<p> Voting today began on a dull note in Anantnag Parliamentary constituency of south Kashmir, which had recently witnessed attacks on political workers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>An official spokesman said Anantnag recorded 6.36 per cent of polling, Kulgam 6.20 per cent, Pulwama 0.22 per cent and Shopian 2.62 per cent till 9 AM.<br /><br />The effect of the poll boycott call by the separatists and the recent killings of political workers by militants was visible in Shopian and Pulwama districts which recorded a low turn-out.<br /><br />Although 12 candidates are in the fray for this Lok Sabha seat spread over 16 Assembly segments in the four districts, the contest is expected to be a direct fight between ruling National Conference candidate Mehboob Beg and opposition PDP president Mehbooba Mufti.<br /><br />Of the 16 Assembly segments, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLAs represent 12, the Congress two and the National Conference (NC) and the CPI-M one each.</p>
<p> Voting today began on a dull note in Anantnag Parliamentary constituency of south Kashmir, which had recently witnessed attacks on political workers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>An official spokesman said Anantnag recorded 6.36 per cent of polling, Kulgam 6.20 per cent, Pulwama 0.22 per cent and Shopian 2.62 per cent till 9 AM.<br /><br />The effect of the poll boycott call by the separatists and the recent killings of political workers by militants was visible in Shopian and Pulwama districts which recorded a low turn-out.<br /><br />Although 12 candidates are in the fray for this Lok Sabha seat spread over 16 Assembly segments in the four districts, the contest is expected to be a direct fight between ruling National Conference candidate Mehboob Beg and opposition PDP president Mehbooba Mufti.<br /><br />Of the 16 Assembly segments, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLAs represent 12, the Congress two and the National Conference (NC) and the CPI-M one each.</p>