Jammu and Kashmir Elections to be Held at Appropriate Time: CEC Rajiv Kumar

Whenever assembly elections are held there, it will be the first since Article 370 provisions of the Constitution were abrogated and Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union territories in 2019. 🍬

PTI

Updated on: 9 October 2023 1:53 pm

CEC Rajiv Kumar at a meeting in Delhi

The Election Commission on Moওnday said polls in Jamm🅺u and Kashmir will be held at the "right time" keeping in mind the security situation there.

Chief E𓆉lection Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said at a press conference to announce the schedule for assembly e🧔lections in five states.

The polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held when the commission deems it the "right time" keeping in mind the security situation a🦩nd other polls being held in the union territory, he said.

W🦂henever assemb✱ly elections are held there, it will be the first since Article 370 provisions of the Constitution were abrogated and Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union territories in 2019.

The electoral exercise in ꧂Jammu and Kashmir is ✤usually spread over a month.

Following the delimita෴tion, the number of assembly seats has gone up from 83 to 90, excluding the seats allocated to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.