In Ladakh, the polling is underway to elect councilors for the 26 constituencies of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council, (LAHDC), Leh. AIR Leh Correspondent reports that 29. 73 percent votes have been recorded till 12 noon and the polling is smooth. The 5th term of the present BJP led LAHDC ends on 30th of this month. In the 30 members general council, the elections are held for 26 while four are nominated from principal minorities.<br />''<br />''<b>A Report</b><br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Polling for the 26 consituencies of Ladakh Autonomous Hill DevlopmentCouncil, Leh is undergoing smoothly across all the 294 polling stations and the polling was started timely at 8 am this morning. Tight security and adequate Covid 19 SOP arrangement have been made by the Election Authority to ensure free and fair election. <br />''<br />''The polling parties, security personnel and polling materials of Takmachik polling station of Lamayuru Constituency have to reshuffle late night with the new polling parties. According to official of Election Authority, Office, Leh, the polling at Takmachik official was reshuffle due to detection of one of polling staff with Covid Positive and polling parties have been deployed after the fumigation of the polling station. This polling station is located about 120 km from the district headquarter.  <br />''<br />''A total of 94 candidates are contesting the election and there are 89 thousands and eight hundred forty five registered voters for the LAHDC polls. It is the first election during the covid 19 pandemic and after the formation of Ladakh as Union Territory.</span>