J&K Panchayat polls: Voting for 8th phase underway

Voting for the eighth phase of Panchayat elections begun across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Polling is scheduled to end at 2 pm today. Polling is being conducted amidst heightened security. In this phase, 2633 polling stations have been set up - 550 in Kashmir division and 2083 in Jammu division. Of these, 361 have been categorised as ‘hypersensitive’, including 171 in Kashmir division and 190 in Jammu division. 6304 candidates are in the fray for 331 Sarpanch and 2007 Panch seats in this phase.