Towards Participatory Democracy

Narrative &
Statistical Report
General Election to Lok Sabha, 2014

Election Commission of India

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Sources : Data and informa on as received from CEOs of all States and UTs

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 Sandeep Saxena
Deputy Elec on Commissioner

FOREWORD

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The General Elec ons to the 16 LokSabha, for elec ng 543 MPs from across the country were held
during April - May 2014. The ECI has come up with a narra ve and analy cal report on the elec ons. The
report has nicely ar culated the process of elec ons and reaffirmed that facilita ng par cipatory democracy
is the inten on of the Commission. As has been reported, LS 2014 saw the highest ever voter turnout of
66.44% among all previous Lok Sabha elec ons, with women voters outnumbering men voters in as many as
16 States and UTs. Measures taken to improve infrastructure at polling sta ons and to distribute voter slips
from the side of the Commission, special camps and facilita on measures for correct enrollment soon a er
announcement of elec on and deployment of awareness observers have aided the increased voter
par cipa on.

This report is both content and analysis oriented and takes the reader through the en re process of
an electoral cycle. This report is an a empt to present a consolidated fact based picture of the General
Elec on to the Lok Sabha conducted by the Elec on Commission of India in 2014. The first part of the report is
a narra ve, containing descrip ons and analyses pertaining to the en re elec on cycle. The la er part is a
compila on of sta s cal informa on, essen ally the sta s cal annexure of the narra ve part.

I hope this report will be an interes ng and a relevant reading. It will serve its purpose as an official factual
record on Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 and on the lessons which can be drawn from it.

(Sandeep Saxena)

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 Jayasree M.G.
Director

PREFACE

I feel privileged that the Elec on Commission of India reposed faith in us to consolidate and document this
Narra ve and Sta s cal Report of the General Elec ons to the 16thLokSabha, 2014. Even before the conduct of
elec ons, planning for prepara on of such a report was conceptualized. The challenge of collec ng informa on to
prepare such a report was overcome by a well-organized post poll CEO conference conducted in July 2014. Working
Groups of CEOs and ECI officers compiled material on each of the electoral cycle and presented in the conference. I
thank the CEOs and all the members and facilitators of these Working Groups for their hard work, inputs,
recommenda ons and reflec ons, effec vely consolidated and presented to the Commission in the form of Working
Group Reports and power-point presenta ons. What makes their contribu on invaluable is the fact that these were
based on their first-hand experience; not just on the systems and processes of general elec on, but also to its bare
reali es, strengths and limita ons at all levels.

The Working Group Reports were (i) on processes and ac vi es related to electoral rolls and related ma ers,
(ii) elec on planning and management, (iii) electronic vo ng machines and elec on materials, (iv) model code of
conduct, observers, (v) poli cal par es and their manifestos, qualifica on and disqualifica on of candidates, (vi) voter
educa on and role of media in elec ons, (vii) informa on technology, (viii) sta s cs, capacity development and (ix)
candidate expenditure monitoring. These many working group reports were supplemented with detailed data sets
that were collected in specific formats. The process of wri ng this report began with the receipt of the reports wri en
by the working groups on diverse topics of the electoral cycle. The working group reports were thoroughly analyzed
and studied and relevant data and informa on was extracted to form part of this report. There were in addi on to the
analysis of cons tuency wise result data compiled immediately a er the general elec on. Relevant graphs, charts,
tables and figures were drawn to ensure the report is reader friendly and easy to use. Detailed bibliography and sources
have been cited. The report is comprehensive and therefore can be used undersanding all aspects on the associated
complexity. The report followed the theme of 'par cipatory democracy' to analyse and present content. i similarly
thank the Commission for keeping the effort alive ll the successful publica on of this report even through personnel
worked for dserbing the report changed.

All credit for conceptualizing and planning this report goes to Shri Ashish Srivastava, (Ex.) DG of ECI. Message
from him on the occasion of release of this report is appended herewith. Thema c material collec on through Working
Groups of CEOs was done by him. I fondly remember the me and appreciates the micro-management done by him to
get all relevant informa on on LS 2014 on all aspects of elec on through data, case studies, best prac ces, challenges
and the recommenda ons. It can be seen that this report will be a benchmark for future analy cal reports. I
acknowledge the effort put in by Mr. Saket Ambarkhane, Ms. Gouri and Mr. Preetam Sengupta who diligently dra ed
the contents of this report. Although this publica on was envisaged to be released by middle of 2015, I recognize that
con nuity in edi ng could not be ensured. Special thanks to Mr. Saket Ambarkhane who was working all along to
finalize the first dra . Sincere thanks to Shri Ashish Chakraborty, Consultant, ECI, Ms. Neetu Bagga, Shri Rajesh Ku.
Keshari and Ms. Rajeshwari Dobhal and Mr. Neer Mathur for proof reading and bringing this publica on a reality. Last
but not the least, I acknowledge the support provided by Shri Vivek Khare Director, Mr. S.B Joshi Secretary, Mr. T.C.Kom
Under Secretary, Mr. Madhusudan Gupta Under Secretary and Rameshwar Prasad Sec on Officer.

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It would not have been possible to bring forth this report without and ve ng the contents by the senior officers of the
Commission; Mr. Umesh Sinha DEC, Mr.Sudeep Jain DG, Dr. Noor Mohammed Consultant, Dr. Bhagbanprakash SA,
Mr.S. K Mendira a Legal Advisor, Mr. Dhirendra Ojha Director, Dr. V.N Shukla Director, Mr. Shangara Ram Sr.Prin.Secy.,
Mr. R.K Srivastava Sr. Prin.Secy., Mr. K Ajay Kumar Sr.Prin.Secy., Mr. K.F Wilfred Prin.Secy., Mr. Sumit Mukherjee Secy.,
Mr. K.N Bhar Secy., Mr. S.K Rudola Secy., Ms. Padma Angmo Director and Mr. Malay Mullick Secy.

(Jayasree MG)

“It is a great pleasure to see that the Narra ve and Analy cal Report of Lok Sabha Elec on, 2014 is being
released. This report is the first of its kind w.r.t. content and analysis on each aspect of conduct of elec ons and it can be
used as a reference document. The report has notes on legal and administra ve set up and narra on on conduct of
elec on with data, interes ng experiences, best prac ces and challenges etc. The voluminous data and informa on
available in the report makes it a benchmark for future elec on reports of this nature. In the interest of faster
genera on of such reports in the me to come, a standardized template can be considered to be adopted. I congratulate
and give my best wishes to the team for this publica on.”

Ashish Srivastava
Resident Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh
Ex. DG(ECI)

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 Team Elec on 2014
Elec on Commission of India (Headquarter)

Sl. No. Name Designa on

1 Shri VS Sampath Hon’ble Chief Elec on Commissioner
2 Shri HS Brahma Hon’ble Elec on Commissioner
3 Dr. Nasim Zaidi Hon’ble Elec on Commissioner
4 Shri Vinod Zutshi Deputy Elec on Commissioner
5 Shri R Balakrishnan Deputy Elec on Commissioner
6 Shri Sudhir Tripathi Deputy Elec on Commissioner
7 Shri Alok Shukla Deputy Elec on Commissioner
8 Shri PK Dash Director General
9 Shri Akshay Rout Director General
10 Shri Ashish Srivastava Director General
11 Shri Dhirendra Ojha Director
12 Shri SS Yadav Director
13 Shri VN Shukla Director
14 Shri Yashvir Singh Director
15 Smt Jayasree MG Director
16 Shri Tapas Kumar Principal Secretary
17 Shri Shangara Ram Principal Secretary
18 Shri K Ajay Kumar Principal Secretary
19 Shri RK Srivastava Principal Secretary
20 Shri KF Wilfred Principal Secretary
21 Shri Bernad John Secretary
22 Shri Y Standhope Secretary
23 Shri SK Rudola Secretary
24 Shri Varinder Kumar Secretary
25 Shri KN Bhar Secretary
26 Shri Anuj Jaipuriar Secretary
27 Shri NN Butolia Secretary
28 Shri Ashish Chakraborty Secretary
29 Shri Sumit Mukherjee Secretary
30 Smt Padma Angmo Deputy Secretary
31 Shri BB Garg Joint Director
32 Smt Rachana Gupta Joint Director
33 Shri M. Amin Joint Director

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 Team Elec on 2014
Chief Electoral Officers

Sl. No. Name States/ UTs

1 Shri Bhanwar Lal Andhra Pradesh
2 Shri Chandra Bhushan Kumar Arunachal Pradesh
3 Shri Vijayendra Assam
4 Shri Ajay Nayak Bihar
5 Smt Nidhi Chhibber Chha sgarh
6 Shri Prashant Goyal Goa
7 Smt Anita Karwal Gujarat
8 Shri Shrikant Walgad Haryana
9 Shri Narinder Chauhan Himachal Pradesh
10 Shri Umang Narula Jammu & Kashmir
11 Shri Pradeep Kumar Jajoria Jharkhand
12 Shri Anil Kumar Jha Karnataka
13 Smt Nalini Ne o Kerala
14 Shri Jaideep Govind Madhya Pradesh
15 Shri Ni n Gadre Maharashtra
16 Shri O Nabkishore Singh Manipur
17 Shri Prashant Naik Meghalaya
18 Shri Ashwani Kumar Mizoram
19 Shri Sen yanger Imchen Nagaland
20 Smt (Dr.) Mona Sharma Odisha
21 Shri VK Singh Punjab
22 Shri Ashok Jain Rajasthan
23 Shri D Anandan Sikkim
24 Shri Praveen Kumar Tamil Nadu
25 Shri Ashutosh Jindal Tripura
26 Shri Umesh Sinha U ar Pradesh
27 Smt Radha Raturi U arakhand
28 Shri Sunil Kumar Gupta West Bengal
29 Smt Rina Ray Andaman & Nicobar Islands
30 Shri Anil Kumar Chandigarh
31 Shri Sandeep Kumar Dadra & Nagar Haveli
32 Shri Sandeep Kumar Daman & Diu
33 Shri Vijay Dev NCT of Delhi
34 Shri J Ashok Kumar Lakshadweep
35 Shri T Sreekanth Puducherry

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 7.6 Polling Sta on Loca on Details 90
7.7 Service Electors 91
7.8 Informa on about Migrated Electors 92

8 Electoral Roll Management System 93 - 94

9 Poli cal Par es and Manifesto 95 - 102

9.1 Defini on & Exis ng Regula on 95

9.2 Criteria for Recogni on of Poli cal Par es 95
9.3 Submission of Accounts by Poli cal Par es 96
9.4 Allotment of Symbols 97
9.5 Manifestos 100
9.5.1 Recent Developments 100

10 Systema c Voters' Educa on and Electoral Par cipa on 103 - 109

10.1 Objec ves of SVEEP 103
10.2 SVEEP ac vi es for Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 105

11 Gender and Inclusion 115 - 125

11.1 Par cipa on of Women 115
11.2 Elector and Voter Sex Ra o 116
11.3 Service Electors, Drivers and Preven ve Detainees 120
11.4 Third Gender Par cipa on 121
11.5 Efforts for inclusion of other marginalized electors 122

B. Elec on Planning 128 - 210

12 Scheduling 129 - 133

13 Elec on Personnel 134 - 143

13.1 Polling Personnel 135
13.2 Coun ng Personnel 137
13.3 State Security Personnel 138
13.4 Deployment and Randomiza on 141

14 Capacity Development 149 - 152

14.1 India Interna onal Ins tute of Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM) 149

15 Law and Order 153 - 177

15.1 Preven ve Ac on 153
15.2 Vulnerability Mapping 155
15.3 Cri cality Analysis 159
15.4 Force Deployment 163
15.5 Non-CAPF measures including Webcas ng, Videography & Photography 169
15.6 Offences registered during Elec on 172

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16 Elec on Material 179 - 191
16.1 Electronic Vo ng Machines 179
16.1.1 Different Models of EVMs 180
16.1.2 Process of Randomiza on of EVMs 182
16.1.3 Mock Poll on the day of Poll 183
16.1.4 EVMs used in Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 184
16.2 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail 187
16.3 Indelible Ink 190
16.4 Ballot Papers 190
16.5 Other Elec on Materials 191

17 Communica on and Transporta on Arrangements 192 - 198

17.1 Communica on Plan 192
17.2 Transport Plan 196

18 Informa on Technology (IT) 202 - 209

18.1 IT Applica ons used during prepara on of Elec on 203
18.2 IT Applica ons used during the process of Elec on 207
18.3 IT Applica ons used a er Elec on 209

C. The Process of Elec ons 211 - 274

19 Nomina ons and Withdrawals 212 - 216

20 Affidavits 217 - 218

20.1 E-filing of Affidavits 217

21 Model Code of Conduct 218 - 227

21.1 Broad Areas of MCC 219
21.2 List of Do's and Dont's 220
21.3 MCC Machinery 221

22 Observers 227 - 234

22.1 Types of Observers 229

23 Expenditure Monitoring 235 - 241

23.1 ECI Instruc ons 235
23.2 Process and Monitoring Teams 236
23.2.1 Video Surveillance Team 237
23.2.2 Video Viewing Team 237
23.2.3 Accoun ng Team 237
23.2.4 Flying Squads 238
23.2.5 Sta c Surveillance Team 238

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24 Role of Media 245 - 250
24.1 Air Time to Poli cal Par es 245
24.2 Restric ons on Exit Polls and Opinion Polls 247
24.3 Paid News and MCMCs 247
24.4 Social Media 249

25 Poll Day Ac vi es 250 - 252

25.1 Use of Video Camera and S ll Cameras at Polling Sta ons 251
25.2 Voter Facilita on Centres (VFCs) 252

26 Simultaneous Elec ons 259 - 262

27 Postal Ballots and Elec on Duty Cer ficates 262 - 265

27.1 Elec on duty cer ficates (EDCs) 262
27.2 Data Analysis 262

28 Re-poll and Adjourned Poll 265 - 266

29 Strong Rooms 267

30 Coun ng 267 - 271

30.1 Coun ng Centre, Halls and Staff 268
30.2 Process of Coun ng 270
30.3 Coun ng of EVM votes 271

31 Declara on of Results 272 - 273

31.1 Genesys Coun ng Day Applica on for Trends and Result Dissemina on 273

D. Post Poll 275 - 286

32 Security Deposits Forfeited 276 - 278

33 Recogni on and De-recogni on of Poli cal Par es 279

34 Court Cases 279

35 Campaign Finance 280 - 283

35.1 Candidate Expenditure 280
35.2 Poli cal Party Expenditure 282

36 Government Expenditure on Conduct of Elec on 284 - 286

E. Interes ng Highlights and Analysis 287 - 305

37 Result Summary 288 - 289

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List of Interes ng Cases

Case 1 : Model Polling Sta ons – An example of NCT of Delhi 58

Case 2 : Establishment of Mobile Polling Booths in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan 59
Case 3 : Queue Management- Examples from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal 60
Case 4 : BLOs role in increasing voter registra on in Madhya Pradesh 63
Case 5 : Special Camps for voter registra on in Jammu and Kashmir 75
Case 6 : Efforts for Voter Slip distribu on in different States and UTs 81
Case 7 : Impact of SVEEP ac vi es in NCT of Delhi 110
Case 8 : Making Democracy work in Purulia District, West Bengal 112
Case 9 : Efforts for People with Disabili es ( PWD) Voters by Cu ack Administra on, Odisha 126
Case 10 : Duty with Dignity – Efforts for welfare of Elec on Machinery in West Bengal 144
Case 11 : Challenges faced by Polling Par es in Arunachal Pradesh 146
Case 12 : Women Managed Polling Sta ons in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal 148
Case 13 : Confidence Slips for Vulnerable Electors of Barabanki, U ar Pradesh 158
Case 14 : Cri cality Analysis in West Bengal 161
Case 15 : Boos ng the morale of security forces working in Chha sgarh 167
Case 16 : Efficient Co-ordina on of ECI with Indian Railways for CPF Movement 168
Case 17 : Webcas ng in Parliamentary Cons tuency of Puducherry 171
Case 18 : Dog Squads deployed 175
Case 19 : Incident Report from Bihar 178
Case 20 : Implementa on of VVPAT in 26-Bangalore South PC, Karnataka in LS Elec on 2014 189
Case 21 : Best Prac ces from States and UTs on Communica on Plan 195
Case 22 : Vehicle Management System of West Bengal 198
Case 23 : Drop Contract System of Buses in Gujarat 201
Case 24 : iVote - An example of technology-based elec on management from Punjab 210
Case 25 : Model Code of Conduct Viola ons Events from U ar Pradesh 224
Case 26 : Illicit Distribu on of Liquor 242
Case 27 : GIS based tracking of Flying Squads in Murshidabad, West Bengal 243
Case 28 : Ci zen Par cipa on in Monitoring : Tamil Nadu Ci zen Poll Watch 2014 244
Case 29 : Power of One : Story of the Unique Voters from Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat 253
Case 30 : Polling Arrangements for the Internally Displaced – Tripura and Delhi 254
Case 31 : Voter Queue Status System of Punjab 255
Case 32 : Interna onal Visitors to witness Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 257
Case 33 : Elec on Commission of India Website received millions of hits on
Results Day i.e. 16th May 2014 274

List of Figures

Figure 1 : Legal Provisions 35

Figure 2 : Handbooks issued by ECI 35
Figure 3 : Checklists issued by ECI 37
Figure 4 : Administra ve Structure of ECI 40

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Figure 5 : Logis cal Arrangements 42
Figure 6 : Transporta on and Elec on Management 44
Figure 7 : Delimita on Commission Acts 48
Figure 8 : Ra onale for crea on of new Polling Sta ons 53
Figure 9 : Percentage of BMF Coverage across the country 57
Figure 10 : Who can be a BLO 61
Figure 11 : Elector enrolment steps 64
Figure 12 : Electoral Registra on forms and their purpose 64
Figure 13 : Classifica on of service electors 65
Figure 14 : Organiza on of Electoral Roll 67
Figure 15 : Type of Roll Revision 67
Figure 16 : De-duplica on and verifica on of electoral roll 68
Figure 17 : Snapshot of various Forms for registra on of general electors 69
Figure 18 : Voter registra on cycle 69
Figure 19 : Snapshot of Voter Slip 78
Figure 20 : Benefits of issuance of voter slips before elec on 80
Figure 21 : Alternate iden ty documents 82
Figure 22 : Formats to analyse the health of electoral rolls 85
Figure 23 : Format of collec on of PS wise informa on on inclusion and dele on 88
Figure 24 : Format of collec on of Polling Sta on loca on details 90
Figure 25 : Features of ERMS 93
Figure 26 : Modules of ERMS 93
Figure 27 : ERMS architecture 94
Figure 28 : Acts which have a regulatory effect on poli cal par es 95
Figure 29 : Criteria for the recogni on of poli cal party 95
Figure 30 : Free Symbols 99
Figure 31 : Some of the topics covered in a manifesto 100
Figure 32 : Guidelines to be adhered to while releasing manifesto 101
Figure 33 : Aims of SVEEP 103
Figure 34 : Target popula on of SVEEP 104
Figure 35 : Purpose of KABBP 104
Figure 36 : SVEEP Strategy 105
Figure 37 : Gender Gap graphic 118
Figure 38 : Schema c showing considera ons to schedule of elec ons 129
Figure 39 : Types of Elec on Personnel 134
Figure 40 : Formula on of Polling Par es 135
Figure 41 : People exempted from polling duty 135
Figure 42 : Stages of Randomiza on of personnel 142
Figure 43 : Training needs assessment analysis 149
Figure 44 : Three levels of training 150
Figure 45 : Cascaded Training Modules 150
Figure 46 : Training material on ECI Website 151
Figure 47 : Best prac ces iden fied from reports by CEOs of States/UTs 151
Figure 48 : Themes of workshops/events in IIIDEM 152

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Figure 49 : Responsibili es at various levels for ensuring law and order 153
Figure 50 : Process for Iden fica on of Vulnerability 156
Figure 51 : Criteria of Cri cality 159
Figure 52 : Role of Security Forces during elec ons 163
Figure 53 : Steps for force deployment at various levels 164
Figure 54 : Objec ves of Webcas ng 169
Figure 55 : Components of an EVM 180
Figure 56 : Upgraded security features of EVMs 181
Figure 57 : First Randomiza on of EVMs 182
Figure 58 : Steps in the process of second randomiza on of EVMs 183
Figure 59 : Prepara on of Control Unit 183
Figure 60 : EVM candidate se ng sequence 184
Figure 61 : Categories of EVMs on poll day 184
Figure 62 : Parts of VVPAT 188
Figure 63 : Types of EVM Seals 191
Figure 64 : Levels of Communica on during Elec ons 192
Figure 65 : Communica on plan for Pre-poll period 192
Figure 66 : Communica on Plan for Poll Day 193
Figure 67 : Communica on plan for Post Poll Period 193
Figure 68 : Communica on Plan for Coun ng Day 193
Figure 69 : Communica on channels used by various states during 2014 elec ons 195
Figure 70 : Factors influencing transporta on 196
Figure 71 : Checklist for Transport arrangements 196
Figure 72 : Transport Plan 197
Figure 73 : Instruc ons for Requisi oning Vehicles 197
Figure 74 : Process of Nomina on 213
Figure 75 : Checklist of documents for nomina on 214
Figure 76 : Informa on furnished by candidates 217
Figure 77 : Various Stakeholders on whom MCC applies 219
Figure 78 : Ra onale behind MCC 219
Figure 79 : Broad areas of MCC applica ons 219
Figure 80 : Innova ve and best prac ces of MCC by some States and UTs 226
Figure 81 : Overview of Observer du es 228
Figure 82 : Types of Observers 228
Figure 83 : Reports to be submi ed by General Observers 229
Figure 84 : Reports to be submi ed by expenditures observers 230
Figure 85 : Reports to be submi ed by Police observes 231
Figure 86 : Objec ves of Expenditure Monitoring 235
Figure 87 : Legal Provisions for Expenditure monitoring 235
Figure 88 : Expenditure monitoring machinery 236
Figure 89 : Exis ng Arrangements for Media cer fica on and Monitoring 247
Figure 90 : Different types of Social Media 249
Figure 91 : Characteris cs of a well-organized poll day 250
Figure 92 : Schema c of a Model Polling Sta on 250

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Figure 93 : Layout of polling sta on during simultaneous elec ons 260
Figure 94 : Categories of electors who are provided postal ballot 262
Figure 95 : Legal provisions under RP Act 1951 for conduct of re-poll 265
Figure 96 : Reasons for re-poll 265
Figure 97 : Reasons for adjourned polls 265
Figure 98 : Legal provisions related to coun ng and elec on return followed 268
Figure 99 : Pre-requisites for a Coun ng Centre 268
Figure 100 : Layout of a coun ng hall 269
Figure 101 : Coun ng Staff 269
Figure 102 : Number of coun ng centre and coun ng Halls used in 2014 General Elec on 270
Figure 103 : Reasons for rejec ng postal ballot paper 270
Figure 104 : Format for round wise coun ng 271
Figure 105 : Format for Declara on of Result 272
Figure 106 : Results were finally reported to these organiza ons 273
Figure 107 : Sta c HTML page with elec on result 273
Figure 108 : Causes for Writ pe ons and PIL 279

List of Graphs

Graph 1 : Disparity in Electors among States/UTs 51

Graph 2 : Disparity in Electors among Parliamentary Cons tuencies 51
Graph 3 : State wisedata on average electors in each polling sta on and voter turnout 53
Graph 4 : Polling Sta on loca ons with more than 2 Polling Sta ons 54
Graph 5 : Polling Sta ons with more than 1200 electors 54
Graph 6 : Percentage of Main and Auxiliary Polling Sta ons 55
Graph 7 : Percentage of urban and rural polling sta ons 55
Graph 8 : Percentage of BMF coverage across the country 57
Graph 9 : Number of BLOs 62
Graph 10 : Net addi ons in electoral roll (in %) - Male and Female -1 70
Graph 11 : Net addi ons in electoral roll (in %) - Male and Female-2 71
Graph 12 : Comparison of Electors at various stages of electoral roll revision and during
Lok Sabha elec on 2014 and 2009 (in %) 71
Graph 13 : States with high net addi ons in terms of male and female electors 73
Graph 14 : EPIC coverage (in %) in Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 and 2009 76
Graph 15 : PER coverage (in %) in Lok Sabha Elec ons in 2014 and 2009 77
Graph 16 : Voter slips distribu on (in percentage) and voter turnout (in percentage) 82
Graph 17 : Iden ty Documents Used by Electors 84
Graph 18 : Gender ra o of eligible elector popula on and electoral rolls 85
Graph 19 : Elector popula on ra o (State wise) 86
Graph 20 : Gap in registra on by age cohort 87
Graph 21 : Percentage of popula on according to age-cohorts (Census 2011) 87
Graph 22 : Number of claims and objec ons admi ed across 34 States and UTs 88
Graph 23 : Number of dele ons across the country due to shi ing, death or repe on 89

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Graph 24 : Suo Motu dele on of electors from the Electoral Roll 89
Graph 25 : State wise polling sta ons and polling sta on loca ons -1 90
Graph 26 : State wise polling sta ons and polling sta on loca ons -2 91
Graph 27 : Categories of service electors (in percentage) 91
Graph 28 : Break up of ASD electors (in percentage) 92
Graph 29 : Electors shi ed break up (in Percentage) 92
Graph 30 : Registered Poli cal Par es and par es that par cipated in elec ons 96
Graph 31 : Pie chart on categories of freebie/welfare listed 102
Graph 32 : Pie chart on freebie 102
Graph 33 : States/UTs with highest no. of electors during special camps 106
Graph 34 : Voter turnout from 1951 to 2014 107
Graph 35 : State and UT wise compara ve voter turnout during 2009 and 2014 elec ons 108
Graph 36 : Number of PCs in various voter turnouts ranges (in %) 108
Graph 37 : Women Contestants by Poli cal party Categories 116
Graph 38 : Women winner by Poli cal Party Categories 116
Graph 39 : Women winners and contestants 116
Graph 40 : Women winners by Socio-economic Categories 116
Graph 41 : Women Contestants by Socio-economic Categories 117
Graph 42 : Sex ra o of Electors and voters in 2009 and 2014 117
Graph 43 : Female voter turnout (LS 2014) 118
Graph 44 : States with net addi on of registered female electors was more than
male electors 119
Graph 45 : Break up of non-service electors issued postal ballots 120
Graph 46 : Break up of service electors issued postal ballots 120
Graph 47 : Break up Drivers who were issued postal ballots - Andhra Pradesh 120
Graph 48 : Break up of preven ve detainees issued postal ballots - Punjab 120
Graph 49 : Third gender voter turnout 121
Graph 50 : States with high net addi on of third gender electors 122
Graph 51 : Polling Personnel Deployed 137
Graph 52 : Coun ng personnel deployed 138
Graph 53 : Personnel trained at IIIDEM for 2014 elec ons 152
Graph 54 : Number of Non-Bailable Warrants executed and pending 154
Graph 55 : Number of people against whom preven ve ac on was taken 155
Graph 56 : Break up of unlicensed items seized (in %) 155
Graph 57 : Break up of licensed arms (in %) 155
Graph 58 : States with high number of possible in midators and those booked under
various laws 157
Graph 59 : Data on Criteria of Cri cality during Lok Sabha Elec on 160
Graph 60 : States and UTs with cri cal polling sta ons and higher deployment of CPF 160
Graph 61 : Break up of Central Paramilitary Forces mobilized 165
Graph 62 : Breakup of SAP and State Forced Deployed 166
Graph 63 : CRPF companies deployed during coun ng of votes 166
Graph 64 : Cri cal PS, webcas ng at P S and micro observers, according to poll days 170
Graph 65 : Break up of incidents that occurred during 2014 elec ons 172

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Graph 66 : Incidents in some LWE and Insurgency in affected States during 2014 elec ons 173
Graph 67 : BUs and CUs used during the 2009 & 2014 elec on 184
Graph 68 : CUs used during 2014 elec ons 185
Graph 69 : BUs used during 2014 elec on 185
Graph 70 : EVMs used in 2014 elec ons, according to model 186
Graph 71 : VVPATs used 188
Graph 72 : Communica on channels available 194
Graph 73 : Communica on u li es available 194
Graph 74 : Candidate nomina on summary for 2014 elec ons 215
Graph 75 : Candidate nomina on summary for 2009 elec ons 216
Graph 76 : MCC Machinery 222
Graph 77 : MCC Viola ons 223
Graph 78 : Sources of MCC Complaints 223
Graph 79 : MCC viola ons according to category 227
Graph 80 : Break up of MCC Cases of defacement (in %) 227
Graph 81 : Break up of Observers deployed 234
Graph 82 : Micro Observers deployed in States and UTs during Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 234
Graph 83 : Expenditure monitoring machinery 238
Graph 84 : Top 12 States with highest % of cash seized by expenditure monitoring
machinery and Income Tax Department 240
Graph 85 : Top 12 States and UTs with highest percentages of liquor and narco cs seized 241
Graph 86 : States with high number of cases of paid news 248
Graph 87 : Number of Voters Facilita on Centres manned by BLOs 252
Graph 88 : Compara ve voter turnout (total and female) during simultaneous elec ons 261
Graph 89 : Polling Personnel who opted for Postal Ballot and EDCs 262
Graph 90 : Postal Ballot issued and received from Drivers/Vehicle A endants on Duty 262
Graph 91 : Postal Voted Polled in Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 and 2009 263
Graph 92 : Break up of rejected and not retrieved votes in 2014 and 2009 LS elec ons 263
Graph 93 : Number of postal votes received and rejected during 2009 elec ons 264
Graph 94 : Number of postal votes received and rejected during 2014 elec ons 264
Graph 95 : PBs issued and received from police personnel 264
Graph 96 : PBs issued and received from polling personnel 264
Graph 97 : Police personnel and postal ballot delivered 265
Graph 98 : Polling personnel and postal ballot delivered 265
Graph 99 : Candidates who forfeited security deposit in 2014 elec ons 276
Graph 100 : Candidates who forfeited security deposit in 2009 elec ons 276
Graph 101 : Break up of candidates who forfeited security deposit by
socio-economic categories 276
Graph 102 : Break up of candidates who forfeited security deposits by sex in 2014
and 2009 elec ons 278
Graph 103 : Poli cal Par es registered and those who par cipated among them
over past two Lok Sabha elec ons 278
Graph 104 : Break up of expenditure of candidates during 2014 elec ons 281
Graph 105 : Break up of candidates and winners according to expenditure ceiling slabs 281

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Graph 106 : Government expenditure on Elec on under various heads 284
Graph 107 : Break up of expenditure incurred on Conduct of Elec ons under various heads 285
Graph 108 : Break up of expenses incurred on Adver sement and voter awareness ac vi es 286
Graph 109 : Break up of expenditure incurred on training of elec on officials 286
Graph 110 : Voter turnout in 2014 elec on 290
Graph 111 : Voter turnout in 2009 elec on 290
Graph 112 : Voter turnout in all states and UTs during 2014 and 2009 elec on 290
Graph 113 : Pyramid graph of voter turnout according to states in 2014 291
Graph 114 : Pyramid graph of voter turnout according to states in 2009 291
Graph 115 : Voter turnout since 1951 (in %) 293
Graph 116 : Urban cons tuencies vs compara ve voter turnout of LS 2014 and 2009 294
Graph 117 : NOTA and Non-NOTA votes during 2014 elec ons (in %) 295
Graph 118 : NOTA votes as a percentage of total voted polled in each state 296
Graph 119 : State wise tendered votes (in %) 297
Graph 120 : Comparison of social category-wise Tendered Votes in 2014 and 2009 elec ons 297
Graph 121 : Vote share of na onal poli cal par es during 2014 elec ons (in %) 298
Graph 122 : Vote share of na onal poli cal par es during 2009 elec ons (in %) 298
Graph 123 : Break up of winning candidates according to age groups 299
Graph 124 : Returned candidates (in %) 301
Graph 125 : Votes polled in 2004, 2009 and 2014 elec ons (in %) 301
Graph 126 : Candidates set up by Na onal Par es and their vote share (in %) 302
Graph 127 : Performance of Independents 303
Graph 128 : Candidates who won with more than 50% of votes 303
Graph 129 : State wise comparison of number of candidates who won
more than 50% of the votes 305
Graph 130 : Winnings candidates by margin of votes polled from the runner up candidates 305

List of Tables

Table 1 : Number of Officials in the ECI Secretariat during 2014 General Elec on 38
Table 2 : State wise number of districts and PCs along with their reserva on status 50
Table 3 : Representa on of every registered voter by an MP in Lok Sabha 51
Table 4 : States/UTs with highest number of Polling Sta ons 54
Table 5 : States/ UTs with lowest number of Polling Sta ons 54
Table 6 : Number of overseas electors in States and UTs (gender-wise) 66
Table 7 : Addi ons, dele ons, modifica ons and net addi ons of Electors voters 72
Table 8 : Year wise numbers of general Electors and the EPIC and PER coverage 76
Table 9 : State wise list of percentage of voters who used various iden ty documents 83
Table 10 : State-wise list of ASD voters 84
Table 11 : All-India age-cohort wise elector informa on based on the final publica on
of the electoral roll 86
Table 12 : EPIC , PER coverage at na onal level 89
Table 13 : Na onal poli cal par es and their symbols 97

