55.90 % KP migrant voters cast franchise for 3rd phase

PS BALI

Jammu, Dec 9: Over 55 percent Kashmiri Pandit (KP) migrant voters cast their franchise for 16 constituencies of Kashmir in the third phase of assembly polls, here today.

Out of total 8438 M-From migrant voters, 4717 cast their votes at 26 polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi. Rafiabad constituency witnessed highest poll participation with 69. 06 percent while Pattan had lowest participation of KP migrants with just 43.67 percent.

Talking to Greater Kashmir, ARO (M) Jammu, Sachin Dev Singh said that Jammu witnessed highest percentage of migrant participation with 56.42 percent migrant voters cast votes. “Out of 8166, as many as 4607 cast their votes at 21 polling stations,” he said.

Similarly, SK Fotedar (AERO/ARO (M) Delhi told Greater Kashmir that 50 percent participation was recorded in Delhi, wherein out of total 56 registered M Form voters, 28 cast their votes, including 16 male and 12 female voters, at four polling stations.

Ranjit Singh (ARO(M) Udhampur shared that 37.96 percent KP migrant voters participation was witnessed at lone polling booth in Udhampur, wherein out of 216 registered voters, only 82, including 47 males and 35 females cat their vote.

The authorities had established 114 special polling booths on 20 locations at Jammu, four polling booths in Delhi NCR and one polling booth at Udhampur to facilitate the migrant voters to cast their vote.

As per official data, there were 8438 M-Form voters out of 19,575 registered migrant voters in three districts of Baramulla, Budgam and Pulwama in Kashmir Valley with Baramulla having highest number of 9629 migrant votes followed by Pulwama which has 6049 migrant votes while the Budgam district has lowest number of 3897 votes.

Out of 16 constituencies Uri Assembly Segment in Baramulla district has lowest number of 333 voters while Khansahib Assembly Segment in Budgam has 602 migrant voters. Rafiabad, Sopore, Sangrama, Baramulla, Gulmarg and Pattan Assembly segments all in Baramulla district have 837, 1962, 807, 2567, 2513 and 610 respectively.

In Budgam district Chadoora, Budgam, Beerwah and Chrar-i-Sharief has 692, 1012, 699 and 892 migrant voters respectively.

In Pulwama district Tral, Pampore, Pulwama and Rajpora Assembly segments have 1445, 1041, 1192 and 2371 migrant voters respectively.

It may be recalled due to cumbersome process of electioneering the migrant voters are showing a poor response to fill up their M Forms and Form 12 C.