Election '04 Facts & Figures
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Number
of seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament):
545 (of which 2
are appointed by the President) |
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Total
Number of Candidates 5398 |
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Total
Votes Polled 387453223 |
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Average
Votes Per Candidate 70665 |
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Number
of registered voters: 675 million |
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Number
of polling stations: 700,000 in the
2004 Lok Sabha election duration of election: 3
weeks, in 4 separate rounds
(for different areas) |
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Lowest
Number of Votes 45 for Ashok Kumar,
Independent Candidate from Chandni Chowk, Delhi |
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Highest
Number of Votes 855543 for Sajjan
Kumar, Congress Candidate from Outter Delhi, Delhi |
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Highest
Number of Candidates from a Constituency 35
from Madras South in Tamil Nadu |
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Lowest
Number of Candidates from a Constituency 2
from Cuttack in Orissa, Godhra in Gujarat and Tura in Meghalaya |
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Highest
polling booth in India: at Fastan village (Ladakh);
5,180 metres altitude,
26 km from the nearest road |
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Largest
parliamentary constituency: Ladakh (173,265
square kilometres, with a population density of
1.3 people per sq km) |
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Total
Number Of Parties 220 |
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Total
Number of Independent Candidates 2369 |
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Seats
needed for majority: 272 |
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Total
Cost of the Election Rs. 100 Million Approx. |
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Voter
turnout: about 56%, or nearly
380 million people |
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Number
of constituencies in India: 543 |
Statistics on Electronic Voting
Machines (EVM)
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Total
EVM's used 10.25 Lakh |
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Operational
speed of EVMs: maximum of 5 votes per
minute |
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Number
of votes one EVM can register: 3,840 |
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Number
of candidates an EVM can hold: maximum of 64 |
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Amount
of paper not being used due to EVMs: 8,000
metric tonnes |
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EVMs
first used in India:
1989-90 in 16
assembly constituencies in three states |
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