India announces Kashmir polls after 10-year hiatus

The polls, being held after a decade, are the first since the region’s special status was revoked in 2019.

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These polls are the first in nearly a decade – and the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government revoked the region’s special status in 2019.

The three-phased voting in the 90 constituencies will conclude on 1 October and counting is set for 4 October.

Some 8.7 million people, including 4.26 million women, will be eligible to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said.

Assembly elections are normally held after five years, but political uncertainty had delayed the polls.

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