13.61 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Anantnag Lok Sabha seatwhich went to polls on Tuesday, officials said.
Chief Electoral Officer J&K, Shailendra Kumar told reportersduring a press conference in Srinagar that 13.61 per cent polling was recordedin Anantnag seat.
Polling began at 7 a.m. and ended at 4 pm for the Anantnag Lok Sabhaseat.
Heavy deployment of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and statepolice was made to secure the polling stations and provide safety to thevoters.
There are around 714 polling stations set up for 5,23,566 voters insix polling segments of Bijbehara, Pahalgam, Shangus, Anantnag, Kokernag andDooru.
Poll authorities had set up 26 polling stations outside the valley forKashmiri Pandit migrant voters.
Of these, 21 have been set up in Jammu, four in Delhi and one inUdhampur district.
Mehbooba Mufti, the Peoples Democratic Party President, Ghulam AhmedMir, state President of the Congress, Justice (Retired) Hasnain Masoodi of theNational Conference, Sofi Yusuf of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chowdhury ZafarAli of the People’s Conference are in the fray in this constituency.