JAMMU : As many as 26 polling booths will be established for about 90,000 Kashmiri Pandit voters in Jammu, Udhampur and Delhi to exercise their right to franchise in the Assembly polls starting from November 25. “The Election Commission (EC) will set-up 26 special polling stations for Kashmiri Pandit migrant voters, who are eligible to vote for all 44 Assembly constituencies across Kashmir region,” Sachin Dev Singh, Assistant Returning Officer (Migrants), Jammu told reporters here this afternoon.
He said Kashmiri Pandit voters from 44 Assembly segments of Kashmir region staying outside the Valley and the Commission has decide to cater them at their respective place. “Earlier in Lok Sabha Polls, 18 polling booths were set up but the number this time has been increased and 26 stations will be established in Jammu, Udhampur and Delhi,” said Mr Singh. He further added that 21 polling stations will be set up in Jammu where the number of migrants is large while four special stations will be set-up in New Delhi and one in Udhampur district.
“The process of filling Form-M and Form- 12 (for postal ballot), will simultaneously start at all designated 26 polling stations and will continue till November 9 for the constituencies of Kashmir which will go for polls in first two phases on November 25 and December 2,” the ARO added. He, however, urged all Kashmiri Migrant voters to visit their nearest special polling station and fill the forms whichever applicable.
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