In August 2019, the Modi government railroaded a law called the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act through India’s Parliament. The law revoked the status of Jammu and Kashmir as a constituent state of the Indian union and dismembered it into two UTs: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, the first having 98 percent of the erstwhile state’s population.

The biggest assembly constituency of the union territory is R.S. Pura-Jammu South followed closely by Ganderbal. While Jammu South has 1,29,092 voters, Ganderbal has 1,29,013 voters. The seat has over 66 thousand male voters and 62 thousand female voters with 3 transgender voters.

According to the latest electoral rolls, 25,78,099 voters are eligible to cast their ballots in this phase, comprising 13,12,730 male voters, 12,65,316 female voters, and 53 third-gender voters.

Among the 239 candidates contesting across 26 constituencies are former chief minister Omar Abdullah, Bharatiya Janata Party's state president Ravinder Raina and Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari.

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are being held in three phases. Voting for 24 seats in the first phase was held on September 18 while 26 seats will go to polls Wednesday in the sec

Jammu: All eyes are on the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, where some prominent political leaders will face off in crucial constituencies. With 239 candidates competing across 26 seats,

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Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

More than 2.5 million people will be eligible to cast their franchise across 26 constituencies – 11 in Jammu and 15 in Kashmir – on October 25.

Over 2.5 million voters in Jammu and Kashmir will decide the fate of 239 candidates contesting for 26 assembly seats in the second phase of elections on Wednesday. Key figures include former chief minister Omar Abdullah and BJP J-K chief Ravinder Raina.