Ladakh and Anantnag Parliamentary Constituencies in J&K to go to Pollsin Phase V of General Elections 2019
3.03% increase in Electors in Ladakh PC since last General Elections
4 Candidates to contest from Ladakh and 18 from Anantnag PC
1,254 polling stations have been set up for Ladakh and Anantnag PC in Phase V Polls
By PIB Delhi
In the Fifth phase of General Elections 2019, Ladakh Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in Jammu & Kashmir, along with the 3rd part ofAnantnag PC,would be going to polls on 6th May. Kargil and Leh districts would be covered in Ladakh (PC No. 4),along withShopian and Pulwamain Anantnag (PC No. 3). All the PC seats in Ladakh and Anantnag PC belong to the General category.
As per the data sourced from CEO (Jammu & Kashmir) website, there are a total of 6,93,692general electors in the two PCs, out of which 3,57,879 are general male electors,3,35,799 general female electorsand 14 third gender electors. There are 3,806 service electors and 4,388 persons with disabilities (PWD) electors in Phase V. A total of 1,254 polling stations have been set up for these two PCs during this phase. 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 |
V | Ladakh | Leh | 42695 | 42659 | 02 | 85356 | 1481 | 294 | 436 |
Kargil | 44057 | 42405 | 01 | 86463 | 1667 | 265 | 1647 | ||
Anantnag | Pulwama | 181259 | 169508 | 06 | 350773 | 541 | 450 | 1297 | |
Shopian | 89868 | 81227 | 05 | 171100 | 117 | 245 | 1008 | ||
Phase V Total | 357879 | 335799 | 14 | 693692 | 3806 | 1254 | 4388 |
(Source – Website of CEO, Jammu & Kashmir)
The data sourced from ECI website shows that in General Election 2014, there were a total of 1,66,763 electors in theLadakh PC. This number has grown to 1,71,819during General Elections 2019, which is an increase of 5,056 (3.03%) electors since last General Elections.
As per the Form 7A details on the ECI Website, 4 candidatesfrom different Political Parties are contesting fromLadakhPC and 18 candidates from Anantnag PC. The Political Party-wise list of contesting candidates is given below:
Phase | Parliamentary Constituency | Political Party | Candidate | Symbol |
V | Ladakh | Recognized National and State Political Parties | ||
Bharatiya JanataParty | JamyangTseringNamgyal | Lotus | ||
Indian NationalCongress | RigzinSpalbar | Hand | ||
Other Candidates | ||||
Independent | Asgar Ali Karbalai | Cup &Saucer | ||
Sajjad Hussain | BatteryTorch | |||
Anantnag | Recognized National and State Political Parties | |||
BharatiyaJantaParty | Sofi Yousuf | Lotus | ||
Indian NationalCongress | Ghulam Ahmad Mir | Hand | ||
Jammu & KashmirNationalConference | HasnainMasoodi | Plough | ||
Jammu & KashmirPeoples DemocraticParty | Mehbooba Mufti | Inkpot &Pen | ||
Jammu & KashmirNational PanthersParty | Nisar Ahmad Wani | Bicycle | ||
Registered Political Parties | ||||
PragatisheelSamajwadi Party(Lohia) | Surinder Singh | Key | ||
ManvadhikarNational Party | Sanjay Kumar Dhar | Tooth Brush | ||
Jammu AndKashmir PeopleConference | Ch. Zaffar Ali | Apple | ||
Other Candidates | ||||
Independent | Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather | GannaKissan | ||
RidwanaSanam | Diamond | |||
Riyaz Ahmad Bhat | Computer | |||
ZubairMasoodi | Gas Cylinder | |||
Mirza Sajad HussainBeigh | TractorChalataKissan | |||
Shams Khwaja | Green Chilli | |||
Ali Mohammad Wani | Helicopter | |||
Gh. MohdWani | Table | |||
Kyasir Ahmad Sheikh | Bat | |||
Manzoor Ahmad Khan | Pen Stand |
(Source – Website of ECI)