Elections

Jammu & Kashmir Election Trivia

Interesting facts about Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elections

Often it is the small facts that are the most interesting. For this 2024 Jammu & Kashmir Assembly election season, we attempt to dig out interesting and little known facts related to the politics and elections . Scroll down to know and don't forget to share with your friends about your #TIL moment (for the uninitiated, #TIL stands for Today I Learned).

#28OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:17 IST

78% (681/873) of the contestants in the 2024 Jammu & Kashmir elections lost their deposits.

#27OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:17 IST

Winner with the lowest voteshare in Jammu & Kashmir: Shabir Ahmad Kullay (Independent) in Shopian (23.74%)

#26OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:17 IST

38 of the 90 winning candidates (42%) in Jammu & Kashmir got more than 50% of the votes polled.

#25OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:16 IST

Lowest victory margin in Jammu & Kashmir: Rafiq Ahmad Naik of PDP defeated Surinder Singh of INC by 460 votes (1.06%) in Tral.

#24OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:16 IST

Highest victory margin in Jammu & Kashmir: Devender Singh Rana of BJP defeated Joginder Singh of NC by 30,472 votes (41.13%) in Nagrota.

#23OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:13 IST

Two independent candidates Mohd Akram and Faiz Hussain, contesting from Surankote (ST) constituency in Jammu & Kashmir got zero votes each.

#22OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:22 IST

Gurez constituency houses the highest ST population (81.84%) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.

#21OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:22 IST

Marh constituency houses the highest SC population (42.55%) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.

#20OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:21 IST

Covering just 3.8 sq.km, Habbakadal is the smallest constituency in Jammu and Kashmir in terms of area. The seat also witnessed the lowest turnout in the 2024 assembly election.

#19OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:21 IST

Covering 3,932.44 sq.km, Inderwal is the largest constituency in Jammu and Kashmir in terms of area. The seat also witnessed the highest turnout in the 2024 assembly election.

#18OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:20 IST

In Jammu and Kashmir, the constituency with the lowest electorate gender ratio is Bani with 879 female voters per 1000 male voters.

#17OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:20 IST

Pampore and Trehgam constituencies boast the highest electorate gender ratio (1,019 female voters per 1000 male voters) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.

#16OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:19 IST

With an electorate size of 21,982, Gurez constituency in Jammu and Kashmir has the least number of voters.

#15OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:18 IST

Poonch Haveli is the largest assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, in terms of number of electors (1,27,221)

#14OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:18 IST

Habbakadal constituency in the Kashmir region recorded lowest voter participation (19.81%) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.

#13October 08 2024 7:15 IST

Inderwal seat from the Jammu region received the highest turnout (82.16%) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.

#12October 08 2024 7:15 IST

Only 3 candidates are contesting in these two seats in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir election: Srigufwara-Bijbehara and Akhnoor.

#11OCTOBER 07 ,2024 ,20:18 IST

Baramulla assembly has the highest number of candidates (25) contesting in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir election.

#10OCTOBER 07 ,2024 ,20:17 IST

Sarjan Ahmad Wagay, an independent candidate contesting from Beerwah assembly constituency has declared the highest number of criminal cases (25) in the 2024 Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elections.

#9OCTOBER 07 ,2024 ,20:17 IST

17.5% (153/873) of candidates contesting in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections have reported criminal cases against them in their election affidavits.

Jammu and Kashmir

Assembly Elections

SEATS COMPOSITION
Total seats :	90
General seats :	74
Reserved for SCs :	7
Reserved for STs :	9

ELECTORATE DETAILS
Total electors :	88,03,020
Male electors :	44,89,058
Female electors :	43,13,794
Third Gender electors :	168
Young electors (18-29 years) :	25.34 lakh
Persons with Disabilities (PwD) electors :	83,191
Senior citizen (85+) electors :	65,597
Centenarian electors (100+ years) :	2,428
Total candidates :	873
Female candidates :	43
Independent candidates :	346
Polling Period :	14 days, 3 phases
Polling Stations :	11,838
Previous Turnout (2014) :	65.52%

Assembly cons. Results

Cons. name
Karnah
Trehgam
Kupwara
Lolab
Handwara
Langate
Sopore
Rafiabad
Uri
Baramulla