Indian Kashmir records second-highest voter turnout in decades
Voice of America
Men and women stand in separate queues to cast their votes during the fourth phase of India's general election, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, May 13, 2024. A polling official puts an ink mark on the finger of an elderly voter before he casts his vote during the fourth phase of India's general election, in Baba Nagri, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, May 13, 2024. Kashmiri women hide their faces from cameras as they wait outside a polling station to cast their votes during the fourth phase of India's national elections, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, May 13, 2024.
Voter turnout in Indian Kashmir neared record highs Monday as residents swarmed polling stations across Srinagar in the first national election since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2019 nullification of the Himalayan region's semi-autonomous status.
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