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.

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.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Voting in the final phase of the election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir began Tuesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.

India’s northern-most region of Jammu and Kashmir concludes local elections on Tuesday as concerns mount of an uncertain outcome that may delay economic progress in the restive province.

Indian-administered Kashmir was voting Tuesday in the third and final round of polls to elect its first government since the insurgency-wracked territory was brought under New Delhi's direct control.

A key resistance leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir says the regional polls to choose a local government will not resolve the decades-old conflict over the disputed region.

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,