The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) elections will be conducted on Wednesday, October 4. The hill council election in Kargil is the first election be conducted in the union territory since its split from Jammu and Kashmir in 2029
Shrikant Balasaheb Suse, Dy Commissioner, Kargil said police arrangements have been made to carry out free and fair elections. "We have a total of 278 polling stations...Out of the 278 stations, 114 are hyper-sensitive and 99 are sensitive polling stations. Police deployments have been done accordingly," he told news agency ANI
The counting of votes is scheduled for October 8 and the new council will be in place before October 11. The existing council, headed by National Conference’s Feroz Ahmad Khan, completed its five-year term on October 1.
A total of 95,388 voters, including 46,762 women, are eligible to exercise their franchise from 8am to 4pm, News 18 reported.
According to the report, a total of 85 candidates are contesting on 26 seats of the 30-member Hill Council.
The National Conference (NC) and the Congress announced a pre-poll alliance but have put up 17 and 22 candidates, respectively.
The BJP fielded 17 candidates this time. The party had won one seat in the last election and later took its tally to three with the joining of two PDP councillors.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fielded candidates on four seats, while 25 independents are also in the fray, the officials said.
First Published: Oct 4, 2023 9:46 AM IST
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