Jammu:  Notwithstanding the alarming cold wave hitting through Jammu and Kashmir, the eighth and last phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections on Saturday recorded a voter turnout of 8.93 percent across several districts in the first two hours.

Since polling commenced at 7 a.m., officials said Anantnag has recorded the lowest turnout in the Kashmir division while Samba in Jammu saw the highest amount of polling. According to the figures updated by the office of State Election Commissioner, in Kashmir Division, Pulwama has recorded voting percentage of 1.38, Baramulla 8.62 percent, Kulgam 1.36 percent, Shopian 1.03 percent, Anantnag 0.62 percent, Bandipora 12.94 percent, Kupwara 11.52 percent and Budgam 6.55 percent till 9 am.

in the same way, in Jammu division, Kishtwar has recorded voting percentage of 12.88, Udhampur 8.30 percent, Jammu 8.51 percent, Kathua 13.42 percent, Ramban 10.01 percent, Doda 8.95 percent, Samba 17.91 percent, Poonch 14.86 percent, Rajouri 15.94 percent and Reasi 17.17 percent in the same time. The Kashmir Division recorded an overall polling percentage of 5.54 while Jammu Division recorded 12.43 percent in the first two hours.

In the 8th and last phase of DDC elections, voting is being held in 28 constituencies, 13 from the Kashmir division and 15 from the Jammu division, where 83 and 85 candidates are in the fray, respectively.

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