All forces including the Central Reserve Police Force, the Seema Suraksha Bal, and the Jammu and Kashmir Police have been put on high alert in Jammu and Kashmir as the second phase of the 2019 parliamentary election gets underway in three districts of the Kashmir valley. Checkpoints have been set up across the Srinagar city and main towns of Ganderbal, and Budgam, all of which are going to the poll 18 April in the second phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

A total of 1716 polling stations have been set up in the areas.

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All vehicles entering in the central Kashmir districts from South and North Kashmir are being thoroughly checked.

Other areas of Jammu and Kashmir have already voted in phase 1 of the Lok Sabha polls; people voted amid tight security in the first phase on 11 April, registering a 54 per cent voter turnout despite a poll boycott called by separatists in the Jammu and Baramulla constituencies.

The Srinagar constituency is spread over 15 assembly segments comprising of three districts of central Kashmir, District Ganderbal, District Srinagar (summer capital of J&K state) and District Budgam.

In the current polls, the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat will see a contest between former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and the president of the National Conference Farooq Abdullah and 11 other candidates.



According to figures provided by the Chief Electoral Office, Srinagar constituency has 12,95,304 registered voters, including 6,67,225 men, 6,27,282 women, 744 service voters and 26 transgender voters.



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