Residents in India-controlled Kashmir vote in second phase of polls

Kashmiri people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote during the second phase of the assembly election in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Wednesday (Dar Yasin/AP)

Under elaborate security, residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir began casting their votes on Wednesday in the second phase of a staggered election for a local government.

About 2.6 million residents are eligible to elect 26 of the 239 candidates in six districts, including in the biggest regional main city of Srinagar, where voters in some polling booths queued outside early in the morning.