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Anantnag poll date is notified

The Election Commission today notified the fresh date of October 4 for holding elections in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, adjourned following the killing of the BJP candidate.

According to commission sources, the fresh date was notified to BJP general secretary Narendra Modi this morning. The BJP has been given time till September 17 to nominate a fresh candidate to replace Ghulam Hyder Noorani, who was killed in a mine blast on the Pahalgam road in south Kashmir on September 7. Scrutiny of the nomination will take place on September 18 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature will be September 20. The polling will be held on October 4 and counting of votes would be taken up on October 6, along with all other constituencies. The election process would be concluded by October 10.

Earlier, Anantnag was scheduled to go to the polls in the third phase of the general elections on September 18, along with Baramullah. While elections have been held in Srinagar and Ladakh constituencies of the state on September 5, polling is due in Udhampur and Jammu during the second phase of the 13th general elections tomorrow.

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