In Jammu And Kashmir, A Polling Station On Line Of Control, Another Floats On Dal Lake
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Elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases on September 18 and 25 and October 1.
Nestled in the lap of picturesque mountains and valleys of Jammu and Kashmir, thousands of polling stations are ready to hold state elections over the next one and a half month. Unique #PollingStations#Koragbal#Seemari#DalLake#ECI does #WhateverItTakes to reach every last voter traversing the difficulties of terrain or otherwise.#J&KElections pic.twitter.com/crkk3FccUi
Elections in the newly carved out Union territory will be held in three phases on September 18 and 25 and October 1. The votes will be counted on October 4.
As Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the election dates on Friday afternoon, a special mention was about three polling stations that are unique due to their geographies.
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