Kashmir division has more voters than Jammu, new data shows

JAMMU: Kashmir part has much registered voters (4,581,375) than that successful Jammu part (4,161,503), arsenic per the latest district-wise enrolment information presented successful J&K assembly connected Wednesday.The UT has 8,742,878 voters, comprising 4,465,161 men, 4,277,568 women, and 149 from 3rd gender, with Srinagar territory topping (29) successful the 3rd category. Pulwama has 19 voters from 3rd sex and Kupwara two. Kashmir part has 99 specified voters.Jammu territory has the highest fig of voters (1,189,555) and Kishtwar territory has the lowest astatine 178,402, the govt told the assembly successful effect to queries raised by PDP’s Pulwama MLA, Waheed Parra, who besides asked the govt to database steps taken to execute 100 per cent enrolment.“The emergence successful the fig of voters from the Valley tin mostly beryllium attributed to greater information by younker and first-time voters aft years of boycott,” Parra said.The govt said successful accordance with Representation of the People Act, 1950, Election Commission of India has notified 4 qualifying dates each twelvemonth for a peculiar summary revision (SSR) of electoral rolls successful the UT.