Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 12: The nomination process for Baramulla and Ladakh Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir commenced today after the Election Commission issued a notification in this regard.
Both the constituencies will to polls on May 7.
The last date of filing nominations for these two seats is April 19, scrutiny will take place on April 21 and the last date of withdrawals is April 23.
In Baramulla, as many as “1091 polling stations have been declared as hyper-sensitive and 445 sensitive,” Returning Officer Farooq Ahmad Lone said.
The constituency is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with ruling National Conference fielding sitting MP Sharief-ud- Din Shariq and Opposition PDP former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig.
Former Prasar Bharti officer Abdul Salam Bajad of the Peoples Conference, headed by former separatist leader Sajad Gani Lone, is also in the fray.
The Awami Ittehad Party has put up party founder Abdul Rashid Sheikh from Baramulla.
In Ladakh constituency, only 22 polling stations have been categorised as hyper-senstive, officials said.
The constituency has 1.78 lakh voters.
Meanwhile, an independent candidate today withdrew from the race for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat leaving 14 asiprants, including Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, in the fray.
“Independent candidate Feroz Ahmad withdrew his nomination for Srinagar seat, leaving 14 in the fray,” an official of the Election Department said.
As many 16 candidates had filed their nominations for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat which is going to polls on April 30.
Candidature of an Independent, Nisar Ahmad Ahangar, was rejected during scrutiny.
Abdullah is seeking re-election from Srinagar and his main challengers are PDP leader Tariq Hamid Karra and AAP nominee Raja Muzaffar Bhat.
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