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Table 14 : State poli cal par es and their symbols 97
Table 15 : States with Higher number of registra on during Special Camps 106
Table 16 : Number of PCs in various voter turnouts ranges (in %) 108
Table 17 : Par cipa on of women in elec ons 115
Table 18 : Informa on on voter turnout, electorate and categories of voter turnout 117
Table 19 : Poll Days and number of PCs 131
Table 20 : Total number of poll days in States and UTs 131
Table 21 : Number of Cons tuencies & their poll dates in all States/UTs 131
Table 22 : State wise deployment of polling personnel 136
Table 23 : Break up of coun ng personnel 138
Table 24 : State-wise police personnel deployment 139
Table 25 : Reasons for relaxa on of randomisa on 142
Table 26 : Database that supports preven ve ac on 154
Table 27 : Vulnerable hamlets, possible in midators and in midators booked
under preven ve laws 156
Table 28 : Data on criteria of cri cality 159
Table 29 : State Wise Exis ng CPF deployment and direct induc on during Lok Sabha
elec ons 2014 164
Table 30 : Details of recovered explosives and other items during 2014 elec ons 172
Table 31 : Offences recorded in elec on period of LS 2009 and 2014 176
Table 32 : Damage in various incidents of violence related to poll compaign etc. 177
Table 33 : Year-Wise Procurement of EVMs 181
Table 34 : State Wise EVMs used during Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 185
Table 35 : So ware applica ons for 2014 elec ons during various stages of electoral cycle 202
Table 36 : Nomina on Summary 215
Table 37 : Reasons for Rejec on of Nomina ons 216
Table 38 : E-filing of Affidavits 217
Table 39 : List of Dos and Don'ts 220
Table 40 : Field machinery for preven ng viola ons 221
Table 41 : State wise List of various Observers deployed in Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 233
Table 42 : State and UT wise number of Expenditure monitoring teams 238
Table 43 : Total amount of cash, liquor and drugs seized 239
Table 44 : State wise break up of cash, liquor and drugs seized 239
Table 45 : Time allo ed to Na onal Par es on DD Na onal and All India Radio (in minutes) 245
Table 46 : Time allo ed to Na onal Par es on Regional DD and State AIR (in minutes) 245
Table 47 : Time allo ed to State Par es on Regional DD and State AIR (in minutes) 246
Table 48 : Paid News cases reported and no ces issued and cases confirmed 248
Table 49 : Andhra Pradesh simultaneous LA elec ons 260
Table 50 : Odisha simultaneous LA elec ons 260
Table 51 : Sikkim simultaneous LA elec ons 261
Table 52 : Arunachal Pradesh simultaneous LA elec on 261
Table 53 : State and UT wise data on re-poll during 2014 elec ons 266
Table 54 : Amount forfeited by candidates in Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 277
Table 55 : List of elec on pe ons 280

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Table 56 : Candidates and Winners by slabs of expenditure ceiling 281
Table 57 : Na onal Poli cal Party wise expenditure amount and date of filing
expenditure 282
Table 58 : Party wise candidate expenditures and party fund received by then (Based on
Candidate Expenditure statements) 283
Table 59 : Expenditure incurred by the government on Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 284
Table 60 : Highlights of Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 288
Table 61 : State wise NOTA votes polled 295
Table 62 : NOTA and non-NOTA votes polled 296
Table 63 : Performance of Poli cal Par es 297
Table 64 : Comparison of contestants and winning candidates in various age cohorts 299
Table 65 : Poli cal Par es with most votes polled 299
Table 66 : Votes polled and Vote share of State Poli cal Par es 300
Table 67 : Break-Up of candidates and total seats won by poli cal par es of various types 300
Table 68 : Performance of Independents 302
Table 69 : State wise compara ve data on winning candidates who secured more
than 50% votes in PCs 304

List of Map
Map 1 : Schedule of General Elec on to Lok Sabha 2014 along with number of PCs 132
Map 2 : Phase-wise polling dates for General Elec on to Lok Sabha 2014 133
Map 3 : Core LWE affected areas and insurgency hit areas 174
Map 4 : State-wise turnout for General Elec ons to Lok Sabha 2014 292

Sta s cal Annexures

1. Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 – At a Glance 311-324

1.1 Highlights of Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 311
1.2 State and UT wise Number and Type of Cons tuencies 312
1.3 List of Poli cal Par es Par cipated 313-324

2. Elec on Preparedness 325-355

2.1 State and UT wise number of electors 325
2.2 Registra on of electors during Special Summary Revision 326-327
2.3 Special Camps on/around 9th March 2014 (w.r.t.1.1.2014 as qualifying date) 328
2.4 Informa on about Service Electors 329
2.5 Postal Ballots issued & received 330
2.6 Details of service voters and preven ve detainees 331
2.7 Number of postal ballots to polling personnel and police personnel 332
2.8 Overseas electors (male/female/others) for GE to Lok Sabha 2014 333-338
2.9 Gender Ra o as per Final Publica on of the Electoral Roll 339
2.10 Analysing Devia ons in Registra on from Es mated Popula on in Age cohorts 339
2.11 EPIC and PER coverage & Distribu on of Voter Slips during LS 2014 & 2009 340
2.12 EPIC and photo coverage in electoral roll 341
2.13 Number of polling sta ons with <=90% of EPIC coverage, PER, voters slip

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 distributed (as % of electors) for Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 342
2.14 Polling sta ons, average number of electors per polling sta on 343
2.15 Types of Polling Sta ons 344
2.16 Basic Minimum Facili es at polling sta ons 345 - 346
2.17 Number of voter facilita on centres manned by BLOs outside polling
sta ons, total number of polling sta ons with no polling agent/ one polling agent 347
2.18 Informa on on Inclusion and dele on in current roll over previous roll 348-351
2.19 Informa on on migrated electors 352-353
2.20 Elector Popula on Ra o 354
2.21 State and UT wise list of Polling Sta ons and Polling Sta on Loca ons 355

3. Elec on Planning 356-385

3.1 Elec on Schedule 356
3.2 Poll date wise number of Cons tuencies that went to poll 357-361
3.3 State and UT wise list of State Police Personnel deployed 362
3.4 Central Para-military Forces deployed 363
3.5 List of Licensed arms deposited/ impounded and list of unlicensed
ammuni on seized 364-365
3.6 Preven ve Ac on taken 366
3.7 Non-Bailable warrants issued and executed 367
3.8 State Wise number of incidents of violence (number of persons killed or injured) 368
3.9 Offences Recorded during Elec on Period 369
3.10 State and UT wise Vulnerability Mapping 370
3.11 State and UT wise cri cal polling sta ons 371
3.12 Total Number Polling sta ons where webcas ng, videography and s ll
cameras used 372
3.13 Law and Order Informa on 373
3.14 State and UT wise Communica on Plan 374 - 375
3.15 Total Number of Drivers and Vehicle A endants/ Cleaners deployed 376
3.16 State wise break-up of Polling Personnel deployed and kept in reserve 377 - 378
3.17 State wise Coun ng Personnel and Arrangements 379
3.18 Reasons for Relaxa on of Randomiza on in select Parliamentary Cons tuencies 380 - 383
3.19 Use of Control Units and Ballot Units of EVMs 384
3.20 Number of EVMs used (Model and Manufacturer Wise) 385

4. Conduct of Poll 386 - 403

4.1 Nomina on, Qualifica on, Disqualifica on and Affidavits 386 - 391
4.1.1 Nomina on Summary 386 - 390
4.1.2 Reason for Rejec on of Nomina ons 391
4.2 Model Code of Conduct 392 - 395
4.2.1 Number of cases of MCC viola ons/offences under provisions of law 392 - 393
4.2.2 Sources of Complaints of MCC Viola ons received 394
4.2.3 MCC viola ons and no ces issued 395
4.3 Observers 396

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 4.3.1 State wise list of different types of Observers deployed 396
4.4 Expenditure Monitoring 397 - 398
4.4.1 Expenditure Sensi ve Areas 397
4.4.2 Search and Seizure informa on 398
4.5 Media Monitoring 399 - 400
4.5.1 Free Air Time to Poli cal Par es 399 - 400
4.6 Re-poll
4.6.1 Re-poll held 401-403

5 Elec on Results 404-495

5.1 List of Successful Candidates 404-426
5.2 Voters and Voter turnout 427-432
5.2.1 State and UT wise voter turnout 427
5.2.2 State and UT wise voter informa on 428-432
5.3 Performance of Candidates and Poli cal Par es 433-475
5.3.1 State and UT wise list of candidates per cons tuency 433
5.3.2 State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es 434-453
5.3.3 Performance of Na onal Poli cal Par es 454
5.3.4 Performance of State Poli cal Par es 455-459
5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized Poli cal Par es 460-475
5.4 Performance of Women electors and candidates 476-486
5.4.1 Performance of Women candidates in na onal par es 476
5.4.2 Performance of Women candidates in state par es 477-478
5.4.3 Performance of Women candidates in registered unrecognized par es 479-482
5.4.4 Performance of Women candidates as independents 482
5.4.5 Performance of Women electors 483
5.4.6 State and Category wise par cipa on of women 484-486
5.5 NOTA votes, Tendered Votes and Forfeited Deposits 487-491
5.5.1 State and UT wise NOTA and Tendered Votes 487
5.5.2 Party wise deposits forfeited 488-489
5.5.3 Amount of Forfeited Deposits 490-491
5.6 Winning Candidate Analysis 492-493
5.6.1 Winning candidate analysis over total electors 492
5.6.2 Winning candidate analysis over total voters 493
5.7 Poli cal Finance and State Finance 494-495
5.7.1 Expenditure Statement of Na onal Poli cal Par es 494
5.7.2 Expenditure Statement of State Poli cal Par es 494-495

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 Abbrevia ons
ACs : Assembly Cons tuencies IEC : Informa on Educa on and
AERO : Assistant Electoral Registra on Officer Communica on
ALMT : Assembly Level Master Trainers IED : Improvised Explosive Device
ARO : Assistant Returning Officer IIIDEM : India Interna onal Ins tute of
ASD : Absentee, Shi ed, Dead Voters Democracy and Electoral Management
ASI : Assistant Sub Inspector IR : India Reserve Ba alion
AWW : Angan Wadi Workers IT : Income Tax /Informa on Technology
BDO : Block Development Officer LA : Legisla ve Assembly
BEL : Bharat Electronics Limited LDC : Lower Division Clerk
BLA : Booth Level Agents LIO : Library & Informa on Officer
BLO : Booth Level Officer LS : Lok Sabha
BMF : Basic Minimum Facili es LWE : Le Wing Extremism
BSNL : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited MCC : Model Code of Conduct
BWHG : Border Wing Home Guard MCMC: Media Cer fica on and Monitoring
CPF : Central Police Force Commi ee
CAPF : Central Armed Police Force MEA : Ministry of External Affairs
CEC : Chief Elec on Commissioner MHA : Ministry of Home Affairs
CEO : Chief Electoral Officer MOD : Ministry of Defence
Coys : Companies of CPF MP : Member of Parliament
CrPC : Criminal Procedure Code MP : Madhya Pradesh
CRPF : Central Reserve Police Force MPS : Model Polling Sta on
CT : Constable MO : Micro Observers
DEO : District Elec on Officer MTNL : Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited
DEMP : District Elec on Management Plan NBW : Non-bailable Warrant
DIG : Deputy Inspector General NCC : Na onal Cadet Corps
DGP : Director General of Police NCT : Na onal Capital Territory
ECI : Elec on Commission of India NIC : Na onal Informa cs Centre
ECIL : Electronic Corpora on of India Limited NOTA : None of The Above
EDCs : Elec on Duty Cer ficates NRI : Non Resident Indian
EPIC : Electoral Photo Iden ty Cards NSDL : Na onal Securi es Depository Limited
ERMS : Electoral Roll Management System NSS : Na onal Services Scheme
ERO : Electoral Registra on Officer NVD : Na onal Voter’s Day
EVMs : Electronic Vo ng Machines PAN : Permanent Account Number
FLC : First Level Checking PB : Postal Ballot
FST : Flying Squad Team PCs : Parliamentary Cons tuencies
GE : General Elec on PER : Photo Electoral Rolls
GIS : Geo-Informa on Systems PIS : Personal Informa on Sheet
GO : Government Official PS : Polling Sta on
HC : Head Constable PSU : Public Sector Undertaking
IAF : Indian Air Force PVC : Polyvinyl Chloride

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PWD : People with Disabili es SSP : Senior Superintendent of Police
QRT : Quick Response Team SST : Special Surveillance Team
RE : Revised Es mate ST : Scheduled Tribe
RER : Registra on of Electors’ Rules, 1960 SVEEP : Systema c Voters Educa on and
RO : Returning Officer Electoral Par cipa on
RP Act : Representa on of the People Act TNA : Training Needs Assessment
1950/1951 TTF : Training of Trainers and Facilitators
RTI Act : Right To Informa on Act UT : Union Territory
RTO : Regional Transport Office VFC : Voter Facilita on Centre
SAP : Special Armed Police VST : Video Surveillance Team
SC : Scheduled Caste VSDU : VVPAT Status Display Unit
SHGS : Self Help Groups VVPAT : Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
SHO : Sta on Head Officer System
SI : Sub-Inspector VVT : Video Viewing Team
SLMTs : State Level Master Trainers UDC : Upper Division Clerk
SMS : Short Messaging Service WG : Working Group
SP : Superintendent of Police

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 Glossary
All India Radio : The na onal public radio broadcaster of India
Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi : Workers of the Government sponsored child-care
and mother-care centre which is a part of the Indian
public healthcare system.
Crore : Unit of one hundred lakhs (1 Crore = Ten million)
Doordarshan (DD) : The na onal public television broadcaster of India
Electors : Electors are ci zens of India who are registered with
the Elec on Commission of India to vote during
elec ons
Electronic Vo ng Machines : Machines used by the Elec on Commission of India
for recording the vote of the electorate
EPIC : Electoral Photo Iden ty card issued by ERO under
Rule 28 of Registra on of Electors’ Rules 1960. It is a
permanent document for an elector and is used at
the me of polls
General Elec ons : In the context of this report, elec ons to the Lower
House of the Parliament with tenure of five years
Gram Panchayat : Rural local body at village level
Lakh : Unit of one hundred thousand (10 Lakh = One
million)
Lok Sabha : Lower House of the Parliament
PER : Photo Electoral Rolls are voter lists or electoral rolls
with photographs of electors in them
Rajya Sabha : Upper House of the Parliament
Sarpanch : Elected Village Head
Taluka : Also called Block- an administra ve unit under
District level
Voters : Voters are the eligible electors who have exercised
their right to vote
Working Group : There were 9 Working Groups comprising of CEOs of
States and UTs and facilitated by officials of ECI to
compile and collate best prac ces, case studies
and innova ons during the conduct of Lok Sabha
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1 Introduc on
This sec on of the ‘Narra ve and Sta s cal Report of
General Elec on to the 16th Lok Sabha, 2014’ is an
effort to outline the growth of the Elec on
Commission of India; trace the history of democracy
da ng back from ancient India and its evolu on over
the centuries to its current form. It runs through the
elec ons of the past 15 Lok Sabhas and gives an
overview on the General Elec ons to Lok Sabha 2014.
1.1 Historical Background
One of the very first men ons of the Republican form
of government finds its place in ancient Buddhist
Literature; wherein there was a reference to
democra c/ ‘chosen by people’ form of government.
Also in the 4 century CE, there was a men on of the
Kshudrak-Malla Sangha, the Republican Federa on
that offered strong resistance to Alexander the Great.
The Greeks also le descrip ons of many other
Republican States in India, some of which were
described by them as Pure Democracies while others
were said to be Aristocra c Republics, which were
primarily controlled by a family. A vote was known as
"chhanda" which literally meant a wish; the term was
used to describe the fact that the voter had a free will
and choice. There was also a men on that for the
purpose of vo ng in the assembly, Shalakas or mul -
coloured vo ng ckets, called “Shalakas” (pins) were
used. These were distributed to members when a
mee ng was called and was collected by Shalaka-
grahak (collector of pins), a special officer of the
assembly appointed unanimously and it was his duty
to collect votes which could be either secret or open1 .
1.2 Elec on Commission of India
The Cons tu on of India adopted a Parliamentary
form of Government. Parliament consists of the
President of India and two houses – Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha. The concept of democracy as visualised
in the Cons tu on presupposes representa on of
people in the Parliament and the State Legislatures
and local bodies. Free and fair elec ons are the very
founda on of Indian Democracy.
To facilitate this important process, the Elec on
Commission of India was created as an Independent
Cons tu onal Authority under Ar cle 324 of the
Cons tu on of India.
Ar cle 324 bestows elec on related powers, du es
and func ons on the ECI; while Sec on 14 of the
Representa on of the People Act, 1951 provides for
conduct of the elec ons to cons tute a new Lok
Sabha. In keeping with the Cons tu onal and Legal
Provisions, ECI has been me culously managing the
en re elec on process - planning, preparing,
conduc ng, coun ng and declaring the results; since
the first General Elec on to the first Lok Sabha in 1952
to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014.
1.3 Past General Elec ons to Lok Sabha Elec on in 1957:
• the process was more organized
The first Lok Sabha Elec on in 1952 was a milestone • people’s par cipa on also rose with a higher
in laying a strong democra c founda on for India. voter turnout
• the cost of the second elec on was almost half of
Universal Adult Franchise was adopted in 1947, the
the cost incurred by the government exchequer
mo on for prepara on of electoral rolls was adopted
during the first elec ons.
on January 8, 1949 and a large por on of elec ons
was held between December 1951 and January 1952. In 1960s, which witnessed two Lok Sabha elec ons,
India was the first independent country (from Bri sh increasing voter par cipa on and rising interest of
rule in August, 1947) to provide vo ng rights to all people to contest elec ons further deepened the
ci zens above the age of 21 years. Even developed roots of democracy in India. The contes ng
democracies of the west had ini ally reserved the candidates doubled between 1957 and 1967 General
right to vote for only men of property. Elec ons to Lok Sabha. By 1968, it was mandatory for
all poli cal par es to register with the Elec on
In its very rst election, India had an electorate of 173
Commission with specified minimum electoral
million people. Hence, mobilization of electoral staff and
support.
resources was an uphill task. A total of 220,000 Polling
Booths, 02 million Ballot Boxes, 72,000 Presiding Officers In 1970s, the then CEC, in consulta on with the
and Clerks, 280,000 Subordinate Electoral Officials and poli cal par es laid down the guidelines to
220,000 Police personnel were required to conduct the rst prevent electoral malprac ces during the
General Elections to Lok Sabha in 1951-52. electoral process, which later went on to be
called the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
The first elec on to Lok Sabha ushered in Democracy
1980s brought about advancement of technology in
and Rule of Law on the basis of the Cons tu on of
the Indian electoral process. In 1982, Electronic
India. Hence, by the me of the second General
Vo ng Machines were first tried on an experimental
basis for bye-elec on in the 70-Parur Assembly
Cons tuency in Kerala. This started the process of
tes ng and detailed legal enquiries into the
technological aspects of the machines and how they
could make the vo ng, colla ng and the coun ng
process simpler. In 1988, the vo ng age was lowered
from 21 to 18 by a Cons tu onal Amendment adding
to the ever increasing electorate2.
In 1990s, MCC was vigorously implemented leading
to more transparent and fair elec ons post-1991. To
iden fy the voter and prevent impersona on, the
Elec on Commission ordered issuance of the Electoral
Photo Iden ty Card (EPIC) in 1993. The EVMs which had
been ini ally tried on an experimental basis, became a
regular state assembly elec on feature since 1998.
EVMs had replaced ballot paper fully across the
country for the first me in General Elec ons to Lok
Sabha, 2004. Use of EVMs further added to the
robustness of the Indian electoral process. 'Rejected
votes' by erroneous marking of ballot papers got
minimized. EVMs also helped make the process of
coun ng faster and error free.
In the run up to the 2009 Lok Sabha elec ons,
computeriza on of electoral rolls was taken up and
Photo Electoral Rolls were prepared on a na onwide
basis.
1.4 General Elec ons to the 16th Lok Sabha,
2014
The five-year term of the 15th Lok Sabha expired on
May 31, 2014. The Elec on Commission of India
announced the schedule of General Elec ons on
March 05, 2014 and subsequently polling was held
across the country on ten polling days. Polls were held
between April 07 and May 12, 2014 and coun ng was
done on May 16, 2014.
Elections were
announced for all the 543
PCs. 9, 27,553 polling stations were
set up in the country, including 11,229
auxiliary polling stations. e total number of
registered electors for this election was 834 million, of
which 553 million voted in these elections. e sex ratio
of registered electors was 908.4 (total number of females
over 1000 males) while the sex ratio of eligible Electors
for the country as per census 2011 is 962. e
percentage of EPIC and photo coverage (in PER) in the
country was 96.67% and 98.60% respectively.
2 Legal and Administra ve Frameworks
This sec on looks at the legal and administra ve
framework for conduct of elec ons. It also details out
the areas in conduct of elec on where new
instruc ons or guidelines were issued.
The provisions of the Cons tu on rela ng to se ng
up of the Elec on Commission were brought into
force on the 26th November, 1949. ECI came into
existence on 25th January,1950, one day before India
became a republic.
2.1 Legal Framework
The func ons, responsibili es, structure and power
provisions in all ma ers rela ng to Elec ons to the
Parliament and State Legislatures. Exercising this
power, the Parliament has enacted laws that govern
the conduct of elec ons - The Representa on of the
People Act 1950 and The Representa on of the
People Act 1951. The RP Act 1950 guides the basic
requisites for elec ons including delimita on and
alloca on of seats; while the RP Act 1951 provides for
the actual conduct of elec ons in India including the
rules of Registra on of Poli cal Par es; Electoral
Dispute Mechanisms etc. Supplemen ng the
aforemen oned statutes, there are other procedural
provisions and concerned enactments for the
conduct of elec ons given in figure 1.

e Representation e e
of the People Act,
1950 and 1951

Figure 1 : Legal Provisions

of the ECI are enlisted in the Ar cles 324 to The ECI also issues several instruc ons and guidelines
329 of Part XV of the Cons tu on of India, which also for elec on management, which are being
extends the mandate of the Commission to hold documented in ECI handbooks for various field
elec ons to the office of the President and Vice func onaries and stakeholders as shown in figures 2
President of India, Lower House of Parliament, Upper and 3.
House (using Propor onal Representa on) and State
District
Legislative Council at regular periodic intervals. Elec on
Officers Returning
The Indian Cons tu on grants its ci zens' Observers Officer
Fundamental Rights that include the Right to Equality,
Right to Freedom, Right against Exploita on, Right to Presiding
Media Officer
Freedom of Religion, Cultural and Educa onal Rights
and Right to Cons tu onal Remedies. Based on
Handbooks
these, ECI upholds the principles and its commitment
issued by ECI Electoral
Polling Registra on
to the Rule of Law, Universal Adult Suffrage, Secret
Agents Officers
Ballot, Preven on of Corrup on, Right to Par cipate
in Public Affairs, Right to Vote and Right to be elected. Coun ng Booth Level
These principles are legal binding as per the Elec on Agents Officers
Candidates
Laws.

The Cons tu on allows Parliament to make

Figure 2 : Handbooks issued by ECI

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The overall voter turnout during the elec on was
66.44%. The percentage voter turnout of female
voters was 65.54% and of male voters excluding the
postal ballot was 67.00%. The percentage turnout of
third gender was 6.9%. The total postal ballots
received and counted were 11, 54,607.
A total of 8251 candidates contested during this
General Elec on to the Lok Sabha, of which 7577
were male, 668 were female and 06 were from third
gender. Out of these 8251 candidates, 5016 were
affiliated to 464 poli cal par es (Annexure 1.3) and
3235 were independent candidates. Candidates of 06
Na onal Par es, 39 Recognized State Par es, and 419
registered unrecognized par es, contested in this
Elec on.
1,93,522 polling sta ons had been iden fied as
cri cal during this elec on while 75,237 hamlets/
wards/ locali es had been iden fied as vulnerable
with 58,48,385 vulnerable electors. Necessary
arrangements were made for security and confidence
building of voters and other stakeholders in advance
of the poll day. 2,18,227 persons were bound under
various provisions of law. Cash seizures of total
Rs. 375.75 crore and liquor seizures of 2.27 crore
litres were made. Re-poll was held in 301 polling
sta ons of 97 PCs.
As per results of the elec ons, 282 Lok Sabha seats
were secured by Bhar ya Janata Party. Their vote
share across the country was 31.34%. The second
largest numbers of seats were secured by Indian
Na onal Congress, which got 44 seats with a vote
share of 19.52%. Of the total 8251 contestants, 7000
forfeited their security deposits3. No fica on for due
cons tu on of the House was issued on May 19, 2014
by the Elec on Commission of India.
The Lok Sabha elec on 2014 set a new benchmark in
the conduct of elec ons with many firsts to its credit:
I. Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs)
were introduced in selected PCs to ensure
further transparency in recording of votes.
ii. Voter slips were distributed across the country
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for Lok Sabha elec ons to enable the voters to
know at which polling sta on s/he is enrolled. All
states reported a very high percentage of
distribu on of voter slips, between 90 to 100%.
iii. As a part of inclusion process, 'Transgenders'
were categorized as “third gender” in these
elec ons. Of the total 28527 third gender
electorates, 1968 voters exercised their right to
vote.
iv. Overseas Indian Residents were given the right
to vote provided they registered themselves as a
voter at the address men oned in their passport.
Among the total 13039 registered overseas
electors, 12234 were men and 804 were women
and Others. Of these, 8 voters exercised their
right to vote.
v. Elec on manifestos of poli cal par es were
brought under the ambit of Model Code of
Conduct.
vi. Extensive cascaded trainings of the en re
electoral machinery across categories and
hierarchies were carried out in a systema c and
organized manner under the aegis of India
Interna onal Ins tute of Democracy and
Elec on Management (IIIDEM).
vii. Awareness Observers were deployed in Lok
Sabha elec ons to monitor the SVEEP ac vi es
conducted in the States/ Union Territories along
with observing the working of Media Cer fica on
and Monitoring Commi ees (MCMCs). These
were senior cadre officers from the Ministry of
Informa on & Broadcas ng.
viii. In a bid to a ract voters to the polling booths and
give a fes ve look to the electoral exercise, some
model polling sta ons (MPS) were set up across
the country. The concept of model polling sta on
was brought about to provide a friendly and
pleasant experience to the voters when they
come to the polling sta on to cast their votes.
Besides basic minimum facili es (BMF) like
drinking water, shelters, toilets, ramps for
accessibility at all the polling sta ons; addi onal
facili es like wai ng halls, first aid kits etc. were
also provided.
ix. Introduc on of a generic toll free number 1950 as
a helpline to general public for grievance
redressal.
 District
Elec on
Chief Officers Returning
Electoral Officer
Officers
Manpower
Management
Model Checklists
issued by ECI
Assistant
Police Returning
Officers
Officers
Electornic
Postal
Vo ng
Ballots
Machines
Figure 3 : Checklists issued by ECI
2.1.1 Model Code of Conduct
In order to maintain a level playing field and to ensure
free and fair nature of elec ons, the ECI enforces a
Model Code of Conduct (MCC), which is an elaborate
set of guidelines rela ng to the conduct of poli cal
par es, candidates and government func onaries
during the period of elec ons. MCC originated, and
has evolved over me, on the basis of broad
consensus of poli cal par es under stewardship of
the ECI. It becomes opera onal from the date of
announcement of elec on by the Commission and
remains in force ll declara on of results. The Code
contains eight main parts dealing with general
conduct, mee ngs, procession, polling day, polling
booth, observers, party in power and elec on
manifestos.
Following the direc on of the Supreme Court and
based on consulta ons with poli cal par es, the ECI
included fresh guidelines in the MCC rela ng to
manifestos issued by the poli cal par es. These
guidelines state that “trust of voters should be sought
only on those promises which are possible to be
fulfilled”, and that “poli cal par es should avoid
making those promises which are likely to vi ate the
purity of the elec on process or exert undue
influence on the voters in exercising their
franchise”4.
2.1.2 Elec on Symbols
Provisions related to recogni on of poli cal par es
and allotment of symbols has been codified at one
place by ECI in 1968. In order to facilitate
unrecognized poli cal par es to contest with a
Presiding
Officers common symbol, the ECI amended its Elec on
Symbols Reserva ons and Allotment Order, 1968 and
issued a new order – Elec on Symbols Reserva on
and Allotment (Amendment) Order, 2013. As per the
Order, the candidates nominated by a registered
unrecognized poli cal party at the General Elec on to
the Legisla ve Assembly of a State or the House of the
People can be allo ed a common symbol from the list
of free symbols with certain condi ons. Allotment of
a common symbol is done on 'first come first serve'
basis.
2.1.3 Affidavits by Candidates
All candidates were required to file affidavits in Form
26 along with their nomina on papers declaring
informa on on their antecedents. Scanned copies of
the affidavits were uploaded on websites of CEOs for
public viewing. The direc ons given by the Supreme
Court in its order of September 2013 for not leaving
any relevant columns blank in these affidavits were
brought to the knowledge of all contestants for
compliance.
2.1.4 Ceiling on Campaign Expenditure by Candidates
It is mandatory under the elec on law for every
contes ng candidate to maintain and furnish a
separate and true account of his/ her elec on
expenditure. The campaign expense ceilings for
candidates were revised by the Government of India
vide No fica on dated 28th February, 2014. As per
the revised ceilings, the maximum limit of elec on
expenses for a Lok Sabha Cons tuency was Rs. 70 lakh
per candidate for all states except Arunachal Pradesh,
Goa and Sikkim, where it was Rs.54 lakh per
candidate.
For ACs, the maximum limit was Rs. 28 lakh per
candidate for the bigger states and NCT of Delhi and
Rs. 20 lakh per candidate in the other states and UT of
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Puducherry. In Andhra Pradesh and Odisha the limit
of expenses for ACs was Rs. 28 lakh per candidate and
in Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim it was Rs.20 lakh per
candidate during their Assembly Elec ons conducted
simultaneously with the General Elec ons to Lok
Sabha.
ECI also issued detailed guidelines on maintenance
and submission of accounts by the candidates. It was
incumbent upon them to maintain a daily account of
expenditure and to submit it for Inspec on to the
Designated Officer/ Elec on Observer three mes
during the campaign period. To strengthen the
monitoring of expenses, the ECI took special steps like
a separate elec on expenditure monitoring division
was set up in the Headquarters and elaborate field
forma ons were put in place to deal with informa on
on poll expenses of the candidates and poli cal
par es. To assist the candidates, ECI prepared e-
learning modules for maintaining the elec on
expense accounts.
Under Sec on 77 of the RP Act, 1951 only the
expenses of travel of leaders or Star Campaigners
(whose names were communicated to the ECI and
CEOs of the States/ UTs within the prescribed period
of seven days from the date of no fica on of elec on)
of those poli cal par es whose candidates are
contes ng in the cons tuencies where these leaders
travel, are exempt from being included in the account
of expenses of a candidate. All other expenses
incurred/ authorized for elec on campaign of the
candidate were required to be included in the account
of the candidate.
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2.1.5 None of the Above (NOTA)
In its judgment dated 27 September 2013 in writ
pe on (C) No. 161 of 2004, the Supreme Court
directed that there should be a “None of the Above”
op on on the ballot papers and EVMs and the same
be implemented either in a phased manner or at a
par cular point of me with the assistance of
Government of India. For implemen ng the NOTA
op on, the Commission issued detailed instruc ons
to the CEOs of all States/ UTs. On the Ballot Units,
below the name of the last candidate, NOTA op on
exists. It is an op on for the electors who do not want
to vote for any of the contes ng candidates.
2.2 Administra ve Framework
During the 16th Lok Sabha Elec ons, the ECI once
again demonstrated its solemn resolve and deep
commitment towards fulfilling its cons tu onal
mandate of conduc ng free and fair elec ons. This
sec on describes in brief the administra ve
framework engaged in prepara on and delivery of
these elec ons.
The ECI headquarter houses the Commission and its
Secretariat at Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New
Delhi. The number of officials in the ECI secretariat
during Lok Sabha elec on 2014 was follows :
Table 1: Number of Officials in the ECI Secretariat
during 2014 General Elec on
Deputy Elec on Commissioners/
Directors General 07
Principal Secretaries/ Directors 10
Secretaries 06
Under Secretaries 12
Sec on Officers 33
Assistants & others 275
The overall establishment of the Commission engaged in prepara on and delivery of elec ons has been
broadly summarized below:

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Chief Elec on Commissioner
Elec on Commissioners

ECI SECRETARIAT FIELD LEVEL

Func onaries  Chief Electoral Officer
Deputy Elec on Commissioner / Director  Addi onal Chief Electoral Officer
General/ Senior Principal Secretary  Joint Chief Electoral Officer
 Director/ Principal Secretary  Deputy Chief Electoral Officer
 Secretary/ Joint Director/ Deputy Secretary/  District Elec on Officer
 Returning Officer/ Electoral Registra on
Assistant Director/ LIO
 Under Secretary Officer
 Sec on Officer  ARO/ AERO
 Assistants/UDC/LDC  Police and Security Personnel
 Sector/ Zonal Officer
Func onal Divisions  Nodal Officers of DEO
 MCMC members
 Planning  FS/ SST/ QRT/ VSTS/ VVT
 Electoral Rolls  Trainers
 Elec on Materials  Booth Level Officer
 Automa on and Technology  Polling Personnel
 Judicial  Coun ng Personnel
 Poli cal Par es
 Sta s cs and Documenta on
 SVEEP
 Interna onal Co-opera on
 Secretarial Co-ordina on
 Elec on Expenditure Monitoring
 Training/ IIIDEM
 Conduct of Elec ons
 Protocol
 Administra on
 Finance

The func ons of the Commission may be delegated by
the Commission under sec on 19A of The
Representa on of the People Act, 1951 to Deputy
Elec on Commissioner or the Secretary to the
Commission. The Administra ve Machinery for the
conduct of elec ons is detailed in part IV of The
Representa on of the People Act 1951.
CEOs are responsible for maintenance and upda on
of electoral rolls and conduct of elec ons in their
States or UTs. Likewise, DEOs are responsible for the
same in their respec ve districts. EROs and AEROs are
responsible for prepara on, maintenance and
(revision of the electoral rolls in their assigned
assembly segments/cons tuencies. )
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2.2.1 Booth Level Officers (BLOs)
BLOs provide the con nuing local interface of the
Commission to voters within their respec ve polling
sta on/part areas. BLOs are responsible for
maintaining the Electoral Roll of the assigned part
area under the control and supervision of Elec on
Commission of India/ CEO of State/ DEO/ ERO/ AERO
concerned. Since 2006, under the Representa on of
the People Act 1950, BLOs are appointed a er
obtaining prior approval of DEO concerned. BLOs are
selected from amongst the employees of State
Government/ Local Bodies for alloca on of one part
of electoral roll.
As per sec on 28 A of part IV of the Representa on of 2.2.2 Observers
the People Act 1951, Returning Officers (ROs), AROs,
Sec on 20(B) of the Representa on of the People Act
presiding and polling officers and any other officers
1951 makes provision for ECI to nominate an officer of
appointed under this part, as well as any police
the Government of India as an observer to watch the
officers designated for conduct of elec ons are
conduct of elec on(s) and to perform func ons as
deemed to be on deputa on to the ECI for the period
entrusted by ECI. ECI deployed different kinds of
of an elec on. During this period, they are subject to
Observers in adequate numbers to ensure proper
control, superintendence and discipline of the ECI.
prepara on and smooth conduct of elec ons.
ROs are responsible for proper conduct of elec ons in
their cons tuencies.

