Lok Sabha polls: Srinagar sees highest turnout since 1996
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Srinagar, May 14: In a major development in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, which voted for the first time in the Lok Sabha Elections post-Article 370 era on Monday (May 13), the parliamentary constituency has witnessed highest voter turnout of over 35.97 per cent till 7 pm since 1996, according to the Election Commission of India.
It is more than double the turnout of nearly 14.43 per cent in the 2019 elections. It breached the 2014 turnout of 25.86 per cent as well. The polling began at 7 am amid tight security in the fourth phase of polls in which 17.48 lakh voters are eligible to use their franchise in the city.
Moreover, polling was incident free without any calls of poll boycott.
According to the latest Election Commission data at 7 pm, the following are voting percentages in the city
• Central Shalteng - 24.76 per cent
• Chadoora - 46.60 per cent
• Char-e-Shareef - 53.23 per cent
• Channapora - 22.97 per cent
• Eidgah - 25.68 per cent
• Ganderbal - 46.81 per cent
• Habba Kadal - 13.25 per cent
• Hazratbal - 26.28 per cent
• Kangan (ST) - 55.55 per cent
• Khan Sahib - 48.50 per cent
• Khanyar - 23.06 per cent
• Lal Chowk - 26.01 per cent
• Pampore - 38.10 per cent
• Pulwama - 39.25 per cent
• Rajpora - 42.80 per cent
• Shopian - 45.04 per cent
• Tral - 37.52 per cent
• Zadibal - 27.52 per cent
• Overall: 35.97 per cent
Voting percentages in Srinagar in various general elections before the abrogation of Article 370:
• 1996: 40.94 per cent
• 1998: 30.06 per cent
• 1999: 11.93 per cent
• 2004: 18.57 per cent
• 2009: 25.55 per cent
• 2014: 25.86 per cent
• 2019: 14.43 per cent
Article 370 was abrogated in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, ending the special status given to the erstwhile state, which is now a Union Territory.