<p>Of a total of 1,546 polling stations being established in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, just 55 have been categorised as normal, an official said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The election notification for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat was issued Wednesday by Returning Officer Farooq Ahmad Shah.<br /><br />"Out of 1,546 polling stations being established for Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, 1,021 have been categorized as hyper-sensitive and 470 as sensitive, while 55 polling stations are categorised as normal. This is based on security reasons," Shah told the media persons here.<br /><br />"Segment wise break-up of polling stations is, 804 in Srinagar district, 540 in Badgam and 202 in Ganderbal district."<br /><br />The nomination papers can be filed from April 2 to April 9, and the last date of withdrawalof candidature would be April 12. Polling will be held on April 30 between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., the returning officer said.<br /><br />He also said the total number of voters in Srinagar constituency is 1,171,772.<br /><br />Ruling National Conference (NC) patron and union Minister Farooq Abdullah has already announced he would be seeking re-election from Srinagar as the joint candidate of the National Conference and the Congress.<br /><br />Abdullah is being challenged by Tariq Hameed Karra, senior leader of the Peoples Democratic Party leader who is a former minister.</p>
<p>Of a total of 1,546 polling stations being established in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, just 55 have been categorised as normal, an official said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The election notification for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat was issued Wednesday by Returning Officer Farooq Ahmad Shah.<br /><br />"Out of 1,546 polling stations being established for Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, 1,021 have been categorized as hyper-sensitive and 470 as sensitive, while 55 polling stations are categorised as normal. This is based on security reasons," Shah told the media persons here.<br /><br />"Segment wise break-up of polling stations is, 804 in Srinagar district, 540 in Badgam and 202 in Ganderbal district."<br /><br />The nomination papers can be filed from April 2 to April 9, and the last date of withdrawalof candidature would be April 12. Polling will be held on April 30 between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., the returning officer said.<br /><br />He also said the total number of voters in Srinagar constituency is 1,171,772.<br /><br />Ruling National Conference (NC) patron and union Minister Farooq Abdullah has already announced he would be seeking re-election from Srinagar as the joint candidate of the National Conference and the Congress.<br /><br />Abdullah is being challenged by Tariq Hameed Karra, senior leader of the Peoples Democratic Party leader who is a former minister.</p>