Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 58 per cent polling in the third phase of elections held on Tuesday, just days after serial terror attacks claimed the lives of 11 security personnel and two civilians.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and three of his cabinet colleagues are among 144 candidates whose fate have been sealed in the third phase of polling in 16 seats spread across Budgam, Pulwama and Baramulla districts. Uri and Tral constituencies which were hit by terror attacks voted in the third phase of polls.
Security arrangements in all the three districts were strengthened in the wake of Friday's violence, where 21 persons including 11 security personnel and eight militants were killed in four incidents in the Valley.
The first two phases of elections in the state saw a record turnout of over 70 per cent, with voters ignoring boycott calls by separatists and militant outfits.
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