Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) Balloting for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir began Wednesday, officials said.

As many as 14 candidates are in the fray, including Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference.

Over 1.23 million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 1,546 polling booths.

Around 50 companies of central armed forces and over 10,000 police personnel have been deployed.