Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday declared the election dates  September 18, 25 and October 1 – on which assembly polls are scheduled to be held as paid holidays in the Union Territory.

In an order, the government stated that the poll dates are observed as paid holiday to every person employed in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote in his/her respective Assembly Constituencies.

Assembly elections in J&K are scheduled to be held in three phases, with the first phase being held on September 18, second on September 25 and third phase on October 1. The results will be declared on October 4.