The highest voter turnout of 73.45 per cent was recorded in Samba district, while the lowest - 55.73 per cent - was witnessed in Baramulla.

It also noted that despite an increase in the number of assembly seats from 83 in 2014 to 90 in 2024, the elections were completed in three phases this time as against five in 2014. No major law and order incidents related to the elections were reported,

The people no longer believe in guns and stones; they prefer to use their votes to fulfill their demands, he said.

The voting for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections has concluded with the highest voter turnout in the last phase of polling with almost 70 per cent voting. The voter turnout for the first phase was 61.38 per cent, then dropped to 57.31 per cent in the second phase and then again jumped to 69.65 per cent in the last phase.

The basis of the Jammu and Kashmir elections this time is thus defined by the quest to regain statehood and self-governance, along with the question of safeguarding identity and ensuring social justice.

As many as 415 candidates are in the fray from these 40 seats voting today. 16 of these seats are in the Kashmir region while 24 in the Jammu region. About 3.9 million voters are eligible to cast their franchise at 5,

The overall turnout in the Jammu and Kashmir elections stood at 62.78 percent, lower than 65.84 percent polling seen during the 2014 Assembly elections.

Jammu and Kashmir recorded a voter turnout of 65.58 per cent till 7 pm in the third and final phase of the assembly elections in the Union territory. According to a data shared by the Election Commission,