Figure 4 : Administra ve Structure of ECI

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The total number of various kinds of observers General Observers = 728
deployed in the run up to and during GE 2014 were: Expenditure Observers = 647
Police Observers = 116
Awareness Observers = 19
Micro Observers = 151417
Coun ng Observers = 1224

General Observers
• Keep close watch on every stage of the electoral process to ensure free and fair elec ons.

Expenditure Observers
• Appointed from Central Government Services to keep a close watch on elec on expenditure of the
candidates and to ensure that no inducement is offered to the electors during the en re elec on process.

Police observers
• IPS officers deployed at state and District levels, depending upon the sensi vity of the Cons tuency, to
monitor all ac vi es rela ng to force deployment, law and order situa on and co-ordinate between the civil
and police administra on.

Awareness Observers
• Deployed for the first me during the 2014 Parliamentary Elec ons to oversee the interven ons for voter
awareness and facilita on with regards to people's par cipa on and voters' tumout, monitored various
media related aspects and observed the issues of 'Paid News'.

Micro Observers
• In addi on to General Observers, Micro Observers were deployed to observe the poll proceedings on the
poll day in selected cri cal polling sta ons with responsibili es from observing mock poll to the comple on
of poll and the process of sealing of EVMs.

Coun ng Observers
• Coun ng Observers observed the process of coun ng of votes and compila on of results. As soon as
the final result was declared, the data was handed over to the observer and also to the winning
candidates for the immediate communica on to ECI.

Training Observers
• They observed the process of training of various elec on officials such as BLOs, EROs and AEROs at
the District level. The training observers examined the quality of all trainings such as coverage of
relevant issues, clarity of content, level /depth of subject ma er, knowledge of trainers, adherence to the
scheduled me of the training, suitability of the venue and training facili es as well as the learning material
provided to the trainees.

Assistant Expenditure Observers

• In addi on to Expenditure Observers, Assistant Expenditure Observers were appointed for each A s s e m b l y
segment to ensure that all major elec on campaign events were video graphed and complaints of electoral
malprac ces were promptly a ended.

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 Ministry of
Home
DGs of Affairs/CAPFs
Police/Police
Nodal
Officers
CEOs
Recognized
Na onal &
State Poli cal
Par es
Local
Governance
Institutions
(Rural/Urban)
Figure 5 : Logis cal Arrangements
3. Logis cal Arrangements
Proper logis c planning and management are of high
significance in the electoral cycle. They help in
ensuring seamless flow of ac vi es from the strategic
to the opera onal level. The Commission ensured
careful and firm planning of the minutest of elec on
ac vi es by systema cally channelizing various
levels and categories of its field forma ons, duly
steering the en re ini a ve by direct interven on
and constant monitoring and review from its
headquarters. In this way, the required coordina on
and synergy between manpower, equipment and
infrastructural resources was brought into effect.
The ECI and its field forma ons engaged with a range
of other agencies and stakeholders in order to effect
convergence of approach and interests with regard to
these elec ons.
3.1 Training
Training the large number of personnel to be
deployed on duty for Lok Sabha elec on 2014, across
departments and hierarchies, on uniform parameters
and standards of performance for their respec ve
assigned tasks, was an area requiring me culous
DoT/MTNL &
BSNL Ministry of
Railways/
Railway
Board
Other
Departments
CSOs
Mul lateral/
ECI bilateral
agencies
planning and advance ac on. This task was carried
out by the Commission under the aegis of IIIDEM.
Prepara on, refinement and local customiza on of
training material was done in ample advance in a
professional manner. Cascaded trainings were carried
out over nearly one and a half year in the run up to the
elec on, preparing more than 700 master trainers at
the na onal level and around 24000 at the state level.
These master trainers trained the execu ve
machinery in an exhaus ve and organized manner
across the country as prescribed by the Commission.
The conduct and quality of these trainings was
monitored in various ways. Different training
methodologies including hands on and rehearsal
based exercises, use of training films and e-learning
material, were engaged.
3.2 Security
Conduct of free and fair elec on requires presence of
a conducive atmosphere, free of undue influence,
obstruc on or in mida on for voters, candidates or
any other stakeholders. Stakeholder confidence in
the en re electoral system and machinery is of prime
importance. The ECI studies field situa on
systema cally and in detail, and takes all measures
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required and possible in the interest of maintenance
of law and order and public confidence in the run up
to and during elec ons. The Commission carried out
detailed vulnerability mapping and cri cality
assessment of polling sta ons in advance of polls in
GE 2014. It used Central Police Forces, SAPs and such
other security arrangements as it considered
required and desirable in light of these field
assessments and reviews.
3.3 Communica on
ECI harnessed all possible communica on channels
during these elec ons. The importance of mely and
seamless communica on was well realized, both
from the point of view of opera onal efficiency and
effec veness, as well as from the point of view of
transparency and public interface and convenience.
For the first me in a parliament elec on in the
country, all States and UTs ran call centres on the
generic toll free phone number of 1950. For
campaign period and the poll days, well equipped
control rooms were opera onalized from the na onal
to the cons tuency, and many a mes even lower
levels. For every polling sta on, communica on
channels were firmly iden fied in advance of the poll
day. Wherever available, mobile and landline phone
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numbers were captured into these communica on
plans. Wireless and satellite phones were used
wherever normal networks were not available.
Elsewhere, runners and informers were iden fied.
Backup arrangements were put in place, as possible.
SMS and internet based alerts and repor ng and
monitoring mechanisms were used. Proper
communica on planning enabled synchronized
interven on and immediate support and course
correc on, especially on the poll day. The ECI, the
C EO s a n d t h e D EO s co o rd i n ate d w i t h t h e
Telecommunica ons Department as well as with
BSNL, MTNL and other telecom service providers well
in advance for this purpose.
3.4 Informa on Technology
Informa on Technology was integral to most of the
Commission's ac vi es in rela on to GE 2014. The
electoral cycle, commencing with management of
rolls and its related issues, and going on to training,
observer management, EVM tracking, poll day
monitoring, coun ng and results dissemina on,
expenditure monitoring etc., all made use of the IT
pla orm in a state of the art manner. Loca ons and
details of all polling sta ons of the country were
available on GIS maps on the ECI website in public
domain. There was an online PGR (Public Grievance
Redressal) system. Electoral rolls were available in
pdf on the Internet. Candidates affidavits were
available for public viewing on CEO Websites.
Webcas ng of polling sta on ac vi es became an
important control tool for the Commission. For
officers at all levels, an elec on monitoring
dashboard remained available with the help of which
they could track their own progress. Results of
coun ng were disseminated on the ECI website on
16th May 2014 with unprecedented success -
with the url h p://eciresults.nic.in receiving 13459
hits per second at peak and a total of 463.95 million
hits during the period of 5 am on 16th May 2014 to 8
pm on 17th May 2014.
 Figure 6 : Transporta on and elec on management
3.5 Transporta on
Planning for transport arrangement of the polling
par es along with police escorts was done.
Stocktaking of the vehicles at the disposal of states
and districts was carried out, and the vehicle
movement plans/ route maps were carefully cra ed
for each polling party. Sufficient vehicles were held in
reserve to meet any emergency situa ons. In difficult
terrains, including hills, forests, deserts and seas,
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special planning and prepara on was undertaken.
Polling par es and security personnel moved on foot,
on animal back, in helicopters, and in boats in many
areas, in due advance based on es ma on of their
respec ve travel mes. LWE affected areas carried
special challenges for movement of these par es. The
personnel were specially trained for road opening,
and very o en alterna ve routes were iden fied and
kept undisclosed ll the end for building an element
of surprise in their movement.
5 Iden ty Documents for Electors 76 - 84
5.1 Elector Photo Iden ty Cards (EPIC) 76
5.2 Photo Electoral Rolls (PER) 77
5.3 Voter Slips 78
5.4 Alterna ve Iden ty Documents 82

6 Absentee, Shi ed and Dead (ASD) Voters 84

7 Health Analysis of Electoral Roll 85 - 92

7.1 Gender Ra o 85
7.2 Elector-Popula on Ra o 86
7.3 Age Cohort-wise Electors 86
7.4 Inclusions and Dele ons in the current Roll over previous Roll 88
7.5 PER and EPIC Coverage 89
7.6 Polling Sta on Loca on Details 90
7.7 Service Electors 91
7.8 Informa on about Migrated Electors 92

8 Electoral Roll Management System 93 - 94

9 Poli cal Par es and Manifesto 95 - 102

9.1 Defini on & Exis ng Regula on 95

9.2 Criteria for Recogni on of Poli cal Par es 95
9.3 Submission of Accounts by Poli cal Par es 96
9.4 Allotment of Symbols 97
9.5 Manifestos 100
9.5.1 Recent Developments 100

10 Systema c Voters' Educa on and Electoral Par cipa on 103 - 109

10.1 Objec ves of SVEEP 103
10.2 SVEEP ac vi es for Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 105

11 Gender and Inclusion 115 - 125

11.1 Par cipa on of Women 115
11.2 Elector and Voter Sex Ra o 116
11.3 Service Electors, Drivers and Preven ve Detainees 120
11.4 Third Gender Par cipa on 121
11.5 Efforts for inclusion of other marginalized electors 122

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A. Preparing for Elec ons
A dvance prepara on is the key to success of
a ny e v e n t i n c l u d i n g e l e c o n s . E C I
undertakes a variety of measures before the
poll day to ensure free, fair and credible elec ons.
This sec on describes the various processes for
prepara on before the poll day.
1. Delimita on
1.1 Defini on and scope
Delimita on literally means the act or process of
fixing limits or boundaries of territorial cons tuencies
in a country or a province having a legisla ve body .
Under Ar cle 82 of the Cons tu on of India, the
Parliament is enjoined to pass an Act for this purpose
a er every popula on census. Based on this, the
Government of India cons tutes a Delimita on
Commission which delimits Assembly and
Parliamentary Cons tuencies (ACs and PCs)⁵.
Delimita on Commissions have been cons tuted
only four mes ll now as per the Acts as shown in
Figure 7.
In 1976, the Cons tu on was amended by 42nd
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Delimitation Commission Act, 1952
Delimitation Commission Act, 1962
Delimitation Act, 1972
Delimitation Act, 2002
Figure 7: Delimita on Commission Acts
Amendment Act to temporarily freeze delimita on
up to 2001 popula on census to incorporate the
demands of the South Indian States of Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. These States
had implemented family planning measures strictly
and as a result saw decline in popula on. Hence,
these States were reluctant to undergo delimita on
due to the apprehension that declining popula on
may lead to lower number of seats being allocated to
these States. In 2002, the Cons tu on was further
amended to freeze delimita on conducted on the
basis of 2001 popula on census, un l the first
popula on census a er 2026. It has been currently
frozen (since 2002) due to the growing popula on of
India. According to popula on analysts, the current
rise in popula on is expected to peak around 2026
An Amendment was made to the Delimita on
and then stabilize. Hence delimita on process will
Order of 2008 in January 2014 for accommoda ng
begin post the first popula on census a er 2026. p o p u l a o n m o v e m e n t . Tw o a s s e m b l y
As per Delimita on Act 2002, each cons tuency was
cons tuencies in U ar Pradesh were declared ST
to be redrawn to define the territorial extent of the seats. However that had no effect on the
exis ng PCs and ACs on the basis of 2001 popula on cons tu on of the PCs for 2014 Lok Sabha
census. A er the Act was passed, the Delimita on elec ons.
Commission was cons tuted, which prepared the
units, i.e., District/ Sub-divisions/ Tehsils/ Patwari
dra proposal for delimita on, which was published
circles, Panchayat Sami s/ Panchayats, etc., as
for objec ons and sugges ons and the final order for
existed on 15 February, 2004.
delimita on came in 2008.

1.3 Reserva on of seats for SCs and STs under

1.2 The Exercise of Delimita on of ACs and PCs
the Delimita on Act, 2002
Under the Delimita on Act 2002, the Delimita on
Commission issued the final order of delimita on in Ar cle 330 of the Cons tu on of India mandates that,
2008. While passing this order, the Delimita on number of seats reserved in any State or UT for
Commission took care of the following points: SCs/STs shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same
• On an average, the size of an AC does not extend to propor on to the total number of seats allo ed to
more than the size of a district. that State or UT in the House of People as the
• The formula on the basis of which, the number of
popula on of SCs in State or UT or of STs in State or UT
ACs were allocated to a district was:
or part of the State or UT, as the case may be, in
Total Popula on of the district
Number of ACs in a District =
Average popula on per AC respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the
• Each PC in a State or UT is an integral mul ple of the total popula on of the State or UT.
ACs comprised therein and no AC extends to more
than one PC. Table 2 shows the state wise number of districts and
• Each cons tuency in a State was delimited in such PCs along with their reserva on status. For more
a way that all cons tuencies had same popula on, so details, refer to sta s cal Annexure 1.2.
far as prac cable, throughout. Accordingly, State
average, was the guiding factor for delimi ng the
cons tuencies having regard to the administra ve

e General Election to the House of People, 2014 to

constitute the 16th Lok Sabha was held on the basis of the
extent of PCs as per “Delimitation of Parliamentary and
Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008”. e General
Election to Lok Sabha 2009 was also held on the basis of
the said PCs. erefore there was no change in the extent
and status of PCs a er 2009 General Election.
Elections were announced in all 543 PCs of which 84
seats were reserved for SCs, 47 seats were reserved for
STs and 412 were kept as unreserved or General seats.

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 Table 2 : State wise number of districts and PCs along with their reserva on status

S.No Name of State/UT Number of Parliamentary Cons tuencies⁵

Districts Total Unreserved SC ST
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3 1 1 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 23 42 32 7 3
3 Arunachal Pradesh 17 2 2 0 0
4 Assam 27 14 11 1 2
5 Bihar 38 40 34 6 0
6 Chandigarh 1 1 1 0 0
7 Chha sgarh 27 11 6 1 4
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 0 0 1
9 Daman & Diu 2 1 1 0 0
10 Goa 2 2 2 0 0
11 Gujarat 33 26 20 2 4
12 Haryana 21 10 8 2 0
13 Himachal Pradesh 12 4 3 1 0
14 Jammu and Kashmir 22 6 6 0 0
15 Jharkhand 24 14 8 1 5
16 Karnataka 30 28 21 5 2
17 Kerala 14 20 18 2 0
18 Lakshadweep 1 1 0 0 1
19 Madhya Pradesh 51 29 19 4 6
20 Maharashtra 35 48 39 5 4
21 Manipur 9 2 1 0 1
22 Meghalaya 7 2 0 0 2
23 Mizoram 8 1 0 0 1
24 NCT of Delhi 9 7 6 1 0
25 Nagaland 11 1 1 0 0
26 Odisha 30 21 13 3 5
27 Puducherry 4 1 1 0 0
28 Punjab 22 13 9 4 0
29 Rajasthan 33 25 18 4 3
30 Sikkim 4 1 1 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 32 39 32 7 0
32 Tripura 8 2 1 0 1
33 U arakhand 13 5 4 1 0
34 U ar Pradesh 71 80 63 17 0
35 West Bengal 19 42 30 10 2
Total 664 543 412 84 47

1.4 Data Analysis
Lorenz curve is a graph and the curve is drawn to
describe inequality.
Representa on of States/UTs v/s number of electors
can be studied using Lorenz curve. Lorenz curve is
prepared here for electors of States/UTs (Graph 1)
and of PCs (Graph 2). Between States dispari es are
significant (Graph 1) and it has been compensated by
alloca ng more seats to more populous States (Graph 2).
Similarly, by dividing the number of registered voters
for each state and UT by the number of Lok Sabha
seats gives an interes ng indica on of the
representa on of every registered voter in the Lok
Sabha (Table 3).

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 100 100 Disparity in Electors among Parliamentary
Disparity in Electors among States Cons tuencies
90 90
Line of equality of
80 electors among States- 80
Ideal Situa on 70

Cumula ve % Electors
70
Cumula ve % Electors

Lorenz Curve of
60 60 Lorenz Curve of Electors
Electors among States
50 50

40 40
Line of Equality of Electors
30 30 ( PC wise)

20 20

10
10
0
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
0 20 40 60 80 100 Cumula ve % PCs
Cumula ve % States

Graph 2 : Disparity in Electors among

Graph 1 : Disparity in Electors among States/UTs Parliamentary Cons tuencies

Table 3: Representa on of every registered voter by an MP in Lok Sabha

Name of State/ UT Number of Electors Electors

Lok Sabha MPs Represented by 1 MP
1 2 3 4 = (3÷2)
Lakshadweep 1 49922 49922
Daman & Diu 1 111827 111827
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 196597 196597
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 269360 269360
Sikkim 1 370770 370770
Arunachal Pradesh 2 759344 379672
Goa 2 1060777 530388.5
Chandigarh 1 615214 615214
Mizoram 1 702170 702170
Meghalaya 2 1567241 783620.5
Manipur 2 1774369 887184.5
Puducherry 1 901357 901357
Nagaland 1 1182972 1182972
Tripura 2 2388822 1194411
Jammu & Kashmir 6 7183129 1197188
Himachal Pradesh 4 4810071 1202518
Kerala 20 24326650 1216333
Assam 14 18837713 1345551
Odisha 21 29196045 1390288
Tamil Nadu 39 55114867 1413202
U arakhand 5 7127057 1425411
Jharkhand 14 20349796 1453557
West Bengal 42 62833113 1496027
Punjab 13 19608161 1508320
Andhra Pradesh 42 64934138 1546051
Gujarat 26 40603104 1561658
Bihar 40 63800160 1595004
Chha sgarh 11 17664520 1605865
Haryana 10 16097233 1609723
Karnataka 28 46209813 1650350
Madhya Pradesh 29 48121301 1659355
Maharashtra 48 80798823 1683309
Rajasthan 25 42994657 1719786
U ar Pradesh 80 138810557 1735132
NCT of Delhi 7 12711164 1815881

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It can be seen that in States and UTs with up to 2 PCs,
MPs represent fewer number of electors. Further, it is
also clear that most of the States and UTs which have
higher number of electors, have a rela vely higher
level of representa on by their Lok Sabha MPs.
Representa on of an elector in a cons tuency is
inversely propor onal to that of their MP. Within this
la er group of States/UTs with greater than 2 PCs,
some States like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and
Jharkhand have rela vely higher representa on per
elector despite having rela vely larger number of
electors in the PCs. However, since an MP represents
not only the electors of his/her cons tuency, but also
its geo-poli cal reali es and overall resources, it
would be worthwhile for interested analysts to go into
the remaining factors before making conclusions
about representa on of each MP.
3 exercise of ‘ra onaliza on of polling sta ons’ include:
2. Polling sta ons
2.1 Defini on and Legal Provisions
Polling Sta on is a place where an elector goes to
exercise his or her franchise. Sec on 25 of the
Representa on of the People Act, 1951 has entrusted
the DEO with the responsibility for provisioning of
polling sta ons and publica on of the list of polling
sta ons.
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There were 9, 27,553 polling sta ons in India during
the 2014 elec ons, as compared to 8, 30,866 in 2009.
This was an increase of more than 10.5%. The
maximum increase in the number of polling sta ons
in the country in a single year - an increase of more
than 50,000 polling sta ons - was seen a er the
summary revision exercise carried out in the year
2013 for the qualifying date (for enrollment) of 1st
January 2014.
2.2 Ra onaliza on of Polling Sta ons
This 'ra onaliza on of polling sta ons' was a special
planned ini a ve taken by the Commission and was
an important early preparatory step in the run up to
GE 2014. Some of the main considera ons in the
(i) distance from any loca on in the part area to the
polling sta on being not greater than 2 kms,
(ii) the number of registered voters in the PS being
not greater than 1200 in rural and 1400 in urban
areas,
(iii) the en re part area preferably being within one
administra ve unit,
(iv) avoiding major obstruc ons like rivers, lakes etc.
on way to polling sta on within the part area,
(v) availability of pucca structures for the PS,
 Polling
Station Closer
to voter’s
home
Efficient Better time
allocation management
of election of queues on
materials poll day

Reasons for
Rationalization/
Creation of s
or BLO
Greater new Polling Easy f anage
to m rolls
Operational Stations al
elector ll areas
Management a
of sm

Helps in
Prevents Planning
Re-polls infrastructre
needs

Figure 8 : Ra onale for crea on of new Polling Sta ons

(vi) availability of government building for the PS,
(vii) the need to avoid hospitals, temples, proximity to
a poli cal party office or to place the PS on a first
or higher floor etc.
According to sec on 25 of the Representa on of the
People Act, 1951, “the DEO shall, with the prior
approval of Elec on Commission, provide a sufficient
number of Polling sta ons for every Cons tuency ;
the whole or greater part of which lies within his/ her
jurisdic on and shall publish in such a manner as
Elec on Commission may direct, list showing the
polling sta ons so provided and the polling areas or
group of voters for which they have respec vely been
provided ’.
2.3 Ra onalizing Polling Sta ons during Lok
Sabha Elec on 2014
Graph 3 : State-wise data on average electors in each
polling sta on and voter turnout in State/UT was
plo ed out of the elec on par cipa on data of Lok
Sabha Elec on 2014. For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexure 2.14.
In Graph 3, the le (primary) Y axis shows the average
electors per PS and the right (secondary) Y axis shows
the voter turnout (%). The dips of the line graph
clearly coincide with the rise of the bars in most cases.
This pinpoints at three interes ng scenarios:
• High Voter turnout in States like Arunachal

Graph 3 : State - wise data on average electors in each polling sta on and voter turnout

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 Pradesh, A s s a m , C h h a s g a r h , M a n i p u r, Table 5 : States/UTs with lowest number of Polling Sta ons

Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura & West Bengal when

Name of UT Main PS Auxiliary PS Total PS
average electors are less.
Lakshadweep 43 1 44
• Low Voter turnout in States/ UTs like Bihar,
Daman & Diu 119 12 131
Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Dadra & Nagar 162 77 239
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Haveli
Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, NCT Of
Delhi, Rajasthan and U ar Pradesh when average
electors are high. Pie Charts ( Graph 4 and Graph 5 ) below indicate the
• Voter turnout in States/ UTs like Chandigarh, number of polling sta ons with more than 1200
Haryana, Kerala, NCT Of Delhi, Andaman & electors and the polling sta on loca ons having more
Nicobar Islands when average electors are high than two polling sta ons. Only 3% of polling sta ons
(excep onal cases). The average electors are high across the country were assigned more than 1200
here because of higher density. electors while 18% of polling sta on loca ons had
more than two polling sta ons based on informa on
2.4 Main, Auxiliary, Urban and Rural Polling available of 928888 Polling Sta ons
Sta ons
Polling Sta on Loca ons having more
As per rules, States/UTs created Auxiliary Polling than 2 PS
Sta ons (APS) where electors were more than the
s pulated limit. Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh 110923(18%)
created more than 2200 APSs during 2014 elec ons. Polling Sta on Loca ons
having more than 2 PS
Bihar created more than 1800, while Chha sgarh,
Polling Sta on Loca ons
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh carved 997, 933 having 2 or less than 2 PS
and 900 APSs respec vely.
493359 (82%)
Across the country, there were 9,17,659 Main Polling
sta ons and 11,229 APSs during 2014 elec ons.
Graph 4: Polling Sta on loca ons with more than 2 Polling Sta ons
Ra onaliza on was conducted before the elec ons,
as a result, the number of polling sta ons rose from
8,30,866 in 2009 to 9,27,553 in 2014. This marked an
increase of 10.55% (with 98,022 new polling sta ons). Polling Sta on with more than 1200
A total of 1200 electors were assigned to 24,578
electors
polling sta ons. In 2014, 1,10,923 buildings selected
as polling sta on loca ons had more than two polling 24578 (3%)
sta ons. 9,14,097 BLOs were appointed for 9,27,553
polling sta ons, of which 7,401 BLOs were given
charge for two polling sta ons each and 2,506 BLOs Polling Sta ons with more
were given charge of more than two Polling sta ons than 1200 electors
each⁸. More informa on on BLOs is available in Polling Sta ons with less
than 1200 electors
sec on 3 of this report. 904310 (97%)

Table 4 : States/UTs with highest number of Polling Sta ons Graph 5 : Polling Sta ons with more than 1200 electors
Name of State Main PS Auxiliary PS Total PS
U ar Pradesh 140325 426 140751
Maharashtra 89475 933 90408
West Bengal 77241 11 77252

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Graph 6 shows the percentage of main and auxiliary polling sta ons⁶. Graph 7 is on urban and rural Polling
Sta ons. For more details on urban & rural Polling Sta ons refer to Sta s cal Annexures 2.15

MAIN AND AUXILIARY POLLING URBAN AND RURAL POLLING POLLING

STATIONS STATIONS
Main
Urban Polling
Polling Sta ons
Sta ons
9117659
194567
(99%)
(21%)

Auxiliary
Polling Rural
Sta ons Polling Sta ons
11229 729579
(1%) (79%)

Graph 6 : Percentage of Main and Auxiliary Polling Sta ons Graph 7: Percentage of urban and rural polling sta ons

2.5 Basic Minimum Facili es
Polling sta ons represent one of the integral aspects
of electoral democracy. While Sec on 25 of the
Representa on of the People Act, 1951 has entrusted
DEO responsible for provision of polling sta ons and
publica on of the list of polling sta ons, ECI has
consistently issued instruc ons to ensure Basic
Minimum Facili es (BMF) at the polling sta ons
making them conducive for vo ng.
In general elec ons to Lok Sabha 2014, ECI issued
instruc ons to the CEOs of all States/ UTs to ensure
that every polling sta on is equipped with facili es
like drinking water, shed, toilet, ramp for the
physically challenged electors along with a standard
vo ng compartment, sea ng for elderly, old and sick
people, separate entrance and exits and queue
management etc. The Commission also issued
specific instruc ons to ensure special provisions for
women, elderly and senior ci zens and persons with
disability.

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  Priority entry to Polling sta ons.
 Provision of permanent/temporary ramps & wheelchairs
Persons with  Permission for a companion to accompany a blind or infirm electors for
Disabili es assistance in cas ng his/her vote
 Inclusion of Braille signage on Ballot Unit of EVMs

 Women a endant at polling sta ons to assist women electors

 Iden fica on of purdahnasheen women electors by women polling staff in
Women electors separate enclosures
 Crea on of a few exclusive women polling booths with maximum female
and Staff staff
 Permission for the entry of two women electors a er the entry of one male
elector

 Separate queue for senior ci zens

 Provision of Voter Assistance Booth
Senior Ci zens  Provision for drinking water, toilets, shades and chairs for all electors,
especially senior ci zens

 Proper signages with help desks for polling sta on loca ons with many
polling sta ons, first aid kits
 For extreme hot weather during poll hours, constant refilling of earthen
pot with portable drinking water
Other Arrangements  Extra room for electors at polling sta ons to take rest
 Requisioning of the services of paramedical staff with the sector officers
mobile unit who visit various polling sta ons for instant medical assistance
to voters in need

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The PSs prone to long queues were iden fied by
Sector Officers using members from NCC and NSS.
During 2014, all States and UTs fared well in terms of
BMF compliance, barring a few instances of diversion.
The degree of compliance was higher in smaller states
like Goa, Haryana, Tripura and Himachal Pradesh.
Graph 8 below shows the level of compliance in BMF
coverage across the country⁶. For more details, refer
to Sta s cal Annexure 2.16
2.6 Model Polling Sta ons
In a bid to a ract voters to the polling booths and give
a fes ve look to the electoral exercise, some Model
Polling Sta ons (MPS) were set up across the country.
The concept of model polling sta ons was brought
about to provide a friendly and pleasant experience
to the voters when they come to the polling sta on to
cast their votes.
MPS were set up in each district or sub-division HQ/
State Capitals/ major ci es. The format adopted, was

Percentage of BMF Coverage

96.52 99.05
93.96 95.73
88.44 87.42 88.07
82.75

PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF

POLLING STATIONS POLLING STATIONS POLLING STATIONS POLLING STATIONS POLLING STATIONS POLLING STATIONS POLLING STATIONS POLLING STATIONS
WITHOUT PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRIC WITH RAMPS WITH MOBILE WITH SHADE FOR WITH DRINKING WITH TOILETS LOCATED ON
IN ACCESS DUE TO SUPPLY CONNECTIVITY QUEUES WATER GROUND FLOOR
TERRAIN

Graph 8 : Percentage of BMF coverage across the country

Figure 9 below shows the States and UTs which on the basis of the model developed by CEO Delhi.
achieved 100% coverage of all the above men oned Crea on of a more voter friendly environment at the
BMF indicators. polling sta ons was the basis of the format of MPS.

Figure 9 : States and UTs that achieved 100% BMF coverage

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Case 1: Model Polling Sta ons – An Example of NCT of Delhi⁶

• Buildings freshly painted with uniform color.

• Prominently displayed board conveying the name of the loca on, PS, AC/PC, elec on district, ECI logo.
• Display of signage including those for PwD voters. To promote ethical vo ng NVD pledge was displayed
in vo ng compartment.
• Interiors of PS well lit; provision for power back-up
• Toilets with running water and a endants
• Provision of good quality polling furniture, vo ng compartment, etc. (made of fiber glass).
• S ckers having logo of ECI on the vo ng compartment.
• Trained volunteers deployed at Voter Facilita on Centres to assist the BLO and voters for any kind of
help required.
• Queue managers (with steel poles and nylon strips) deployed in place of tradi onal wooden barricades
and coir ropes.
• Facility of drinking water to voters in queue made available through water dispensers with disposable
glasses.
• Priority vo ng ensured for the blind, infirm, senior ci zens, pregnant and lacta ng mothers.
• Some chairs provided inside the polling booth in case any voter has any discomfort/ difficulty in
standing in queue.
• First Aid facility provided

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Case 2 : Establishment of Mobile Polling Booths in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Being the largest district in Rajasthan, Jaisalmer faced immense challenge in bringing eligible voters to the
polling booths since the voters lived in far-flung corners of the district. To facilitate such voters, the ECI directed
Jaisalmer District Administra on to establish Mobile Polling Sta ons, aimed at minimizing the distance to Polling
Sta ons for cas ng votes. Thus, the following Mobile Polling Sta ons were established, which func oned as
extensions of the main Polling Sta ons as well as catered to voters spread over a periphery of 15-20 kms:

Mobile Polling Sta on in Rablau Fakironwala Vehicle ferrying polling party between
PS and Mobile PS

Distance Distance
of the of the
habita on Total no. Voter
Place of the Total no. of habita on from % voter
S. No. Name of Polling Booth Mobile Polling habita ons from Main of voters turnout in
Booth covered Mobile turnout
Polling Polling covered the end
Booth Booth
73 - Hamirnada Chh
1 (Mohangarh) 1 15 KM 1-3 KM 601 476 79.2
Dhani

2 195 - Rablau Menau 4 10 KM 1-2.5 KM 331 250 75.53

Fakirowala
Sutharwala
3 46 -113 RD SBS 5 05 KM 1-2 KM 350 313 89.43
119 - Kayam Ki Mehro Ki
4 2 04 KM 1-2 KM 421 350 83.14
Dhani Dhani

1703 1389 81.56

The polling par es were first taken to the extended polling booth so that the voters could cast their votes.
Separate mings had been fixed for vo ng at extended polling booth and at the main polling booth.Therea er,
the polling par es came back to the main Polling Sta ons so as to con nue with the rest of the vo ng process. For
each mobile polling booth, a separate mobile sector magistrate was appointed. Through this ini a ve,
maximum par cipa on of voters was ensured during the Lok Sabha elec ons in Jaisalmer.

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Case 3 : Queue management: Examples from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal

Home Guards (HG) among the State police forces were generally u lized for queue management. There was 1
HG posted outside each PS for this purpose. Therefore, it was felt that for queue management other resources
such as NCC, NSS volunteers, college youth, be tapped, releasing security manpower for other purposes. For
u lizing NSS/NCC, a proper guideline/protocol was needed from the concerned Ministry.

It was suggested that at a model Polling Sta on, voters may not have to stand in the queue at all. They were
provided sea ng facility in the adjacent room where they were handed over tokens. They came to vote in
accordance with the serial numbers of the tokens. Tamil Nadu used NCC and NSS volunteers for the purpose of
queue management. 6163 NSS/NCC volunteers in various districts were u lized for elec on du es purely for
queue management. 9847 Ex-servicemen and 1054 Re red Police personnel, personnel of other uniformed
services & Home Guards were u lized on poll day.

DEO, Burdwan, West Bengal also introduced Queue Management System, an applica on by which a voter could
know the number of persons standing in queue on the date of poll at his/ her polling sta on at a given point of
me. All he had to do was to send an SMS wri ng his Electoral Photo Iden ty Card (EPIC) number to 9230085005.
With the informa on on the length of the queue, a voter could then come to the PS at convenience. The
informa on available was updated at an interval of every half hour.

Voters could also visit the official website of the district h p://bardhaman.nic.in/home.htm to avail the facility.
There too they had to enter their EPIC a er clicking on the link of PS Queue Info. For urban voters of the district, a
mobile phone applica on Elec on Queue Management Ci zen App was also available for android mobile phone
users. The applica on was downloadable from Google Play Store. The user could search the applica on at
com.deoburdwan or by accessing Elec on Queue Management App text. In essence, this was Government-to-
Ci zen service. Vote-Bandhus who manned the Polling Sta ons updated informa on related to voters standing
in the queue by first registering themselves at a pre-defined number and then feeding the database at an interval
of every half-an-hour. The voters could similarly access the database by typing appropriate syntax including their
EPIC numbers and sending the same to the pre-defined numbers.

