Voting for the fourth phase on 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 15 seats in Jharkhand began on Sunday morning, amid tight security.
The penultimate round of the five-phased polls in Jammu and Kashmir will seal the fate of 182 candidates including two chief ministerial aspirants and Speaker of the assembly.
Over 14.73 lakh voters including 7.05 lakh females are eligible to exercise their franchise at 1,890 polling stations in four districts of the state – Srinagar, Anantnag, Shopian (Kashmir Valley) and Samba (Jammu region).
All eyes will be on the eight constituencies of Srinagar– currently being represented by the National Conference (NC)– as the voter turnout has generally remained low in the district along with some parts of Anantnag and Shopian. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is contesting from Sonwar Assembly segment of Srinagar after he chose not to contest from his family stronghold of Ganderbal constituency. Omar was also in fray from Beerwah seat, in central Kashmir's Budgam district, which went to polls in the third phase.
In Jharkhand with former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi and three incumbent ministers testing their luck. A total of 43,48,709 voters are eligible to decide the fate of 217 candidates, including 16 women.
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