Jammu and Kashmir Holds First Assembly Elections in a Decade, Post-Article 370 Abrogation

People are standing in line, waiting for their turn to cast their ballot at a polling station in Srinagar, India, on September 18, 2024. Voting for the first phase of the three-phase Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is taking place today across 24 constituencies in seven districts. This is marking the first Assembly election in the Union Territory in a decade. It is also marking the first such election since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, which had previously granted special status to the erstwhile state.