Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Polls: EC issues notification for 40 seats voting in phase 3 on Oct 1. Check full details

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Polls: The Election Commission of India on September 5 issued a notification for the filing of nomination papers by candidates for the third and final phase of the upcoming assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.

As many as 40 seats of the 90-member J-K assembly will vote in the third phase of polling on October 1. The last date of filing nominations for third phase is September 12. The scrutiny of nominations will take place on September 13. The last date of withdrawing nominations is September 17.

Polling will held on October 1 from 7 am to 6 pm, as per the notification.

Jammu and Kashmir is voting for its 90-member assembly in three phases. While the first phase of voting is scheduled on September 18, the other two round will be held on September 25 and October 1.

The votes will be counted on October 8.

The election, first in over a decade, is expected to witness a multi-cornered fight for the 90 seats across the erstwhile state. While the National Conference and the Congress are fighting the elections in an alliance, the People's Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the two other major players.

Here is a list of 40 assembly constituencies voting in second phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir on October 1: