An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in Bellow, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Muslim women voter queue up to cast their vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Muslim women voter queue up to cast their vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People queue up to cast their vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people queue up to vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Women voters queue up to cast their vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A Kashmiri man walks back after casting his vote at a polling booth in Marval, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri's queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in Marval, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
People help an elderly woman in a wheel chair down a ramp after she cast her vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in Bellow, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri women queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in Marval, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Muslim women voter queue up to cast their vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people queue up to vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Women voters queue up to cast their vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in Naira, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
People queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in Naira, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)