Master Stroke(08.10.2018): J&K municipal polls peaceful, brisk polling in Jammu

Barring an incident of stone pelting in Srinagar, the municipal polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday took place peacefully after 13 long years, with Rajouri in Jammu region registering the highest turnout and Bandipora in the Kashmir Valley the lowest.

Amid tight security, polling was brisk in the Jammu region where an official said that Rajouri district recorded nearly 60 per cent of voter turnout and Poonch 52 per cent. Voting began at 7 a.m.

Long queues of enthusiastic voters were seen in almost all the municipal corporation and committee wards in Jammu district.