State Election Commissioner K K Sharma on Thursday said that over 51 per cent of people voted across 37 seats in the fifth phase of District Development Council (DDC) elections that passed off peacefully across Jammu and Kashmir.
SEC informed this while interacting with the media here after the conclusion of the fifth phase of the ongoing DDC polls.
While giving a brief about today’s elections, the SEC said that a large number of people came out to cast their votes during this phase of the elections.
SEC said that polling was peaceful and people participated enthusiastically despite severe cold conditions in Kashmir division and some hilly areas of Jammu division.
Polling has been peaceful in the poll going 37 constituencies of DDC including 17 in Kashmir division and 20 in Jammu division that witnessed 51.20 per cent of polling, he added.