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).
OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:17 IST
78% (681/873) of the contestants in the 2024 Jammu & Kashmir elections lost their deposits.
OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:17 IST
Winner with the lowest voteshare in Jammu & Kashmir: Shabir Ahmad Kullay (Independent) in Shopian (23.74%)
OCTOBER 09 ,2024 ,12:17 IST
38 of the 90 winning candidates (42%) in Jammu & Kashmir got more than 50% of the votes polled.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:22 IST
Gurez constituency houses the highest ST population (81.84%) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.
OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:22 IST
Marh constituency houses the highest SC population (42.55%) in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 08 ,2024 ,7:19 IST
With an electorate size of 21,982, Gurez constituency in Jammu and Kashmir has the least number of voters.
OCTOBER 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)
OCTOBER 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.
October 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.
October 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.
OCTOBER 07 ,2024 ,20:18 IST
Baramulla assembly has the highest number of candidates (25) contesting in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir election.
OCTOBER 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.
OCTOBER 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.
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BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2025
| No. of states/UTs | 1 |
| Total seats | 243 |
| General seats | 203 |
| Reserved for SCs | 38 |
| Reserved for STs | 2 |
| Population estimate | 13.07 crore |
| Total electors | 7.43 crore |
| Third gender electors | 1,725 |
| 18-19 electors | 14.01 lakh |
| Service electors | 1.63 lakh |
| PwD electors | 7.20 lakh |
| Senior Citizens (85+) | 4.03 lakh |
| Polling Stations | 90,712 |
| Term of Assembly ends | 22.11.2025 |
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