India's Jammu and Kashmir votes in first regional poll in a decade

Aisha, 90, shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of the assembly election in south Kashmir's Bijbehara town, September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

The nine million registered voters are choosing members for the region's 90-seat legislature in the three-phase election. Votes will be counted on Oct. 8 and results expected the same day.