India Election Statistics

India: The world's seventh largest country in area, India occupies more than 3 million sq km (1 million sq miles)

Total Area
3,287,590 sq km
Land: 2,973,190 sq km
Water: 314,400 sq km
( comparatively slightly more than one-third the size of the US )

International Boundaries
India consists geographically of the entire Indian Peninsula and portions of the Asian mainland. The length of India from north to south is 3,050 km (1,900 mi); from east to west it is 2,950 km (1,830 mi). India also has two island chains, each forming its own union territory. The Andaman and Nicobar island chain lies east of the mainland between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Its southernmost island is only 200 km (120 mi) from the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Lakshadweep island group is located off India's southwest coast.

Land boundaries:
Total: 14,103 km
Border Countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Coastline: 7,000 km

Elevation extremes
Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m

Population
With more than 1 billion inhabitants, India ranks second only to China among the world's most populous countries. Its people are culturally diverse, and religion plays an important role in the life of the country. About 83 percent of the people practice Hinduism, a religion that originated in India. Another 12 percent are Muslims, and millions of others are Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains. Eighteen major languages and more than 1,000 minor languages and dialects are spoken in India.

Total Population 1,065,070,607 (2004 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 32.2% (male 173,973,350; female 163,979,116)
15-64 years: 63% (male 342,620,712; female 319,259,867)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 25,281,756; female 24,585,317) (2003 est.)

Median age:
total: 24.1 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 24.2 years (2002)

Population growth rate:
1.47% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
23.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
8.49 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Area wise bottom 5 parliament constituencies

STATE / UT NAME		PC NAME	AREA (sq. km)
JAMMU & KASHMIR		Ladakh	173266.37
RAJASTHAN		Barmer	71601.24
GUJARAT		Kutch	41644.55
ARUNACHAL PRADESH		Arunachal West	40572.29
ARUNACHAL PRADESH		Arunachal East	39749.64

Area wise Top 5 parliament constituencies

STATE / UT NAME		PC NAME	AREA (sq. km)
NCT OF DELHI		Delhi Sadar	28.09
MAHARASHTRA		Mumbai South Central	18.31
MAHARASHTRA		Mumbai South	13.73
WEST BENGAL		Calcutta North West	13.23
NCT OF DELHI		Chandni Chowk	10.59

Number of Polling Stations

Sl. No		State / Union Territory	Number of Polling Station During 1999	Number of Existing Polling Stations
1		Andhra Pradesh	60,960	56,311
2		Arunachal Pradesh	1,741	1,734
3		Assam	17,653	17,654
4		Bihar	83,170	49,427
5		Chhattisgarh*	0*	15,671
6		Goa	1,135	1,003
7		Gujarat	35,053	36,684
8		Haryana	15,449	12,553
9		Himachal Pradesh	6,230	6,230
10		Jammu & Kashmir	6,513	6,511
11		Jharkhand*	0*	17,247
12		Karnataka	44,497	39,686
13		Kerala	23,007	20,332
14		Madhya Pradesh	56,455	42,276
15		Maharashtra	74,111	73,938
16		Manipur	2,001	2,001
17		Meghalaya	1,576	1,569
18		Mizoram	782	789
19		Nagaland	1,581	1,573
20		Orissa	30,015	26,250
21		Punjab	18,220	15,623
22		Rajasthan	40,869	35,689
23		Sikkim	336	343
24		Tamil Nadu	54,847	47,977
25		Tripura	2,367	2,367
26		Uttar Pradesh	123,862	101,678
27		Uttaranchal*	0*	7,653
28		West Bengal	61,514	48,747
29		A & N Islands	370	327
30		Chandigarh	645	405
31		D & N Haveli	123	128
32		Daman & Diu	82	82
33		Lakshadweep	43	40
34		NCT of Delhi	8,666	9,008
35		Pondicherry	778	615
		Total:	774,651	700,121
Note: * States were not formed. They were part of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh respectively.

Seats in Lok Sabha

Sl. No		State / Union Territory	Type of Constituencies			TOTAL
			GEN	SC	ST
1		Andhra Pradesh	34	6	2	42
2		Arunachal Pradesh	2	-	-	2
3		Assam	11	1	2	14
4		Bihar	33	7	-	40
5		Jharkhand	8	1	5	14
6		Goa	2	-	-	2
7		Gujarat	20	2	4	26
8		Haryana	8	2	-	10
9		Himachal Pradesh	3	1	-	4
10		Jammu & Kashmir	6	-	-	6
11		Karnataka	24	4	-	28
12		Kerala	18	2	-	20
13		Madhya Pradesh	20	4	5	29
14		Chhattisgarh*	5	2	4	11
15		Maharashtra	41	3	4	48
16		Manipur	1	-	1	2
17		Meghalaya	2	-	-	2
18		Mizoram	-	-	1	1
19		Nagaland	1	-	-	1
20		Orissa	13	3	5	21
21		Punjab	10	3	-	13
22		Rajasthan	18	4	3	25
23		Sikkim	1	-	-	1
24		Tamil Nadu	32	7	-	39
25		Tripura	1	-	1	2
26		Uttar Pradesh	63	17	-	80
27		Uttaranchal*	4	1	-	5
28		West Bengal	32	8	2	42
29		A & N Islands	1	-	-	1
30		Chandigarh	1	-	-	1
31		D & N Haveli	-	-	1	1
32		Daman & Diu	1	-	-	1
33		Delhi	6	1	-	7
34		Lakshadweep	-	-	1	1
35		Pondicherry	1	-	-	1
		Total:	423	79	41	543

Election Statistics - Voting percentage in Lok Sabha Elections

General Election		Year	Male	Female	Total
1st		1952	-	-	61.2
2nd		1957	-	-	62.2
3rd		1962	63.31	46.63	55.42
4th		1967	66.73	55.48	61.33
5th		1971	60.90	49.11	55.29
6th		1977	65.63	54.91	60.49
7th		1980	62.16	51.22	56.92
8th		1984	68.18	58.60	63.56
9th		1989	66.13	57.32	61.95
10th		1991	61.58	51.35	56.93
11th		1996	62.06	53.41	57.94
12th		1998	1998	57.88	61.97
13th		1999	63.97	55.64	59.99