Jammu, April 27 -- Over 67 percent voter turnout was recorded in the first four hours of polling in the Jammu constituency in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, officials said.

The voting began at 7 am in 2,416 polling stations in the constituency and is going on peacefully, the election officials said, and added that 67.22 percent of votes were polled till 5 pm. There are more than 17.80 lakh eligible voters in the constituency.

The electors are casting their votes to decide the fate of 22 candidates, including sitting MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, who is eyeing a third term after winning the seat for the BJP in 2014 and 2019. The INDIA bloc has fielded Jammu and Kashmir Congress working president Raman Bhalla.

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