Opinion | This Election Is J&K’s 1st With ST-Reserved Seats: How They Fit Into BJP’s ‘Majority-Mark Maths’ 

Srinagar residents arrive at a polling station to cast votes during the second phase of J&K assembly elections on Wednesday. Representational image.

Source : PTI

Voting for the second phase of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections is currently underway, with one phase left to go. This assembly election — being held after 10 years — comes in a vastly transformed landscape. Not only have Article 370 and Article 35A been abrogated in the years since, and Ladakh carved out as a separate Union territory, a delimitation exercise has changed the seat makeup of the erstwhile state.  These changes include an increase in J&K’s overall