Lok Sabha General Election 2014
Lok Sabha General Election of 2014 was held in ten phases beginning from April 7 and ending on May 12. It was held to constitute 16th Lok Sabha. The other polling dates of this longest general election in the history of India were - April 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 24, 30, and May 7.Highlights
No. Of constituencies
| Type of constituencies | Gen | SC | ST | Total | ||||
| No. Of constituencies | 412 | 84 | 47 | 543 | ||||
No. Of contestants
| No of contestants in a constituency | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 to 11 | 11 to 15 | Above 15 |
| No of such constituencies | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 103 | 241 | 189 |
Total contestants in fray - 8251
Average contestants per constituency - 15
Minimum contestants in a constituency - 2
Maximum contestants per constituency - 42
Electors
| Male | Female | Others | Total | |||||
| No of electors(including service electors) | 437035372 | 397018915 | 28527 | 834082814 | ||||
| No of electors who voted at polling stations | 292826408 | 260192272 | 1968 | 553020648 | ||||
| Polling percentage | 67.00 | 65.54 | 7 | 66.30 | ||||
No of service electors:
Male - 986384
Female - 379241
No of postal ballot recieved - 1154607
Poll %(including postal ballots) - 66.44
No of valid votes
Valid votes polled on EVM - 546879221
Valid postal votes - 920783
Total NOTA votes
'NOTA' votes on EVM - 5994418
'NOTA' votes on postal ballot - 8524
No of votes rejected
Postal - 225300
Votes not retrieved on EVM - 143573
Votes rejected due to other reason(at polling station) - 3436
Tendered votes - 4497
Proxy votes - 173
No of polling stations - 927553
Average no of electors per polling stations - 899
No of re-polls held - 301
Performance of contesting candidates
| Male | Female | Others | Total | |||||
| No of contestants | 7577 | 668 | 6 | 8251 | ||||
| Elected | 481 | 62 | 0 | 543 | ||||
| Forfieted deposits | 6469 | 525 | 6 | 7000 | ||||
State wise Electors and Turnout
| State | Male Electors | Male Turnout | Female Electors | Female Turnout | Total Electors | Total Turnout | ||
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 142,782 | 70.86% | 126,578 | 70.43% | 269,360 | 70.66% | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 32,670,930 | 74.54% | 32,267,820 | 74.39% | 64,938,750 | 74.47% | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 379,627 | 76.2 % | 379,760 | 81.02 % | 759,387 | 78.61 % | ||
| Assam | 9,787,209 | 80.48 % | 9,098,065 | 79.24 % | 18,885,274 | 79.88 % | ||
| Bihar | 34,092,938 | 55.08 % | 29,668,858 | 57.66 % | 63,761,796 | 56.28 % | ||
| Chandigarh | 333,621 | 73.42 % | 281,593 | 74.04 % | 615,214 | 73.71 % | ||
| Chattisgarh | 8,915,783 | 70.89 % | 8,707,266 | 68.16 % | 17,623,049 | 69.54 % | ||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 106,215 | 82.66% | 90,402 | 85.71% | 196,617 | 84.06% | ||
| Daman & Diu | 57,011 | 74.33 % | 54,816 | 81.83 % | 111,827 | 78.01 % | ||
| Goa | 528,308 | 74.91 % | 532,469 | 79.11 % | 1,060,777 | 77.02 % | ||
| Gujarat | 21,229,092 | 67.17 % | 19,374,012 | 59.69 % | 40,603,104 | 63.6 % | ||
| Haryana | 8,716,612 | 72.87 % | 7,381,137 | 69.69 % | 16,097,749 | 71.41 % | ||
| Jammu & Kashmir | 3,802,021 | 50.7 % | 3,400,142 | 48.21 % | 7,202,163 | 49.52 % | ||
| Jharkhand | 10,685,149 | 64.21 % | 9,641,594 | 63.5 % | 20,326,743 | 63.87 % | ||
| Karnataka | 23,586,223 | 68.54 % | 22,625,886 | 65.73 % | 46,212,109 | 67.17 % | ||
| Kerala | 11,734,258 | 73.96 % | 12,592,391 | 73.84 % | 24,326,649 | 73.89 % | ||
| Lakshadweep | 25,433 | 84.87 % | 24,489 | 88.42 % | 49,922 | 86.61 % | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | 25,309,830 | 66.12 % | 22,808,210 | 56.58 % | 48,118,040 | 61.6 % | ||
| Maharashtra | 42,743,156 | 62.5 % | 37,974,127 | 57.95 % | 80,717,283 | 60.36 % | ||
| Manipur | 871,431 | 78.66 % | 902,894 | 80.54 % | 1,774,325 | 79.62 % | ||
| Meghalaya | 777,639 | 67.48 % | 789,602 | 70.07 % | 1,567,241 | 68.79 % | ||
| Mizoram | 346,219 | 62.44 % | 355,951 | 60.97 % | 702,170 | 61.69 % | ||
| Nagaland | 600,490 | 88.15 % | 582,458 | 87.49 % | 1,182,948 | 87.82 % | ||
| NCT OF Delhi | 7,051,098 | 66 % | 5,660,138 | 63.93 % | 12,711,236 | 65.07 % | ||
| Orissa | 15,194,309 | 72.61 % | 14,001,732 | 74.99 % | 29,196,041 | 73.75 % | ||
| Puducherry | 432,048 | 81.32 % | 469,309 | 82.81 % | 901,357 | 82.1 % | ||
| Punjab | 10,327,116 | 70.33 % | 9,280,892 | 70.93 % | 19,608,008 | 70.61 % | ||
| Rajasthan | 22,638,323 | 64.62 % | 20,331,124 | 61.39 % | 42,969,447 | 63.09 % | ||
| Sikkim | 190,886 | 82.89 % | 179,725 | 83.88 % | 370,611 | 83.37 % | ||
| Tamil Nadu | 27,571,785 | 73.44 % | 27,542,720 | 73.96 % | 55,114,505 | 73.7 % | ||
| Tripura | 1,217,575 | 85.06 % | 1,171,244 | 84.37 % | 2,388,819 | 84.72 % | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | 76,071,444 | 59.13 % | 62,894,376 | 57.42 % | 138,965,820 | 58.35 % | ||
| Uttarakhand | 3,751,098 | 60.48 % | 3,378,841 | 62.84 % | 7,129,939 | 61.6 % | ||
| West Bengal | 32,689,449 | 82.25% | 30,143,679 | 82.06% | 62,833,128 | 82.16% | ||
| All India | 437,051,538 | 67.09% | 397,049,941 | 65.63% | 834,101,479 | 66.40% | ||
Lok Sabha General Election 2014 Winners
Lok Sabha General Election 2014 Partywise Performance I
Lok Sabha General Election 2014 Partywise Performance II
Lok Sabha General Election 2014 Partywise Performance III
Lok Sabha Election 2014 Statewise Partywise Performance
Lok Sabha Election 2014 Partywise Statewise Performance