Only 138 NRIs enrolled as voters in state

Only 138 NRIs enrolled as voters in state 

Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 20
It may sound strange but only 138 NRIs are enrolled as voters in Punjab. Of the total, 81 are men and 57 women.

Procured from the Punjab Chief Electoral Office (till January 6 this year), the figures show that of the 138 NRI votes, maximum 31 are in Hoshiarpur parliamentary constituency. And surprisingly, all are women.

Ludhiana parliamentary constituency is second with 26 NRIs voters -- all men. Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituency is having 15 NRI voters, all being women. Faridkot and Sangrur parliamentary constituencies have 14 NRIs Punjab (all men).

But Jalandhar parliamentary constituency, from where a large number of Punjabis have gone abroad, has only 13 NRIs (all women) enrolled as voters. The segment stands on fifth spot.

Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency has 12 NRIs, Anandpur Sahib nine and Ferozepur has four.\Records showed that Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Bathinda and Patiala constituencies did not have even a single NRI voter.