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A 102-year-old man confirmed up at a Jammu polling place to forged his vote within the second part of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Haji Karam Din arrived on the Reasi district polling place within the Jammu constituency with a strolling stick in hand and a member of the family who assisted him with the pre-voting course of.

Haji Karam Din, who’s 102-year-old, confirmed his inked finger and posed for footage exterior the polling sales space after casting his vote. He mentioned voting at this polling place at this age makes him very joyful. He has at all times forged his vote. Even on the age of 102, this expertise continues to be ongoing, he mentioned.

Reasi district is part of the Jammu parliamentary constituency, and 22 candidates are up for vote with round 17.81 lakh eligible voters.

BJP’s sitting member Jugal Kishore Sharma is aiming for a 3rd time period in workplace following wins within the elections of 2014 and 2019. Former minister and Congress candidate Raman Bhalla is his essential opponent.

Voting within the Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha constituency started with keen voters exhibiting up on the polling locations. A few of them had been carrying conventional Dogra apparel.

In 2,416 polling locations across the constituency, voting acquired underway at 7 a.m., and 10.39% of the entire votes had been forged by 9 a.m. Within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Jammu recorded a 74% voter turnout.

Following the repeal of Article 370 and the division of the previous state into two Union Territories 5 years in the past, that is Jammu’s first important election.

The Akhnoor phase obtained the very best proportion of votes, 14.24%, adopted by Reasi (14.13%), Gulabgarh (13.53%), Shri Mata Vaishnodevi (12.71%), Marh (12.31%), Samba (8.56%), R S Pura Jammu South (8.17%), and Suchetgarh (5.67%), in response to the officers. Ramgarh recorded the bottom voter participation of 1.53% so far.

Low attendance was noticed within the border areas of the districts of Jammu and Samba until 9 within the morning, in response to ballot knowledge.

The officers mentioned that large traces of voters had been noticed at a number of polling locations all through Jammu metropolis. Voters had been noticed heading in direction of polling locations early within the morning.

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