3. Kupwara is one of the 90 Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir is located in the North region of India. This seat can be classified as: and falls in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The reservation status of this constituency is: General. 3. Kupwara Assembly constituency is part of the 1. Baramulla (General) Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, Kupwara is scheduled to vote on Tuesday, October 1,2024 and the counting of votes is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
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Rice fields grow near the Line of Control in Kupwara District (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
Location
The geographic coordinates of Kupwara Assembly constituency are: 34°38'02.4"N 74°15'07.2"E. This constituency falls in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. Kupwara shares its borders with three other Assembly constituencies. Other Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituencies adjacent to Kupwara are: Trehgam, Handwara, Lolab. This constituency shares borders with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
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Map location of 3. Kupwara Assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir (Image: News18 Elections)
There were a total of 93,144 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2024 Assembly election in Kupwara Assembly constituency, of which 1,01,243 were male, 46,769 female and 4 of the third gender.
The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2024 was 895.88.
Poll dates
Kupwara Assembly constituency went to the polls in Phase 3 of the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The counting of votes is on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Election Trivia
78% (681/873) of the contestants in the 2024 Jammu & Kashmir elections lost their deposits.
According the latest delimitation documents, the extent of 3. Kupwara Assembly constituency covers the following areas of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir: Kupwara Tehsil (Part) – Kupwara Tehsil excluding Gushi, Dedkoot and Nagri Malpora PCs and Dragmulla Tehsil (Part) Bumhama PC.)
Voter turnout
According to data released by the Election Commission of India, in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the estimated voter turnout in Kupwara constituency was 64.25%.