Over 28% votes polled at Anantnag at 3 pm

Voting picked up after a slow start in the morning due to the ongoing holy month of Ramzan

Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti
Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti
Press Trust of India Anantnag
Last Updated : Jun 22 2016 | 5:47 PM IST
Over 28% of the little over 84,000 voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm on Wednesday in the by-pollfor south Kashmir's Anantnag Assembly constituency where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is in the fray, officials said.

"According to the latest official reports, 28.31% polling was recorded in Anantnag constituency till 3 pm," said an official spokesman.

Voting picked up after a slow start in the morning due to the ongoing holy month of Ramzan, officials said.

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No untoward incident has been reported so far, officials said.

By-poll in the constituency was necessitated due to the death of former Chief Minister and Mehbooba's father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7.
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First Published: Jun 22 2016 | 4:57 PM IST

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