Gill largest, Raikot smallest Assembly segment in Ludhiana district

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 10

Gill is the biggest and Raikot is the smallest Assembly constituency in the state’s biggest and largest Ludhiana district, in terms of area and population, the administration has confirmed.

Four of the total 14 Vidhan Sabha seats in the district, which constitute almost 12 per cent of the total 117 Assembly constituencies in the state, have been reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) members, the official records have revealed. These are Gill, Raikot, Payal and Jagraon.

The final electors summary prepared by the district election office, a copy of which is with The Tribune, showed that the district’s biggest Gill Assembly constituency has a total of 2,68,759 voters, including 1,42,537 male, 1,26,213 female and nine third gender while the smallest Raikot Vidhan Sabha seat has a total of 1,54,675 electorates, including 82,056 male and 72,619 female.

While Gill has a maximum of 307 polling stations at 152 locations, Raikot has a minimum of 188 polling stations at 107 locations in the constituency.

The second biggest Assembly seat in the district is Sahnewal with a total of 2,58,803 voters, including 1,40,301 male, 1,18,497 female and five third gender. This constituency has 289 polling stations at 152 locations.

Among other Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district, Khanna has 1,69,510 electorates, including 89,081 male, 80,427 female, two third gender, with 192 polling stations at 98 locations, Samrala 1,74,410 voters, including 91,734 male, 82,671 female and five third gender, with 218 polling stations at 155 locations, Ludhiana (East) 2,11,274 voters, including 1,15,041 male, 96,209 female and 24 third gender, with 221 polling stations at 64 locations, Ludhiana (South) 1,73,631 electors, including 98,886 male, 74,732 female and 13 third gender, with 174 polling stations at 44 locations, Atam Nagar 1,68,582 voters, including 88,815 male, 79,758 female and nine third gender, with 170 polling stations at 56 locations, Ludhiana (Central) 1,57,278 voters, including 84,377 male, 72,890 female and 11 third gender, with 178 polling stations at 68 locations, Ludhiana (West) 1,79,635 electorates, including 92,925 male, 86,700 female and 10 third gender, with 200 polling stations at 64 locations, Ludhiana (North) 1,98,831 voters, including 1,05,765 male, 93,042 female and 24 third gender, with 202 polling stations at 64 locations, Payal 1,64,396 electorates, including 87,154 male, 77,239 female and three third gender, with 206 polling stations at 129 locations, Dakha 1,86,522 electors, including 98,434 male, 88,086 female and two third gender, with 222 polling stations at 136 locations, and Jagraon seat has a total of 1,84,038 voters, including 97,644 male, 86,388 female and six third

gender, who will exercise their franchise at 198 polling stations at 116 locations across the constituency.

DISTRICT OVERVIEW

• Total Assembly seats: 14
• Total voters: 26,50,344
• Male voters: 14,14,750
• Female voters: 12,35,471
• Third gender voters: 123
• Service voters: 5,168
• Polling stations: 2,965
• Locations: 1,405
• Biggest constituency: Gill (2,68,759 voters)
• Smallest constituency: Raikot (1,54,675 voters)

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