Fall and the Rise: Voter turnout arc reflects the political shifts in Jammu & Kashmir

Anuradha Bhasin As Kashmir goes to the polls, beginning May 13, the enthusiasm on the streets at the election rallies, and the robust campaigning in the real and the virtual world, suggests a reasonable turnout of voters, unlike the 2019 parliamentary elections when the overall percentage in the Valley was less than 19%, the lowest in Anantnag at 8.9%. Voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in the Valley, has had an interesting trajectory in the recent decades since the … Continue reading Fall and the Rise: Voter turnout arc reflects the political shifts in Jammu & Kashmir