19. General Elections 2014 Factsheet
Out of 834,101,479 registered electors, male electors constituted 52.4 % while female electors constituted 47.6 %.
In absolute numbers, out of the total 834,101,479 electors, 553,801,801 people constituting
66.4 % cast their votes in the 2014 General Elections.
Uttar Pradesh with more than 13.90 crore electors or 16.66 % of the national electorate has the largest number of electors, while Sikkim with around 3.71 lakh electors or 0.04 % of the national electorate has the smallest number of electors.
The transgender persons were allowed in the electoral rolls for the first time with gender
written as ‘Others’.
Total Number of Electors | 834,101,497 |
Total Number of Electors who voted | 553,801,801 (66.4%) |
Total number of Male and Female Voters | 293,236,779 Males (67.09%) |
260,565,022 Females (65.63%) | |
Largest number of Electors in a constituency | Malkajgiri, Andhra Pradesh, 3,183,325 |
Lowest number of Electors in a constituency | Lakshadweep, 49,922 |
Maximum contestants in a Parliamentary constituency | Chennai (South), 42 contestants |
Polling station with the least number of Electors | 18 with less than or equal to 10 electors |
Maximum women contestants in a State | Uttar Pradesh (126 contestants) |
464 parties participated in the elections vis-a-vis only 53 parties in the First General Elections.
A total of 8251 candidates contested the elections, out of which 668 were women and 7,578 were men and 5 were transgenders.
The 2014 General Elections saw the lowest ever number of Independent candidates getting elected. Out of a total of 8251 contestants, 3235 were Independent candidates and out of this, only 3 candidates were elected.
The percentage of NOTA votes in the 2014 General Elections was 1.08. In certain constituencies, the number of NOTA votes was many times more than the winning margins.
Out of total of 8251 candidates contested, 668 were women.
A record number of 62 women were elected as compared to 59 women elected in the General Elections 2009.