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3. Booth Level Officers dated 03.11.2010, Government/ Semi-Government
employees are listed in figure 10 who can be
BLO is a representa ve of ECI at the grass-root level appointed as BLO.
who plays a pivotal role in the process of roll revision
1. ATeachers
nganwadi workers,Anganwadi Patwari/Amin/
and collec ng actual field informa on with regard to
Workers
2. Patwari/ Amin/ Lekhpal, Lekhpal
the roll corresponding to the polling area assigned to
3. Panchayat Secretary,
him/her. S/he works under the ERO/AERO and in
4. Panchayat
Village Level Workers,
Village level Electricity Bill
some States under the BLO Supervisor. Under Sec on 5. Electricity
Secretary Bill Readers,
Workers Readers
13B (2) of the Representa on of the People Act, 1950, 6. Postman,
BLOs are appointed from amongst the officers of the 7. Auxiliary NursesHealth
& Mid-wives,
Workers
Government/Semi-Government/Local Bodies. Mid-day meal
8. Health
Postman workers,Auxiliary Nurses &
Mid-wives
workers
Generally, one BLO is responsible for one part of the 9. Mid-day meal workers,
electoral roll i.e. the polling sta on. The DEOs, in 10. Contract teachers,
Clerical Staff in
consulta on with the EROs of the AC, appoint the BLO. Contract on Tax Collectors,
11. Corpora Corpora onand
urban area
TeachersStaff in Urban
12. Clerical Tax Collectors
area (UDC/LDC etc.) etc.)
(UDC/LDC
BLO is the nodal person who has an interface with the Figure 10 : Who can be BLO
public and who not only helps in preparing error free
In normal scenario, one BLO is appointed for one
rolls or in removing the names of Absentee, Shi ed &
polling sta on. But in
some areas, more than
one polling sta on is
allo ed to one BLO.The
BLO has an ac ve role
during Summary Revision
but in the last few years
his/her role has greatly
increased round the year,
as the E-Roll perfec on
and improvements have
become highly significant
in facilita ng a free and
fair elec on.
The BLO makes a thorough
study of the roll of the
area assigned to him/her.
S/he will make frequent
field visits to the
villages/Tolas in the said
part and interact with
local people par cularly
village elders and
Dead voters but also in maximizing distribu on of the grassroot-level elected
EPICs. A BLO is familiar with the local voters, booth representa ves and iden fy the names of the dead/
level agents in the Polling Sta on area. Although BLO shi ed/ duplicate voters in the roll, which need to be
is not a full- me electoral official, but s/he carries out removed by the ERO under relevant provisions of law.
extremely important electoral tasks like collec on of The main func ons of BLO are as follows:
• Receiving claims and objec ons,
photos and forms, field verifica on of claims and
• House to house visit and checking of overlapping,
objec ons, distribu on of EPICs etc. Each BLO has
migra on, transfer/shi ing
one/two polling sta on area under his/her
• Iden fica on of shi ed/dead/non-exis ng
jurisdic on. As per ECI le er no. 23/BLO/2010/ERS
electors,

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• Checking inclusion and exclusion errors,
• Checking details of spellings, entries of duplicate
names, part header page, photos etc. of electors
in the roll,
• Collec ng photos of electors,
• Collec ng mobile numbers of electors (op onal),
• Submi ng reports to ERO so that no ce can be
issued to the persons whose names have to be
deleted,
• Display of dra roll/prescribed no ces at
designated loca ons,
• Reading of rolls in gram/ward sabhas — liaising
with RWAs in urban areas for registra on,
• EPIC distribu on (a er prepara on) to the right
person and not to any other intermediary,
• Maximiza on of EPIC coverage and enrolment,
• SVEEP e.g. Street plays, Dramas, Wall wri ngs,
etc.,
• NVD ac vi es — Administering NVD pledge and
exhor ng voters at NVD me,
• Correct serializa on of the houses and correct
arrangement of sec ons falling within the part,
• Coordina on with BLAs,
• Detailing of Forms received,
• Impart simple voter educa on at registra on
me,
• Distribu on of voters slip before elec on,
• Prepara on of Nazri Naksha with an ordinary
geographical demarca on to avoid overlapping
specially in respect of newly developed colonies.
During Lok Sabha Elec on 2014, a total of 9,14,097
BLOs were appointed for 9,27,553 Polling Sta ons.
8,95,772 BLOs were appointed for single polling
sta on, while 7,401 BLOs were appointed for two
polling sta ons. Total numbers of BLOs appointed to
more than 2 polling sta ons were 2506⁶. (However
totals are not adding up to total number of BLOs due
to response issues from various states/UTs.)

BLOs during Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014

1000000 9,27,553 9,14,097 8,95,772
900000
800000
700000
600000
500000
400000
300000
200000
100000 7401 2506
0
Total Polling BLOs BLOs for single BLOs for 2 Polling BLOs for more
Sta ons Polling Sta on Sta ons than 2 Polling
Sta ons

Graph 9 : Number of BLOs

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Case 4 : BLOs’ role in increasing voter registra on in Madhya Pradesh

A posi ve outcome of BLOs’ ini a ve is visible in the form of accuracy in the enrolment of new electors, as well as
in the increase in voter turnout. BLO performed a significant role during LS elec on 2014 in Madhya Pradesh.
A er last general elec on 2009, one crore net electors were added, with around 7000 new polling sta ons
created. Two special camps were organized prior to the 2014 elec on, and Voter Slips for 4.80 crore voters were
distributed. BLOs also played a significant role in the comple on of photo electoral roll. During 2009 elec on,
Madhya Pradesh had 200,000 photo residual, which reached up to 100 per cent in the LS elec on 2014.
Madhya Pradesh also introduced the concept of BLO supervisor, where every 10 BLOs had one supervisor.

Electors in Madhya Polling Stations in

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh
60000000 56000 54846
48091657
50000000 54000
38083778
40000000 52000
30000000 50000
47820
20000000 48000
10000000 46000
0 44000
LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014

EPIC% in Madhya PER % in Madhya

Pradesh Pradesh
100 100
100 100

99 99

98 98
97.2 97.2
97 97

96 96

95 95
LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014

Before Lok Sabha elec on 2014, BLO supervisors played a significant role in voter awareness work, management
of the distribu on of Voter Slips, registra on on special camps etc. Normally, a Revenue Inspector/Kanungo,
Patwari, etc. are appointed as BLO Supervisor in some States. Each supervisory officer has 10-20 BLOs under
his/her supervision. The above graphs show the difference of electors, polling sta ons, EPIC% and PER % during
Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 and 2009. Owing to various efforts by various stakeholders including BLOs, EPIC and
PER coverage is 100%. Madhya Pradesh organized several special camps in tribal areas – school/colleges etc.
Innova ve steps were taken to organize special drive during the fes ve season in tribal area. On the occasion of
Bhagoria, special facility was provided for filling forms in Jhabua district. Several camps were organized, 38 in
Jhabua district, 17 in Badwani, 22 in Dhar and 11 in Alirajpur. As a result of these special camps, 6.54 lac voters
were added in tribal districts with the help of BLOs and BLO Supervisors by collec ng Form 6. The number of
addi ons in Dhar district was 1,53,956, Alirajpur – 29,708, Jhabua – 40,201, Badwani – 98,023, Khargone –
1,13,277, Mandla – 22,166. A posi ve outcome of BLOs’ ini a ve is visible in the form of accuracy in the
enrolment of new electors.

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4. Electoral Registra on
Ar cle 325 of the Cons tu on of India provides that
‘there shall be one General Electoral Roll for every
Territorial Cons tuency and no person shall be
ineligible for inclusion in any such roll or claim to be
included on grounds only of religion, race, caste or sex’.
4.1 Enrolment of Electors
According to RP Act, 1950, every ci zen of India who
has a ained the age of 18 years on the qualifying date
i.e. 1st January of the year of revision of Electoral Roll,
unless otherwise disqualified, is eligible to be
registered as a voter in the roll of the part/ polling
area of the Cons tuency where s/he is an ordinary
resident. The Act also states that, a person shall be
disqualified for registra on in an Electoral Roll if s/he
is not a ci zen of India; or is of unsound mind and
stands so declared by a competent court; or is for the
me being disqualified from vo ng under the
provisions of any law rela ng to corrupt prac ces and
other offences in connec on with elec ons.
Figure 11 shows the three steps that lead to
enrolment as an elector. Ci zens can also register as
an elector by filling various Forms prescribed in the
Registra on of Electors Rules, 1960. General electors
can enroll themselves if they were above 18 years of
age and fulfilled all condi ons laid down in the RP Act
1950. First me electors need to fill Form 6 for new
enrolment before the ERO/AERO of the cons tuency
with in which the place of ordinary residence of the
applicant fall. Electoral registra on is done by the
EROs, who is assisted by AEROs and a large team of
officials up to BLOs.

Submission of
Form Acceptance/
(6,6A,7,8,8A) by Verification by
Rejection by
applicant for BLOs
ERO
verification

Figure 11: Elector enrolment steps

Form 6 Inclusion of name (Service personnel to attach “Form of declaration”)

Form 6A Inclusion of name of overseas electors

Form 7 Objection to addition/seeking deletion of name

Form 8 Correction to a particular entry

Form 8A Transposition of name from one Part to another Part in same AC

Figure 12 : Electoral Registra on forms and their purpose

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4.2 Registra on and Classifica on of Service Electors

As per clause (a) of Sec on 60 of RP Act, 1951, service

electors have been classified and the classifica on is
given in Figure 13 below.

Service electors can register themselves as general

electors at his/her place of ordinary residence as well.
As per the data provided by 31 States and UTs, for
2014 Lok Sabha elec ons, there were 13,65,625
service electors, of which 9,86,384 were male and
3,79,241 were female6. For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexure 2.4.

Classifica on of Service electors

Member of the Armed Forces of the Union 3% 1%
11%

Members of a force to which the provisions of Army Act,

1950 (46 of 1950) have been made applicable whether with
of without modi ications

Members of an armed police force of a State who 85%

are serving outside that State

Persons who are employed under the Government of India Armed forces of the Union
in a post outside India (e.g. Ambassadors Armed forces of State posted outside state
of India abroad, their staff etc.) Government employees in Indian mission abroad
Any others

Figure 13 : Classifica on of Service Electors

Service Elector (members of armed forces of Union & Members of Central Paramilitary Forces have an
op on to vote through postal ballot or proxy appointed by him/her. These Service Voters who opt for
vo ng through proxy are called Classified Service Voter. Service Voter can appoint any person as
his/her proxy to vote by applying in Form 13 F of Conduct of Elec ons Rules (CER), 1961 to RO on his/her
behalf under the provisions of Rule 27N of Conduct of Elec ons Rules (CER)
1961
Proxy should be:
s i fi ed
s r
- ordinary resident of that Cons tuency
Cla e Vote
- of not less than 18 years of age vic
- should not be disqualified to be registered as an elector in the Electoral Roll Ser

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ECI updated the list/ roll through summary revision or
through ordering de novo prepara on of the last part
of roll. In the first mode, service voter’s roll was
updated twice in the year and two supplements were
brought out by EROs. A communique was sent to
Ministry of Defence (MoD), Ministry of Home Affairs,
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Directorate
G e n e ra l o f B o r d e r Ro a d s t o i n m a t e t h e
commencement of summary revision of service
voters. For more details, refer to sec on 7.7 of this
report.
of residence in India as men oned, in his/her
passport’.³
Overseas electors can apply for registra on in Form
6A in person to the EROs, by post or online. In 2014
Lok Sabha elec on, the total numbers of Overseas
Electors were 13,039, of which, male were 12,234
and female were 804. There was 01 overseas elector
in the third gender category.³ Table 6 below shows
gender-wise number of overseas electors in States
and UTs.

4.3 Registra on of Overseas Electors

Sec on 20(a) of the RP (Amendment) Act 2010

provides that ‘every ci zen of India whose name is not
included In the electoral roll, and who has not
acquired the ci zenship of any other country and who
is absent from his/ her place of ordinary residence in
India owing to his/ her employment, educa on or
otherwise outside India (whether temporarily or not)
shall be en tled to have his/her name registered in
the electoral roll in the Cons tuency at his/her place

Table 6 : Number of overseas electors in States and UTs (gender-wise)

Name of State/UT Male Female Others

1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 5 0 0
3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0
4 Assam 0 0 0
5 Bihar 0 0 0
6 Chandigarh 5 4 0
7 Chha sgarh 0 0 0
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 7 2 0
10 Goa 19 8 0
11 Gujarat 6 5 0
12 Haryana 3 0 0
13 Himachal Pradesh 1 1 0
14 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0
15 Jharkhand 1 0 0
16 Karnataka 0 0 0
17 Kerala 11931 654 0
18 Lakshadweep 0 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 2 3 0
20 Maharashtra 0 0 0
21 Manipur 0 0 0
22 Meghalaya 0 0 0
23 Mizoram 0 0 0

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 24 Nagaland 0 0 0
25 NCT of Delhi 6 3 0
26 Odisha 0 0 0
27 Puducherry 57 8 0
28 Punjab 109 60 0
29 Rajasthan 5 1 0
30 Sikkim 1 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 72 52 1
32 Tripura 0 0 0
33 U ar Pradesh 1 0 0
34 U arakhand 0 0 0
35 West Bengal 3 3 0
Total 12234 804 1

4.4 Electoral Roll

Intensive
The electoral rolls are prepared according to the
house numbers of electors under Rule 6 of the Revision
Registra on of Electors Rules, 1960. Elector details
(name, age, sex, father’s/mother's/husband's name,
house name/ number) and the registra on numbers
are made available in the electoral roll. The rolls are
Summary
organized on geographical, sec ons and household Revision
basis. Each part is tagged to an iden fied polling
sta on where registered voters cast their votes on the
poll day. Periodic revision of electoral rolls are
undertaken with reference to qualifying date (January Part Intensive and Part
01 of the year).
Summary Revision
PC

AC AC Special Summary
Revision
Figure 15 : Types of Roll Revision
Parts Parts
4.5 Publica on of Electoral Roll

Sections Electoral Rolls need to be updated or revised on a

regular basis with respect to new enrolment (either
due to shi ing or 18 year old electors), modifica on in
elector’s names or other details, or shi ing/ deaths of
Locality 1 Locality 2 electors. Depending on the rigour of the programme,
there are four kinds of revision as described in the
figure 15 above apart from con nuous revision of the
electoral rolls to ensure maximum registra on.
Households
Exis ng electoral roll is published as dra electoral
Figure 14 : Organization of Electoral Roll roll and applica ons for inclusion, dele on and

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correc on are invited. ERO no fies the roll revision
program in Form 5 under RER, 1960 on the direc on
of ECI. All the correc ons suggested by the poli cal
par es and other agencies to the previously
published Final Roll are checked, due procedure is
followed and wherever necessary, incorporated in the
supplement of con nuous upda on prepared before
Dra Publica on. De-duplica on so ware is run to
throw up probable duplicate entries in the Roll which
are verified in the field a er which duplicates are
removed. Procedure is represented in the Figure 16
below:
Dra electoral rolls are published in the polling
sta on so that the general electors can easily check
and file their claims/objec ons. ERO provides free of
cost 2 copies of Roll to every recognised poli cal party
as directed by ECI under Rule 11 (c) of RER, 1960. The
photo below shows publica on of the dra roll for
claims and objec ons.
BLOs/ DEOs/ EROs/ AEROs do not receive Forms in
bulk’ but single applica on. However, poli cal party
agents can submit up to 10 applica ons per day and a
total of 30 applica ons during the en re revisions.
Lists of the Forms received are displayed on ERO’s

ERO undertakes de- Repeated names deleted

For the repeated names in
duplica on suo motu from one loca on becomes
the Roll, no ces are issued
within the Cons tuency the Part of supplement of
under Sec on 22 of RPA,
before Dra publica on of con nuous upda on and
1950 and full verifica on
Rolls under summary Dra publica on under
procedure is followed
revision summary revision

Figure 16 : De-duplica on and verifica on of electoral roll

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 Figure 17 : Snapshot of various Forms required for registra on of general electors. (Courtesy: SVEEP Document 2009-2014)

no ce board, PS no ce boards and the CEO’s website.

As per prac ce for LS 2014 also, the finalized dra roll
had supplements that were further divided into three
components: addi on, dele on and correc on. All
components of supplements were in same language
as of basic Electoral Roll published as Dra . ERO
supplied free of cost two complete sets of Electoral Voter Registration Cycle
Rolls to all the recognized poli cal par es in the State
Intensive
(Both Na onal and State recognized par es) a er Revision Summary
Revision
publica on of Roll. The final publica on of the Every Year
electoral roll is done a er the Summary Revisions,
though con nuous upda on of rolls goes on ll the Special
Revision
last day of filing nomina on of candidates. The voter
registra on cycle occurs is shown in Figure 18 with
Continuous
qualifying date as first of January of any year. Updation

For LS 2014, the process of con nuous upda on of

Figure 18: Voter registra on cycle
electoral rolls con nued ll the last date of filing
nomina ons. Electoral rolls were con nuously
updated ll 05/03/2014 and were finally published in
all States and UTs. The claims, objec ons, correc ons
and transposi ons to the dra rolls were made using
Forms shown in Figure 17.

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 4.6 De-duplica on and Transparency
There have been instances of underage enrolment,
wrongful dele on, incorrect names/addresses or
photographs on the Photo Electoral Rolls (PERs). This
has resulted in myriad complaints and objec ons.
Under Sec ons 17 & 18 of the RPA, 1950, ‘No person is
en tled to be registered in more than one
cons tuency or more than once in any cons tuency'.
Therefore, the exercise of de-duplica on needs to be
undertaken. The so ware for computerized de-
duplica on should be run on the e-roll database for
genera ng the list of probable duplicates.
In order to ensure complete transparency, electoral
rolls made available on websites of CEOs and
published at the me of revision. The photo above
shows the final publica on of electoral roll.
4.7 Electoral Registra on for Lok Sabha
Elec on 2014
4.7.1 Special Summary Revision
As per the final publica on of electoral roll a er
special summary revision, a total of 814 million
electors were registered compared to 713 million in
2009. This marked an increase of more than a 100
million electors. There was an increase of 23 million
in the enrolment of electors in the age group of 18 to
19 years. Electors in the age group of 18 to 19 years
cons tuted 2.88% in 2014 of total electors, against
0.75% in 2009. ECI allowed enrolment of third gender
in the Electoral Rolls since 2012.
The two bar charts (Graph 10 and Graph 11) show the
States and UTs with percentage net addi ons in
registra on of male and female electors as per final

Percentage Net Addi ons in Electoral Roll - Male and Female

12.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
4.00
10.20
10.17

10.19
10.84
3.32
3.28

3.08
3.82

3.38
3.72

3.05
4.22

3.35
3.96

3.29
4.49

4.45
4.45

4.34
4.80

3.96
5.45

4.43
4.97

4.42
5.21

4.96
5.03

4.63
5.57

4.68
6.56

6.44
4.95

7.87
6.97

2.00
0.00

Male Female

Graph 10: Net addi ons in electoral roll (in %) - Male and Female -1

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 Percentage Net Addi ons in Electoral Roll - Male and Female
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00 0.36
-0.36
-0.76
-0.42

0.42

1.10
1.05

1.09
1.17

1.02
1.30

1.32
1.28

1.42
1.37

1.36
1.95

2.03
1.28

1.56
1.80

1.69
2.29

2.07
2.19

2.12
2.35

2.36
2.42

2.68
2.11

3.38
3.02
0.70

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Graph 11: Net addi ons in electoral roll (in %) - Male and Female -2

publica on of electoral rolls.⁶ States and UTs in crea ng a strong electoral base
due to a variety of factors like previous high
The bar charts above indicate that: registra on, higher awareness and be er voter
• UTs like Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
educa on among many others.
Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli along with
Daman and Diu have seen higher net addi ons. For more details on the graphs, refer to Sta s cal
• States like Bihar, Karnataka and Mizoram have Annexure 2.2
almost the same level of net addi ons among
male and female electors. Graph 12 shows the percentage comparison of male
• Goa is one of the few states where male net and female electors at various stages of electoral roll
addi on is in nega ve (-0.36%), which means that revision for LS 2014 in comparison with the final
there were more dele ons than addi ons in the publica on a er summary revision before LS 2009. It
electoral rolls. Same is the case of Nagaland was interes ng to note that across all different types
where the male net addi ons are -0.76%. of revision, the percentage of male and female
• Net addi ons as given in the graphs above cannot electors was almost the same.
be correlated with the level of achievement of the

Percentage Comparison of Electors at various stages of Electoral Roll Revision

(w.r.t 01-01-2014 as Qualifying Date) and LS 2009
58.00
56.00
Percentage (%) of Electors

54.00
52.27 52.40 52.38 52.66
52.00
50.00
47.73 47.59 47.62 47.33
48.00
46.00
44.00
42.00
Final Electors LS 2009 Con nuous Upda on Final Publica on w.r.t. Special Camp Day
a er last publica on 01.01.2014 as (On/around 9 March
of final roll w.r.t. 01- Qualifying Date - LS w.r.t 01-01-2014 as
01-2014 - LS 2014 2014 Qualifying Date) - LS
2014
Male Electors Female Electors
Graph 12: Comparison of Electors at various stages of electoral roll revision and during Lok Sabha elec on 2014 and 2009 (in %)

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 Table 7 : Addi ons, dele ons, modifica ons and subsequent net addi on of electors

Indicators Male Female Others Total

Special Summary Revision (1.1.2014 as qualifying date)

Number of electors in the dra roll 413510697 373154088 19702 786684487

Addi ons 19882123 20311165 11027 40204315
Dele ons 6337352 5959819 447 12297618
Net Addi ons 13544771 14351346 10580 27906697
Modifica ons 7985004 6736951 740 14722695
Number of electors in the finally 426651513 387911330 28341 814591184
published roll
th
Registra on on Special camp day (9 March 2014)
Accepted Form 6 3865762 3412957 3621 7849820

Table 7 above shows the number of addi ons,
dele ons, modifica ons and subsequent net
addi ons of electors published in the dra roll during
summary revision and data on registra on on camp
day. For more details, please refer to Sta s cal
Annexure 2.2 .
4.7.2 Special Camps
Before the General Elec on 2014, special and extra
ini a ves were carried out by the Commission and
State Electoral Offices to register all the eligible
electors. ECI organized special voter registra on &
awareness fairs and camps in all 9,27,553 polling
sta ons on 9th March 2014. Special Camps were held
to enroll eligible voters who were le out in the
process of Summary Revision. In these camps, the
electoral roll for a par cular polling sta on was
pasted on the wall of the polling sta on and read out
aloud to enable people to verify their names in the
electoral roll. If any eligible person’s name had been
le out of the roll or was wrongly deleted, such a
person immediately filled the applica on for
inclusion in Form 6 and handed it to the BLO at the
Polling Sta ons itself. The BLOs then delivered the

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 form to the EROs, who included the names if Pradesh (14,11,231), Maharashtra (8,33,562),
applicants were found eligible to be enrolled as Andhra Pradesh (5,46,424), Madhya Pradesh
electors. Addi onally, efforts were also made for (2,91,768), Gujarat (2,88,669), Rajasthan (2,74,558),
electors to check their names in the State CEO Jharkhand (2,31,252), Haryana (2,13,227) and
website. In the special camps, the total registra on Jammu and Kashmir (1,03,058) as shown in Graph
was 78,49,820, of which male were 38,65,762 female 13.⁶ For more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure
34,12,957 and third gender were 3621. Bihar 2.3.
recorded the highest number of addi ons at
In 2014 Lok Sabha elec ons, there were
15,82,374 electors while Mizoram registered lowest
83,40,82,814 electors, of which 43,70,35,372 were
number of electors 1,426 during the special camps.
male 39,70,18,915 were female and 28,527 were
10 states which recorded the highest registra on from amongst third gender as finalised by States/UTs
were Bihar (15,82,374), Tamil Nadu (9,76,351), U ar a er elec ons and given in index cards.

States with high Net Addi ons in Registra on of Male and Female Electors
on/around 9 March 2014
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, DELHI
OLD ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE BUILDING, KASHMERE GATE, DELHI - 110 006
Helpline Nos. 1800-111-400 and 1950 : Website : www.ceodelhi.gov.in

ATTENTION : ALL VOTERS OF DELHI

Special Camps at 11763 polling booths in Delhi on 9th March, 2014 (Sunday)
for verification of electors’ name in the Electoral Roll (Voter List)
1. This office had after Delhi Assembly Elections, 2013 received some complaints that some persons
holding Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) could not vote in that election as their name was not found in
th th
the electoral roll. Through our advertisements published in leading newspapers on 12 /13 January,
2014, such persons were requested to provide their residential and EPIC details to this office through
email or in person/by post. Over 1500 persons availed this opportunity and got themselves re-rolled.
2. It is reiterated that only those persons are allowed to vote at a polling station who are enrolled in the
electoral roll of that polling station. Having EPIC, which is only an identity document, does not confer right
of vote on any person. Therefore, all persons are requested to check their name in the Electoral Roll, to
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make sure that they are able to cast vote in the Lok Sabha Elections scheduled for 10 April, 2014
3. To facilitate all the electors, a Special Camp Will be organized at all Polling Booths on 9th March 2014
(Sunday), from 10 am to 5 pm. The current Electoral Roll will be displayed at the Polling Station so that
people can check their names in the Electoral Roll and if the name of any person eligible fill application for
inclusion of name in Form-6 and hand it over to Booth Level officer (BLO) who will be present at the
Polling Station on the Special Camp day.
4. Other ways to check your name in the Electoral Roll (Voter List):
- Visit www.ceodelhi.gov.in and click on the link ‘Check your Name in the Voter List on the right side of the
home page, or
- Send SMS message: EPIC<space>Voter Id No. to 9211728082
5. Ways to fill Form 6 (other than the submission on 9thMarch, 2014 during the special comp):
- Go to www.ceodelhi.gov.in. click the link ‘Enrol Online’ and follow instructions given there : OR
- visit the Voter Center of your Assembly Constituency and apply in Form 6 in hard copy, along with
supporting documents. The list of voter centres is available at our website.
6. The last date for applying in Form-6 for inclusion of the name in Delhi’s Electoral Roll is 12th March, 2014

Sd/-
DIP/2646/13-14 Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi

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 Case 5: Special Camps for Voter Registra on in Jammu and Kashmir
Along with rest of India, special camps were organized on 9th March 2014 across Jammu and Kashmir. Wide
publicity was given across the region to encourage people to register as voter during special camps. Following
images show the efforts by Rajouri, Reasi and Kargil District administra on in encouraging electors to enroll.

Special Camp Day at Rajouri District

(09/03/2014)
Cons tuency Age Form 6 received on 9th March 2014 (camp day)

Male Female Others Total

18-19 years 284 180 0 464
Special Camp day (9th March, 2014) 81-Nowshera Above 19 years 434 780 0 1214
Rajouri District Achievement Total 718 960 0 1678
18-19 years 129 165 0 294
Special Camp day 82-Darhal Above 19 years 120 205 0 325
Electors as per Electoral Forms received on Total 249 370 0 619
roll on 1/1/2014 09/03/2014 Percentage Increase
Assembly 18-19 years 172 150 0 322
Cons tuency Male Female Total CH CF Total Male Female Total 83-Rajouri Above 19 years 276 344 0 620
81-Nowshera 46962 42151 89113 718 960 1678 1.53 2.28 1.88 Total 448 494 0 942
18-19 years 208 138 0 346
82-Darhal 47187 41630 88817 249 370 619 0.53 0.89 0.70
84-Kalakota Above 19 years 331 368 0 699
Total 539 506 0 1045
83-Rajouri 56298 49706 106004 448 494 942 0.80 0.99 0.89
18-19 years 793 663 0 1456
84-Kalakote 42707 37377 80084 539 506 1045 1.26 1.35 1.30
TOTAL Above 19 years 1161 1697 0 2858

TOTAL 193154 170864 364018 1954 2330 4284 1.01 1.36 1.18 G. Total 1954 2330 0 4284

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 Table 8: Year wise numbers for general electors
5. Iden ty Documents for Electors and the EPIC and PER coverage

5.1 Elector Photo Iden ty Cards (EPIC) Year General Electors EPIC % PER %
2008 704884421 74.9 25.1
In 1958, the R.P. Act was amended to insert a new 2009 713019261 81.7 77.2
Sec on 61, to make a special provision to the effect
that required electors to use Electors’ Photo Iden ty 2010 729675780 84.6 86.0
Cards (EPIC) for the iden ty of electors with a view to 2011 728710187 90.1 88.4
prevent bogus vo ng during elec ons. The ECI started 2012 758483294 92.4 91.9
the work of issuing EPIC in 1993, as per Rule 28 of the
2013 787269888 96.3 94.0
Registra on of Electors Rules 1960, which provides
for Iden ty Card for electors. All the EPICs issued were 2014 8145911847 97.8 98.6
assigned a unique number and the same was printed
on these EPICs. Subsequently, under the direc ons During Lok Sabha elec ons 2014, States with
issued by the Elec on Commission of India under Rule 100% EPIC coverage were Andhra Pradesh, Andaman
4 of the Registra on of Electors Rule, 1960, this EPIC and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,
number was incorporated in the electoral roll. Tripura, NCT of Delhi, Lakshadweep, Puducherry,
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
and Kerala. Year wise general
e l e c t o rs a n d E P I C a n d P E R
coverage (2008 TO 2014) is as
shown in Table 8⁶ : A massive drive
to incorporate photographs in the
electoral roll and EPIC coverage
was undertaken. Graph 14 shows
that there was huge improvement
in EPIC coverage with respect to
the coverage during Lok Sabha
elec ons 2009. Many States/ UTs
recorded 100% coverage. For
more details refer to sta s cal
annexure 2.11

EPIC Coverage (%) in Lok Sabha Elections 2014 and 2009

120

100
99.99

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100
100

100

100
100

100

100
99.92

100

99.99
99.48

99.96

99.54

99.68

99.50

99.03

99.74
99.26
94.97

91.66

91

80

60

40
65.46

99.86

67.87

84.15

92.69

90.12

69.83

70.04

91.27

67.39

93.66

96.54

91.73

99.31

77.66

97.61

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 5.2 Photo Electoral Rolls (PER) Electoral Rolls and 97.8% electors were given EPIC for
the 2014 elec ons. States and UTs like Andhra
India went to polls with PERs for the first me in 2009, Pradesh, Puducherry, Goa, Daman & Diu, NCT of
except for States of Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Delhi, Lakshadweep, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Nagaland. EPICs were not distributed to electors in Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh,
Assam and Nagaland. In 2014 elec ons, all States and Meghalaya, Mizoram, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and
UTs had PERs. Kerala had photographs of 100% electors in the
Electoral rolls. Graph 15 provides more details. for
Photographs of 98.6% electors were printed on the more details, refer to sta s cal annexure 2.11 .

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5.3 Voter Slips
To facilitate the voters to know about where s/he is
enrolled as a voter at a par cular polling sta on and
his/her serial number in the Electoral Roll, the DEO
distributed Voter Slips along with Photo (wherever
present in the roll) to all enrolled voters vide ECI’s
le er No. 464/INST/2011/EPS dated 18th February,
2011.
Earlier, only the poli cal par es used to issue
unofficial voter slips to the electors, without elector’s
photograph and bearing only the elector’s
Name, Part Number, Serial Number, and
Polling Sta on address. This slip did not
19th March, 2011 the Commission decided that the
Voter Slips be authen cated by the concerned
Officer/ BLO before distribu on, so that it could be
used as an alterna ve iden fica on document by a
voter for the purpose of cas ng vote in the polls.
Issuance of Voter Slips marked a significant step in
increasing the turnout percentage of voters. A
significant propor on of voters could use voter slips
to prove their iden ty at the polling booths.
Vide instruc ons dated 21st March, 2014 the
Commission provided detailed direc ves for
distribu on of voter slips by BLOs. Some of the major
Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
Voter Slip

establish the elector’s iden ty, and the

elector s ll had to produce EPIC or any of
the approved alterna ve photo-bearing
documents.
Since the Assembly elec ons held in 2011
in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
and West Bengal, photo voter slips were
distributed to all enrolled voters in all the
elec ons conducted by the ECI. The
Commission further directed that this
voter slip be in the languages in which the
electoral roll was published for that AC.
• No. and Name of AC segment...................................
• Part No.....................................................
• Name........................................................ PHOTO
• Sex...........................................................
• EPIC No....................................................
• Father’s/Mother’s name............................
• Voter Serial Number..................................................
• Polling Station No. & Name................................................
• Period for Filling Claims & Objection: From ....................to......................at all the
respective Polling Station in entire AC/PC of States/UTs Name:-....................
• Name of the BLO:..........................................
• Mobile No of BLO:..............................................
• Date: Signature and Stamp of
Returning Officer/BLO

Subsequently, vide instruc ons dated

Figure 19 : Snapshot of a Voter Slip

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points of the 21st March, 2014 instruc ons were:
• Only one set of Photo Voter Slips were to be
printed
• EROs had to authen cate the photo voter slips
and BLOs had to issue it under his/ her original
signatures
• The marking of Absent/ Shi ed/ Dead (ASD)
voters had to be done on the photo voter slips by
stamping with a note.
• Distribu on was to be completed at least five
clear days before the date of poll.
• DEOs had to ensure that BLOs maintained
neutrality in the distribu on of photo voter slips.
• ROs had to prepare a schedule for distribu on of
photo voter slips by BLO and give a copy of the
same to poli cal par es, BLAs, contes ng
candidates and their agents under
acknowledgment.
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• Sector officers had to randomly check the
distribu on of voter slips. RO to ensure all slips
are properly distributed and duly accounted for.
• Complaints redressal mechanism regarding
improper distribu on had to be deployed.
• Observers to carry out random checks with the
help of sector officers and micro-observers to
address any complaint against BLO with regard to
d i s t r i b u o n o f p h o t o v o t e r s l i p s . A ny
unauthorized distribu on / possession of photo
voter slips was to be considered a viola on under
RP Act, 1951 and IPC; punishable with
imprisonment/ fine/ both.
As a result of ECI’s ini a ve, all States reported a very
high percentage of distribu on of voter slips. Issuance
of voter slips prior to elec ons proved greatly
beneficial and useful to the States due to the reasons
explained in the Figure 20 .
Since the Voter Slips bear photograph of
the electors, it serves as an identity
document for casting of vote, in the
absence of any other proof of identity, In
Delhi, 40% voters used the voter slip as an
identity document, This demonstrates
the success of the ECI's initiative of
printing and distributing voter slip to
each elector in a secured manner
Since Voter Slips cover the address of the
polling station on which electors are
required to go on the poll day, it proved
to be extremely useful and informative
especially in metropolitan areas like Delhi
which has a high rate of migration, due to
which electors are many a time not
aware of their polling station

Voter Slips are issued and distributed by

BLOs on the door steps of the electors. It
enables the BLO to prepare the list of
absentee voters, who could not be issued
the voter slip. The ASD List thus prepared
helps in checking bogus voting at the
time of poll, as it cautions the Presiding
Officer if some elector from the ASD List
comes to vote

Figure 20 : Benefits of issuance of voter slips before elec on

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Case 6 : Efforts for Voter Slip Distribu on in Different States and UTs

All States reported high percentage of distribu on of voter slips, between 90 to 100%, Maharashtra and Bihar
being the only excep on in voter slip distribu on.

