India-administered Kashmir to hold first local elections in a decade
Al Jazeera
Nearly nine million people are registered to vote in the polls from September 18 for the 90-member legislative assembly.
Indian-administered Kashmir will hold local elections starting on September 18, according to the Election Commission, the first regional polls there in a decade and five years after New Delhi scrapped the region’s special autonomy.
“After a long gap, elections are due and will be held in Jammu and Kashmir,” Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters in New Delhi on Friday.
Voting for the region’s assembly will be held in three stages between September 18 and October 1, while the vote counting is set for October 4.
Nearly nine million people are registered to vote for the 90-member legislative assembly, the election panel said.
Some see the polls as a critical step in returning the vote to the people to choose their leaders.
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