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Over 28% votes polled at Anantnag at 3 pm

Voting picked up after a slow start in the morning due to the ongoing holy month of Ramzan

Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti

Press Trust of India Anantnag
Over 28% of the little over 84,000 voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm on Wednesday in the by-pollfor south Kashmir's Anantnag Assembly constituency where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is in the fray, officials said.

"According to the latest official reports, 28.31% polling was recorded in Anantnag constituency till 3 pm," said an official spokesman.

Voting picked up after a slow start in the morning due to the ongoing holy month of Ramzan, officials said.

No untoward incident has been reported so far, officials said.

By-poll in the constituency was necessitated due to the death of former Chief Minister and Mehbooba's father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7.

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First Published: Jun 22 2016 | 4:57 PM IST

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