Puducherry had put in maps of the polling loca ons to facilitate electors and printed the Voter Slips in colour,
thereby helping the polling officials in easy iden fica on of electors at the me of poll. Gujarat got the details of
BLOs pasted on the doors of ASD electors, so that they could contact the BLOs and s/he was spared from making
too many visits. Madhya Pradesh mooted the idea that Family Voter Slip be given before dra publica on of
every summary revision, which would help in informing the electors of their details and in turn invite
applica ons for correc ons. Madhya Pradesh also favoured prin ng two copies of photo voter slips instead of
one. Acknowledgment Receipt book devised by NCT of Delhi contained columns for poin ng out errors in
elector’s detail, which helped in cleansing the electoral roll a er the elec ons.

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 Voter Slips distributed (%) and Voter Turnout (%)
100 90
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Graph 16 above shows the compara ve percentage of 5.4 Alterna ve Iden ty Documents
Voter Slips distribu on and subsequent voter turnout
(%) in 28 States and UTs. While the voter slip To enable the electors to cast their votes, the strategy
distribu on are shown using the le (primary) Y axis, adopted entailed distribu on of voter slips through
the voter turnout (%) is shown using right (secondary) BLOs, establishment of facilita on centres, helpdesks
Y axis. It is evident that States and UTs with higher at the polling sta ons on the day of poll staffed by
voter slip distribu on have seen higher voter turnout BLO’s, exhaus ve publicity campaign regarding the
and vice versa. For more details, refer to sta s cal alterna ve iden ty documents through electronic and
annexures 2.11 & 5.2.1 print media and other means. These alternate sources
as per the ECI’s Order dated 6th
November, 2013 are given in Figure 21.
Passport
ECI instructed all electors to establish
Pension
document with Driving License their iden ty at the polling sta ons via
photograph
EPICs issued to them. Those who could
not produce EPICs due to some reason
Service Identity were required to produce alterna ve
Health Cards with
Insurance Smart
Card Under the
photograph issued
to employees by photo iden ty documents to establish
Central/Public
scheme of M/o
Labour Alternative
Govt. PSUs/Public
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their iden ty.
Companies
Documents for
Identification
The ‘Authen cated Photo Voter Slip’
issued by the elec on machinery were
Passbook with an alterna ve iden fica on document
MNREGA Job photograph by
Card Bank/Post Office by a voter for the purpose of cas ng
vote. The data from 35 states/ UTs
re ve a l e d t h at vo te r s l i p s we re
Aadhar Card PAN Card distributed to more than 96-97%
electors.⁶

Figure 21: Alterna ve iden ty documents

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 Table 9 : State wise list of percentage of voters who used various iden ty documents

Sl. No. Name of State / UT Percentage of Voters with source of iden ty (%)
EPIC Voter Slips Alterna ve Sources
of Iden ty
(other than voter slips)
1 Andhra Pradesh 14.84 79.52 05.64
2 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 69 0 31
3 Arunachal Pradesh 89 9 2
4 Assam 78.1 20.91 0.99
5 Bihar 74.29 23.49 2.23
6 Chandigarh 31.73 64.36 3.9
7 Chha sgarh 26.3 71.5 2.2
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 80 82 2
9 Daman & Diu 100 0 0
10 Goa 40.18 58.14 1.68
11 Gujarat 29.56 69.21 1.23
12 Haryana 58.7 31.7 9.6
13 Himachal Pradesh 50.7 46.8 2.3
14 Jammu and Kashmir 91.66 90.22 0
15 Jharkhand 60.25 34.75 5
16 Karnataka 63.61 30.76 5.63
17 Kerala 93.65 5.62 0.73
18 Lakshadweep 16.64 82.43 0.92
19 Madhya Pradesh 2.5 97.5 0
20 Maharashtra 91 70 -
21 Manipur 16.5 80.5 3.1
22 Meghalaya 70.33 29.28 0.39
23 Mizoram 100 100 0
24 Nagaland 81.31 0 18.69
25 NCT of Delhi 56.4 39.8 3.8
26 Odisha 25 60 5
27 Puducherry 43.9 54.7 1.4
28 Punjab 64.49 29.19 5.92
29 Rajasthan 10 89 1
30 Sikkim 25 70.9 3.9
31 Tamil Nadu 25 71 4
32 Tripura 100 100 0
33 U ar Pradesh 75.2 23.7 1.1
34 U arakhand 58.72 39.61 1.67
35 West Bengal 98 1.37 0.63
Average of All States and UTs 55.9 47.6 2.5

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Four States reported data not in exclusive manner and 6 Absentee, Shi ed and Dead (ASD) Voters
therefore percentages were not adding up to 100. These
were omi ed to prepare the na onal level comparison In order to prevent impersona on of Absentee, Shi ed
as in Graph 17. State wise details are in table 9 and and Dead (ASD) voters at the me of poll, the ECI
sta s cal annexure 3.20. directed that details of ASD voters be prepared polling
sta on wise and ensured that the Presiding Officer be
provided with separate list of ASD electors. On the
Iden ty Documents used by Electors day of poll, in order to cast one’s vote, the elector
produced EPIC for his/ her iden fica on or any of
3%
t h e a b o ve m e n o n e d a l te r n a ve p h o to
documents. The Presiding Officer verified the
iden fica on document personally and the details
44% 53%
properly registered by the polling officer
concerned in the register of voters in Form 17A.
Thumb impressions were obtained in addi on to
signature in 17A. Micro Observers ensured that all
instruc ons with regard to ASD voters were
EPIC Voter Slips Alterna ve Sources of Iden ty (other than voter slips)
me culously followed. Table 10 shows the
Graph 17: Iden ty Documents Used By Electors percentage break-up of Absentee, Shi ed and
Dead (ASD) voters as per data provided by 24
States and UTs. The total number of ASD voters in
third gender category was 396⁶.
Table 10: State-wise list of ASD voters⁶
State/UT Absentee, Shi ed and Dead (ASD) Voters
Male Female Third Gender Total ASD Voters
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 147 167 0 314
Andhra Pradesh 447708 381564 37 829309
Assam 121854 111678 - 233532
Bihar 1016941 539717 0 1556658
Chandigarh 10163 5562 0 15725
Chha sgarh - - - 73321
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 11261 6228 0 17489
Daman & Diu - - - -
Goa 6757 6873 0 13620
Gujarat 31314 31304 2 62620
Haryana 117054 95127 0 212181
Himachal Pradesh 13063 12981 0 26044
Jharkhand - - - 338501
Karnataka 3572 3915 1 7488
Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
Manipur 583 678 0 1261
Maharashtra 3252345 3051745 0 6304090
Madhya Pradesh - - - 86263
Puducherry - - - 38403
Punjab 105945 91897 1 197842
Rajasthan 103509 86064 0 189573
Tamil Nadu 296818 269431 88 566337
U ar Pradesh 898700 490749 89 1389505
West Bengal 1030734 553543 178 1743853
Total 7468468 5739223 396 13903921

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 7 Health Analysis of Electoral Roll Gender ra o refers to the ra o of the number of
females per 1000 males. In elec on related data, it
The health of electoral rolls needs to be in good shape shows the number of females per 1000 male electors.
for checking electoral malprac ces like bogus vo ng EROs were advised to calculate the gender ra o of
and impersona on. The Commission therefore their AC/ PC and compare it with the 18+ popula on
emphasized the importance of avoiding underage gender ra o of their district, state and country and
enrolment, wrongful dele on, incorrect names/ then rework it to iden fy which polling sta ons have
addresses or photographs on the PERs. This sec on the most skewed ra o from the state average. Special
analyses the health of electoral roll for the Lok Sabha efforts for registra on can then be undertaken to
Elec ons 2014. ensure women par cipa on increases in these areas.

To analyze the health of Electoral Rolls, the Elec on Graph 18 below indicates the gender ra o of the
Commission prescribed 8 Formats (vide ECI Circular eligible elector popula on as calculated from the
No. 23/2012/ERS (Vol III) dated 1-10-2012) as follows: popula on census 2011 (shown with blue bars) in
7.1 Gender Ra o comparison with the gender ra o calculated using the
electoral rolls across all States and UTs as per final
publica on with reference date 1.1.2014 (shown
Format 1 • Gender Ratio
with orange bars). The na onal census gender
ra o for eligible electors was 962 while the
Format 2 • Elector-Population Ratio electoral roll sex ra o was 909.20. Nine States and
UTs viz., Puducherry, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram,
Format 3 • Age Cohort-wise Elector Information Daman and Diu, Meghalaya, Goa and Arunachal
Pradesh have more female electors than male
Format 4 • Information about Inclusion & Deletions in the electors. NCT of Delhi, U ar Pradesh, Chandigarh
Current Roll over Previous Roll
and Haryana are some of the States and UTs which
have the lowest electoral roll gender ra o. For
Format 5 • PER & EPIC Coverage
more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.9.⁶
General ra o has however turned out to be 908.4
Format 6 • Polling Station Location Details as per the roll for LS 2014.

Format 7 • Information about Service Voters

Format 8 • Information about Migrated Electors

Figure 22: Formats to analyze the health of electoral rolls

CENSUS AND ELECTORAL ROLL GENDER RATIOS

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Census Gender Ra o Electoral Roll Gender Ra o

Graph 18: Gender ra o of eligible elector popula on and electoral rolls
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7.2 Elector - Popula on Ra o
Elector Popula on Ra o (EP ra o) is the ra o of
number of registered electors to the 18 years and
above popula on. Popula on data of 18 years and
(date of eligibility 1st January 2014) and the
popula on projec on as on 1st March, 2014 was
63.99%⁸. Graph 19 shows the State and UT wise EP
ra o based on final publica on of elector roll. The EP
ra o at all India level was 63.33% during final

Elector population ratio (%) - final publication of electoral roll - 2014

73.18
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Maharashtra
Manipur
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Nagaland
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West Bengal
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Lakshadweep
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Puducherry
Graph 19: Elector popula on ra o (State wise)

above is available district-wise with age and sex publica on. For more details, please refer to
classifica ons as published by the Office of Registrar Sta s cal Annexure 2.20.
General and Census Commissioner of India. It is used 7.3 Age Cohort-wise Electors
along with BLO register which has elector details to
assess the health of electoral rolls. Analysis of health Table 11 and Sta s cal Annexure 2.10 show the all
of the electoral rolls depends a lot on the projec ons India age-cohort wise elector informa on based on
of popula on. the final publica on of the electoral roll a er the
summary revision before the general elec on to Lok
As per the popula on census 2011, 63.32 % of Sabha, 2014⁸. This informa on can be collected for a
popula on of India was in the age group of 18 and polling sta on area, a district, a State/UT or on na onal
above. EP Ra o with respect to number of electors basis as well. This format enables age group wise analysis
enrolled for the general elec on to Lok Sabha, 2014 of electoral roll data.
Table 11: All-India age-cohort wise elector informa on based on the final publica on of the electoral roll
All India Based on Final Publica on of E-Roll a er the Last Summary Revision before GE 2014
Es mated Total Popula on in India (projected up to 01-01-2014)…'X' 1273094325
Es mated Indian Popula on of 18+ only (projected up to 01-01-2014 )…'Y' 806222743
Age Projected Census %age of (2) to Electors as per % age of %age of (4) to % of electors to
Cohort Popula on in age 'X' i.e. total Final Electoral (4) to 'X’ 'Y' i.e. popula on
cohort (Projected Popula on as roll i.e. total electors vs (col.4 /col.2)
up to 01-01-2014) per census popula on eligible voters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
18+ 806222743 63.33 814470311 63.98 101.02 101.02
18-19 46680991 3.67 21832795 1.71 2.71 46.77
20-29 219627755 17.25 208489149 16.38 25.86 94.93
30-39 186689796 14.66 201635151 15.84 25.01 108.01
40-49 147530004 11.59 164437706 12.92 20.40 111.46
50-59 96937929 7.61 109276671 8.58 13.55 112.73
60-69 65143198 5.12 65212042 5.12 8.09 100.11
70-79 30101450 2.36 31869794 2.50 3.95 105.87
80+ 13511620 1.06 11717003 0.92 1.45 86.72

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Analysis based on the health of electoral roll
highlighted the need to look into the gap in
registra on in various age groups as per the final
publica on of the summary revision of the electoral
roll.
Graph 20 shows the gap in registra on of electors by
age-cohort. There was a huge gap in the registra on
of 18-19 age cohorts. However, over all, there are
more electors in the electoral roll than the eligible
elector popula on. Graph 21 shows the percentage of
popula on by age cohorts according to popula on
census 2011. The age cohorts of 15, 16 and 17 ideally
should have been added to the electoral roll meant
for LS 2014.

Gap in registra on in various age group in the finally published roll

20
11.46% 12.73%
10 8.01 % 5.87%
1.02 % 0.11%
0
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-20

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-53.23 % group
-60
Graph 20: Gap in registra on by age cohort

% Popula on in Age Cohort as per Popula on Census 2011

25.00 23.09 %
% Total Popula on 2011

20.00
13.59 %
15.00

10.00

5.00 2.05% 2.23% 1.93% 2.52% 2.04% 2.30% 2.01% 2.09% 2.14% 2.03% 1.75%

0.00
0 to 6 7 to 17 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Age Cohorts

0 to 6 7 to 17 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Graph 21: Percentage of popula on according to age-cohorts (Census 2011)

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 Format 4A (With DEO)
Polling Station wise Information on Inclusion and Deletions in Current Electoral Rolls Over Previous Roll

Name of AC:

Polling Sta on Number of Total claims Total Claims Total Total Dele on under Total Dele ons Number of Dele ons Number of Net %
Electors in last lodged in Form 6 admi ed Objec ons Objec ons Rule 21A a er since last (since last published Electors in change Change
Published dra subsequently Lodged in admi ed last publised published dra roll dra roll) Due to proposed final Roll over over
Roll Form 7 dra roll w.r.t. 1.1.2015 as previous previuos
subsequently qualifying date roll roll
No Name Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Expired Shi ed Repeated Male Female (+/-) (+/-)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

AC Total

Figure 23: Format of collec on of PS wise informa on on inclusion and dele on

7.4 Inclusions and Dele ons in the Current Claims and objec ons were received for changes in
Roll over Previous Roll the electoral roll, primarily for correc on in the
names. Graph 22 shows the number of claims and
The format on Inclusions and Dele ons in the Current objec ons admi ed across 34 states and UTs (except
Roll over previous Roll seeks informa on about claims Karnataka) during Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014.⁸ For
and objec ons received from electors post the more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.18.

Total Claims and Objec ons Admi ed

25000000

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15000000

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5280 221
0
Male Female Third Gender Male Female Third Gender
Total Claims Admi ed Total Objec ons Admi ed

Graph 22: Number of claims and objec ons admi ed across 34 States and UTs

publica on of dra electoral roll and the number of Dele ons of the names of electors in the electoral roll
inclusions and dele ons under the rule 21 A along are a ributed to three primary reasons. These are
with number of electors in the proposed final due to shi ing from one place to another, death or
electoral roll. It also calculates net and percentage recurrence of the names of electors in the electoral
change over the previous roll. This format, as shown roll due to duplica on. Graph 23 shows the number of
in figure 23 can also be created using polling sta on dele ons across the country (except Karnataka) due
wise data or even State/UT wise data. to shi ing, death and repe on. For more details,
refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.18.

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 Dele ons in electoral roll due to repe on, shi ing and death of electors
6000000 5872323
5000000
4364262
4000000

3000000
2363025
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1000000

0
Expired Shi ed Repeated

Graph 23: Number of dele ons across the country due to shi ing, death or repe on

EROs had powers to conduct suo motu dele ons in
the electoral roll if no claims or objec ons were
received against the names to be deleted in the dra
publica on of the electoral roll a er the summary
revision. However, in order to prevent incorrect
dele ons of exis ng voters during the process, suo
motu dele ons were restricted to only dead voters.
Instruc ons were issued by ECI so that no suo motu
dele on of names a er final publica on of electoral
rolls was possible. EROs were directed to consult the
DEO on all dele ons a er final publica on of e-rolls;
further, no dele on or modifica on was to be done,
a er 10 days of announcement of elec ons, without
prior approval of the Commission.
Graph 24 shows the number of electors deleted from
all States and UTs (except Karnataka) during suo motu
dele on a er summary revision of electoral rolls. For
more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.18.

Suo Motu Dele on of electors from Electoral Roll subsequent to Final Publica on
3000000
2572084
2500000
2396529
2000000

1500000

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189
500000

0
Male Female Third Gender

Graph 24: Suo Motu dele on of electors from the Electoral Roll

Table 12: EPIC & PER Coverage at na onal level

7.5 PER & EPIC Coverage Polling Polling
The assessment of PER & EPIC coverage is done in two % of Photo Sta ons Sta ons
% of EPIC
ways to get a complete picture of regional disparity. coverage with <=90% with <=90%
holders
Table 12 shows that at all India level, the photo & EPIC in the Roll of Photo of EPIC
coverage are 98.6% and 96.67% respec vely. For coverage coverage
details refer Sta s cal Annexure 2.12, 2.13 9936 32764
98.60 96.67 (1.07%) (3.53%)

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7.6 Polling Sta on Loca on Details There were in all 9,27,553 polling sta ons and
60,4282 polling sta ons loca ons across the country
Polling Sta on Loca on details were collected using during 2014 elec ons.⁶ A total of 1,10,923 polling
the format in figure 24. sta on loca ons had more than 2 polling sta ons. For
more details, please refer to sta s cal annexure 2.21.
Graph 25 and Graph 26 shows the State wise polling
sta ons and polling sta on loca ons in the country.

FORMAT 6 (With CEO)

Polling Sta on Loca ons (PSL) Details
District Name Assembly No. & Name Total Parts Total Polling Breakup of Urban Polling Sta on Breakup of Rural Polling
(Polling Sta on Loca ons having more than Sta on Loca ons
Sta ons) Loca ons one PS in same building having more than one PS in
(PSLs) same building
Urban Rural Urban Rural 1 PS 2 PS 3 PS 4 PS 5 PS 6 & 1 PS 2 PS 3 PS 4 PS 5&
more more
PS PS
ABC

District Total
XYZ

District Total
State Total

Figure 24: Format of collec on of Polling Sta on loca on details

State and UT wise Polling Sta ons and Polling Sta on Loca ons
12010

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12000
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6552

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3095
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7.7 Service Electors UTs in this format. These are divided between Armed
forces of the Union (Male and Female), Armed Police
Informa on about service electors is collected using forces of the State posted outside the State (Male and
format 7 of health analysis of electoral rolls. The bar Female), and government employees posted in Indian
chart below shows the classifica on of Service missions abroad. For more details, refer to Sta s cal
electors on the basis of data provided by 31 States and Annexure 2.4

Categories of Service Electors

80.00
72.18 72.38 71.28 70.95
70.00

60.00
Percentages

50.00

40.00
27.82 27.62 28.72 28.83
30.00

20.00

10.00

0.00
Service Electors

Armed forces of the Union - (Male) Armed forces of the Union - (Female)
Armed Police force of state posted outside the state - (Male) Armed force of state posted outside the state - (Female)
Govt. employees posted in Indian missions abroad - (Male) Govt. employees posted in Indian missions abroad - (Female)
Total Service Electors (Male) Total Service Electors (Female)

Graph 27: Categories of service electors (in percentage)

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 7.8 Informa on about Migrated Electors
Informa on about migrated electors is essen al to
iden fy and delete the names of electors from
electoral roll who have either shi ed or died. Graph
28 shows the percentage break-up of Absentee,
Shi ed and Dead (ASD) electors as per data provided
by 25 States and UTs. For more details, refer to table 10.
Graph 29 shows that 36,31,969 electors were found
shi ed during BLO survey since last dra publica on.
Among those, 11, 99,900 shi ed with en re family
while 23, 61,477 shi ed without family as per data
available from 28 States and UTs. For more details,
refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.19.

Percentage of ASD electors

Third Gender ASD electors 0.0028

Female ASD electors 41.2777

Male ASD electors 53.7148

0.0000 10.0000 20.0000 30.0000 40.0000 50.0000 60.0000

Graph 28 : Break up of ASD electors (in percentage)

Electors who shi ed with or without family

4000000 3631969
3500000
3000000
2500000 2361477
2000000
1500000 1199900
1000000
500000
0
Electors found shi ed Those shi ed with en re Those shi ed without
during BLO survey since family en re family
last dra publica on
Graph 29: Electors shi ed break up (in Percentage)

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8. Electoral Roll Management System
Voters
Registra on
The Electoral Roll Management System (ERMS)
enabled the CEOs to maintain the complete electoral Roll Hearing/
Genera on Verifica on
roll of State. The exhaus ve ERMS & summary
revisions (i.e. upda ons, addi ons and dele ons)
enabled easy management of informa on and
substan ally reduced the me and expense on ERMS
Acceptance/
informa on storing, sharing and publishing. The Publica on Rejec on

applica on so ware reduced the manual work,

streamlined the opera on and increased efficiency,
transparency and produc vity. The features of the EPIC
Genera on
Approval
package are as shown in the Figure 25.

Figure 25: Features of ERMS

Summary Revision Upload Module

• All the statutory Forms - Form 6, 6A, 7, 8 and 8A received at the ERO’s office are being entered in the
system. The database from the client machines have to be merged with main database of the server.

ERO Module
• The appointed BLO visit the applicant site and verify the candidature. Upon verifica on, the recommenda on
of the BLO is uploaded in the main database. AERO forwards or objects the applica on based on the
recommenda on of BLO. ERO approves or rejects the applica on based on the AERO’s recommenda on. Upon
approval, the data is moved to respec ve Cons tuency wise Database.

Photo Merge
• All the approved applicant’s photo is captured and cropped to the desirable resolution and size and is
updated in the respective Database.

Generate EPIC
• After the last date as mentioned in the plan for Summary revision, the receipt of applications is
stopped and all the new applications are taken for the generation of EPIC. De-duplication and weeding
out of data is carried out to remove any duplicity of data. The EPIC is generated based on the Prefixes
mentioned by ECI. Allotment of new EPIC and generation of duplicate EPIC are taken care by this module.

Integration Roll Printing

• On completing the process of EPIC generation, the electoral roll is getting generated and the output is
saved as Portable Document Format (PDF). After PDF generation for all the constituencies the output file is
given to the Printing press or identified agency to print the summary rolls. The same is given to Political
Parties and sold through the sales counter of the department.

Claims and Objections

• The applicant can check the status - claims of the application in respect of Form 6, 6A, 8 and 8A and objection
with respect to Form 7 online. The module gives the complete status of the application like under progress/with
AERO/with ERO/Approved/Rejected/Recommended.

Part Break Operation

• This module takes care of rationalisation and elector management. The electors are allotted their Assembly
Constituency and the corresponding part number. This allotment ensures the electors be updated on
status pertaining to their concerned part number and their constituency.

Admin Module
• Integration of Digital Certificate of the respective ERO’s for approval of statutory Forms and printing of EPIC.

Figure 26: Modules of ERMS

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The ERMS made it possible to achieve uniformity in
prepara on and maintenance of electoral rolls with
efficiency, accuracy and easy access right from
providing acknowledgement to the voter desirous of
ge ng him/her enrolled, ll issue of the Electoral
Photo Iden ty Card, the ERO/ AERO monitored the
status through this.
Figure 27 shows the ERMS architecture with control
tables. Poten al electors applied using the various
Forms which were uploaded to the system. Door to
door verifica on by BLOs along with the approval of
ERO, led to the inclusion/ modifica on/ dele on in
the electoral roll .9
The ERMS of ECI has been found useful; states were
inclined to switch over to the na onal system and to
make ECI-ERMS compulsory. This brought uniformity
and saved costs in maintaining and developing
mul ple systems in States/UTs.

ARCHITECTURE OF ERMS
State Level Control Table
System Managing
Electoral Roll
that includes
Electoral Roll insertion,
deletion,
ERO updating and
transposition
within AC and
Uploaded printing of
Bulk Electoral Roll
BLOs Export including one or
multiple
supplementary
Door to door list.
verification Local Machine

Form 6

Form 7,8 & 8A

= Database
Electors
Figure 27: ERMS architecture

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9. Poli cal Par es and Manifestos governed by the provisions of Sec on 29 A of the RP
Act of 1951 which was inserted in the Act in 1989. A
party that seeks registra on under sec on 29 A with
9.1 Defini on & Exis ng Regula on
the ECI has to submit an applica on to the ECI within a
period of 30 days following the date of its forma on
There was no reference to poli cal par es in the
with all required par culars and documents.
Cons tu on of India un l the inclusion of the Tenth
A registered poli cal party, in course of me, could
Schedule in 1985 in the context of defec ons. Ini ally,
get recogni on as `State Party’ or `Na onal Party’
the regulatory landscape of poli cal par es resided
subject to the fulfillment of the condi ons prescribed
within the Elec on Symbols (Reserva on and
in the Elec on Symbols (Reserva on and Allotment)
Allotment) Order 1968 of ECI, which provided both
Order, 1968, as amended from me to me.
for registra on as well as recogni on of poli cal
par es. Now, registra on of poli cal par es is

ECI Direc ons Guidelines on

Companies
The Foreign pursuant to transparency and
Act, 1956 Model Code of Conduct
Representa on Contribu on Supreme Court accountability in
and Supplementary
of the People Act, ( Regula on ) order in Common party funds
Income Tax instruc ons
1951 Act, 1976 Cause v/s Uol & others and elec on
Act, 1961
(MR 1996 SC 3081) expenditure

Figure 28: Acts whitch have a regulatory effect on poli cal par es

9.2 Criteria for Recogni on of Poli cal Par es

 The candidate set up by the party have secured not less than 6% of valid
A political party is treated as votes polled and also returned at least two members to that assembly
a recognized political party in or one member to the House of the people; or
a State, if any of the given
 the party has won at least 3% of the total number of seats in the
conditions is fullfilled at Assembly or at least three seats, whichever is more; or
the general elections to
 The party has returned at least one member to the House of the People
the Legislative Assembly of for every 25 member or any frac on thereof allo ed to that State; or
the State or House of the
 The candidates set up by the Party have secured not less than 8% of the
People from that State : total valid votes polled in the State

Conditions for recognition
as a National Party on
fulfilment of :
 The Candidates have secured not less than 6% of the total valid votes
polled in any four or more States at the last GE to the House of the People
or to the Legisla ve Assembly of any four or more States, and has
returned at least four members to the House of the People from any
State or States; or
 The party has won at least 2% of the total number of seats in the Lok Sabha
and the party’s candidates have been elected from not less than three
States; or
 The party is recognized as State party in at least four States.

Figure 29: Criteria for the recogni on of poli cal party

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 9.3 Submission of Accounts by Poli cal Par es
Sec on 29C of the RP Act, 1951 read as follows:
29C. Declara on of dona on received by the poli cal
par es -
“(1) The treasurer of a poli cal party or any other
person authorized by the poli cal party in this behalf
shall, in each financial year, prepare a report in
respect of the following namely: -
(a) The contribu on in excess of twenty thousand
rupees received by such poli cal party from any
person in the financial year;
(b) The contribu on in excess of twenty thousand
rupees received by such poli cal party from
companies other than Government companies
in the financial year;
(2) The report under sub-sec on (1) shall be in such
form as may be prescribed
(3) The report for a financial year under sub-sec on
(1) shall be submi ed by the treasurer of a poli cal
party or any other person authorized by the poli cal
party in this behalf before the due date for furnishing
a return of its income of the financial year under
sec on 139 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961),
Poli cal Par es - Registered vs.
Par cipated
2000
Number of Poli cal Par es
1500
1046
1000 913
363
500 230
0
2004 2009
Year of Lok Sabha Elec ons
Graph 30: Registered poli cal par es and par es that par cipated in elec ons
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to the Elec on Commission;
(4) Where the treasurer of any poli cal party or any
other person authorized by the poli cal party in this
behalf fails to submit a report under sub-sec on (3),
notwithstanding anything contained in the Income-
tax Act, 1961 (43 of 61), such poli cal party shall not
be en tled to any tax relief under that Act."
During the 2014 elec ons only 464 out of 1698
registered poli cal par es had set up candidates;
the corresponding figure for 2009 elec ons was 363
out of 1046 and for 2004, 230 out of 913. Therefore,
the number of registered poli cal par es that did not
par cipate in 2014 elec ons increased from 683 in
2004 to 1234 in 2014 .³
During 2014 elec ons, the number of Na onal and
State Recognized Par es was 6 and 49 respec vely.
Out of a total of 464 par cipa ng poli cal par es,
only 35 poli cal par es won at least 1 seat in the
elec ons. Name & Symbol of poli cal par es
par cipated in 2014 elec on is given in sta s cal
annexure 1.3
1698
Registered Poli cal
Par es
464
Poli cal Par es
Par cipated
2014
9.4 Allotment of Symbols
The ECI adopted symbol system since the first General
Elec on to Lok Sabha in 1951, when literacy rate was
only 16%. Elec on symbols comprised animate or
inanimate objects, so that they were easily
iden fiable by the electors despite their illiteracy and
ignorance. Symbols were reserved only for those
poli cal par es which, a er registra on, contested a
General Elec on and became eligible for recogni on
as Na onal or State Par es on the basis of their poll
performance .10
Table 13: Na onal poli cal par es and their symbols
A er fourth general elec on in 1967, the ECI codified
provisions rela ng to recogni on of poli cal par es
and allotment of symbols in one place as Elec on
Symbols (Reserva on and Allotment) Order, 1968.
Even though standards of literacy improved
no ceably, symbol system became a permanent
feature of elec ons and electoral system in India.
During 2014 elec ons, the symbols used by the
Poli cal Par es in fray for the elec ons are shown in
tables 13,14 and figure 30.

Sl. No. Name of the Na onal party Symbol reserved

1 Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant
[In all States/U.T.s except in the State of
Assam ]
2 Bhara ya Janata Party Lotus
3 Communist Party of India Ears of Corn and Sickle
4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Hammer, Sickle and Star
5 Indian Na onal Congress Hand
6 Na onalist Congress Party Clock

Table 14: State poli cal par es and their symbols

Sl. No. Name of the State/UT Name of the State Party Symbol Reserved
1 Andhra Pradesh 1.Telangana Rashtra Samithi Car
2. Telugu Desam Bicycle
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1. All India Trinamool Congress Flowers & Grass
2. People’s Party of Arunachal Maize
3 Assam 1. All India United Democra c Front Lock & Key
2. Asom Gana Parishad Elephant
3. Bodoland Peoples Front Nangol
4 Bihar 1. Janata Dal (United) Arrow
2. Lok Jan Shak Party Bungalow
3. Rashtriya Janata Dal Hurricane, Lamp
5 Goa 1. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Lion
6 Haryana 1. Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) Tractor
2. Indian Na onal Lok Dal Spectacles
7 Jammu & Kashmir 1. Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Conference Plough
2. Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Panthers Party Bicycle
3. Jammu & Kashmir People’s Democra c Party Ink Pot & Pen
8 Jharkhand 1. AJSU Party Banana
2. Jharkhand Muk Morcha Bow & Arrow
3. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Comb
4. Rashtriya Janata Dal Hurricane, Lamp

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9 Karnataka 1. Janata Dal (Secular) A Lady Farmer
carrying Paddy on
her head
10 Kerala 1. Janata Dal (Secular) A Lady Farmer
carrying Paddy on
her head
2. Kerala Congress (M) Two Leaves
3. Indian Union Muslim League Ladder
11 Maharashtra 1. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Railway Engine
2. Shiv Sena Bow & Arrow
12 Manipur 1. All India Trinamool Congress Flower & Grass
2. Manipur State Congress Party Cul vator cu ng Crop
3. Naga Peoples Front Cock
4. People's Democra c Alliance Crown
13 Meghalaya 1. United Democra c Party Drum
2. Hill State People’s Democra c Party Lion
3. Na onal People’s Party Book
14 Mizoram 1. Mizo Na onal Front Star
2. Mizoram People’s Conference Electric Bulb
3. Zoram Na onalist Party Sun (without rays)
15 Nagaland 1. Naga Peoples Front Cock
16 N.C.T. of Delhi 1. Aam Aadmi Party Broom
17 Odisha 1. Biju Janata Dal Conch
18 Puducherry 1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Two Leaves
2. All India N.R. Congress Jug
3. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rising Sun
4. Pa ali Makkal Katchi Mango
19 Punjab 1. Shiromani Akali Dal Scales
20 Sikkim 1. Sikkim Democra c Front Umbrella
21 Tamil Nadu 1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Two leaves
2. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rising Sun
3. Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Nagara
22 U ar Pradesh 1. Rashtriya Lok Dal Hand Pump
2. Samajwadi Party Bicycle
23 West Bengal 1. All India Forward Bloc Lion
2. All India Trinamool Congress Flowers & Grass
3. Revolu onary Socialist Party Spade & Stoker

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Following free symbols were made available by ECI

Figure 30: Free Symbols

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 9.5 Manifestos
Elec on Manifesto is a published document of the
Poli cal Par es containing its ideologies, policies,
programmes for the Country/State & public at large. A
manifesto usually comprises a previously published
opinion or public consensus and/or promotes new
idea with prescrip ve no ons for carrying out changes
for future. An elec on manifesto is an important piece
of document that outlines the policy objec ves of the
poli cal party contes ng the elec ons. It highlights the
policy measures the party intends to implement once it
comes to power along with its solu ons for present-day
problems and covers mul ple issues facing the
electorate as shown in figure 31.
Manifesto
Health Agriculture
Defence Commerce
Environment
Figure 31: Some of the topics covered in manifestos
Elec ons are being conducted in India since 1952
onwards. However, poli cal par es used to publicise
their ideologies, policies and programmes not
necessarily through manifestos in those forma ve
years. Later, many Na onal and State par es have
been publishing their manifestos for each General
Elec on which includes, but are not restricted to,
measures such as ensuring comprehensive social
security to those at special risk, making quality
educa on affordable to everyone, waiving of
agricultural loans, pension scheme for aged and
helpless farmers, provision of safe drinking water
facility and primary healthcare, medical cover for
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specified categories of people such as widows, old
age pensioners, farmer, abolishing of child labour and
so forth.
9.5.1 Recent Developments
In recent years, however, a new trend has emerged,
that manifestos comprise of cases rela ng to
distribu on of free gi s by the poli cal par es
(commonly known as ‘freebies’), including ruling
par es at the Centre and in the states and contes ng
candidates. These promises include items such as
land, gold coins, cash, lands and constructed house,
free ca le etc. and are aimed at targeted groups of
electorate like, BPL families, weaker sec ons of the
Economy Education
Trade Security
Foreign Policy
society, women, handicapped etc., as well as at
electorate as a whole.
On 5 July 2013, the Supreme Court directed the ECI,
inter alia, to include elec on manifestos of poli cal
par es within the larger ambit of the Model Code of
Conduct. In the interest of free & fair elec ons, the
broad principles enunciated by the ECI in Part VIII of
the MCC directs that Poli cal Par es & Candidates
shall adhere to the following guidelines while
releasing elec on manifestos for any elec on to the
Parliament or State Legislatures as shown in figure 32 :
 Election Manifesto shall not contain anything repugnant to the ideas
and principles enshrined in the Constitution of India.

