In Punjab, as per information provided by the Chief Electoral Officer, there are two Recognized State parties: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Among the Assembly Constituencies (AC), by area, the smallest is 61 – Ludhiana Central and the largest one is 55 – Dakha.
By size of the Electorate, the smallest is 26 – Bholath AC with 1,28,761 electors and the largest being 66 – Gill AC with 2,37,399 electors.
| Size of Electorate
|
Number of Assembly Constituencies
|
| < 100000 | NIL |
| 100000 – 150000 | 17 |
| 150000 – 200000 | 91 |
| > 200000 | 9 |
| Total | 117 |
The electors who have received the Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) are further categorized by sex. They are evenly constituted by Males and Females.
[ Also Visit: Save Punjab – Punjab Election News 2017 ]
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.There are a total of 380 electors documented from the ‘Third Gender’.
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 |
| > 60 | 1390570 | 1408123 | 25 | 2798718 |
| Total | 10440310 | 9309274 | 380 | 19749964 |
The election for the 117-member Punjab Legislative Assembly will be held on February 4, 2017.
Photo courtesy: Chief Electoral Office (CEO) Punjab
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