 Statistics of Srinagar LS seat since 1984
Year Voting Percentage
1984 73.51%
1989 Zero %
1996 40.9 %
1998 30.06%
1999 11.90%
2004 18.60%
2009 25.60%
2014 25.90%
2019 14.43%
2024 39.0 %
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 13: After 40 long years, Srinagar Parliamentary constituency recorded a polling percentage of around 40 percent as people in a large number came out to exercise their franchise on Monday.
According to the official data on the total polling released by the J&K Chief Electoral Office (CEO), Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency recorded 39% polling and the figure is all set to go up.
The last time it was in 1984 when the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency had recorded 73.51 percent polling. After 1984 the highest polling on this seat was 40 percent in the 1996 Lok Sabha elections.
In 1996, the Srinagar parliamentary constituency had a total of 786301 electors. Total number of valid vote was 297891. Indian National Congress candidate Ghulam Mohammad Mi The last time it was in 1984 when the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency had recorded 73.51 percent polling.
After 1984 the highest polling on this seat was 40 percent in the 1996 Lok Sabha elections.
Only 14.43 percent polling was recorded in the 2019 election due to poll boycott call given by separatists.
Important to mention here that the National Conference had boycotted the 1996 Lok Sabha elections. Due to poll boycott calls given by the separatist groups and fear of the terrorists, only 14.43 percent voting votes were recorded in the 2019 election on the Srinagar Parliamentary seat.
This time record of the previous voting percentage was broken within four hours after the voting.
As reported earlier, last time was in 1984 when the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency recorded 73.51 percent polling and the National Conference candidate Abdul Rashid Kabli had secured 81.50 percent of the total polled votes.
In the 1989 Lok Sabha elections when terrorism started in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, there was zero percent polling on the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat as the National Conference candidate Mohammad Shafi Bhat was elected unopposed.
In 1999 Parliamentary constituency had recorded only 11.93 percent polling on the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat. | 