The seventh phase of voting for the District Development Council (DDC) elections concluded peacefully across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (December 16, 2020) and witnessed over 52 per cent polling.
Despite cold weather conditions, people came out in huge numbers to cast their votes. The polling started at 7 am and went on till 2 pm.
A voter of Sherpathri Ganderbal said, “Our village needs development and the candidate we are voting for will definitely develop our village. He will put our demands to authorities. Earlier, we were not in a position to make our problems highlighted but now we will have our own village man to follow our problems.
In Jammu and Kashmir, there are a total of 280 constituencies, 14 in each district, of which, voting was conducted across 31 constituencies, including 13 from the Kashmir division and 18 from the Jammu division.
