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21-May-2014 15:16 IST
Number of Candidates and Electors in Successive General Elections

In the General Elections 2014, 8251 candidates contested the elections, for which Election Commission set up 9,19,452 polling stations. The National average of voter turnout is 66.4%, Nagaland being the leading state with 87.82%.

There has been a marked increase in the total number of candidates contesting the elections. While in 1952 there were 1,874 candidates for 489 seats, the number steadily increased to 2,784 candidates in 1971. The 1980 elections saw an increase in the number of candidates to 4,629. The 9th General Elections had 6,160 candidates in the fray, while in the 10th General Elections 8,668 candidates contested for 543 seats. In the Eleventh General Elections, 13,952 candidates contested for 543 seats, which were reduced drastically to 4,750 candidates in 12th Lok Sabha, because of increase of security deposit amount in August 1996.

 Number of Candidates and Electors over Successive General Elections

Year

Total Number of Seats

Total Number of Candidates

Total Electorate

Total Number of Votes Polled

Total Number of Polling Stations

1952

489

1,874

17,32,12,343

1,96,084

1957

494

1,519

19,36,52,179

12,05,13,915

2,20,478

1962

494

1,985

21,63,61,569

11,99,04,284

2,38,031

1967

520

2,369

25,02,07,401

15,27,24,611

2,43,693

1971

518

2,784

27,41,89,132

15,15,36,802

3,42,918

1977

542

2,439

32,11,74,327

19,42,63,915

3,73,910

1980

542

4,629

35,62,05,329

20,27,52,893

4,36,813

1984-85

542

5,492

40,03,75,333

25,62,94,963

5,06,058

1989

543

6,160

49,89,06,129

30,90,50,495

5,80,798

1991-92

543

8,749

51,15,33,598

28,58,56,465

5,91,020

1996

543

13,952

59,25,72,288

34,33,08,090

7,67,462

1998

543

4,750

60,58,80,192

37,54,41,739

7,73,494

1999

543

4,648

61,95,36,847

37,16,69,104

7,74,651

2004

543

5,435

67,14,87,930

38,99,48,330

6,87,402

2009

543

8,070

71,69,85,101

41,72,36,311

8,30,866

2014

543

8,251

83,41,01,479

55,38,01,801

9,19,452

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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