the most prominent are National Conference candidate Aga Ruhullah Syed, Peoples Democratic Party youth leader Waheed-Ur-Rehman Parra, and Apni Party’s Ashraf Mir.
