District Development Council election begins, 296 candidates in fray for 43 constituencies

Akhnoor : Voting for the first phase of District Development Council (DDC) elections is underway in Jammu and Kashmir...Excelsior\Rakesh

Jammu : This is the first-ever district council elections in the Union territory since the abrogation of special status granted to it under Article 370

Nearly 7 lakh voters are eligible to casting their ballot to decide the fates of 296 candidates in the fray for 43 constituencies going to polls on Saturday for the first-ever district council elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of special status granted to the erstwhile state under Article 370.

The elections to fill up vacant seats of 1,088 sarpanchs and over 12,000 panch positions and Urban Local Bodies are also being held simultaneously. Forty-three sarpanch and 368 panch constituencies are going to the polls in the first phase on Saturday(Agencies)