Jammu: Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency from where Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is contesting today recorded over 69 per cent polling.
Azad is in a direct contest with BJP's Jitender Singh.
"As much as 69.08 per cent polling was recorded in Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. It is likely to increase," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Umang Narula said.
The 2009 turnover of voter was 45 per cent, he said adding "polling was totally incident free and no untoward incident was reported from anywhere". However, he admitted poll boycott in some polling stations in Kathua and replacement of 6 EVMs, which had become faulty.
There has been boycott in two polling stations in Bani Assembly segment due to a local demand, apart from halt of polling for some time due to fault in some EVMs in Kishtwar, the reports said.
"There was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere in the constituency," DGP Jammu and Kashmir, Ashok Prasad said.
When asked about the protests from Special Police officers, the DGP said some SPOs had requested for voting in their respective areas and the issue was resolved.
Lodhra polling station in Arnas belt recorded 100 per cent polling, the EC official said.
As many as 14,61,373 voters form part of the constituency, which has 13 candidates, including Arshad Malik of PDP, Dharam Pal Balgotra of BSP and Bhim Singh of JKNPP at over 2,015 polling stations, 108 of them hyper sensitive.
The Udhampur parliamentary constituency, with headquarters at Kathua is spread over six districts - Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua.
Reasi has recorded the highest polling of 74.84 per cent, followed by Kathua with 70.43 per cent, Doda with 68.41 per cent, Udhampur with 67.92 per cent, Kishtwar 64.46. per cent and Ramban with 63.22 per cent till 5 PM.
In areas spread over Reasi district, nomadic voters registered a turnout of 80 per cent compared to 23 per cent in 2009 Lok Sabha polls, officials said, adding that out of 1,92,984 voters in the district nearly 58,000 are nomadic Bakkerwals and Gujjars who migrate to highland pastures in March every year.
As per turn out figures at 5 PM the tribal turnout went upto 78 per cent and was expected to cross 85 per cent, he said adding that more than 47,816 nomadic voters turned out at respective polling stations to exercise their franchise.
District Election Officer Shahid Iqbal termed it as an outcome of awareness and enrolment campaign "Jirga" which was organised at 94 tribal dominated polling stations. Around 8,000 new nomads enrolled and 134 camps organised by district administration as run upto Lok Sabha elections, he said.
"Migration of nomads will start from tomorrow, which was delayed by more than a month on intervention of district administration," he said.
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