Jammu: Displaced from the Valley by militancy, over 72,000 Kashmiri Pandits will be able to exercise their right to franchise at 14 polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and Delhi set up by the Election Commission apart from facility of postal ballots.

"As they are far away from home constituencies, 72,713 displaced Kashmiri Pandits would be able to vote through Electronic voting Machines (EVMs) directly at 14 different police across the country," Deputy Chief Electoral Officer (DCEO) Harcharan Singh told PTI.

The Kashmiri Pandits can directly vote through EVMs at the stations apart from the postal ballot paper facility being made available to them, he said.

Singh said after the voters list was updated on January one 2008,there are 72,713 migrant voters from the community, out of which Srinagar district had the highest-- 23,796.

Nine polling station have been setup in Jammu at Women college Gandhi Nagar, Canderbaga community centre canal road, Directorate School Education Muthi, community centre Purkhoo, Economics and statistics department Janipur, Agriculture office Tallab Tilloo, Migrant School Roopnagar, community Hall Nagrota and community Hall Mishriwala.

One polling station will be set up a District Industries centre building at Udhampur. In Delhi, Kashmir Pandits will be able to cast there votes at four places -- Kashmir house Prithviraj road, deputy director horticulture, Shalimar Bagh, SDM office Najafgarh, community centre Dilshad Garden.

Source : PTI