Congress leader and Union Minister Gulam Nabi Azad's fate will be locked in EVMs tomorrow in Udhampur LoK Sabha constituency where he is in direct fight with BJP's Jintender Singh.
As many as 14,61,373 voters, including 7,77,599 males and 6,77,850 women, will decide the fate of 13 candidates, including Azad of Congress, Singh of BJP, Arshad Malik of PDP, Dharam Pal Balgotra of BSP and Bhim Singh of JKNPP at 108 polling stations.
The 65-year-old Congress leader, who is currently a Rajya Sabha member, has been a Lok Sabha MP before but from outside Jammu and Kashmir. He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1980 from Washim in Maharashtra and again from the same constituency in 1984.
Azad, who was chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from April 2006 to 2008, has addressed over 100 rallies, street meetings and road shows for his Lok Sabha polls from here.
The Udhampur Parliamentary constituency, with headquarters at Kathua, comprises six districts - Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua.
