Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency to go to Polls in 3 parts in Phase III, Phase IV & Phase V of General Elections 2019

Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in Jammu & Kashmir would be going to polls in 3 parts in Phase III, Phase IV & Phase V of General Elections 2019, the only such PC in the country. The Four Districts to be covered in the Anantnag (PC No. 3) are Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama. The polls in Anantnag would be held on 23rdApril, in Kulgam on 29th April, in Shopian and Pulwama on 6th May, in all polling stations falling in these districts. All the PC seats in Anantnag PC belong to the General category.

As per the data sourced from CEO (Jammu & Kashmir) website, there are a total of 13,93,251 general electors in the Anantnag PC, out of which 7,20,337 are general male electors, 6,72,879 general female electors and 35 third gender electors. In addition to this, there are 4,041 service electors and 7,483 persons with disabilities (PWD) electors. A total of 1,842 polling stations have been set up for this PC during the three phases of polls. The details are as below:

Phase	Parliamentary Constituency	District	General Male Electors	General Female Electors	General Third Gender Electors	Total General Electors	Total Service Electors	Total Polling Stations	Total PWD
III	Anantnag	Anantnag	269603	257540	11	527154	2118	714	4240
IV		Kulgam	179607	164604	13	344224	1265	433	938
V		Pulwama	181259	169508	6	350773	541	450	1297
V		Shopian	89868	81227	5	171100	117	245	1008
Total			720337	672879	35	1393251	4041	1842	7483

 

(Source – Website of CEO, Jammu & Kashmir)

 

The data sourced from ECI website shows that in General Election 2014, there were a total of 13,01,143 electors in the Anantnag PC. This number has grown to 13,93,251 during General Elections 2019, which is an increase of 2,83,725 (7.08%) electors since last General Elections. In the last General Elections, this PC witnessed a low voter turnout at 28.84%.

As per the Form 7A details on the ECI Website, a total of 18 candidates from different Political Parties are contesting from Anantnag PC. The Political Party-wise list of contesting candidates is given below:

Phase	Parliamentary Constituency	Political Party	Candidates	Party Symbol
		Recognized National and State Political Parties
III	Anantnag	Bharatiya Janta Party	Sofi Yousuf	Lotus
		Indian National Congress	Ghulam Ahmad Mir	Hand
		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	Hasnain Masoodi	Plough
		Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Mehbooba Mufti	Inkpot & Pen
		Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party	Nisar Ahmad Wani	Bicycle
		Registered Political Parties
		Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia)	Surinder Singh	Key
		Manvadhikar National Party	Sanjay Kumar Dhar	Tooth Brush
		Jammu And Kashmir People Conference	Ch. Zaffar Ali	Apple
		Other Candidates
		Independent	Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather	Ganna Kissan
			Ridwana Sanam	Diamond
			Riyaz Ahmad Bhat	Computer
			Zubair Masoodi	Gas Cylinder
			Mirza Sajad Hussain Beigh	Tractor Chalata Kissan
			Shams Khwaja	Green Chilli
			Ali Mohammad Wani	Helicopter
			Gh. Mohd Wani	Table
			Kyasir Ahmad Sheikh	Bat
			Manzoor Ahmad Khan	Pen Stand

 

(Source – Website of ECI)

 

 

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