Municipal Polls In Jammu

Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.

The Congress on Friday boycotted the election to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in protest against the "open ballot" voting process.

Former National Conference leader Junaid Azim Mattu, who quit the party to contest the urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir, was elected Mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday with the support from the BJP and the Peoples Conference. Mr Mattu secured 40 votes while Congress candidate for the mayoral post Ghulam Rasool H...

A municipality office in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian was set on fire by unidentified people days after controversial local body elections in the state.

The BJP has emerged as the clear winner of Jammu province in the urban local body polls conducted earlier this month, securing seven of the region's 10 districts. However, while the party managed to hold on to its traditional stronghold, it ended up losing many municipal committees to Independent candidates as well as rival parties.

The BJP failed to open its account in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region in the urban local body elections held earlier this month.

The BJP emerged victorious in the urban local body elections in four districts of south Kashmir today, winning 53 of the 132 wards, where voting was held in four phases earlier this month, election officials said.

The counting of votes for the recently concluded municipal polls began in Jammu and Kashmir this morning. Counting of votes started at 8 am.

The Congress has won all the wards in Leh, poll officials said, as counting of votes for the recently-held municipal polls continued in Jammu and Kashmir. Counting of votes started at 8 am, and all the results will be declared later in the day, election officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir is voting today in the fourth and final phase of civic polls, amid an election boycott by regional parties. While polling was originally scheduled to take place for 132 municipal wards, only 37 wards will now vote due to the boycott.

People's Conference Chairman Sajjad Lone, an ally of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, has defended the governor's controversial remarks who had named the next Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation even before the polls were conducted in the city.

Srinagar city on Wednesday recorded the lowest ever voter turnout in any election with less than 100 people casting their votes in nine out of the 19 wards of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation or SMC in the second phase of the ongoing urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

A BJP candidate died of heart attack Wednesday when he was about to cast his vote in the second phase of the municipal elections in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

About two per cent of the electorate voted in the first five hours of polling in 49 wards of urban local bodies in Kashmir Valley, officials said Wednesday. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections in the Valley began at 6 am and will end at 4 pm. Of the 1.78 lakh voters in 19 wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation, only 1.3 per cent tur...

As Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the first of the four-phased municipal elections after a hiatus of 13 years, voters in Jammu are queuing up at polling stations, but staying away in Kashmir. Brisk voting was observed in almost all the wards in Jammu region with Rajouri registering the highest votes, but only seven per cent voters turned up in Kash...

Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.

The Congress on Friday boycotted the election to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in protest against the "open ballot" voting process.

Former National Conference leader Junaid Azim Mattu, who quit the party to contest the urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir, was elected Mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday with the support from the BJP and the Peoples Conference. Mr Mattu secured 40 votes while Congress candidate for the mayoral post Ghulam Rasool H...

A municipality office in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian was set on fire by unidentified people days after controversial local body elections in the state.

The BJP has emerged as the clear winner of Jammu province in the urban local body polls conducted earlier this month, securing seven of the region's 10 districts. However, while the party managed to hold on to its traditional stronghold, it ended up losing many municipal committees to Independent candidates as well as rival parties.

The BJP failed to open its account in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region in the urban local body elections held earlier this month.

The BJP emerged victorious in the urban local body elections in four districts of south Kashmir today, winning 53 of the 132 wards, where voting was held in four phases earlier this month, election officials said.

The counting of votes for the recently concluded municipal polls began in Jammu and Kashmir this morning. Counting of votes started at 8 am.

The Congress has won all the wards in Leh, poll officials said, as counting of votes for the recently-held municipal polls continued in Jammu and Kashmir. Counting of votes started at 8 am, and all the results will be declared later in the day, election officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir is voting today in the fourth and final phase of civic polls, amid an election boycott by regional parties. While polling was originally scheduled to take place for 132 municipal wards, only 37 wards will now vote due to the boycott.

People's Conference Chairman Sajjad Lone, an ally of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, has defended the governor's controversial remarks who had named the next Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation even before the polls were conducted in the city.

Srinagar city on Wednesday recorded the lowest ever voter turnout in any election with less than 100 people casting their votes in nine out of the 19 wards of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation or SMC in the second phase of the ongoing urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

A BJP candidate died of heart attack Wednesday when he was about to cast his vote in the second phase of the municipal elections in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

About two per cent of the electorate voted in the first five hours of polling in 49 wards of urban local bodies in Kashmir Valley, officials said Wednesday. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections in the Valley began at 6 am and will end at 4 pm. Of the 1.78 lakh voters in 19 wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation, only 1.3 per cent tur...

As Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the first of the four-phased municipal elections after a hiatus of 13 years, voters in Jammu are queuing up at polling stations, but staying away in Kashmir. Brisk voting was observed in almost all the wards in Jammu region with Rajouri registering the highest votes, but only seven per cent voters turned up in Kash...