The Election Commission of India (ECI) recognized the services of Chief Secretary, J&K Atal Dulloo, for the successful holding of elections for the 18th Lok Sabha in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Secretary was presented with a ‘Certificate of Exemplary Leadership’ signed by the Chief Election Commissioner and two of the Election Commissioners. 58.11 per cent polling was recorded for the first time for the general elections held since 1989 across the UT which was over 14 per cent more than
that of the elections of 2019 during which the overall percentage of polling was just around 44 per cent.
For this purpose, 11 thousand and 629 polling stations had been established and 80 thousand and 724 polling personnel had been trained and made available to ECI for holding elections across Jammu and Kashmir. These were the first general elections of the J&K after its reorganization in the year 2019.