Polling teams in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district have been dispatched to far-flung areas with electronic voting machines (EVMs) ahead of the first phase of the Assembly elections on 18 September. A total of 534 polling parties have left for their designated polling stations.

The first phase of the election will cover 24 assembly constituencies across the Union Territory. Similarly, polling teams from Ramban and Kishtwar districts have also departed for their stations, reported ANI.