SRINAGAR: As many as 20 of the 26 meeting segments that went to polls on Wednesday within the second section of voting in Jammu and Kashmir have registered decrease voter turnout than that within the 2014 meeting elections. In keeping with the information of the Election Commission of India, the general voting proportion within the 2014 polls was above 60 per cent for the meeting segments within the six districts that went to polls on Wednesday.
J&Ok Chief Electoral Officer P Ok Pole, whereas giving the information for Wednesday’s polling, mentioned an estimated 56.05 per cent voter turnout was recorded within the six districts.
Pole mentioned the information was tentative and might go up barely as polling was occurring at some polling stations even at 6.45 pm.
There have been 25 meeting segments in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Budgam, Reasi, Rajouri and Poonch districts within the 2014 polls. Nevertheless, the quantity elevated by one seat to 26 in these six districts following the delimitation train undertaken in 2022.
Whereas 5 meeting segments in Srinagar district recorded the next turnout than the 2014 polls, all different meeting segments within the 5 remaining districts recorded a decrease voter turnout.
Budgam (66.32 computer in 2014) and Chrar-e-Sharief (82.44 computer in 2014) meeting segments in central Kashmir witnessed the largest drop of 15 per cent voter turnout adopted by Budhal (82.50 computer in 2014) meeting section which noticed a dip of 14 per cent.
Whereas Shri Mata Vaishno Devi section in Reasi district recorded the very best turnout of 79.95 per cent this 12 months, it’s nonetheless lower than 82.68 per cent recorded in 2014 when the constituency was generally known as Gool Arnas.
Habbakadal meeting section, which has a big migrant voter inhabitants, recorded the bottom turnout of 18.39 per cent in comparison with 21.31 per cent that was registered 10 years in the past.
The voter turnout in not one of the meeting segments, which registered a rise over the 2014 figures, nonetheless, crossed the 38 per cent mark whereas all of the constituencies which noticed a dip within the turnout nonetheless crossed 50 per cent.
In keeping with Pole, the segment-wise turnout in Jammu division seats was Gulabgarh (73.49), Surankote (75.11), Reasi (71.00), Nowshera (72.00), Kalakote-Sunderbani (68.71), Poonch-Haveli (74.92), Rajouri (70.64), Budhal (68.58), Thannamandi (69.66) and Mendhar (71.08).
Within the Kashmir valley seats, the turnout was Khansahib (71.66), Kangan (71.89), Chrar-e-Sharief (67.44), Chadoora (55.25), Ganderbal (56.97), Beerwah (63.31), Budgam (51.13), Hazratbal (30.69), Khanyar (26.07), Habbakadal (18.39), Lal Chowk (32.11), Channapora (29.35), Zadibal (30.73), Central Shalteng (31.07) and Eidgah (36.93).
