In the 2017 election, 74,95,672 voters- 39, 23, 492 men and 35, 72,029 women- will exercise their franchise as per press release issued by the election commission on Saturday. The state would go for polls on 15 February for the 70 Vidhan Sabha seats.
The numbers of female voters (182580) in Pithoragarh district are more than male voters (181895). In Rudraprayag, the numbers of female voters (89748) are more than male voters (89030).
In Dehradun district, the number of voters is 13, 68, 255 for 10 Vidhan Sabha seats while the figure is 13, 02, 562 for Haridwar district for 11 Vidhan Sabha seats.
In two other plain districts- Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital-the figures are 11, 20, 518 for the nine seats for the former and 70, 60, 001 for the six seats for the latter.
In Uttarkashi district, 2, 16,625 voters will exercise their vote for three constituencies while in Chamoli district, 2, 87, 923 voters for three constituencies- Badrinath, Karnprayag and Tharali. In Rudraprayag district, 1, 78, 778 voters will cast their vote for two constituencies- Kedarnath and Rudraprayag. In Tehri district, a total of 4,90, 799 voters will exercise their vote for six constituencies.
A total of 5, 44,197 voters will vote for six seats in Pauri district- Yamkeshwar, Pauri, Shrinagar, Chaubatakhal, lansdowne and Kotdwar. In Pithoragarh, 3, 64, 476 voters would vote for four seats. In all, 2, 03, 317 voters would vote for two constituencies in Bageshwar district. A total of 5, 24, 794 voters would vote for six constituencies. In Champawat district, 1, 87, 427 voters would exercise their vote for two seats- lohaghat and Champawat.