New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the dates for the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections. The polls will be held in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1, with vote counting scheduled for October 4, 2024. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made the announcement during a press briefing in New Delhi.
In addition, the ECI also announced that the Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 will take place in a single phase on October 1, 2024, with the results to be declared on October 4, 2024.
For Jammu and Kashmir, sensitive areas include Anantnag, Budgam, Pulwama, and Srinagar, while in Haryana, the elections are expected to be smoothly conducted in a single phase. The last Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held in 2014, and the region saw a 58.46% voter turnout during the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year, the highest in four decades.
