Some interesting facts about elections in HP

Vishal Sharma, Shimla Correspondent

With Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls round the corner, here we present some interesting electoral facts about the hill state.

·        Himachal Pradesh has a total of 45.15 lac voters, half of them being below 40 years of age.

·        HP state legislative assembly has 68 seats.

·        State’s highest polling station is situated in Charaf Batori in Chamba district which is at a height of 16,000 feet above sea level.

·        Sulah Assembly constituency has the maximum numbers of voters i.e. 87,091 in contrast with Lahaul & Spiti which has minimum number i.e. 22,077.

·        In previous 2007 assembly polls, highest voting percentage of 83.18% was recorded in Nalagarh Assembly constituency in contrast with the lowest voting percentage of 61.90 recorded in Solan Assembly segment.

·        Country’s first polling station for the first general election in Free India was set up at Kalpa in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.

·        Mr. Shyam Saran Negi, aged 95 years, is the oldest and the first voter of Independent India. He lives in Kalpa, Kinnaur.