Women’s vote soars

New Delhi, Sep 30: The turnout of women was more as compared to male electors in 17 of the 50 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir where polls have been held, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Monday.

Talking to reporters ahead of the final phase of assembly elections in J&K in which the remaining 40 seats will go to polls, he also underlined that as per rules, the votes polled by each candidate will be displayed after every round of counting.

Responding to a question, Kumar said the rules are already in place in this regard and people should not fall for misinformation being spread about the counting procedure.

The votes will be counted on October 8.

He said the last two phases saw a higher voter participation coupled with more number of candidates in the fray as compared to the past.

CEC Kumar said that J&K was ahead in seeking clearances on the Suvidha application for rallies and processions.

He described this as an overall increase in participation in the democratic process.