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| A polling station for 10 voters | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 21: Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are watched keenly by outsiders for variety of political and security reasons but there are other interesting features which make this exercise unique in the country.
A polling station in Jammu and Kashmir has only 10 voters. This is perhaps the only case of its kind in the country. There is another polling station which is at highest height from the sea level -5000 meters from sea level. In total there are 8,109 polling stations across Jammu and Kashmir.
The maximum number of 999 polling booths will be established in Jammu district while as the newly-carved out Ganderbal district will have the lowest number of 142 polling stations. As far as the constituency with the maximum polling stations is concerned, Leh with 183 stations tops the list while as Gurez has the lowest number of 25 polling booths.
In Leh Assembly segment, Polling Station 181 – Anlay Fu is the highest polling station situated at an altitude of 5,000 metres. Polling Station No: 10-Sunudo, in Nobra Assembly segment, will be the smallest polling station having 10 voters only.
As many as 603 polling stations will be situated at an altitude of 8,001 to 13,000 ft. with the maximum of 183 located in Leh constituency, followed by 158 in Kargil constituency.
As many as 196 polling stations will fall in the altitude of 7,001 to 8,000 ft. with Poonch Haveli constituency having the highest number of 32 polling stations followed by 25 in Kokernag constituency. Shopian constituency will have maximum of 89 polling stations and Wachi constituency 84 polling stations at height of 6,001 to 7,000 ft. A maximum of 3,606 polling stations will be at an altitude of 5,001 to 6,000 ft. with Batamaloo constituency having the largest number of 126 booths followed by Sopore with 115. Another 2,829 polling stations will be located below 5,000 ft. with Gandhinagar constituency having maximum of 162 and Jammu West constituency 163 polling stations.
The district wise break-up of polling stations in Kashmir Division includes 448 in Kupwara, 707 in Baramulla, 237 in Bandipora, 142 in Ganderbal, 682 in Srinagar, 429 in Budgam, 373 in Pulwama, 175 in Shopian, 282 in Kulgam, 427 in Anantnag, 239 in Leh and 237 in Kargil.
In the Jammu Division, Jammu district leads with 999 polling stations followed by Kathua which will have 541 polling stations. While Reasi and Udhampur districts have 350 polling stations each, Poonch and Rajouri will have 353 and 388 polling stations respectively. Kishtwar district will have 187 polling stations, Doda 206 and Ramban 166. Samba district will have 191 polling stations. |
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