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Over the last two decades, voter turnout in Parliamentary elections hovered at a meager 1 to 2 percent, owing to calls by militants for boycotts..
However, on this Monday, as Srinagar polled, for the first time after abrogation of Article 370, Pulwama recorded an unprecedented 45 percent voter turnout...
A mere 20 km away, in Trals Dadasara another militant stronghold and the hometown of the late Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, killed in 2016 the voter turnout used to stagnate at a mere 0.05 percent...
In 2019, this was 13 percent and the highest voter turnout since 1989 was recorded in 1996 at 40.8 percent, according to data shared by J&K police.. Additional Director General Vijay Kumar told ThePrint that it is a huge success for Kashmir..
Look, so many people have queued up to exercise their right to vote, she said.. Altaf Thakur, J&K BJP spokesperson who was at the Dadasara polling station in Tral, said that a good voter turnout was possible due to the efforts of the central government...
