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Srinagar, India, Nov 28 (EFE), (Camera: Farooq Khan).- The first phase of the staggered Kashmir civic polls began on Saturday amid high security, more than a year after India revoked the semi-autonomous status of the disputed Himalayan region.More than 6.7 million people are eligible to vote and elect their representatives to 280 development councils across 20 districts of Kashmir.The elected councils will have no legislative powers but will be responsible for ensuring the economic development of the troubled region that has since long rebelled against the Indian rule.The elections, which have generated a cold response in the Kashmir Valley, will be held in eight phases that end on Dec. 19. Officials will count the votes on Dec. 22.FOOTAGE OF POLING STATIONS IN KASHMIR.
Yangon, Nov 8 (EFE/EPA).- Million of Burmese cast their ballots on Sunday in the second democratic vote of the Southeast Asian country since the end of half a century of military rule, with Aung San Suu Kyi’s party widely expected to win reelection.The election comes amid health concerns sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and measures put in place to combat the virus in Myanmar that has recorded more than 60,000 infections and 1,390 deaths. (Camera: NYEIN CHAN NAING / LYNN BO BO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VOTE AT THE POLLING STATIONS IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Kiev (Ukraine), Oct 25 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko).- Ukrainians began voting Sunday in local elections, held under a new Electoral Code that decentralizes power and at a time of falling popularity of the president, Vladimir Zelenski, and his party. Some 28.7 million voters are called to the polls in more than 29,000 polling stations throughout the country to elect members of regional and district councils, as well as mayors and councils of territorial communities.FOOTAGE OF VOTERS AT A POLLING STATION IN KIEV (UKRAINE), AMONG THEM THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY, PETRO POROSHENKO
Guinean President Alpha Conde, 82, rallies thousands of supporters at a last campaign event at the Stade du 28 Septembre ahead of presidential elections on Sunday. The poll follows months of political unrest, where mass protests against a Conde third term, from October last year, have left dozens of people dead in a security-forces crackdown. IMAGES
Belgrade (Serbia), Jun 21 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Andrej Cukic).- Serbia is holding parliamentary and local elections on Sunday, with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), led by the country's president, the conservative populist Aleksandar Vucic, as the great favourite to get an absolute majority.FOOTAGE OF A POLLING STATION IN BELGRADE.
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