The result of municipal polls of Jammu and Kashmir declared today. Elections results have decided the fate of 2,754 candidates, counting of votes took place for 79 municipalities across Jammu & Kashmir. In Jammu region, urbal local body elections were held in Doda, Kathua, Ramban, Reasi, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur and Samba. Here are Interesting things … Read more
With the end of the voting on Tuesday, the curtain fell on the 4-phased election to the Urban Local Bodies in the state. Continuing the trend of low voter turnout, just 4.2 per cent electorate Tuesday turned up in the final phase of urban local bodies elections in militancy-wracked Kashmir Valley, drawing curtains on the four-phased … Read more
Nomination process for urban local bodies election in Jammu and Kashmir has finished. Here is interesting data to emerge from the process: Jammu region has total 534 Wards where total Nominations filed 2136 out of it 13 remain uncontested and total contestants in fray are 2123 which makes 4 per ward. Jammu Municipal Corporation has … Read more
“It is not a good beginning,” say BJP and Congress candidates who had no option but to file nomination papers on Tuesday, the first day of the 15-day ‘pitru paksha’. These candidates filed their papers on Tuesday, the last day of filing of nominations in the first phase of poll, as their names were cleared at … Read more
Initiating a revolutionary step to politically empower marginalised sections of society, the J&K Government has for the first time reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the urban local bodies. According to a notification issued by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) dated August 20, some wards across the state, including two in the prestigious Jammu … Read more