<div><span> Polling started picking up in most parts of the south Kashmir's Anantnag parliamentary constituency, but remained affected in Pulwama district which recorded a low voter turn-out of 2.71 per cent in the first four hours of polling today.<br /><br /></span><div>Anantnag district recorded 16.46 per cent of polling till 1100 hours, while Kulgam recorded 14.12 per cent, an official spokesman said.<br /><br /></div><div>He said Pulwama recorded 2.71 per cent, while 8.66 per cent of votes were polled in Shopian district.<br /><br /></div><div>Polling had to be briefly stopped at a polling station in Koil in Pulwama this morning after some persons pelted stones on the booth, prompting police to fire warning shots.</div><div>No one was injured in the clashes and the polling at the station was resumed a short while later, officials said.<br /><br /></div><div>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 /></div><div>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.</div></div>
<div><span> Polling started picking up in most parts of the south Kashmir's Anantnag parliamentary constituency, but remained affected in Pulwama district which recorded a low voter turn-out of 2.71 per cent in the first four hours of polling today.<br /><br /></span><div>Anantnag district recorded 16.46 per cent of polling till 1100 hours, while Kulgam recorded 14.12 per cent, an official spokesman said.<br /><br /></div><div>He said Pulwama recorded 2.71 per cent, while 8.66 per cent of votes were polled in Shopian district.<br /><br /></div><div>Polling had to be briefly stopped at a polling station in Koil in Pulwama this morning after some persons pelted stones on the booth, prompting police to fire warning shots.</div><div>No one was injured in the clashes and the polling at the station was resumed a short while later, officials said.<br /><br /></div><div>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 /></div><div>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.</div></div>