Jharkhand too is set to go to the poll for the second time. Elections will be held at 20 of the 81 constituencies on Tuesday. A total of 223 candidates are in the fray. Their fate will be decided by 44,13,716 voters - of which 22,48,331 are males and 21,65,379 females.
Security has been beefed up at the two districts -- Kulgam and Kupwara where elections will be held at total 18 seats. According to senior officials, security grid is fully geared up to foil any attempts of militants to disrupt the democratic process. Follow Live updates here: 3.23 pm: 50 % voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir till 2 pm.
2.38 pm: Voters boycott elections in Bugam, no single vote has been cast at this polling station. 2.37 pm: Polling percentage in Jammu and Kashmir till 12 pm: Karnah: 22.8 Kupwara: 29.8 Lolab: 30.8 Handwara 30.4 Langate 22.7 Noorabad 30 Kulgam 28.1 Home Shalibug 11.3 Devsar 30 Gulabgarh 42.3 Reasi 42 Gool Arnas 44 Udhampur 41.8 Chenani 37 Ramnagar 40.8 Surankote 27 Mendher 24 Poonch Haveli 30.4 2.30 pm: 32.03 per cent voting recorded in Jammu and Kashmir till 12 pm.
2.18 pm: Handwara (J&K): Sajjad Lone casts his vote 2.07 pm: Jharkhand registers nearly 50% voting till 1 pm in 2nd phase of assembly polls. 1.00 pm: Group of 5 to 8 militants infiltrates in Nowgam sector in Kupwara on polling day, 3 killed; army says gunfight on. 12.32 pm: Jharkhand records around 32% voting till noon in 20 Maoist-affected constituencies in 2nd phase of assembly polls.
12.03 pm: Major infiltration bid foiled in Kupwara amidst polling, 3 terrorists gunned down 11.17 am: About 16.32% turnout recorded in first 2 hrs in 20 Jharkhand Assembly constituencies across 7 Maoist-hit districts where polling is underway 11.15 am: 3 suspected militants killed in encounter with security forces in Nowgam, J&K. 10.57 am: Out of the 18 assembly seats going to polls in J&K today,
9 segments are in highly militancy-infested districts 10.50 am: Voter turnout in Reasi district till 10 am: Gulagarh-17.99 Reasi 19.95 Gool Arnas 18.04 Karnah 9 Kupwara 4 Lolab 10.5 Handwara 4 Langate 3.5 Noorabad 10.5 Kulgam 8.18 Home Shalibugh 1.2 Devsar 4.5 Udhampur 18.7 Chenani (SC) 11.4 Ramnagar 17 Surankote
9.8 Mendher 11 Poonch Haveli 8.8 10.45 am: Stone pelting and clash between youth and paramilitary troops at Home-Shalibug constituency. 10.17 am: In the north Kashmir Kupwara district where polling has begun for five constituencies, the voter turnout was low in the morning.
