Mardan - The Kashmiri voters settled in Mardan and adjoining areas on Sunday thronged to polling stations to exercise their right of franchise for two reserved seats of the Legislative Assembly (LA) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections peacefully underway in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Voters including male and female thronged to polling stations to cast votes in favour of their choice candidates for LA-XLV Kashmir Velley-VI and LA-XXXIX Jammu-VI constituencies despite scorching heat in Mardan.
Long queues of voters were witnessed at Government Girls High School College Chowk Mardan where two polling stations were setup for the registered Kashmiris voters. In LA-XLV Kashmir Velley-XI constituency, total registered voters were 6,951 including 3,860 male and 3,091 female for whom 41 polling stations were setup.
including seven for male, nine for female and 25 combined setup in KP.
Likewise, 64 polling booths were established including 29 for male, 32 female and three combined.
Kashmiri voters also thronged to polling stations setup for LA-XXXIX Jammu-VI seat consisting of 23 districts in two provinces including Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Peshawar, Nowshera, Mardan, Kohat, Buner, Charsadda, Karak, Kohistan, Mohmand, Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Swat, Swabi, Upper Dir and Chitral.
The law enforcement agencies and police were deployed outside of the polling stations and arms, ammunition and mobile phones were not allowed inside polling stations.