The Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir began on September 18, as scheduled by the Election Commission of India (ECI). This is the first election since 2019, when the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir was altered by the abrogation of Article 370,

Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

The assembly elections are being held in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of 10 years. While the first phase of voting was conducted on September 18, the electorate is going to polls in the second phase on September 25.

India’s troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir saw a brisk turnout amid tight security as voters cast their ballots on Wednesday in the first regional legislative elections in a decade. The region, which has seen years of separatist violence and is at the centre of a dispute between India and Pakistan,

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the 'dynastic politics' of Congress, National Conference and People's Democratic Party (PDP) as he held rally in Srinagar in support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates.