Srinagar, May 1 -- The Election Commission of India on Tuesday revised and pushed back the day of the election on Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary seat from May 7 to May 25.

"The Election Commission of India had announced the schedule for the General Election to the Lok Sabha vide its Press Note dated 16th March 2024. Accordingly, the Notification for the 3rd Phase was issued on 12th April 2024 and the Poll Day was scheduled for 7th May 2024.

"Various representations have been received from different political parties of the UT of Jammu & Kashmir for shifting the date of poll of election from 3-Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency (PC) of Jammu & Kashmir, due to various logistic, communication and natural barrier of connectivity turn...