Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone are the main contenders, along with Engineer Rashid and Fayaz Ahmad Mir. Baramulla is expected to surpass the 1996 voter turnout record. In the 1996 Lok Sabha elections, Baramulla saw 47 percent voting, the highest in about three decades.
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In the region nestled in the Himalayas on the borders with China and Pakistan, the local population is demanding the creation of a local administration, after the Delhi government revoked autonomy for Kashmir in 2019, dividing the region into two. Activists fear the melting of glaciers, the launch of large industrial projects and the militarisation of the territory, including by Beijing.