Leh, Oct 21 (KNS) : The Ladakh administration has notified 100 elected constituencies across eight Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDCs), including newly created councils, under the amended law governing the local bodies.

A notification issued by the Revenue Department of the Union Territory Secretariat accessed news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) has allocated 22 constituencies to Leh, 21 to Kargil, 13 to Sankoo and 10 to Changthang.

Nubra, Sham and Zanskar have been allocated nine constituencies each, while Drass has seven, taking the total to 100.

The notification was issued under Section 4(1) of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997, following the enactment of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Amendment) Regulation, 2026.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

The administration said the distribution of constituencies took into account the creation of additional councils through notifications issued on September 3 and October 16.

The notified number of elected constituencies will form the basis for constituting the respective councils, subject to the provisions of the amended Act and the rules framed under it, the order said. (KNS).