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National Conference candidate from Sopore, Irshad Rasool Kar, casts his vote in the third and last phase of Assembly elections today.
Speaking to ANI, Irshad Rasool Kar, said, "People believe in the democratic process and want solutions to their issues through voting. My agendas are development and fighting for our rights. I urge people to vote to strengthen the democratic setup and National Conference." Irshad Rasool Kar, former PDP district president of Baramulla, joined the National Conference in presence of party president Farooq Abdullah in 2019. He had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls as an independent candidate from the Sopore constituency in Baramulla district after he was denied a ticket by the Congress. The third phase of voting in Jammu and Kashmir saw a cumulative voter turnout of 44.08 per cent as of 1 pm on Tuesday, as per the Election Commission of India. According to the latest data issued by ECI, Udhampur district recorded the highest voter turnout of 51.66 per cent as of 1 pm, followed by Kathua at 50.09 per cent of voter turnout, with Samba slightly behind at 49.73 per cent. Meanwhile, Baramulla recorded the lowest voter turnout at 36.60 per cent. Besides these, Bandipore recorded voter turnout of 42.67 per cent, Jammu at 43.36 per cent, Kupwara at 42.08 per cent. The polling for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections began on Tuesday at 7 am across 40 constituencies in seven districts of the Union Territory. The National Conference (NC) and the Congress have allied for J&K elections, while the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are among the other major contenders. The counting of the votes will be done on October 8. (ANI)
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