Ladakh Parliamentary constituency, which went to polling on May 6 in the fifth and final phase in Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a turnout of 71.01 per cent with Leh District accounting for 62.63 percent voting and Kargil District witnessing a massive 79.5 percent turnout, reports Daily Excelsior. A total of 1,23,475 votes were polled on May 6 from a total of 1,74,618. In Leh District, 54,585 votes were polled from a total of 87,159 while in Kargil District, 68,890 votes were cast from out of 86,669. Official sources said that May 6’s voting percentage of 71.1 on Ladakh seat was marginally up from 70.78 recorded in 2014 general elections.
Polling in entire Ladakh constituency remained peaceful with no incident of any kind of violence reported from any of the 559 polling stations set up for 1,74,618 electorates. “There was no report of any scuffle between supporters of candidates or any other poll-related violence from any area of entire Ladakh seat,’’ sources said, adding that only a couple of incidents of mal-functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were received but they were rectified immediately, leading to resumption of voting.