Jammu-Kashmir Civic Polls Live: 53 % Overall Voter Turnout Till 3 PM hindustantimes.com

The first phase of urban local body (ULB) polls began in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

The state’s two main parties —the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — have boycotted the elections over the “lack of clarity” surrounding the Centre’s stand on legal challenges in the Supreme Court to Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.