Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5: With 45 Per Cent Polling Till 3 pm, Baramulla Moves Towards Fresh Record
NDTV
Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla is set to break all records as people turned out in droves to vote in the Lok Sabha election -- the first since the scrapping of the Article 370 that gave the erstwhile state its special status. Till 3 pm, 45 per cent people have voted -- and given the masses waiting in queue, the figure is set to go much higher.
In 1996, the polling figure for the constituency was 50 per cent. In 2019, only 34 per cent people had voted.
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