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
|
RM/KK