Masses stayed away from the polling booths Turnout in the first phase of voting in Anantnag LS seat was 12 percent. It was 39 percent in 2014. Mehbooba Mufti won the seat in 2014, but the meager turnout in PDP bastions might dent her prospects. It is the only constituency in the country that is going to polls in three phases. And yet, Anantnag, which comprises south Kashmir’s four districts, shows no signs that elections are on. In the first phase, on April 23, a few people cast votes at…
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