It shall be consistent with the provisions of Model Code of Conduct.

To avoid making those promises of welfare measures that are likely

to vitiate the purity of election process.

To reflect the rationalc for the promises and indicate the ways and
means to meet financial requirement.

Figure 32: Guidelines to be adhered to while releasing manifesto

Poli cal Par es are at liberty to publicise their
envisioned policies and programmes through their
respec ve manifestos. However, it is absolutely
crucial to fulfil the Cons tu onal mandate of holding
the en re elec on process in our country in a free,
fair, unbiased and transparent manner. Although the
elec on machineries are entrusted with the sacred
duty of conduc ng the elec ons, it is an equal and
sacrosanct duty and obliga on of the Poli cal Par es
to our Cons tu on to uphold the purity and sanc ty
of the electoral process in its le er & spirit, which is
the sin qua non for a sound system of governance.
A total of 17 manifestos were analysed by ECI to find
out if they contained schemes which were freebies or
genuine welfare measures. Some cases could be
categorized as either freebie or welfare measure.
The manifestos were divided into six categories
depending upon the type of promises made in them.
These categories were tangible assets (like promise of
land to landless labourers etc.), direct transfers either
monetary (like packages, financial support,
scholarships) or promise of policies and schemes of
direct transfer, promise of loans and loan waivers,
subsidies and food (like provision of free or subsidized
food). Some usual freebie items promised were
laptops/tablets, grinders, mixers, fans, gold coin, cash
transfers (un ed fund), lands and constructed
houses, cash for all unemployed youngsters, and
livestock. These were targeted at urban and rural
youth, marginalized sec ons, farmers, women and
senior ci zens and tribal.
A total of 5 Na onal Poli cal Party and 12 State
Poli cal Party manifestos were studied to iden fy the
type of freebie/welfare measure promised. 120
clauses of freebies and welfare measures were listed
out. Pie charts (Graph 31, Graph 32) suggests that a
significantly large number of clauses of freebies/
welfare had offered direct transfers, either monetary
or through policy ini a ves along with promise of
assets and food subsidies targeted at the poor.

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 CATEGORIES OF FREEBIES/WELFARE
Subsidies , 8% Assets , 16%
Loans , 9%

Loan Waiver , 11%

Food , 8%

Direct Transfer
(Monetary/Policies),
68%
Graph 31: Pie chart on categories of freebies / welfare listed

Categorisa on of freebies
Subsidies, 6%
Loans, 2%
Loan Waiver, 5%
Assets, 12%

Food, 6%
Direct Transfer
(Monetary/Policies),
43%

Graph 32: Pie chart on freebies

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10 Systema c Voters’ Educa on and Electoral
Par cipa on

An integral component of preparing for elec ons is the

awareness and educa on of voters which in turn
reflected in their par cipa on on the poll day. The
Cons tu on of India extended the Right to Vote to
every ci zen of the country irrespec ve of his/ her
class, caste, sex, religion and/ or socio-economic
standing and that every vote would count the same and
equal. The ECI strive to get every eligible Indian
registered on the electoral roll and for the ci zens to
par cipate in elec ons free of any impediments. To
meet the challenges of enrolling eligible and
unregistered voters, ECI ini ated its flagship
programme called Systema c Voters’ Educa on and
Electoral Par cipa on (SVEEP).11
10.1 Objec ves of SVEEP
In 2009, the ECI started reaching out to ci zens to
understand what was stopping them from registering
in the electoral rolls and vo ng. Various Informa on,
Educa on and Communica on (IEC) ac vi es were
facilitated wherein gaps were observed in voter
awareness on important areas such as registra on,
EPIC/ other iden ty proofs, PS loca on, use of EVMs,
mings of the poll, do’s & don’ts with regard to MCC, use
of money/ muscle and liquor power by candidates or
their associates to influence vulnerable sec ons of the
electorate. The said gaps existed because voters’
educa on had not received an intensive priority from the
elec on managers. The IEC ac vi es were subsequently
revamped in 2010 as a na onal programme en tled
SVEEP Guided by the par cipatory vision of the ECI,
SVEEP adopts a sustained and synergis c strategy, via
programmes and ac vi es, to increase people’s
par cipa on in the electoral process. SVEEP ac vi es
and efforts are aimed at three main ac vi es as shown in
the Figure 33.
Core groups comprised of representa ves from
educa onal ins tu ons, youth organiza ons,
women’s organiza ons and civil society groups.
A range of policy ini a ves and strategies had been
formulated and implemented by ECI in different
States/ UTs with the ac ve par cipa on of all
stakeholders for increasing people’s par cipa on in
the electoral process both in terms of voter’s
registra on and turnout in past few years under the
comprehensive umbrella of SVEEP since late 2009.
However, qualita vely and quan ta vely voter
par cipa on in India is s ll far from ideal for a
par cipatory democracy. For the purpose, ECI
focused on behavioural change by ini a ng
Informa on, Mo va on and Facilita on (IMF) of all
sec ons of the electorate.
This included conduc ng Baseline Survey of
Knowledge, A tude, Behaviour, Belief and Prac ces
(KABBP) on registra on to help plan and implement
interven ons ahead of Summary Revisions.
Apart from KABBP, ECI organized informa on
campaigns (like social mobiliza on, mass media
x
increasing electoral
par cipa on through
voter registra on &
turnout
increasing
providing con nuous qualita ve
electoral & par cipa on in
democracy terms of ethical &
educa on informed vo ng

Figure 33: Aims of SVEEP

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 Youth

Excluded
Groups/
Communi es
Women

TARGET
POPULATION
Future Voters
(10 - 17 Urban
years age Popula on
group)

Physically
Challenged

Figure 34 : Target popula on of SVEEP

KABBP To assess the level of

(i) awareness (ii) comprehension (iii) involvement (iv) sa sfac on with the
Registra on Process.

To understand the reasons for people not coming forward for enrolment.

To understand the underlying reasons for low voter turnout in last elec on in
the States and to iden fy the barriers to vo ng.

To iden fy the demographics of elector segments with lower enrolment, and

lower par cipa on during polls.

To pre-test all communica on materials developed for the SVEEP campaign

using focus group with the relevant target audience.

To assess the role and impact of various public interest groups in voter
par cipa on.

To understand effec veness of various formal and non-formal media vehicles.

To assess the influence and impact of news media, CSOs, and CBOs in crea ng
awareness and par cipa on amongst voters in general and youth, women in
par cular. Also it made an assessment of the impact and influence of the
aforemen oned groups in preven ng unethical prac ces and promo ng ethical
vo ng.

To suggest logis cal and plausible measures to ensure higher enrolment and
higher voter turnout based on the outcome of the survey.

Figure 35: Purpose of KABBP

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The SVEEP II programme intensified the
interven ons on gender gap, youth
disconnect and urban apathy country-wide
as there were iden fied substan al
shor alls among these groups.

During the 2014 Lok Sabha elec ons,

SVEEP played a significant role in enabling
the highest voter turnout (i.e., 66.4%),
recorded in the history of Indian elec ons.

The electorate in 2014 was 83.41 crore

(including service electors) as against 71.69
crore in 2009. 55.38 Crore voters cast their
vote in 2014 elec on while 41.73 crore
votes were cast in 2009, thereby, marking
an increase of voters by 32.71% voters from
2009. 16 States/ UTs recorded historic
turnout while 33 among the 35 States/UTs
recorded higher turnout than 2009
elec on. 16 States/ UTs recorded higher
women turnout, and among these, women
voters surpassed men for the first me ever
in any Lok Sabha elec ons in at least 9
States/UTs.

Graph 34 shows the compara ve voter

turnout from the first elec on in 1951 ll
2014¹² .
Voter Turnout (%) from 1951 to 2014
70 58.19
61.33 60.49 61.95 57.94 59.99
65
60 66.44
47.76 64.01
55
56.92 61.97
50 55.88 57.98
55.42 55.29
45
40
35 45.67
30
25
20
5
57

96
51

62

71

77

80

98
2
67

99

04
89

09

14
-8

-9
19

19
19

19

19

19

19

19
19

19

20
19

20

20
84

91
19

19

Voter Turnout (%)

Graph 34: Voter turnout from 1951 to 2014

The voter turnout in 2014 stood at a record high of turnout during 2009 and 2014 elec ons. There was a clear
66.4% against 58.19% in 2009 increase in the voter turnout in most of the states. For more
details, please refer to Sta s cal Annexure 5.2.1
Graph 36 shows State and UT wise compara ve voter

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100.00
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00 Voter Turnout LS 2014
20.00
Voter Turnout LS 2009
10.00
0.00
Andaman & Nicobar Is.

Tamil Nadu
Daman & Diu

Jharkhand

Kerala

Nagaland

West Bengal
Meghalaya

Orissa

Sikkim
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam

Chandigarh
Cha sgarh

Goa

Haryana
Himachal Pradesh

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra

Tripura

U arakhand
Mizoram

Rajasthan

U ar Pradesh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Lakshadweep

Punjab
Gujarat
Bihar

Jammu & Kashmir

Manipur

Puducherry
NCT OF Delhi
Graph 35: State and UT wise compara ve voter turnout during 2009 and 2014 elec ons

Female turnout (a major SVEEP objec ve) stood at percentage points against more than 4 percentage
65.63% in 2014 as opposed to 55.82% in 2009. (Male points in 2009. Some of the leading States in terms of
turnout marked at 67.09% in 2014 and 60.24% in bridging the gender gap were Bihar, Goa, U arakhand
2009). The gender gap stood reduced at 1.46 and Arunachal Pradesh.

Year of Lok Sabha Number of PCs in various Voter Turnout (%) ranges for Lok Sabha Elec ons
Elec on <25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95 >95
2014 0 2 2 63 173 156 130 16 1
2009 0 5 84 163 83 116 76 16 0
2004 2 2 68 140 148 129 51 3 2

Table 16 : Number of PCs in various voter turnouts ranges (in %)

Number of PCs in various Voter Turnout (%) Ranges of

Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014, 2009 and 2004
180 173
163
156
160 148
140
140 129 130
116
120
LS 2014
100
84 83 LS 2009
76
80 68 LS 2004
63
60 51

40
16 16
20
0 0 2 2 5 2 2 3 1 0 2
0
<25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95 >95

Graph 36: Number of PCs in various voter turnouts ranges (in %)

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Table 16 and Graph 36 shows the number of PCs in
various voter turnout (%) ranges for Lok Sabha
elec ons of 2014, 2009 and 2004. It is clear from
the graph that the number of PCs with voter
turnout in the range below 35 has reduced
drama cally over the past three elec ons from 4
PCs in 2004, to 5 PCs in 2009 to 2 PCs in 2014.
Number of PCs between voter turnout range of
55% to 85% have increased from 275 PCs in 2009 to
459 PCs in 2014.

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Case 7: Impact of SVEEP Ac vi es in
NCT of Delhi

Under the theme of inclusion, concerted efforts

were made since 2012 (one year prior to holding of
Assembly Elec ons in NCT of Delhi) to enhance the
vo ter regist ra o n o f yo u t h , wo men a n d
marginalized sec ons of society. Special camps
were organised to enhance the registra on of
youth and women. As a result of special focus to
enhance registra on since summary revision (w.e.f
15.10.12 to 10.01.2013) with 1.1.2013 as qualifying
date, NCT of Delhi achieved resounding success in
improving enrolment of women, youth, and
marginalized sec on of society par cularly
homeless in Delhi as a table given below suggests:

Parameters In Dra Electoral Roll In Final Electoral Roll before Lok Sabha
(as on 15.10.2012) Elec ons 2014 (as on 22 March 2014)

Total electors in Delhi 1,18,67,217 1,27,06372*

18-19 Age Group 93,811 (0.79 % of electors) 3.37 Lakh (2.65 % of electors)
Gender Ra o 788 803
Homeless 62 7289
EPIC% 95.59 100%
PER% 93.51 100%

* The figure is inclusive of approx. 14 lakh dele ons on account of their not being resident at the address given in
the electoral roll, or found replicated or having since been expired.

Search facility to know the voter registra on and polling sta on details by SMS to 9211728082 was provided to
the electors of Delhi. Wide publicity through Print Media regarding “search facility through SMS” was given ll
the day of Poll i.e 10.04.2014. This resulted in almost no poll day complaints of missing names in electoral roll.
In order to enhance voter par cipa on amongst people with physical disability/Senior Ci zens, facility of wheel
chairs and dedicated volunteers to a end such electors was provided at Polling Sta ons. In one more a empt to
enhance women electoral par cipa on before Lok Sabha Elec on 2014, 257 special camps for enrolment of
women were organised on the occasion of
Interna onal Women’s Day on 08.03.2014.

Electronic Vo ng Machines were displayed

at Malls/Food courts and village panchayat
chaupals to familiarize and provide hand on
prac ses on EVM Machine to voters
Shopping mall owners/Managers were
urged to display the voter awareness/
mo va onal messages in the malls and
were encouraged to compete for the best
display of awareness messages in the mall.

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743 Live Screens were displayed at 342 loca ons across Delhi with promo onal/mo va onal awareness
messages. The SVEEP Campaign in the run up to the Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 resulted in the Delhi State achieving
65.07% voter turnout in Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014.

The Parliamentary Cons tuency wise compara ve study of voter turnout during 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha
Elec ons clearly shows an across the board steep increase in voter turnout in all parliamentary cons tuencies of
Delhi
No. & Name of the Parliamentary Total Polling percentage Total Polling percentage
Cons tuency 2009 2014
01. Chandni Chowk 55.21 67.84
02. North-East Delhi 52.39 67.29
03. East Delhi 53.44 65.39
04. New Delhi 55.83 65.08
05. North-West Delhi (SC) 47.44 61.79
06. West Delhi 52.47 66.10
07. South Delhi 47.14 62.90
DELHI 51.81 65.07

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Case 8 : Making Democracy Work in Purulia District, West Bengal

Voter turnout in Purulia has been a cause of concern over many elec ons. In comparison to the state average,
the district has recorded a rela vely low voter turnout at around 71.73%. In December 2013, 5 polling sta ons in
the district which had the lowest voter turnout were iden fied and field visits were conducted by BLOs in order
to find the reason behind the low turnout. The following were found to be the reasons:
• Fear from Le -Wing Extremism ac vi es
• Voters remained outside their district for work purposes on the day of the poll and remained largely
reluctant to return to their cons tuency to vote
• Women electors of a community had not cast their vote since independence.

A Micro Plan was designed which contained long term and short term strategies for implementa on. While the
posters and banners prototypes as devised by the state were used, it was felt that the content and
communica on should be culture specific. Chhou dance, a widely acceptable art form, was used as a medium of
communica on. Indigenous art forms like Chhou dance and Jhumur songs were designed and performed in
specific pockets with high voter-resistance. The content of the song was translated in local Kurmali language too.

Picture Courtesy:www.chhaudance.com

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The BLOs, ll very close to the date of Poll, gently encourage the Electors (2009) Electors (2014)
electors to vote during household visits especially in the low Male Female Male Female
turnout polling sta ons. In some pockets of the district, women of
648765 608629 764235 707014
a par cular community had not cast their vote since
independence. The local Self Help Group (SHG) members were Voters (2009) Voters (2014)
roped in, under the leadership of BDO Raghunathpur II, to work
Male Female Male Female
relentlessly and maintain constant interac on with the women
479667 423828 627261 574047
and heads of religious communi es in order to break the streak.
LS Elec on 2009 LS Elec on 2014
Result Voter Turnout Voter Turnout
Male Female Male Female
The tables below show the increase in voter turnout in the
73.94% 69.64% 82.08% 81.19%
parliamentary cons tuency of Purulia and the voter turnout in
select assembly segments during 2014 elec ons13.

Assembly Part Part Name Electors Voters Voter turnout (in %)

segment No. Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
240 - Baghmundi 91 Khamar High School
(C-I) 604 547 1151 500 447 947 82.78 81.72 82.28
240 - Baghmundi 92 Khamar High School
(C-II) 515 470 985 423 383 806 82.14 81.49 81.83
240 - Baghmundi 140 Sitarampur Pry.
School 413 402 815 353 332 685 85.47 82.59 84.05
240 - Baghmundi 167 Bandhdi Pry.
School 380 379 759 312 293 605 82.11 77.31 79.71
240 - Baghmundi 266 Pardi Pry. School 499 472 971 421 389 810 84.37 82.42 83.42
245 - Para (SC) 84 Natundi Juniyar High
Madrasa 607 431 1038 500 14 514 82.37 3.25 49.52
245 - Para (SC) 218 Hariharpur Girls Pry.
School 650 520 1170 499 28 527 76.77 5.38 45.04
245 - Para (SC) 242 Hariharpur Bord Pry.
School (C.N.-1) 421 408 829 316 292 608 75.06 71.57 73.34

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11. Gender and Inclusion
Gender refers to socially constructed roles and
responsibili es ascribed to the two sexes (male &
female). Sex is biologically determined by genes and
anatomy; gender on the other hand, has acquired
iden ty that is learned, changes over me, and varies
widely within and across cultures.
on gender equality and women’s empowerment in
electoral processes.
One of the most outstanding aspects of the General
Elec ons 2014 is that the Lok Sabha has highest ever
62 female representa ves, equivalent to 11.4% per
cent of the total composi on (543 members) with
eight of them represen ng the central government as
Ministers.

ECI is commi ed to ensuring that gender equality is
integrated in democracy building. As a cross cu ng
dimension of democracy, gender is addressed
through two complementary and cri cal approaches;
gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment.
It supports knowledge transfer and capacity building
11.1 Par cipa on of Women
Par cipa on of women in elec ons was assessed in
terms of women electors, women voters and women
candidates. For more details, refer to Sta s cal
Annexures 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5 and 5.4.6

Table 17: Par cipa on of women in elec ons

Indicators Number Total (M+F+O) % of Total

Women Electors 397018915 834082814 47.60
Women Voters 260192272 554175255 46.95
Women Candidates 668 8251 8.10
Women as Independent candidates 206 3234 6.37
Women SC and ST Candidates 222 1522 14.59
Number of cons tuencies with one or more
than one woman candidates 367 543 67.59
Votes polled to women 62569666 554175255 11.29
Winners as women 62 543 11.42
Women candidates whose deposits were forfeited 525 7000 6.36

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The pie charts below, Graph 37 and Graph 38,
highlights women contestants and winners
categorised by poli cal par es. Na onal par es
fielded the maximum number of women contestants.
Of the total number of women candidates, 22% were
fielded by Na onal Par es, of these (22%), 58% won³.
For more details refer to Sta s cal Annexures 5.4.1,
5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5 and 5.4.6
Women Contestants by Poli cal Par es
146 (22%)
206 (31%)
152 (23%)
164 (24%)
Na onal Par es State par es Unrecognised par es
Graph 37: Women contestants by poli cal party categories
Women Winners by Poli cal Par es
3 (5%)
0 (0%)
23 (37%)
36 (58%)
Na onal Par es State par es Unrecognised par es
Graph 38: Women winners by poli cal party categories
Amrava parliamentary cons tuency of
Maharashtra recorded the highest number of
women candidates (07 candidates) while
amongst the various poli cal par es Indian
Na onal Congress fielded the maximum number
of women candidates (60 candidates).
Graph 39 shows the number of women winners and
contestants in Lok Sabha 2014 elec ons.
11.2 Elector and Voter Sex Ra o
Sex ra o is the number of females per 1000 males in an
area. Voter sex ra o is an indicator of the number of
male and female voter registra ons in an area³. For
more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexures 5.4.1, 5.4.2,
5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5 and 5.4.6
The pie charts Graph 40 and Graph 41, depict female
winners and contestants on the basis of socio-
economic category, including unreserved / SC/ ST
categories. Out of 61 ST female contestants 06 females
won, which was 10% of the overall and 12 SC female
contestants won out of 161, which stood at 19% .³
Women winners and contestants
668
Independent
62
Contestants Winners
Graph 39: Women winners and contestants
Women Winners by Socio-economic Categories
6 (10%)
Independent
12 (19%)
44 (71%)
Gen SC ST
Graph 40: Women winners by socio-economic categories
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Women Contestant by Socio-economic The Graph 42 shows the sex ra o of electors and
Categories voters in 2009 and 2014 elec ons. The sex ra o of
electors was 908 female electors per 1000 male
electors while it was slightly higher in 2009 elec ons -
61 (9%) 913 female electors per 1000 male electors .¹⁴

The sex ra o of voters in 2014 was 889 as against 846

161 (24%) in 2009 per 1000 male voters. There was a significant
increase in the sex ra o of voters over the past five
years primarily due to awareness genera on and
446 (67%) concerted efforts under SVEEP.

In 2014 elec on voter turnout was 13.68 cr more than

Gen SC ST in 2009¹⁴. For more details, refer to Sta s cal
Annexures 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5 and 5.4.6
Graph 41: Women contestants by socio-economic categories

Sex Ratio of Electors and Voters

913
908
920
889
900

880

860 846

840

820

800
Elector Sex Voter Sex Ratio Elector Sex Voter Sex Ratio
Ratio Ratio

LS 2014 LS 2009

Graph 42 : Sex ra o of electors and voters in 2009 and 2014

Table 18: Informa on on voter turnout, electorate and categories of voter turnout

Sr. No Indicators LS 2014 LS 2009

1. Total Votes Polled in the
Lok Sabha Elec ons 55.38 crore 41.7 crore
2. Total Electorate 83.41 crore 71.69 crore
3. Total Voter Turnout percentage 66.4 % (Highest Ever) 58.19%
4. Women Turnout (as percentage
of total women electors) 65.63 % 55.82%
5. Male Turnout 67.09% 60.24
6. Gender Gap 1.46 % Lowest ever 4.42 %

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The Graph 43 shows female voter turnout in 2014
elec ons. 26,01,92,272 (65.54%) female voters voted
against the male voter turnout of 29,28,26,408 (67%).
For the first me in the history of Lok Sabha elec ons,
09 States/ UTs witnessed a record of higher women
vo te r t u r n o u t t h a n m e n i n B i h a r, P u n j a b ,
U arakhand, Odisha, Goa, Sikkim, Arunachal
Pradesh, Chandigarh and Puducherry³. For more
details, refer to Sta s cal Annexures 5.2.2
Figure 37 shows the compara ve gender gap of male
to female electors during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014
and 2009 in States and UTs where the voter turnout of
women was higher in Lok Sabha elec ons 2009.
These five States/UTs sustained higher female voter
turnout in 2014 LS elec on also.¹¹
EROs calculate the sex ra o of their AC/ PC and check
it with the sex ra o of the District, State and Country
and then rework it to iden fy which Polling sta ons
have the most skewed ra o from the State average.
Special efforts for registra on were then undertaken
to ensure women par cipa on increases in these
areas.

Female Voter Turnout (%)

80.00
88.43

87.65
85.73

83.87

81.96
81.86

82.72

81.33
80.62
79.45

78.88
78.79

74.50
74.10

74.01

73.83
73.72

70.95
70.38

69.99
69.68
68.06

65.76
65.45

63.52

63.76

62.55
61.14
59.97
59.43
57.70

57.42
56.55
40.00 57.98
48.32

0.00

Sikkim
Andaman & Nicobar Is.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Cha sgarh

Lakshadweep
Daman & Diu
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala

Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram

Tamil Nadu
Nagaland

Odisha

Punjab
Rajasthan

Tripura
U ar Pradesh

West Bengal
U arakhand
NCT Of Delhi

Puducherry

Graph 43: Female voter turnout (LS 2014)

Figure 37: Gender Gap graphic. (Source : SVEEP Na onal Document 2009-2014)

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Graph 44 shows the 07 States where net addi ons to
registered female electors were more than the male
electors as per the Summary Revision. The total net
addi on of female electors registered was
1,43,51,346 with U ar Pradesh leading the chart.
Chandigarh had one of the low net addi ons. For
more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.2
The pie charts Graph 45 and Graph 46, shows voters
who were issued Postal Ballots (PBs). From amongst
total Service Electors, 28% of women were issued PBs
while amongst non-Service Electors 24% were issued
PBs.

States where net addi on of registered female electors was more than
male electors in the summary revision w.r.t 1/1/2014
3000000

2500000 2456048
2180600
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1500000 1482317 1481162 1486869
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Net Addi ons - Male Net Addi ons - Female

Graph 44: States where the net addi on of registered female electors was more than male electors

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 Non-Service Electors Service Electors

250995 (24%) 333837 (28%)

804011 (76%) 838197 (72%)

Non-service voters (Polling personnel & Police personnel) Female

Non-service voters (Polling personnel & Police personnel) Male Service voters Male Service voters Female

Graph 45: Break up of non-service electors issued postal ballots Graph 46: Break up of service electors issued postal ballots

11.3 Service Electors, Drivers and Preven ve on PBs issued to preven ve detainees.⁶
Detainees For more details for all these pie charts, refer to
Drivers and Preven ve Detainees were also issued Sta s cal Annexure 2.6.
PBs. Data received from States do not seen to be
There is a progressively be er par cipa on of woman
complete. However, 2 State examples of Andhra
at different levels, namely, as electors, voters and
Pradesh and Punjab are relevant to be quoted. in
candidates to be an equal player in the democra c
Andhra Pradesh PBs were also issued to female
electoral culture of the country.
drivers ( Graph 47). Graph 48 shows data from Punjab

PBs issued to Drivers - Andhra Pradesh PBs issued to Preven ve Detainees- Punjab

11%
25%

75%
89%

Male Female Male Female

Graph 47: Break up Drivers who were issued postal ballots Graph 48: Break up of preven ve detainees issued postal ballots
Andhra Pradesh Punjab

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11.4 Third Gender Par cipa on Madhya Pradesh received applica ons from 2033 third
gender electors while Tamil Nadu registered 66, Andhra
The transgender community has been asking for vo ng
Pradesh 56, 14 in Gujarat, 16 in U ar Pradesh, 2 in
rights as a third gender for years. In 2008, the then Chief
Puducherry and 3 in Punjab during special camp held
Elec on Commissioner (CEC) Shri Navin Chawla called
on/around 9th March 2014.
for radical reforms to enable approximately 1 million
eunuch popula on (2008 figures) to exercise a considered as a ‘model of inclusion’ in the electoral
preference to vote in a new category of “Other”, prac ces, globally.
instead of being compelled to vote as ‘Male’ or
‘Female’. This reform has since become a major Graph 50 depicts the nine States and UT which
human rights issue, and is being taken up by some registered the higher number of third gender electors
other Elec on Commissions and human rights as per the final publica on of Electoral Rolls with
organiza ons globally. reference date 1.1.2014. 10,580 third gender electors
were registered across the country with Karnataka
The Line Chart Graph 49, shows the percentage of registering the highest number during the Summary
turnout of third gender voters in 2014. Puducherry Revisions.⁶ This is 37% of the total registra on of the
recorded highest voter turnout of 85% where 17 out of third gender popula on as per final publica on. For
20 third gender electors voted. For more details, refer more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.2.
to Sta s cal Annexure 5.2.2. The number of electors
enrolled as third gender, was 28,314; of this 1968 Osmanabad district in Maharashtra recorded 93.75%
voted. The decision and prac ce to allow transgender third gender turnout. Third genders in Kalyan, Thane,
community to state their gender as ‘O’, or ‘other’, now Mumbai, Pune, Sholapur, Palghar and Nashik came
known as 'third gender’, in the voters list was out in large numbers to vote.

Third Gender Voter Turnout (%)

85.00
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
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27.67
26.67

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18.36

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12.83
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Goa

Jharkhand

Kerala

Maharashtra

U arakhand
Bihar

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Lakshadweep
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Karnataka

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu
Nagaland
Chandigarh
Cha sgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Tripura
U ar Pradesh

West Bengal
Gujarat

NCT OF Delhi

Graph 49: Third gender voter turnout

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11.5 E ff o r t s f o r I n c l u s i o n o f o t h e r
marginalized electors
ECI made special efforts in 2014 elec ons to ensure
that the elec on process was inclusive. Those
included were people with disabili es, old and infirm,
visually challenged, hearing impaired, tribal
popula on, people in hilly or difficult terrain, and also
the people living in areas affected with extremism.
I . Extremism Affected Areas
In Naxal affected Raigarh district of Chha sgarh,
besides the security and logis cal support to facilitate
par cipa on; voter educa on efforts were
undertaken through folk art groups, folk songs,
bhajan mandlees (groups which sing devo onal
songs).
Special Gram Sabhas were organised and village
Kotwars were asked to spread awareness. Publicity
was done in local weekly haats (markets). Peace
march by security forces was used to infuse a feeling
of security amongst the voters.
It was an achievement for the administra on in
Maharashtra wherein voters in the highly sensi ve
Naxal districts showed their faith in law and order and
came out to vote in huge numbers. The highest voter
turnout of the State was recorded in 2 Naxal Belt
Cons tuencies - Bhandara-Gondia with 72.28%
Voters’ and Gadchiroli – Chimur with 69.88% .¹¹
II Migrant Popula on
A special camp for registra on of Voters from North
Eastern Region (who were residing in Delhi) was
organized on 12th March 2014 at the guest house of
North Eastern Council (NEC) situated in Chankyapuri.
It was given wide publicity through media and by the
NEC. 5200 registra on Forms were received in the
camp.

To a d d re s s t h e i s s u e o f m i g ra t o r y v o te rs
systema cally, in Gujarat, Nodal Officers were
appointed and imparted training for this purpose. It
was ensured that these Nodal Officers be appointed
from amongst the Assistant Labour Commissioner in
the district or Government Labour Officers. The
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salt pans in Amreli district, industrial labour in Valsad,
Vapi and Surat; construc on workers, agricultural
labourers of tribal areas were then directly educated
about elec on process and registra on by involving
the contractors. In district Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh,
the seasonal migrant Sahariya tribal community was
made aware about the importance of voter
enrolment through SVEEP. This led to their
registra on as voters prior to the start of migra on.
III Tribals
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For the first me, Shompens of Andaman & Nicobar
Islands (considered to be one of the last surviving
stone-age tribes and living in the Great Nicobar) voted
to elect the representa ve from Bay Islands. 02 out of
211 members (according to 2011 Census) of the tribe
voluntarily voted at the exclusive polling sta on set
up in the interior jungle in the Great Nicobar
Biosphere reserve. The Shompens, one of the six
tribes that inhabit the forest in the southern-most p
of the country, voted a er awareness campaigns and
a er trainings on EVMs. The members of the
Shompen tribe were curious to see the EVMs.
The nomadic tribal community of Bakkerwals ( Reasi
District of J&K)) cons tuted 31% of popula on. Of
these, 81% were registered in 2014 against the 23% in
2009. Efforts were made under SVEEP over a period of
08 months to create awareness amongst them on the
importance of registra on and vo ng. "Jirgas" were
organized as part of the poll campaign since
December 2013 as a party of "Jashn-e-Jamhuriat".
Tribal Cultural and Research Founda on (TRCF) was
roped in for designing electoral literacy material in
vernacular language and holding mee ngs at tribal
hamlet level .¹¹
IV Senior Ci zens
Personal le ers were sent by some DEOs in Assam to
senior ci zens and pregnant women informing them
that they would be ge ng priority in vo ng and will
not be required to stand in queues. Express entries
were provided to these voters on poll day. Boat
owners close to polling sta on were asked to charge
subsidized fares from them on poll day. Village
awareness groups were formed to promote voter
awareness.
In a district of U ar Pradesh, ambulance facility was
provided on poll day to in-house pa ents of hospitals
who wanted to exercise their franchise at the polling
booth. Munadi or announcement with drum beats
was used to alert voters about the day and me of poll
on the poll day and one day ahead of poll day. Mahila
Matdata Chaupal was set up and Matdata Mitras
were appointed to sensi se people about electoral
par cipa on.

Elders above the age of hundred too were felicitated
as ‘Lok-tantra ke Gaurav’. 26 elderly people were
honoured for their contribu on to society in their life
journey and they were mo vated to vote and also
encourage others by se ng an example.
In J&K, Reasi district administra on launched a
mission "Rehbar" in collabora on with district Red
Cross Society under SVEEP for providing home to
booth services for aged, differently abled and infirm
ci zens. A village wise survey was done and special
voters were iden fied. A list of 1048 differently abled
voters was drawn and each voter was assigned one
assistant from the same polling booth area for
facilita ng movement to and from polling booth.
Later, more such voters were added a er the scheme
was publicized and addi onal voters turned up for
availing assistance.
District Red Cross Society worked for ensuring
electoral par cipa on of these special voters.
Tricycles were hired for 43 polling sta ons, 21 vehicles
were pressed into ac on for ferrying differently abled
voters and their nominated a endants. In a record of
sorts 114 centurions par cipated in the polls. Reasi
district achieved 100% par cipa on of differently
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abled, aged, centurions, sick and infirmed. In all 1506
such persons were facilitated to polling booths and
back to their residences. Booth Level Officers were
provided assistance allowance for managing Palkies
and Ponies in hilly areas for such special needy voters.
V People with Disabili es (PwDs):
Delhi gave a separate link on CEO website where
people with physical disabili es could get registered
and give details of type of assistance/ facili es
required by them on the day of poll. Wheel chairs with
dedicated volunteers were made available at all the
Polling Sta on loca ons with the support of
Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social
Jus ce and Empowerment, Government of India. In
Indore Madhya Pradesh, special arrangements were
made for visually challenged voters. Polling booths
provided brail signage for blind voters to enable them
to vote.
In Mumbai, ramps were built across all polling
sta ons for facilita on of people with disabili es. A
resident of Malad suburb of Mumbai, Mr. Edward
Moorthy, who lost both his arms in an accident,
exercised his franchise by ge ng his toe inked.
VI Enrolling the homeless people
Delhi also held special registra on drives to enroll
homeless people. The BLOs worked day and night to
iden fy homeless people who could be enrolled as
voters. In Delhi, BLOs found that some of the
homeless were into drugs, mentally challenged,
illiterate, vic ms of violence and trafficking. BLOs
 VII Labourers

In Raichur district, Karnataka, the SVEEP team found it

difficult to reach labourers. They decided to club
SVEEP ac vity with the celebra on of Labour Day on
May 1st. Voter educa on material was then handed
over to 5000 labourers and were mo vated to vote.

found it difficult to get informa on from these

people. BLOs had to make several visits to organise
their photos and deliver EPIC. As a result of these
efforts, the number of homeless persons increased
from 65 in the dra roll published on 15th October
2012 to 7249 as per final roll published on 9th
September, 2013. West Bengal also registered people
who were homeless or lived on footpath. In the city of
Kolkata, BLOs used lamp post numbers as the address
for people living on footpath .¹¹

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Case 9: Efforts for People with Disabili es (PWD) voters by Cu ack Administra on, Odisha

Cu ack district administra on had been organizing Single Window Camps for PwDs since two years before
elec ons in all the blocks and urban bodies, with an objec ve to provide cer ficates and basic minimum
en tlements. In these camps, an exclusive counter had been set up to enroll PwD voters who facilitated
enrolment of eligible PwDs in the Electoral Roll.

