At polling booths in Leh, voters will be on a high

Leh assembly constituency has set up a polling station at Gaik village which has only 12 registered voters.

“Gaik polling station has lowest 12 voters for upcoming assembly elections,” District Electoral Officer Simrandeep Singh said.

Of these, 12 voters, 7 are females and five males, he said adding it is one of 211 polling stations setup in Leh assembly segment.

There is a total of 10,005 polling station setup for 72.25 lakh electorate for exercising right of franchise in five-phase assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir commencing from November 25 to choose 87 MLAs.

It is followed by Ezang Sumda with 13 voters in Leh segment, Sunudo in Nobra assembly segment and Thukgay Gompa with 17 voters each besides Changlung with 19 voters and Muktad with 20 voters in Nubra Assembly segment.

Out of the 87 assembly constituency, the Leh segment, has the distinction of having polling stations at the highest altitude.

Leh which has 211 polling stations, is followed by 176 stations in Kargil, 172 each in Ramnagar and Gandhi Nagar and 171 in Jammu west.

In Leh Assembly segment, Anlay Fu is the highest polling station situated at an altitude of 14,500 feet height, Singh said adding it is followed by Chumur-1 and Chumur.

Over 600 polling stations will be situated at an altitude of 8,001 to 13,000 feet with the maximum of 183 located in Leh constituency followed by 158 in Kargil constituency, as per the details. Over 190 polling stations will fall in the altitude of 7,001 to 8,000 feet.

Image: Voting officials prepare a booth in Leh during the general elections in May 2014. Photograph: Getty Images