Anantnag: Ignoring boycott calls from separatists and militant groups, nearly 34 per cent electorate yesterday exercised their franchise in the bypoll in Anantnag Assembly constituency where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and seven other candidates are in the fray. The voter turnout was five per cent less than the last Assembly elections.

CM Mehbooba Mufti hugs a voter at a polling station. Pic/PTI