Overview
- BJP’s Devyani Rana faces NC’s Shamima Begum and Panthers Party leader Harsh Dev Singh in a field of ten candidates.
- Officials say security has been tightened with polling staff, static and mobile surveillance teams, and magistrates deployed across booths.
- Roughly 97,900 electors are eligible to vote, with reports differing on the number of polling stations between 150 and 154.
- Campaigning ended Sunday after rallies by senior leaders including Omar Abdullah and Jitendra Singh to boost their party nominees.
- Congress did not field a candidate, leaving the contest shaped largely by BJP and NC strengths in a constituency seen as competitive in recent cycles.