Voter turnout of 69.69 per cent has been recorded in phase-3 of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, with women outnumbering men in casting votes, the Election Commission said on Thursday

Jammu and Kashmir chief of BJP Ravinder Raina Thursday said that the way people voted in record numbers in all three phases of Assembly polls held after a decade suggests that their party will win absolute majority on October 8.

As all three phases of Assembly polls have culminated peacefully in J&K, all eyes are now on October 8, the day results of 90 seats will be out.

A voter turnout of 69.65 percent was recorded in the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Tuesday, with the democratic exercise passing off peacefully amid tight security.

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