Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 49 constituencies across eight states and union territories (UTs) that went to the polls on Monday, recorded a voter turnout of 55.79 per cent, as per provisional data provided by the Election Commission (EC). According to the EC, the turnout recorded in Baramulla this time is the highest witnessed in the Lok Sabha constituency in the past 35 years. The highest voter turnout for general polls recorded in Baramulla prior to this was in 1984, when the constituency in Jammu & Kashmir witnessed 58.9 per cent voting in that years general election. Once known for being a hotspot of terrorism in the Kashmir valley, the Baramulla constituency created another record by having a violence-free voting day this year, as per J&K Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) PK Pole. Baramulla Past Lok Sabha Turnouts The voter turnout in Baramulla was 5.48 per cent in 1989, 46.65 per cent in 1996, 41.94 per cent in 1998, 27.79 per cent in 1999, 35.65 per cent in 2004, 41.84 per cent in 2009, 39.14 per cent in 2014 and 34.6 per cent in 2019. Quite significantly, this was the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 and the enactment of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 that voting was held in Baramulla for Lok Sabha polls. Srinagar Also Witnessed Unprecedented Turnout As part of the now-concluded fifth phase of voting, polling took place in 2,103 polling stations across the Baramulla parliamentary constituency. Earlier, in the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha election, the redrawn Srinagar constituency in Jammu & Kashmir recorded the highest voter turnount for general elections since 1996. In the fourth phase of voting held on May 13, Srinagar witnessed a voter turnout of 37.99 per cent. (With inputs from agencies)