27 lakh people to vote in Srinagar, Anantnag LS polls

Over 27 lakh voters will cast their votes in the bye-elections to Srinagar and Anantnag Lok Sabha constituencies on April 9 and 12in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Electoral Officer of the state said today.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, Shantmanu said today that special polling stations have also been set up at Jammu, Udhampur and Delhi for more than 73,000 migrant voters.
The CEO further informed that the notification for Srinagar and Anantnag parliamentary constituencies would be issued on March 14 and March 17 respectively.
The last date for filing nominations has been fixed as March 21 for Srinagar and March 24 for Anantnag respectively.

The scrutiny of nominations would be done on March 22 and March 27 respectively, he said. The candidates will be able to withdraw their nominations till March 24 (Srinagar) and March 29 (Anantnag), the CEO added.
He informed that counting of votes would be held on April 15 and the election process would be completed on April 16.
The model code of conduct came into force in seven districts of both parliamentary constituencies yesterday.