Polls opened early Wednesday in Indian-administered Kashmir for crucial assembly elections, the first since 2014.
Voting will be held in three phases – Sept. 18, Sept. 25 and Oct. 1 -- followed by counting and results on Oct. 8.
The elections have greater significance as they are also the first since India scrapped the Muslim-majority region’s special autonomy in August 2019.
According to the Election Commission of India, nearly 9 million people are registered to vote for the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
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