Srinagar:The Election Commission on Sunday announced a three-phase election for the Anantnag parliamentary seat, a first  time in electoral history.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that the elections for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will not be held along with the Lok Sabha polls. "We will have to carry out three phases of election for just one constituency - of Anantnag - so you can imagine how complicated it is.”  The restive state will have five phases of voting for its six Lok Sabha seats.

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According to the report, In the first phase on April 11, voting will be held in Baramulla and Jammu constituencies, while Srinagar and Udhampur constituencies will go to vote in the second phase on April 18. Voting in Anantnag will be held on April 23 and 29 and May 6, while Ladakh will also go to polls on May 6. 

Election official said, The counting for all the six Lok Sabha seats will be held on May 23, along with the rest of the country, and results would be announced the same day.

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The Anantnag constituency sprawls over four volatile south Kashmir districts: Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama — the last of them the site of February’s terror attack on a CRPF convoy that ratcheted India-Pakistan tensions.

While announcing the schedule, the Chief Election Commissioner said the poll panel was constantly monitoring the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and will take a decision about the Assembly elections soon.