Srinagar: The counting of votes has concluded for the Pulwama constituency, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) declaring the PDP's youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Para as the winner. He has received 24,716 votes defeating his competitor the NC's Khalid Bhandh with 8,000 votes.
The results further show that Jamaat-e-Islami-backed independent candidate Talat Majid Alie stands at number three with 1,833 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%.
Mohammad Khalil Bandh (JKNC), and Waheed-ur Rehman Parra (JKPDP) are key candidates contested from the Pulwama constituency.
In the 2024 Jammu And Kashmir Assembly elections, the total percentage of voters in the Pulwama Assembly Constituency was recorded at 50.78 per cent.
In 2014, Mohd. Khalil Band of the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) won the seat by defeating Ghulam Nabi Wani of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference with a margin of 1032 votes. Later he joined NC and Band is contesting the 2024 assembly elections on the NC ticket.
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