Poll percentage till 1200 hrs. GUREZ. 46.05% BANDIPORA. 34.68% SONAWARI. 37.45% KANGAN. 41.88 % GANDERBAL. 34.59% NUBRA. 27.5% LEH. 10.4%

1st phase of voting today, good luck to all the voters braving the cold weather. Vote in large numbers & vote with your hearts.

I particularly call upon my young friends in J&K and Jharkhand to turnout in large numbers & cast their votes.

J&K polls

12 sitting MLAs, including seven ministers, are among 123 candidates trying their luck in 15 constituencies. A million voters will get to decide the political fate of 123 candidates who are in the fray. The Assembly segments going to polls include Kishtwar, Inderwal, Doda, Bhaderwah, Ramban and Banihal (in Jammu division); Gurez, Bandipora, Sonawari, Kangan and Ganderbal (in Kashmir), Nobra, Leh, Kargil and Zanskar (in Ladakh).

While the state police and central paramilitary force are deployed directly to provide security to the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, army has been deployed in strength to provide an outer secured atmosphere to these elections. A total of 123 candidates including those from the National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Panthers Party, BJP, Congress, Peoples Conference and independents are in the fray for today's elections.

A total of 1,051,642 voters would exercise franchise tomorrow in the first phase of the five-phased Assembly elections. Polling ends at 4 PM. Many star campaigners, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi campaigned for their party candidates for the first phase of polls.