A special mee ng was conducted by District Elec on Officer, Cu ack on 11.3.2014 to draw up an ac on plan for
arrangements to be made for electors with disability. Representa ve from Associa on of PwDs was also present.
Strategy was formed for clear tasks and targets were assigned to officers. The District Elec on Office
unanimously set a goal to achieve 100 % voter turnout of PwD electors to make sure that their right to vote is
ensured.

A survey of PwDs had been conducted in the district in October-November 2013 wherein 46989 numbers of
PwDs including children, had been enlisted. All these PwDs had more than 40% of disability as cer fied by
Medical Board. Out of the above list, PwDs aged above 18 years were shortlisted which numbered 20,208.
Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) carried out house to house visit. The following table gives details of PWDs by the
category of their disability.
SURVEY OF PwD VOTERS OF CUTTACK DISTRICT
Sl. No. Block Name OH MR VI Deaf & Dumb Deaf Dumb Mul ple If any new case Total
Disability detected during
Household Visit
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Cu ack Sadar 523 234 154 64 77 63 1115
2 Baranga 446 205 130 130 50 961
3 Salipur 663 285 164 58 131 15 42 2 1360

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 4 Nischintakoili 918 339 193 65 151 31 1697
5 T-Choudwar 825 388 198 156 13 64 1644
6 Mahanga 948 344 235 207 213 1947
7 Kantapada 369 221 134 132 150 4 1010
8 Niali 527 233 132 103 36 38 1069
9 Athagarh 810 263 229 147 18 51 3 1521
10 Tigiria 433 199 133 88 23 76 952
11 Badamba 915 157 122 218 188 1600
12 Narasinghpur 959 268 281 240 1748
13 Dampada 496 182 159 102 163 24 1126
14 Banki 388 65 110 43 7 33 1 647
15 Cu ack City-1 801 167 65 85 3 49 1170
16 Cu ack City-2 324 187 79 86 37 713
Total 10345 3737 2518 415 1717 418 1058 72 20280

Efforts taken to engage with PWDs in Cu ack for
greater par cipa on included:
• Cons tu on and func oning of Monitoring cell at
District level and Control Room at Block level
• Engagement and training of volunteers
• Barrier free access to each of the polling sta ons
• Deployment of Wheel chairs
• Disabled friendly furniture in Polling booth
• Provision of Signature Guide
• Provision of special queue
District Collector Cu ack supervising
prin ng of Braille Ballot papers at
Ravenshaw University, Cu ack
• Lay-out Design for Hearing-impaired
• Prin ng of Braille Ballot papers
• Awareness Genera on
• Prin ng of special leaflets in Odia vernacular
• Engagement of sign language interpreter for the
Hearing Impaired
• Individual contact and mo va on of PwD Voters
• Training to Polling staff
Conclusion : The experience of Cu ack District in
bringing PwD electors to the polling sta ons to ensure
their ability to par cipate in the democra c electoral
process gives them the right and dignity of
ci zenship. The efforts made by the district are highly
laudable and replicable at the same me through
proper and mely management of resources. A
convergent approach to address the issue of PwD
par cipa on in the electoral process can bring
desired results.

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 ELECTION
PLANNING

Section : B
B. Elec on Planning 128 - 210

12 Scheduling 129 - 133

13 Elec on Personnel 134 - 143

13.1 Polling Personnel 135
13.2 Coun ng Personnel 137
13.3 State Security Personnel 138
13.4 Deployment and Randomiza on 141

14 Capacity Development 149 - 152

14.1 India Interna onal Ins tute of Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM) 149

15 Law and Order 153 - 177

15.1 Preven ve Ac on 153
15.2 Vulnerability Mapping 155
15.3 Cri cality Analysis 159
15.4 Force Deployment 163
15.5 Non-CAPF measures including Webcas ng, Videography & Photography 169
15.6 Offences registered during Elec on 172

16 Elec on Material 179 - 191

16.1 Electronic Vo ng Machines 179
16.1.1 Different Models of EVMs 180
16.1.2 Process of Randomiza on of EVMs 182
16.1.3 Mock Poll on the day of Poll 183
16.1.4 EVMs used in Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 184
16.2 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail 187
16.3 Indelible Ink 190
16.4 Ballot Papers 190
16.5 Other Elec on Materials 191

17 Communica on and Transporta on Arrangements 192 - 198

17.1 Communica on Plan 192
17.2 Transport Plan 196

18 Informa on Technology (IT) 202 - 209

18.1 IT Applica ons used during prepara on of Elec on 203
18.2 IT Applica ons used during the process of Elec on 207
18.3 IT Applica ons used a er Elec on 209
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B Elec on Planning

12. Scheduling School/

College
Scheduling the elec ons is an enormous task. The Examinations
National/ Law &
planners have to take into considera on the social, Regional/ Order/ Force
educa onal, infrastructural, climate and other Local Deployment
factors. All aspects of elec on preparedness are Festivals
ECI
reviewed for each State/ UT and relevant instruc ons
Planners
are issued to the CEOs for ensuring efficient conduct Concerns of
of the elec ons. But in par cular, scheduling is a States, Political Infrastructure
parties, voters Needs of
massive exercise requiring huge inputs from every PS
Weather/
State, some mes every cons tuency of the country Climate/Crop
and requires the balancing of several sensi ve Cycles
aspects that may have a bearing on the overall
credibility and percep on of the Commission. Some Figure 38 : Schema c showing considera ons to
of the factors that the planners at ECI considered schedule of elec ons
before planning the dates during the elec ons were: Higher Educa on department of the State
government were also consulted for possible
• The Commission held mee ngs with the Chief examina on dates and to avoid any major
Secretaries, DGPs, Home Secretaries, CEOs and inconvenience and clash of interest caused as the
Police Nodal Officers of all States and UTs to PSs were mostly located in school buildings and
assess the overall law and order situa on, teachers were engaged as polling personnel.
ascertain State/ UT specific areas of concern,
deliberated on the quantum of CAPFs required in • One major concern for the ECI and the States was
each State/UT to review the overall preparedness deployment of CAPFs to ensure peaceful, free,
of the elec on machinery. fair elec on with fearless par cipa on of
electors, especially in the vulnerable areas/
• At the State level, detailed discussions were held pockets. Mobiliza on, deployment and
with the Police Authori es, the telecom disengagement of these forces with minimum
authori es including the private service providers crisscross movement and op mal u liza on
to assess the law & order situa on and involved complex planning and detailed analysis.
iden fica on of the mobile shadow zone areas. The LWE affected areas were given special
The School Educa on departments and the emphasis and due importance.

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A er carefully considering all these factors, the
elec ons were scheduled. The 2014 Lok Sabha
elec on was scheduled across nine poll days spanning
the country and involving 834 million electors. ECI
issued the following programme for conduct of 2014
elec ons over 09 poll days. Immediately on
announcement of the elec on by the ECI, Model Code
of Conduct came into force. Pan-India the elec on
dates spanned over from 7 April 2014 to 12 May
2014³. For more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure
3.1. The Key dates were given below.

• Issue of No fica on From 14 March, 2014 to 17 April 2014

• Last date for filing Nomina ons
• Scru ny of Nomina ons
• Last date for withdrawal of candidature From 24 March 2014 to 28 April 2014
• Date of poll
• Hours of poll
• Coun ng of votes
• Date before which the elec on
process shall be completed
From 21 March, 2014 to 24 April 2014
From 22 March 2014 to 25 April 2014
From 07 April 2014 to 12 May 2014
Mostly between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm
(In some hilly and Naxal affected areas,
polling was scheduled between 7 am
and 3 p.m.)
16 May 2014, Friday
28 May 2014, Wednesday

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The Tables 19, 20 and 21 below show the dates of poll and poll days across various States and UTs. The Tables are
followed by maps highligh ng the elec on schedule.

Table 19: Poll Days and number of PCs Table 20: Total number of poll days in States and UTs

Poll Day Date of Poll Number of States & UTs Number of PCs
1 07.04.2014
2 09.04.2014
3 10.04.2014
4 12.04.2014
5 17.04.2014
6 24.04.2014
7 30.04.2014
8 07.05.2014
9 12.05.2014
Total Parliamentary Cons tuencies
Total Number of poll days States and UTs
2 6 6 2
4 6 5 2
14 91 3 5
4 7 2 5
12 121 1 21
12 117
9 89
7 65
3 41
543

Table 21: Number of cons tuencies & their poll dates in all States/ Uts

State/ UT Number of Poll Date State/ UT Number of Poll Date

cons tuencies cons tuencies
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 10.4.2014 Madhya Pradesh 9 10.4.2014
Andhra Pradesh 17 30.4.2014 Madhya Pradesh 10 17.4.2014
Andhra Pradesh 25 7.5.2014 Madhya Pradesh 10 24.4.2014
Arunachal Pradesh 2 9.4.2016 Maharashtra 10 10.4.2014
Assam 5 7.4.2014 Maharashtra 19 17.4.2014
Assam 6 24.4.2014 Maharashtra 19 24.4.2014
Assam 3 12.04.2014 Manipur 1 9.4.2016
Bihar 6 10.4.2014 Manipur 1 17.4.2014
Bihar 7 17.4.2014 Meghalaya 2 9.4.2016
Bihar 7 24.4.2014 Mizoram 1 11.4.2014
Bihar 7 30.4.2014 Nagaland 1 9.4.2016
Bihar 7 7.5.2014 NCT OF Delhi 7 10.4.2014
Bihar 6 12.5.2014 Orissa 10 10.4.2014
Chandigarh 1 10.4.2014 Orissa 11 17.4.2014
Chha sgarh 1 10.4.2014 Puducherry 1 24.4.2014
Chha sgarh 3 17.4.2014 Punjab 13 30.4.2014
Chha sgarh 7 24.4.2014 Rajasthan 20 17.4.2014
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 30.4.2014 Rajasthan 5 24.4.2014
Daman & Diu 1 30.4.2014 Sikkim 1 12.04.2014
Goa 2 12.04.2014 Tamil Nadu 39 24.4.2014
Gujarat 26 30.4.2014 Tripura 1 7.4.2014
Haryana 10 10.4.2014 Tripura 1 12.04.2014
Himachal Pradesh 4 7.5.2014 U ar Pradesh 10 10.4.2014
Jammu & Kashmir 1 10.4.2014 U ar Pradesh 11 17.4.2014
Jammu & Kashmir 1 17.4.2014 U ar Pradesh 12 24.4.2014
Jammu & Kashmir 1 24.4.2014 U ar Pradesh 14 30.4.2014
Jammu & Kashmir 1 30.4.2014 U ar Pradesh 15 7.5.2014
Jammu & Kashmir 2 7.5.2014 U ar Pradesh 18 12.5.2014
Jharkhand 4 10.4.2014 U arakhand 5 7.5.2014
Jharkhand 6 17.4.2014 West Bengal 4 17.4.2014
Jharkhand 4 24.4.2014 West Bengal 6 24.4.2014
Karnataka 28 17.4.2014 West Bengal 9 30.4.2014
Kerala 20 10.4.2014 West Bengal 6 7.5.2014
Lakshadweep 1 10.4.2014 West Bengal 17 12.5.2014
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Map 1: Schedule of General Elec on to Lok Sabha 2014 along with number of PCs

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Map 2: Phase wise Polling Dates for General Elec on to Lok Sabha 2014

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13. Elec on Personnel
Elec on personnel are one of the most important
components of the process of elec ons. Recrui ng
and training them for conduct of elec ons forms a
major part of Commission’s work. The structure of the
elec on machinery consisted of Central and State
level permanent core structure supported by a non-
permanent unique structure for all the field
opera ons, i.e. for voter registra on and actual
conduct of elec ons. Millions of government
personnel and several others were directly or
indirectly involved in the elec on process. Each level
of the vast elec on machinery was entrusted with
specific responsibili es and goals to carry out
effec ve electoral management down to the micro-
level.
Transfers of key posts
All officials deputed with the ECI are expected to
discharge their du es in an impar al manner without
any fear or favour and were subject to its control,
supervision and discipline. As per orders of the
Commission, transfers of officers (elec on related
official or police officer of the rank of Inspector and
above) were effected if:
I S/he was posted in her/ his home district
ii. If the officer had completed three years in that
district during the last four years or would be
comple ng three years before the cut off date
iii. Police Officers of the rank of Sub-Inspectors who
completed 03 years or more and were posted in
their home assembly cons tuency are also
transferred out.
iv. Officials against whom a criminal case was
pending in any court of Law cannot be associated
with the elec on work or elec on related duty.¹⁵
The Figure 39 shows the types of elec on personnel.

• Core permanent central/state

Election government staff.
• Temporary central/state government
Personnel staff.
• Support staff - such as BEL/ECIL
Engineers etc.
by Service • Other Staff not belonging to government
organizations

• Personnel as per RP Act 1950, 1951 such as

Election CEO, DEO, RO, ARO, ERO, counting
personnel etc.

Personnel • Personnel requisitioned under Section 159 of RP Act,1951

• Persons/teams who are formed in pursuance of
ECI instructions-such as MCC teams, SST, FST,
by Functions VVT, VST, Nodal Officers, etc.
• Security forces

Figure 39: Types of Elec on Personnel¹⁵

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PS with< _ PS with>
>500<
500 1 Presiding 1 Presiding 1200 1 Presiding
1200
electors Officer + 2 Officer + 3 electors Officer + 4
electors
Polling Polling Polling
Officers Officers Officers

Figure 40: Formula on of Polling Par es

13.1 Polling Personnel electronic format, which facilitated computerized

The personnel involved in elec ons have been the
face of the Commission for the electorate, polling
agents, media, candidates, etc. Therefore, sufficient
a en on was paid in deployment and forma on of
neutral polling par es in the interest of free and fair
elec on. District Elec on Officers (DEOs) were the
appoin ng authority for Presiding Officers and Polling
Officers for the polling sta ons. A DEO wise database,
of all eligible poll personnel was maintained in
randomiza on. Polling Par es were created as shown
in the Figure 40
Presiding Officers and Polling officers were classified
on the basis of scale of pay and their post and rank.
Gaze ed Officers were deployed as Presiding officers.
Following Figure 41 shows persons exempted from
elec on duty.

Following persons have been exempted from elec on du es as per the

provision of para 3.3 of chapter 3 of RO Handbook-2014.
1. Senior Officers of Indian Forest Service.
2. Doctors and Compounders Working in veterinary Hospital.
3. Officers working in Grade B in veterinary Hospitals.
4. Medical staff including doctors, nurses etc.
5. Territorial Staff of Forest Department.
6. All India Radio.
7. Doordarshan
8. Opera onal/techincal staff of BSNL, UPSC and educa onal ins tu ons.
9. Officers/staff of Commercial Banks located in rural area which happens to be
a single officer branch.
10. The person re ring within the next 6 months.

In addi on to these, request for exemp on form elec on du es are received

form various employees/offices on following grounds.

1. Death of a family member.

2. Marriage of a family member.
3. The person performing important duty in concerned department and
his/her absence may adversely affect the work of the department.

Figure 41: People exempted from polling duty

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During 2014, there were 37,31,895 polling personnel and UT wise deployment of polling staff.¹⁵ For more
deployed across all polling sta ons except in details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 3.16.
Maharashtra and Tripura. Table 22 shows the State
Table 22: State wise deployment of polling personnel

Name of State /UT Polling personnel deployed

Presiding Polling Total Total kept Grand Total
Officers Officers deployed in Reserve
Andhra Pradesh 71227 356135 427362 85472 512834
Arunachal Pradesh 2158 8632 10790 1079 22656
Assam 24280 72970 97250 14924 112174
Bihar 59807 188556 250951 23408 274359
Chha sgarh 23385 72359 95744 9574 105318
Goa 1624 4872 6496 652 7148
Gujarat 45383 144595 189978 18855 208833
Haryana 16244 51588 67832 8125 75957
Himachal Pradesh 7385 22155 29540 7685 37225
Jammu & Kashmir 9651 52513 62164 6489 68653
Jharkhand 24751 74253 99004 4950 103954
Karnataka 54,265 1,64,800 2,19,065 39,989 2,59,054
Kerala 21427 69817 91244 12923 104167
Madhya Pradesh 54846 329076 383922 38392 422314
Maharashtra - - - - 602085
Manipur 2669 10676 13345 1335 14680
Meghalaya 2562 7686 10248 2930 13178
Mizoram 1126 3636 4762 2032 6794
Nagaland 2059 6177 8236 1526 9762
Odisha 35910 179950 215940 41811 257751
Punjab 22171 65450 87658 21468 109126
Rajasthan 48124 150557 198681 27382 226063
Sikkim 538 2690 3228 646 3874
Tamil Nadu 60,817 1,82,451 2,43,268 48,654 2,91,922
Tripura - - - - -
U arakhand 10094 30282 40376 4845 45221

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U ar Pradesh 140811 281622 508702 14081 663594
West Bengal 77248 2,31,895 3,09,173 66,045 3,75,218
Andaman & Nicobar Island 386 1158 1544 395 1939
Chandigarh 519 1557 2076 396 2427
Daman & Diu 131 393 524 95 619
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 229 717 956 104 1060
NCT of Delhi 12010 36030 48040 4804 52844
Lakshadweep 44 132 176 61 237
Puducherry 905 2715 3620 709 4329
Total 8,34,786 28,08,095 37,31,895 5,11,836 45,75,055

Polling Personnel Deployed

511836 (12%)
834786 (20%)

2808095 (68%)

Presiding Officers Polling Officers Total kept in Reserve

Graph 51 : Polling Personnel Deployed

13.2 Coun ng Personnel

Coun ng of votes was done on 16th May 2014 as per the

elec on schedule of ECI. Great a en on was paid not
only on the actual coun ng of votes but also in
maintaining discipline inside the coun ng halls. Higher
levels of transparency in the coun ng process right from
the beginning ll the end had been insisted by ECI.

For all PCs except that of Maharashtra, coun ng

centres were set up at 999 loca ons with 4025
coun ng halls. Table 23 shows the breakup of coun ng
Personnel based on data available from all States and
UTs except Maharashtra. For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexure 3.17.

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 Table 23: Break up of coun ng personnel

Coun ng personnel Number¹⁵

No. of ROs 543
No. of AROs (EVM) 4880
No. of AROs (PB) 1960
Micro Observers 69476
Coun ng Supervisors 58855
Coun ng Assistants 70351
Execu ve Magistrates (other than ROs/AROs) 4472
IT Personnel 7538

Coun ng Personnel Deployed

7538 (3%)

69476 (32%) Micro Observers

Execu ve Magistrates other than ROs/AROs
70351 (32%)
Coun ng Supervisors
AROs (for EVM + PB coun ng)
4472 (2%) Coun ng Assistants
IT Personnel
6840 (3%)
58855 (27%)

Graph 52: Coun ng personnel deployed

13.3 State Security Personnel

The Elec on Commission of India issued instruc ons

regarding various measures to be taken to ensure free
and fair elec ons. An atmosphere in which each and
every elector is able to access the polling sta on
without being obstructed or being unduly influenced
by anybody is an important prerequisite for a free and
fair elec on. The Commission u lized the services of
police personnel of States and UTs for various
purposes including securing polling sta ons during
polls, coun ng centres during coun ng, guarding
strong rooms, ensuring rule of law, preven ng
malprac ces along with seizure and raids. Table 24
below depicts the deployment of police personnel
with break-up of regular police, State Armed Police,
Home Guards, NCC and NSS and SPOs:

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 Table 24: State-wise police personnel deployment
Name of State/UT State Police force (Number of Companies used)
Regular State Armed Home Guards NCC, NSS SPOs Total
Police Police (if used) (if used) (if used with
broad details)
Andhra Pradesh 123916 9570 40791 30045 5154 209476
Arunachal Pradesh 3684 42 Coys Nil Nil Nil 42 Coy and 3684
Assam 282.54 103.36 266.45 101.13 0 753.48
Bihar Officer -9704 74 Coys 21496 - - 74 Coys Officer-9704
Constable-18062 Constable-39558
Chha sgarh 19466 7090 6318 NIL 9064 41938
Goa 2791 136 536 0 10 Coy -
Gujarat 44839 3840 58630 0 0 107309
Haryana 28656 35 coys 20098 - - 35 coys + 48754
Himachal Pradesh 72 Coys 38 Coys 66 coys Nil Nil 176 coys
Jammu & Kashmir 19030 personnel 251 Coys 134 19164 personnel & 251 Coys

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Jharkhand 1st Phase 3384 2452 Nil Nil 27421 + 20 Assault Group (JJ)
Officer - 3214 47
Force - 18371 20 AG (JJ)
2nd Phase 3384 5724 Nil Nil 33767 + 22 Assault Group (JJ)
Officer -3833 47
Force -20826 22 AG (JJ)
3rd Phase 3384 Nil Nil Nil 23226 + 17 Assault Group (JJ)
Officer -2815 47
Force - 17027 17 AG (JJ)
Karnataka 28200 40 Coys 20458 - -
Kerala 329 55 19 - 95 -
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur 21 Coys & 5 Sec on 221 Coys 12 Coys 00 254 Coys and 5 Sec ons
Meghalaya 5438 354 862 0 1002 7656
Mizoram 1048 383 - - - 1431
 Nagaland 53 Coys NAP/ NAP(IR) 7 Coys Nil Nil 122 Coys
62 Coys
Odisha 418 Coys 72 Coys 170 Coys Nill 13 Coys 663 Coys
Punjab 47044 12715 1080 Nil Nil 60839
Rajasthan 53590 7500 22000+845 NIL NIL 84935
Sikkim 22 Coys* 6 Coys 3Coys NIL NIL 31 Coys
Tamil Nadu 79731 8600 13255 6163 20734 128483
Tripura ---- - - - - -
U arakhand 13710 23-02-0 (1900) 7595 - - 23205
U ar Pradesh 326708 440 coy 315930 - - 683998
West Bengal 1238 129 475 0 0 1842
Andaman & Nicobar Island 1309 753 392 NIL NIL 2454
Chandigarh 2456 564 901 0 0 3921
Daman & Diu 361 196 219 0 0 776
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 826 0 400 0 0 1226
NCT of Delhi 33719 (DP) 16 Coy. 87.3 Coy.

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= 535 Coys. DAP on Poll On Poll Day &
Day &23 Coy. 7 Coy. On
DAP on Coun ng Day.
Coun ng Day 0 0 668.53 Coys.
Lakshadweep 403 206 55 - - 664
Puducherry 1882 419 495 300 0 160
13.4 Deployment and Randomiza on
A database of state government employees, central
government employees as well as public sector
undertakings and teachers etc. was prepared by ECI. It
followed the guidelines for deployment of staff on
elec on duty as under:
• No person was assigned polling du es in an
assembly segment of a PC which was his/ her
home cons tuency.
• The persons put on polling du es were voters.
• The employees of banks, LIC were to be dra ed
on elec on duty to the minimum extent possible.
• The persons with disabili es as defined under
"Persons with Disabili es (Equal Opportuni es
Protec on of Rights & Full Par cipa on) Act-
1995 were not to be deployed on elec on duty.
• Senior official should not be put on elec on duty
under an official who is quite junior to him/her.
• Presiding Officers and Polling Officers were
classified on the basis of scale of pay and their
post / rank.
A. Randomiza on
Sufficient care was taken to dra the deployment of
personnel and forma on of unbiased polling par es
in the interest of free and fair elec on. District wise
database, of all eligible poll personnel was
maintained by ECI in electronic format, which
facilitated computerized randomiza on. All relevant
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par culars like name, sex, place (cons tuency) of
residence, work place, home cons tuency,
designa on, office and department/ ins tu ons were
entered. The actual process of randomiza on
followed was as depicted as shown in figure 42.
ECI gave direc ons to randomize the female polling
personnel by dividing assembly cons tuencies in the
following four categories:
• Category I: In a completely Rural Assembly
Cons tuency, randomiza on was done within the
AC in such a way that the female staff was not
posted in the Gram Panchayat where she resided
or the Gram Panchayat where she worked. This
randomiza on was done manually.
• Category II: In a completely Urban area where
there are two or more urban ACs, the
randomiza on was done inter AC wise among
these ACs.
• Category III: In an Urban area where there was
only one Urban AC and the con guous ACs were
rural, the randomiza on was done within the
same urban AC in such a way that the female staff
was not posted in the polling sta on loca on
where she resided or she worked.
• Category IV: In an urban rural mixed ACs and the
con guous ACs randomiza on for rural area was
 Stage 1 • 120% of required elec on personnel
were trained

Stage 2 • Polling par es were formed and were

assigned PCs in presence of observers

Stage 3 • Polling sta ons were

allocated to polling par es at
the me of despatch
Figure 42 : Stages of Randomiza on of personnel

to be done in such a way that the female staff
would not get posted in the Gram Panchayat
where she resided or the Gram Panchayat where
she worked. As for the urban area, the female
staff was not posted in the polling sta on loca on
where she resided. However, female staff could
not get posted outside the block where she has
been residing or working.
Table 25 provides reasons for relaxing randomiza on.
Randomiza on was relaxed in some of the States and
UTs during 2014 elec ons¹⁵

Table 25: Reasons for relaxa on of randomisa on

Name of State/ UT Number of PCs where Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
randomiza on
requirement was relaxed
Arunachal Pradesh 2 PCs, Arunachal East and Many of PS were to be covered on foot
Arunachal West march for 1-4 days
Assam 8 PCs Barpeta, Tezpur, The condi ons i,e, (i) No person will be assigned
Kailiabar, Jorhat, polling du es in an assembly cons tuency in
Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, which he is posted or (ii) in which he resides or
Kokrajhar East and (iii) the cons tuency which is his home assembly
Autonomous district cons tuency were relaxed in the Elec on Districts
having only one Assembly Cons tuency, as there is
no alterna ve other than to relax the aforesaid
condi ons.
Chha sgarh 1 PC, 10-Bastar(ST) There were three Districts with only one AC under
this PC so due to inconvenience in movement of
party in District Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma
Himachal Pradesh 3 PCs of Mandi, Bharmour These tribal Assembly Segments are very remote,
and Lahaul- Spi high al tude, mostly snow-bound and the far-
flung areas
Jammu & Kashmir 4 PCs Jammu PC, Udhampur PC, 1. Insufficient number of employees from different
Baramulla PC, Ladakh PC departments in their database.
2. Long distance, extreme weather condi ons
Jharkhand 2 1. Shortage of polling personnel and inaccessibility
of terrain that required local polling personnel
who were aware of local terrain.
2. Two districts were so small that the en re
district has only one AC. As a result the
requirement of randomisa on of personnel was
changed to from AC to block.

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 Manipur 1 Remote and interior polling sta ons and polling
par es have to cover long distances on foot.
Odisha 6 Only one/two ACs in the District, limited numbers
of Polling Personnel available, Being nexal affected
district it is not possible to move polling personnel
from outside districts.
Rajasthan 37 Assembly Segments Third randomiza on of polling personnel one day
before the departure i.e P-2, instead of P-1 as
directed by the Commission
Sikkim 1 Female employees not to be deployed in remote
PS.
Tamil Nadu 123 PS in Nilgiris (SC), 61 PS
in Pollachi, 1 PS in
Dharmapuri, 2 PS in
Namakkal, 15 PS in
Tiruppur, 37 PS in Dindigul,
U arakhand 4 Due to adverse geographical condi ons.
U ar Pradesh 3 Due to over requirement.
Andaman & 1 (i) The A & N Islands is a chain of 572 islands
Nicobar Islands in north and south direc ons out of which 37
are inhabited.

(ii) There are no Assembly Cons tuencies in the UT

and the en re UT is a single Parliamentary
Cons tuency. Therefore, the ques on of
randomiza on of polling personnel out of their
Assembly Cons tuency does not arise.

B. Welfare Measures easy task; most States/ UTs managed personnel

effec vely and some even demonstrated innova ve
A large number of personnel including the security and best prac ces. One such example from West
forces were deployed to ensure smooth conduct of Bengal is presented.
2014 elec ons. Managing this huge force was not an

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Case 10: Duty with Dignity - Efforts for Welfare of Elec on Machinery in West Bengal
The work of polling personnel also involves its fair • Boxes containing EVMs were colour coded
share of challenges which are to be understood and • AC wise tents were colour coded
managed by the senior officials for smooth conduct of • Colour Coded Counters of EVMs at Dispatch and
elec ons. This is one such example from U ar Returning Centre.
Dinajpur in West Bengal. • Colour coding for the flexes AC wise
• Civil defense volunteers were given colour coded
Problems faced by Polling Personnel half sleeves jackets to facilitate movement of
polling personnel from the DCRC to their
• Slow movement at Dispatch Centre/ receiving respec ve AC Vehicle.
Centre for collec ng materials. • Vehicles parked AC wise during the disbursement
• Distant and remote loca on of the registra on of Khoraki to the Drivers/ Khalasi were colour
counter from the material counter and lack of coded
signage.
• Vehicle tagging was also difficult since it took a lot
of me and effort to iden fy which vehicle was
des ned for which AC and the routes.
• O en the way to reach vehicles were not known
un l the Polling personnel approached very near
the vehicle.
• Police tagging was severely and vehemently
detested.
• There were no meal facili es for the personnel
resul ng in their dependency on local hotels.
• The vehicles were not known at the me of
coming back to the Returning Centre for going
home, so o en polling par es would get charged
if they were le alone to arrange for vehicles in
the middle of the night.
• At some polling sta ons, minimum infrastructure
was not available.
• Moreover, the bedding had to be carried along
and the polling sta ons being mostly in rural
areas were very prone to mosquitoes.

Measures to address these problems

» Colour Coding

• S ckers for the commissioned EVM were colour

coded

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Concept of Unit enthusias cally prepared Tiffin for polling personnel
on the eve of dispatch and return.
• Registra on, material distribu on and checking
of materials were planned to be conducted under Outcome
one tent only.
• Movement of EVMs was planned by providing a • Apprecia on of concern of PPs by the Elec on
separate carriage way (six feet wide for the Thela machinery
Gadi or hand cart) behind the tent space, serving • Be er enthusiasm and output
EVMs within each counter from behind and • No conflict at DCRC; the movement of PPs were
thereby not conflic ng entry extremely smooth. The PPs were able to reach
• Space between the tents which were lined side by home in me and in a harmonious manner
side for the polling personnel. The carriageway without any conflict.
was duly secured and the EVMs from the strong
room came directly to this carriage room.
• The unit concept facilitated the polling personnel
so that they need not go around at various places
in DCRC, instead they remained within secure
confines of assigned AC tent.
» Involvement of SHGs
• Bed Roll comfort for the Polling Personnel,
• Canteen at DCRC by the SHGs and
• Direct supply to the polling personnel and police
personnel by the local SHGs.

In order to provide comfortable stay and peaceful

sleep in the night before the hec c elec on schedule
on the polling day, it was resolved that a Dhokra (hand
weaved jute mat), bed sheet, tube pillow would be
provided to each polling personnel in the district. 88
SHGs were engaged for the purpose. About 8000 of
such kits were prepared (Total No. of Polling
personnel- 7800). Later on during the first phase of
training when the Polling Personnel were informed of
the Bed Roll Kit, it was greeted with lot of apprecia on
and acknowledgement. However, they further
requested to include mosquito net. Hence, further
mosquito net was provided at a very short no ce and
APONAR JONNYA kit was completed for distribu on.
At both the DC/RCs i.e. at Raiganj and Islampur, for
both the polling dates i.e. 17th April (one at Islampur)
and 24th April, 2014 (three at Islampur and 4 at
Raiganj), there were tent-hotels by SHGs who very

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Case 11: Challenges faced by
Polling Par es in Arunachal
Pradesh

Advance planning is the key for

ensuring mobility during elec on
process. In state like Arunachal
Pradesh, it is important to have such
plan. Four polling teams departed
from Changlang District under 2 -
Arunachal East Parliamentary
Cons tuency and 50 Miao AC for
General Elec on 2014 and
Arunachal Pradesh State Assembly
Elec on 2014 respec vely. The • Transporta on of Polling Par es: All modes of
elec on machinery in the State made all efforts to transport were used to send polling par es to the
make vo ng possible on 9th April, 2014. polling booths and receive them later with the
The polling teams faced many challenges: polled EVMs. Trucks, Buses, Two-wheelers,
• Wai ng for chopper: In the districts of Kurung
Helicopter, Ferries and trekking were used to
Kumey, the team (one polling team was invariably
reach the booths and back.
accompanied by 30-60 personnel, depending • Transporta on of Elec on Officials, Observers
upon the cri cality) had to do hard treks suitable and Technicians: Even with an acute crunch on
for the professional mountaineers in the travel resources, the state officials were hard
situa ons where helicopters were not available. pressed to send elec on officials and observers to
• Transporta on of Logis cs: Teams faced many
deputed polling sta ons. Due to the low number
difficul es in transpor ng logis cs from
of police vehicles and vehicles on requisi on,
Arunachal Pradesh to Assam due to close dates of
many officials and observers had to be sent via
poll. Many of the trips took anywhere between 1
helicopter which was o en hindered by bad
– 7 Days, con ngent on weather condi ons.
weather.

