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Voting for the second phase of panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir is underway amid heavy security. Voting underway for second phase of Panchayat Polls in Jammu and Kashmir; visuals from a polling station in Udhampur's Tikri. As many as 40 blocks - 17 in Jammu region, 12 in Kashmir and 11 in Ladakh region - are going to polls in this phase. Also Read | Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections LIVE: Second phase of polling begins in 72 constituenciesThere will be seven more phases of panchayat polls in the state. The first phase of the panchayat elections that took place amid heightened security in the face of militant threats on Saturday recorded an impressive voter turnout of 74.1 per cent..