Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): As counting of votes gets underway for the highly anticipated Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024, early trends show that PDP's Waheed Ur Rehman Para is leading with 4077 while Khalil Bandh of NC is trailing. The trends further show that Mohd Ayoub Mir comes at number three with 491 votes.
Total Number of candidates:45
Major candidates: Mohammad Khalil Band (JKNC) and Waheed Rehman Parra (PDP)
Total population:560440
Total voters: 407637
Male voters:202475
Female voters:205141
Villages: 327
Tensils:08
Literacy rate Male: 64.3
Literacy rate Female: 65.96
Voter Turnout in 2024: 50.78%
Pulwama district is centrally located in the valley of Kashmir. The economy of the District mainly depends on the Agriculture Sector. The District is famous for Rice and quality Saffron production in the world. The District is also famous for bulk Milk production and literature known as Anand of Kashmir, with a growing industrial sector comprising small and medium enterprises.
The Pulwama District consists of 327 census villages, out of which 08 are uninhabited. The villages have been grouped into 8 Tehsils among , Pulwama, Awantipora, Tral, Pampore, Kakapora, Aripal, Rajpora & Litter.
In the 2024 Jammu And Kashmir Assembly elections, the total percentage of voters in the Pulwama Assembly Constituency was recorded at 50.78%.