Anantnag Parliamentary constituency spread over four districts of Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama with 16 Assembly segments is going to polls in three phases.
An official spokesman said that the Parliamentaryconstituency has 1397272 registered voters including 720337 males, 672879females and 35 transgender voters. These include 4021 service electors (3991males and 30 females).
In Anantnag district, he said, the polling will be held onApril 23, in Kulgam district on April 29 and in Pulwama and Shopian districtson May 6, 2019. The polling would be held from 7am to 4 pm. The Election Commission of India (ECI) hasestablished 1842 polling stations to facilitate smooth polling.
The district Anantnag, which is going to polls in the first phase, has 6 Assembly segments of Anantnag, Doru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara and Pahalgam.
The district has 529256 electors including 269603 males, 257540 females, 2102 service electors (2102 male and 11 female) and 11 transgender voters. For smooth polling the ECI has setup 714 polling stations in the district, the spokesman said.
He said the Kokernag Assembly segment has the highest numberof 93694 voters (48742 males and 44948 females) while Dooru has the lowest78653 electors, including 40764 males and 37889 females. Assembly segmentBijbehara has 93289 voters (47067 males and 46222 females), Shangus 88374 voters (45360 males and 43010females), Pahalgam 86614 (44115 males and 42498 females) and Anantnag 86530(43555 males and 42973 females), the spokesman said. The highest 46222 femalevoters, he said, are in the Assembly segment of Bijbehara. Among the Assemblysegments of Anantnag district, Shangus has a total of 1031 service electorswhich is highest in the district.