Jammu and Kashmir is gearing up for the third and final phase of its Assembly elections on October 1, with campaigning officially concluding today. This marks the first Assembly elections in the region in a decade.

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.

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The earlier phases of the Assembly election saw 61.38 per cent voter turnout in the first phase on September 18 and 57.31 per cent in the second phase on September 25.

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In the final phase of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, 415 candidates are contesting for 40 seats today. Approximately 3.9 million voters can vote across 5,060 polling stations. This is the first assembly election after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.