Fact Sheet on Punjab Assembly Elections 2017

Posted on 17 Jan, 2017 11:58 am

 

In Punjab, as per information provided by the Chief Electoral Officer, there are two Recognized State parties viz., Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

 

Smallest &Largest Constituency by Area &Electorate:

Among the Assembly Constituencies (AC), by area, the smallest is 61-Ludhiana Central and the largest one is 55-Dakha.By size of the Electorate, the smallest is 26-BholathAC with 1,28,761 electors and the largest being 66-GillAC with 2,37,399 electors.Further, the size-wise composition of the 117 electorates is shown below:

 

 

Theelectors who have received the Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) are further categorized by sex which, as the charts show, are fairly evenly constituted by Males and Females. Further, there are 380electors reported from the ‘Third Gender’ in the electorate and there are a total of281 NRI voters and 1,50,564 voters from the services.

 

 

Age and Sex-wise Composition of Electorate:

 

 

The following is a graphical representation of demographic statistics of the electorate based on different age groups among males and females. There are a total of 380 electors documented from the ‘Third Gender’.

 

 

 

 

Courtesy – Press Information Bureau, Government of India