67 pc turn out in JK panchayat polls

Srinagar: More than 67 per cent voters today exercised their franchise in the 14th phase of Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir, which concluded peacefully.
“A large number of people exercised their right of franchise to elect 217 sarpanches and 1486 panches in nine blocks of the state,” an official spokesman said.
He said the turnout was 84 per cent in Kalaroos, 90 per cent in Kralpora, 52.32 per cent in Pampore, 63 per cent in Shopian, 82.30 per cent in Nobra, 72.40 per cent in Panamik, 72 per cent in Nyoma, 78.20 per cent in Durbuk and 84.78 per cent in Bhallessa.
The overall percentage of polling in all these blocks was 67.32, he added.