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Srinagar, April 09: The voting for the parliamentary by-elections in the three districts of Srinagar, Budgam and Gandarbal officially started at 7 a.m. but very few voters came out to exercise their democratic right.
In Srinagar, a very little voter turnout was seen in Amira Kadal, Batmaloo, Sonawar, Eidgah, Habba Kadal assembly segments in the morning. The authorities said the process was expected to pick up as the day warms up.
In Gandarbal district, no voter turned up at the Haran, Bamloora and Dudrhana polling stations. In Kangan segment, very few voters were seen at the polling station. No queues of voters were seen in the Chadoora assembly segment followed by some voters came out to the polling station in the Beerwah assembly segment of Budgam district.
A total of 1,261,397 voters are eligible to exercise democratic right for which 1,559 polling stations have been set up.
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