Punjab Assembly Elections 2017: Area, Sex-wise Composition of electorate in Punjab

As per information provided by the Chief Electoral Office, in Punjab, there are two recognized State parties viz., Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The PIB has roll out information on the smallest and largest constituency by area and electorate.

New Delhi, Jan 17: Press Information Bureau (PIB) released a fact sheet on Punjab Assembly Elections 2017. As per information provided by the Chief Electoral Office, in Punjab, there are two recognized State parties viz., Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The PIB has roll out information on the smallest and largest constituency by area and electorate.

The smallest Assembly Constituency, by area, is the 61-Ludhiana Central and the largest is 55-Dakha. Taken by the 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.

Smallest and largest constituency by area and electorate:

Size of Electorate	Number of Assembly Constituencies
Less than 100,000	NIL
100000 – 150,000	17
150000 – 200,000	19
More than 20,000	9
Total	117

“The electors who have received the Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) are further categorised by sex which are fairly evenly constituted by Males and Females. Further, there are 380 electors reported from the ‘Third Gender’ in the electorate and there are a total of 281 NRI voters and 1,50,564 voters from the services,” said the press release.

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Age and Sex-wise Composition of Electorate:

Age	Male	Female	Third Gender	Total
18-25 years	1744922	1156960	122	2902004
25-40	4038177	3597854	164	7636195
40-60	3266641	3146337	69	6413047
Over 60	1390570	1408123	25	2798718
Total	10440310	9309274	380	19749964