Jammu: More that 65% of voters registered their choice amid incessant rains on Friday in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election in Udhampur parliamentary constituency, officials said.
As the weather conditions improved in most places around noon, long queues started forming outside polling stations in the constituency that encompasses an expansive area of 16,707 square kilometres.
An Election Commission (EC)
Polling began at 7am and will end at 6pm; Estimated 16.23 lakh voters across Kathua, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts will decide fate of 12 candidates, including Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh of the BJP, Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh and Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) nominee Ghulam Mohammad Saroori.
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