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As the State Election Commission had ordered on Tuesday re-polling at two polling booths of Mohali Municipal Corporation, the counting for this entire civic body will take place on Thursday.

The first phase of polling recorded 84.23 per cent voting.

The polls will be conducted in four phases till February 21 with the first first one being held on Tuesday.

Polling for 31 DDC seats -- 13 in Kashmir division and 18 in Jammu division -- began at 7 am.

Kerala recorded 76.38 per cent voter turnout in the 2nd phase of local body elections held in five districts, last week, according to the state election commission.

There are a total of 305 candidates in the electoral fray including 166 from Kashmir division and 139 from Jammu division for DDC elections in phase 3.

The repoll in the division is being held after CPI contesting candidate complained about mismatch of the party symbol in the ballot paper on Tuesday.

In the 2016 elections, the poll per cent was 45.29 percent.

The shops were closed from 6 pm on November 29 to 6 pm on December 1 in connection with the GHMC elections

Local AIMIM leaders protested her move as she was neither a local voter nor an agent of the candidate.

In the first phase of the DDC elections, 43 constituencies will go to polls, including 25 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu.

The polling which was only 13 percent in the first two hours of polling, has gained momentum as the day progressed and recorded 34.33 at 11 am and 55.52 per cent at 1 pm.

The polling has been peaceful all over the constituency with police providing security at all polling stations.

Guidelines have been issued by the Commission for safe conduct of the electoral exercise in the midst of the raging COVID-19 pandemic.