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Unavailability of Drivers/Cleaners/Conductors: Absence of
cer fied and standardized availability of vehicular
professionals increased the risk factor. Being a tribal state,
it was found that good numbers of these workers were not
in the electoral roll of the state.
The table below reveals the me culous planning done by
the districts in close supervision of the CEO office in
Arunachal Pradesh in tough terrain:
The following in an excerpt from the booklet” On The
Move:”
“The polling teams for Vijaynagar, one of the remotest
circles in the Miao Sub Division in Changlang District, le
Miao today on 2nd April 2014. The polling loca ons are,
located at a distance of 157 KMs from Sub Division Hqrs
Miao, unconnected with road and approachable only by
foot march of 5-6 days. The polling officials [once] arrived
at Vijaynagar airfield from there, they will start on foot to
the respec ve polling sta ons. The farthest polling sta on
from the airfield is 22 KMs [away] requiring 7-8 hrs journey
[ me].”

DEPARTURE OF POLLING PARTIES WITH EVMs FROM HQ (DATE-WISE) & RETRIEVAL OF POLLING PARTIES WITH POLLED EVMs
(DATE-WISE): (As per Original Plan, subject ot materiliza on of helicopter, if any.)
DATE OF JOURNEY ONWARD (No. of Polling Sta on) POLL RETRIEVAL (No. of Polling Sta on)
NAME OF DISTRICT DAY
2/4/14 3/4/14 4/4/14 5/4/14 6/4/14 7/4/14 8/4/14 TOTAL 9/4/14 10/4/14 11/4/14 12/4/14 13/4/14
PS
1. TAWANG - - - - 4 3 64 71 64 3 4 - -
2. WEST KAMENG - - - - 6 25 123 154 122 14 18 - -
3. EAST - - 5 3 18 107 34 167 104 62 1 - -
4. PAPUMPARE - - - - 9 69 63 141 84 56 1 - -
5. KURUNG KUMEY - - - 6 22 23 84 135 58 67 10 - -
6. LOWER SUBANSIRI - - - - 2 41 29 72 70 2 - - -
7. UPPER SUBANSIRI - - 5 7 64 122 46 244 72 128 32 12 -
8. WEST SIANG - - - - - 4 235 239 211 28 - - -
9. MECHUKA - - - - - 17 19 36 11 4 21 - -
9. EAST SIANG - - - - 6 - 147 153 109 44 - - -
10 UPPER SIANG - - - 4 3 19 42 68 37 15 11 5 -
11. DIBANG VALLEY - 5 2 7 16 14 - 44 19 16 6 3 -
12. LOWER DIBANG VALLEY - - - - 7 20 44 71 44 20 7 - -
13. LOHIT - - - - - 33 92 125 123 2 - - -
14. ANJAW - - - - 49 23 9 81 45 36 - - -
15. TIRAP & LONGDING - - - - - 15 152 167 104 63 - - -
16 CHANGLANG 4 - - - - 24 162 190 164 22 4 - -
TOTAL 4 5 12 27 206 559 1345 2141 1441 582 115 20 -

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Case 12: Women Managed
Polling Sta ons in North 24
Pa rga n a s d i st r i c t , We st
Bengal¹³

In the state of West Bengal, 2887

women polling personnel were
engaged in 575 polling sta ons. The
districts of North 24 Parganas, South
24 Parganas, Hooghly, Nadia and
Burdwan had an impressive number
of women polling personnel. 150
polling sta ons were en rely
managed by women in Bidhannagar
sub-division of North 24 Parganas
district.792 women polling
personnel were given separate entry and exit of the electors. In total, 102 sta c CCTV
training under the direct supervision of DM and ADM. cameras with clear depic on of “YOU ARE UNDER
For transporta on purposes, every female polling CCTV SURVEILLANCE” markings at various places in
personnel was provided with an exclusive fleet of 30 the premises warded off any probable a empt of
ten seater SUVs for ferrying them back to their malprac ce from any corner.
residences under police escort. In all 150 polling Many news media outlets no ced that the 150 polling
sta ons, CCTV cameras were installed to monitor the booths saw no complaint of rigging or violence.

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14 Capacity Development
Training has always been an essen al part of any
major task which involves management of men,
material and money. For elec on management
purpose, it is not a one- me ac vity but a constant
and con nuous exercise, necessitated both by the
introduc on of new Laws, Rules, Instruc ons and
Guidelines as well as by the introduc on of new
methods, procedures and technologies such as EVMs,
VVPATs, Computerisa on, etc. The process triggered
changes in the a tude of elec on managers at
various levels, as was evident during the General
elec on 2014.
A robust training programme in-built into the system,
at various levels and for the different categories of the
Elec on Machinery involved in the conduct of the
elec ons, was also a key determinant responsible for
the successful conduct of General Elec on in 2014. In
a vast country like India, with hundreds of languages
and thousands of dialects, conveying the same
informa on and instruc ons throughout the country
is a herculean task. With the help of me tested
methodologies of training such as Manuals,
Compendium of Instruc ons, Educa onal Films,
Circulars and Instruc ons, and so forth the ECI had
been able to achieve uniformity across the country to
conduct the elec on.
The ECI established the India Interna onal Ins tute of
Democracy and Elec on Management (IIIDEM) in
June 2011 which proved to be one of the most
prominent steps taken towards realiza on of the said
aspira ons. IIIDEM func ons as a resource agency
and think tank for the ECI by exploring, studying and
building an authorita ve knowledge and informa on
pool. The Ins tute provides research and policy
support to ECI’s programmes, opera ons and
ac vi es in promo ng democracy and electoral
management.
For ensuring efficient delivery of 16th Lok Sabha
elec on, ECI focused on developing the capacity of
ECI personnel both at the Secretariat and at the CEO
level. The focus of capacity building was to:
• Increase technical knowledge
• Enhance the ability to train further
• Hone the skills for effec ve delivery on field &
• Enhancing technical skills
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1 4 . 1 I n d i a I nte r n a o n a l I n s t u te o f
Democracy and Elec on Management
(IIIDEM)
IIIDEM was established in June 2011 with the
following objec ves:
 Iden fica on of trainees and the training needs of
various electoral func onaries;
 Revision of curriculum of training manuals,
modules and explore modifica ons,
improvements and standardiza on across the
country;
 Networking with available training and capacity
development ins tu ons in the field of electoral
management;
 Prepara on of training calendar for organizing
induc on, orienta on, refreshers and TTFs
 Development of comprehensive training material
to ensure uniformity of content, detailing overall
t ra i n i n g a p p ro a c h e s a n d m e t h o d o l o g y.
Organiza on of the customized development
workshops for different categories of trainees by
engaging curriculum experts.
 Organiza on of workshops for contes ng
candidates and newly elected representa ves;
 Collabora on with State Administra ve Training
Ins tutes, Na onal Training Ins tutes to develop a
pool of experts and impart trainings .¹⁶
Most training programmes organized by IIIDEM are
preceded by a Training Needs Assessment (TNA)in
order to analyse and understand the competencies
and skills’ needs to enable the officials to perform
be er. The TNA included analysis based on the Figure
43 below.
The ECI fixed training, learning and an ac on goal. The
Individual
Analysis
Task
Analysis
Organizational
Analysis
Figure 43: Training Needs Assessment Analysis
objec ve was to prepare a cri cal mass of cross
func onal teams who could work beyond their
func onal corridors, providing hand holding support
to electoral personnel at district level. Further,
retraining and periodic refresher courses were also
organized in order to maintain the skill level. This
process ini ated triggered changes in the a tude of
elec on managers at various levels.
Training prepara ons for the General Elec ons 2014
started almost a year ahead of the elec ons. IIIDEM
IIIDEM
SLMTs
ALMTs
Election
Machinery at
District/AC
Level
Figure 44: Three Levels of Training
developed a comprehensive curriculum with a
number of modules to facilitate the process. The
Commission also had devised an innova ve Training
Model known as “Cascaded Training” wherein Master
Trainers at various levels were trained for training the
personnel in the elec on func onaries down to the
ground-level. Three levels of training were envisaged
under this model as shown in Figure 44.
EVM and VVPAT Nomination Process
Election Expenditure SVEEP and Paid
Moritoring
News
Figure 45: Cascaded Training Module
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IIIDEM organized:
• TNAs
• TTFs
• Elec on Related Technical trainings for both
Na onal and Interna onal EMBs
• Trainings on perspec ve building like Gender,
Youth
• Seminars/ workshops/ symposiums
Train the Trainer and Facilitator (TTF) program of the
Ins tute was aimed at development of a cadre of
trainers within the elec on commission. The focus
was on developing the understanding of elec on
officials on training and training methodologies. The
inputs focused on a combina on of technical inputs
and hands on experience on designing, impar ng and
evalua ng a training program. Apart from elec on
related skills the other components of TTF included
presenta on and communica on, skills, crea vity,
innova on and enterprise, team building, cri cal and
strategic thinking and problem solving, conflict
resolu on, leadership, mentoring, communica on,
interpersonal rela onships and supervisory skills.
Levels of training :
1. Na onal Level - wherein officers from the States
were iden fied and trained at the IIIDEM, to serve
as SLMTs. Training on Laws, Procedures and
concepts and other issues of elec on was
imparted to Master Trainers.
2. State Level SLMTs trained the ALMTs. Detailed
guidelines, schedules and the procedure for the
State Level Training were issued by the ECI
including provisions of feedback, end of training
evalua on, comple on report etc.
3. ALMTs trained the electoral func onaries at the
District/Assembly level who were responsible for
conduc ng the elec on.
Conduct of Elections
Electoral Roll
 While the funding for the Cascaded Training at the
IIIDEM and State Level was borne by the ECI, the
PPTs
funding for the third level of training at the
District/Assembly Level was part of the elec on
expenditure borne by the Central Government and
State Government, as the case may be. Details of
ECI training expenditure are available in the sec on 36 on
Checklist Films
Website
Government expenditure on conduct of elec ons.

Resource Pool of Trainers – Using Re red Officers as

Manuals
Think Tanks

For the General Elec ons 2014, U ar Pradesh u lised

Figure 46: Training material on ECI Website
To support all three levels of training, ECI provided
several training materials such as manuals, films,
presenta ons etc. which led to an eventual repository
of knowledge on Elec ons and related issues at the
Na onal, State, District and Assembly Cons tuency
level. Since these trainees were involved directly or
indirectly in the conduct of elec ons.
For the 2014 elec ons, IIIDEM conducted several
trainings that trained over 800 par cipants in a
systema c manner across the country. ¹⁶
Some of the best prac ces that were iden fied from
the reports submi ed by the CEOs of the States/UTs is
given in Figure 47.
services of the Re red Commissioners, DMs, SDMs,
etc. as Master Trainers, especially those who have
similar experience in previous elec ons. Their vast
experience in the field brings in a rich repository of
knowledge of elec on management. Since they are
re red, they devote ample me on training whilst on
the other hand, serving Government Officials have
mul farious tasks during elec ons due to which they
cannot focus only on the training aspect. Further, they
also serve as a think tank for advising on mul ple
fronts of the electoral process. Therefore, the prac ce
of involving Re red Officers as Master Trainers proved
to be highly beneficial in a state with a large populace
of electors such as UP.

Karnataka
• New Methods of Training - Group Interac ve Online Training, Self-Paced
Online Training, Real Time Training over the Internet

Gujarat, Odisha
• EVM Training Centre for Exclusive Hands-On Training for EVM Opera ons

Gujarat
• Short Clips made from Training Films

Gujarat
Figure 47:: Best prac ces iden fied from reports
• Prepara on of an exhaus ve Ques on Bank on Elec on Processes
by CEOs of States/UTs
Jharkhand
• Poll Officials in LWE affected Districts given exclusive Training on Security and
Safety Protocol

Gujarat
• Use of Social Media for Interac ons among DEOs/ROs/SLMTs

Rajasthan
• State Portal on Elec ons

Chandigarh
• Use of IT related services on coun ng day
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 Personnel Trained at IIIDEM for GE 2014
1
79 9 52 27
10 32 33 3
36
5 68 2
22 49
12 5
36
44 8
24
54
12
30 39

36
90
13 70
21 100 19 48
28
9/7

2
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh
Assam Bihar C.I.S.F
Chandigarh Chha sgarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu Delhi Goa
Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka
Kerala Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya
Mizoram Nagaland Odisha
Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan
Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana
Tripura U ar Pradesh U arakhand
West Bengal
Graph 53: Personnel trained at IIIDEM for 2014 elec ons

The Graph 53 shows the percentage of staff from each
state and UT trained at IIIDEM for Lok Sabha 2014
elec ons.
IIIDEM is also mandated to conduct training and
capacity building of important part of the ECI’s South-
South programme of interna onal coopera on
Events/ workshops on various aspects of elec on
management. Since its incep on, the Ins tute has
holding credible & transparent elec ons & share &
disseminate good prac ces, innova ons & new ideas,
approaches & lessons learnt from present & past
experiences.

Election Electoral
Technology in
Management Voter Voter Inclusive Reforms -
Election
Emerging Registration Education Voting Sharing Best
Management
Challenges Practices

Figure 48: Themes of Workshops/Events in IIIDEM

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15 Law and Order

For the conduct of free & fair elec on, effec ve

maintenance and prevalence of law and order is a
basic requirement. The law and order machinery of
the states were u lized for the purpose of
maintenance of law and order during elec ons. It had
the following roles to play:
(a) Preven ve maintenance of law and order during
campaign period, on poll day, etc.
(b) Confidence building measures – such as
vulnerability mapping, cri cality analysis etc.
(c) Risk mi ga on by being able to an cipate the
possibili es of law and order issues during pre-
poll period and poll day and taking necessary
ac on to mi gate it in advance.

Level of responsibility of ECI, CEO and DEO Office for

ensuring free, fair and peaceful elec on is men oned 15.1 Preven ve Ac on
in the Figure 49.
Any voluntary interference or a empt at interfering
At ECI level with the free exercise of any electoral right
1. Assessment of the law and order situa on in all states
2. Stakeholders inputs cons tutes the crime of undue influence at an
3. Having a system in place for daily repor ng by states and elec on. Sec on 123 (2) of the Representa on of the
monitoring interven ons by ECI
4. Issuing guidelines and instruc ons People Act, 1951 defines, any direct or indirect
5. Monitoring interference or a empt to interfere on the part of the
6. Taking various measures such as transfers, randomiza on, etc.
for ensuring impar ality candidate or his agent, or of any other person with the
CEO Level consent of the candidate or his elec on agent with
1. Capturing inputs from elec on machinery, security agencies, the free exercise of any electoral right, is a corrupt
intelligence inputs if any, etc.
2. Analyzing local factors likely to impact upon polls - in mida on, prac ce. In order to check persons indulging in
use of force, silent booth-capturing, etc. and preparing district wise
plan for preven on ac on and implemen ng it. obstruc on of electoral exercise is dealt with strictly.
3. Ensuring necessary and mely ac on on complaints and incidents A database is prepared which supports preven ve
4. Ensuring preven ve ac on
5. Sending daily LOR to ECI ac on to be taken. This included list of people
6. Implemen ng ECI instruc ons related to transfers, preven ve
ac on, forma on of various teams, repor ng, etc. involved in electoral offences like booth capturing,
At District Level
1. Special drives to update the list and take preven ve ac ons
against
history-sheeters, declared absconders, criminals, etc.
2. Execu ng of Non-bailable Warrants, Expedi ng the inves ga on
and prosecu on of pending elec on-related cases,
3. Curbing flow of illicit liquor, Seizure of illegal arms and
ammuni ons etc.,
4. Checking and deposi on of licensed arms on case to case basis
5. Ban on issuing of new Arms license
6. Check-posts to check movement of vehicles carrying unaccounted
for cash, illegal liquor, illegal Arms, drugs and an -social elements.
7. Border sealing
8. Iden fica on of cri cal polling sta ons
9. Vulnerability mapping Extensive use of Central Police Forces
10. Effec ve deployment of state Police forces
11. Randomiza on of members of the force to ensure impar ality
12. Deployment of General, Police Observers, and Micro-observers
13. Effec ve implementa on of Model Code of Conduct.
14. Use of videography, photography

Figure 49: Responsibili es at various levels for ensuring

law and order

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 Table 26: Database that supports preven ve ac on

S. No Descrip on Number of persons/cases¹⁵

1 Persons reported to have indulged in electoral offences like booth capturing,
in mida on, impersona on etc in elec ons against whom FIRs were lodged/
Legal Ac on ini ated 3286
2 Persons involved in other criminal ac vi es such as rio ng etc., adversely
impac ng proper conduct of elec ons during the Elec on period against
whom FIRs were lodged/ Legal Ac on ini ated 7103

in mida on, rio ng, other criminal ac vi es etc.
Licensed arms are either deposited or impounded or
cancelled. Persons with history of violence are
rounded up and unlicensed arms are seized.
Databases that support Preven ve Ac on (including
deten ons) is given in table 26. 14655 cases of
previous elec ons were pending and out of which
13690 are pending inves ga on in court for detail
refer Annexure 3.13
The Graph 54 shows the number of NBWs executed
and pending before and a er the announcement of
Lok Sabha elec ons 2014. 428368 NBWs were
executed since the announcement of elec ons.¹⁷
Detailed table at Annexure 3.7.

Non Bailable Warrants Executed

450000 424517 428368
400000
350000 320563
300000
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
NBWs Pending on Date of NBWs Received A er NBWs Executed Since
Announcement of Elec ons Announcement of Elec ons Announcement of Elec ons

Graph 54: Number of Non-Bailable Warrants executed and pending

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Graph 55 shows the number of persons against whom Licensed Arms on Duty, Deposited,
cases were registered, from whom interim and final
Impounded and Cancelled
bonds were taken and against whom ac on was taken
0.43
under preventive laws during 2014 elec ons. Around
18.6 lakh people signed the final bonds while
preven ve ac on was ini ated against 11.5 lakh
people¹⁷ . For more details, please refer to Sta s cal 41.75
Annexure 3.6
57.81
Apart from undeposited arms on duty, licensed arms
and ammuni on were deposited and the ones that
were not deposited were impounded or cancelled¹⁵.
Unlicensed arms were seized and unlicensed arms Undeposited /OnDuty Deposited Impounded and Cancelle
manufacturing centers were raided. The pie charts
(Graph 57) show that 57% of licensed arms were Graph 57: Break up of licensed arms (in %)
deposited while 0.43% were impounded or cancelled.¹⁵ 15.2 Vulnerability Mapping
Out of the items seized from various illegal
manufacturing centers during 2014 elec ons, cartridges Vulnerability in the context of elec ons was defined
explosives and arms were 53%, 32% and 15% as the suscep bility of any voter or sec on of voters,
respec vely . For more details, please refer to Sta s cal whether or not living in a geographically iden fiable
Annexure 3.5. area, to being wrongfully prevented from or
influenced upon in rela on to the exercise of her/ his
Preven ve Ac on Taken right to vote in a free and fair manner, through
2657572
in mida on or use of undue influence or force of any
3000000 2385103 kind on her/ him.
2500000 1860656
2000000 1157811
1500000 The exercise of vulnerability mapping was
1000000
500000
undertaken in advance to iden fy such
0 voters, who were likely to be vulnerable.
Persons Persons from Persons from Persons The factors and persons causing such
against whom whom interim whom final against whom
cases bonds taken bonds taken ac on taken
vulnerability, required interven on of elec on
registered under authority for taking adequate correc ve
preven ve
measures in order to provide level playing field for
laws
Graph 55: Number of people against whom all and for ensuring free and fair elec on as
preven ve ac on was taken
enshrined in the Indian Cons tu on.

Unlicensed items seized Taking due cognizance of the role being played by the
muscle power in the elec ons and taking into
account, certain prevailing socio - economic reali es
of the electoral poli cs, the Elec on Commission
10151
20959 (15%) ini ated a mechanism called ‘vulnerable mapping’ in
(32%) 2007. Subsequently, instruc ons were issued to curb
the menace of threat and in mida on in elec ons by
34428
iden fying vulnerable loca ons and vulnerable voters
(53%) within a polling sta on. In order to ensure
accessibility of polling sta ons to every elector
without being unduly influenced and to create
deterrence in the minds of trouble makers,
vulnerability mapping was conducted by Zonal
Arms Cartridge Explosives
Officers and ROs. The Figure 50 shows the process of
vulnerability mapping.
Graph 56: Break up of unlicensed items seized (in %)

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 •PS wise iden fying villages or hamlets or habitats and segments vulnerable to any threat,
Iden fying in mida on or interference with the free exercise of electoral right
PS

•Sector Officers visits the catchment area of PS with vulnerable electors and prepare reports.
The local police officer (SHO) and local civil authori es such as BDO/ Tehsildar are consulted
Official vists and their inputs taken into account before finalizing the list.
and reports

•Iden fy the source of such threat/in mida on and iden fy the names of persons who are
likely to spearhead such offence of undue influence. While doing this exercise they take into
Iden fy account the past incidents, and current apprehensions.
Threat

•Iden fy some point of contact within the habitat/ community vulnerable for such undue
influence so that informa on related to such developments can be tracked constantly.
Point of DEO/RO interact with poli cal representa ves to collect their feedback.
Contact

•RO of the AC compiles all such informa on and finalize the vulnerability mapping for the en re
Compiling cons tuency, polling sta on wise in a prescribed format.
Informa on

•DEO and SP of the District review the subject and finalize the ac on plan which could include,
Final Ac on inter-alia binding the iden fed trouble mongers under appropriate sec ons of law
Plan

Figure 50: Process for Iden fica on of Vulnerability

Table 27 depicts various indicators of vulnerability during 2014 elec ons.¹⁷

Table 27: Vulnerable hamlets, electors, possible in midators and in midators booked under preven ve laws

Sl.No Indicators Number

1 Number of hamlets iden fied as vulnerable 75237
2 Number of vulnerable registered voters 5848385
3 Number of possible in midators 250892
4 Number of in midators against whom ac on was taken 218227

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 States with high number of Possible In midators and those booked
under various laws
90000
80000
70000
60000
50000
40000

17115
15974
30000

15957
14737
14880
9155
20000

9136
9050

8403
5874

7714
6681
84280
70930
56464
55868

6994
2133

21133
19872
3487
3214
1006
2565

1194
155
10000
0
Andhra Assam Bihar Gujarat Jammu & Jharkhand Karnataka Madhya Odisha Rajasthan Tamil U ar West
Pradesh Kashmir Pradesh Nadu Pradesh Bengal

No. of possible in midators In midators booked under various laws

Graph 58: States with high number of possible in midators and those booked under various laws

Graph 58 reflects comparison of the data of States voters. Bihar and Andhra Pradesh saw maximum
with high number of possible in midators and the ac on on in midators. For more details, refer to
ones bound down under various preven ve laws to Sta s cal Annexure 3.10
ensure there is no threat to vulnerable registered

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Case 13: Confidence Slips for Vulnerable Electors of Barabanki, U ar Pradesh

Barabanki district of U ar Pradesh u lized the service of village chowkidars in keeping close liaison with the
villagers who were likely to be in midated. These chowkidars were given training, iden ty cards and contact
numbers of senior officers. Being locals, it was easier for them to collect informa on and build rapport with the
common people.

Further, they collected and recorded the data in Village Informa on Forms which were later compiled and
brought into vulnerability mapping. Vishwas Parchis (confidence slips) were distributed to about 2 lakh
vulnerable persons who were connected with the authority through Vishwas SMS. Vishwas Phone calls were
made every day to about 1000 voters. These interven ons with personal touch helped in a big way in bringing
confidence in the people who otherwise felt scared and le out. Further, Red Warning Cards were issued to the
probable trouble mongers, which acted as a preven on factor and minimized the ac vi es of the in midators in
a significant manner.

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15.3 Cri cality
Polling Sta on where percentage of poll recorded is more than 75%
Analysis and where more than 75% of votes have been recorded in favours
of one candidate
Cri cality analysis provided
valuable informa on for
decisions about safety & security Polling Sta ons that went for re-poll during the previous
protocol priority for the electors elec on due to reported electoral malprac ces or the
and the polling sta ons. ECI polling sta ons that witnessed any sort of electoral
deployed Central Police Forces in all violence
polling sta ons to ensure free and
fair elec ons.
Polling sta ons with larger number of missing voters
However, in order to iden fy the without family linkages
cri cal polling sta ons which may
require some addi onal measures,
objec ve criterion, shown in Figure
51, were prescribed.
Polling sta ons iden fied as cri cal due to vulnerability
For Polling sta ons iden fied as
cri cal polling sta ons on
account of criterion as
described in the Figure 51,
one or all of the following Polling sta on iden fied as cri cal due to other reasons
measures were put in place:
Figure 51: Criteria of Cri cality
a. The presence of CPF to
c. Briefing of the Presiding Officer to ensure that the
safeguard the polling sta on.
EPIC/ approved iden fica on document, if any
b. Posi oning of digital/ video camera in the polling
were properly verified and reflected in the
sta on. The procedure for deploying such
remarks column of Form 17 A.
cameras was given vide le er No.447/2007/PLN-
d. The list of such polling sta ons given to the
IV, dated 17.01.2007.
Commanding/ Assistant Commanding Officers
In pursuance to the direc ons given by the Supreme Court
in its order dated January 11, 2005 in Civil Appeal No. 9228
Table 28 shows the data on the above men oned
of 2003 (Janak singh vs. Ram Das Rai and others) dated
criteria of cri cality. According to the data provided
11.01.2005; the ECI desired that one CAPF Jawan from the
CAPF party posted at the polling sta on will be sta oned at by the States and UTs, 1,91,002 polling sta ons across
the entrance of the polling sta on so that he can keep a the country were iden fied to be cri cal in 2014
watch on the proceedings that are going on inside the elec ons.¹⁵ For more details, refer to Sta s cal
polling sta on, par cularly, to ensure that no unauthorized Annexures 3.11.
person enters inside the polling sta on and / or no
irregularity is commi ed either by the polling staff or
outsiders in the poll process.

Table 28: Data on criteria of cri cality

S. No Criteria of cri cality Number
1 Number of polling sta ons where % of poll recorded in last general elec on is >75% and >
75% votes cast in favor of one candidate 36589
2 Number of polling sta ons where re-poll was held due to electoral mal prac ces 141
3 Number of polling sta ons which witnessed electoral violence 545
4 Number of polling sta ons with larger number of missing voters who voted without
family linkage 11194
5 Number of polling sta ons iden fied as cri cal due to vulnerability 78065
6 Number of polling sta on iden fied as cri cal due to other reasons 66988
7 Total number of polling sta ons iden fied as cri cal 191002
8 Number of polling sta ons with higher deployment of central police forces 61908
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 Criteria of Cri cality

PS where >75 % votes cast in

favour of one candidate

18.91% PS which witnessed electoral

0.28%
violence
34.62%
5.78%
PS with large number of
missing voters without
family linkage
PS iden fied as cri cal due
to vulnerability
40.34%

PS iden fied as cri cal due

to other reasons

Graph 59: Data on Criteria of Cri cality during Lok Sabha Elec on

Graph 59 shows various categories of cri cal

polling sta ons on the basis of which they were
iden fied as cri cal:
States and UTs which had higher number of
cri cal polling sta ons and the status of
deployment of CPF showed that West Bengal
had the maximum number of cri cal polling
sta ons (37553) and the deployment of CPF.
Based on the analysis, deployment of Central
and State Police was made during this elec on.
The hypersensi ve polling premises as well as
the polling premises situated in the LWE
affected areas were covered by Central Para
Military Forces while the sensi ve and the
normal Polling sta ons were manned by the
State Police.¹⁵ For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexure 3.11.
States/UTs with cri cal polling sta ons and higher
35000 deployment of CPF
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
4257
2409

2126
37553
17704

26392

26172
16764

22951

12190

11091

10735

1599

5000
1266
7044

7756

2422

9224
2767

9179
2400

7251

6056
190

423

527
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Graph 60: States and UTs with cri cal polling sta ons and higher deployment of CPF

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Case 14: Cri cality Analysis in West Bengal

In the five phases, the polling premises iden fied as the cri cal or sensi ve in the State of West Bengal are given
in the chart below. Depending on these analyses, the deployment of Central and State Police was made during
this elec on as shown below. The hypersensi ve polling premises as well as the polling premises situated in the
LWE affected areas were covered by Central Para Military Forces while the sensi ve and the normal polling
sta ons were manned by the State Police.

PHASE-WISE CRITICAL POLLING STATIONS

20000
17187

18000

16000

14000

12000
9227
8828

10000
7242

7500
8000
5605

6000

4507
4530

PHASE-I

3718
2604

3058

2889
4000 PHASE-II
2048

2066
PHASE-III
1759

1367
1391
1139

2000 PHASE-IV
927
841
338

276

PHASE-V
0
TOTAL CRITICAL HYPER LWE TOTAL
POLLING CRITICAL PREMISES
PREMISES
POLLING
PREMISES
PREMISES

DEPLOYMENT OF POLICE PERSONNEL

42611

45000
40000 Regular Police
33524

33178
29949

State Armed
35000
28461
26497

Police
23359

30000
21794

Home Guards/
19527

25000
18307

NVF
20000 Total
10184

15000
9082
8429

8118
6913

10000
3966
2302
2047
1993
1277

5000
0
Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV Phase V

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Wherever there was no Central Force one of the alterna ve arrangements like placement of Micro Observer, s ll
camera, videographer or web cas ng were made. Also, as a deterrent instrument, video van was introduced in
some of the sensi ve cons tuencies which beamed live footage of the video shot, up to the Chief Electoral
Officer, West Bengal’s Control Room.

CAPF Deployment At Polling

Sta on On Poll Day (Company-
wise)

92 Phase I
152
Phase II
526 Phase III
259 Phase IV
341 Phase V

WEST BENGAL - NUMBER OF POLLING

STATIONS WHERE WEBCASTING,
VIDEOGRAPHY, STILL CAMERAS, MICRO-
OBSERVERS USED

TOTAL POLLING STATIONS 77, 741

MICRO-OBSERVER 8843

DIGITAL STILL CAMERA 3879

VIDEOGRAPHY 9943

WEBCASTING 1244
10 0

0
0

0
0

0
0

00

00
00

00

00
00

00
00

70

80
40

50
20

60
30

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 Role of CPF
Pre-poll-role
•CPF arrives in advance for area
domina on
•Takes out flag marches, point
patrolling and other confidence
building ac vi es (mostly on
foot).
•They are provided with area-
wise list of an -social elements to
undertake spot verifica on (of
their whereabouts, presence and
ac vi es).
•They also interact with local
popula on with a view to
enhance the public confidence
Poll day role
•Guarding the polling sta ons,
poll materials, poll personnel
and the poll process.
•Sta c guarding of trouble
spots
•Patrolling duty on assigned
routes covering a fixed cluster
of polling sta ons;
•Patrolling duty as ‘flying
squads’ in a defined area with
surprise element;
•Escor ng duty of polled EVM
•Guard duty of polled EVMs
un l coun ng
Figure 52: Role of Security Forces during elec ons
15.4 Force Deployment
The primary implica ons of a safe and secure elec on
are:
• Protec ng electoral stakeholders like voters,
candidates, poll personnel, party workers, media,
observers etc.
• Ensuring safety of poll material, polling sta ons
and coun ng centres.
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Role of State Police
Pre-poll role
•Responsible for maintenance of
the general law and order in the
catchment area of the polling
sta ons and generally in the
cons tuency/district/state
Take preven ve ac ons
•Establish check-posts and
prevent illegal movement of cash,
liquor, etc.
•Vulnerability mapping
•Implement Model Code of
Conduct
•Handle VIP movement
•Implement Deployment Plan
•Provide logis cal support to CPF
Poll day and post poll day role
•Maintenance of the general
law and order in the
catchment area of the polling
sta ons and inside and outside
of the polling premises (as
different from polling
sta ons).
•Ensure safety of Voters,
polling personnel and polling
material
•Polled EVM strong room
(outer cordon) and Coun ng
Centre safety.
•Victory procession a er
declara on of result
• Ensuring that overall law and order is conducive
enough to ensure a level playing field for elec on
campaigning ¹⁵
In order to execute a safe and secure elec on, Central
Paramilitary Force (CPF) were deployed in various
States and UTs as per requirement. Figure 50 shows
the role of CPF and state police before and during
elec ons.
The force deployment is an exercise consis ng of the following roles and responsibili es:
At ECI Level
Assessing na onal
availability of central and
State security forces
Assessment of na onal
requirements of Central
forces
Ensuring the op miza on of
state security forces
Having a system in place to
avail of data regarding force
mul pliers
Coordina on with MHA,
security agency heads
Consolida on instruc ons
Issuing direc ons for force
mul pliers among others
Na onal plan for movement
and deployment
Overseeing implementa on
Table 29 shows the deployment of CPF companies
with the number of companies already deployed
Table 29: State Wise Exis ng CPF deployment and direct induc on during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014
State/UT name
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chha sgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
At State/ UT Level At District Level
Assessing state availability of Taking all ac on including
security forces preven ve ac on for
maintaining law and order
Assessment of requirements of prepara on of local
Central forces
deployment plan based on state
Alloca ng forces to the districts plan - containing micro-
based on above assessments detailing and based on local
and on availability situa on/requirements
Ensuring the op miza on of Arranging logis cs for the
security forces
state security forces
Training and briefing
Coordina on with Home
department, and Police Nodal Having day to day plans of
Officer u liza on of central forces from
their date of arrival in readiness
Assessment of cri cality and implementa on of deployment
vulnerability plans
Planning and implemen ng
Force mul pliers
Ensuring communica on
equipment in shadow areas
Overseeing the prepara on
of State level plan for
movement and deployment
Implemen ng State
Deployment Plan effec vely
Figure 53: Steps for force deployment at various levels
within the State/UT and the ones that were directly
inducted for the purpose of Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014.
Central Paramilitary Force Companies
Exis ng Deployment Through Inter
Direct Induc on SAP
within the State/UT State Movement
1 0 0 1
24 0 79 108
24 20 0 -
77 63 18 -
36 110 20 -
7 3 0 -
201 110 0 -
0 5 0 -
0 5 0 -
0 10 0 -
0 5 79 91
0 25 35 -
0 0 18 27
300 89 0 -
132 80 0 -
0 14 54 33
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Kerala 0 36 19 -
Lakshadweep 0 0 3 0
Madhya Pradesh 6 36 79 -
Maharashtra 30 30 35 -
Manipur 39 30 10 -
Meghalaya 10 30 0 -
Mizoram 2 8 0 -
Nagaland 13 18 17 -
NCT of Delhi 19 7 14 -
Odisha 96 51 9 -
Puducherry 0 7 0 -
Punjab 0 35 66 98
Rajasthan 0 20 49 52
Sikkim 0 0 15 -
Tamil Nadu 0 25 70 45
Tripura 18 25 10 -
U ar Pradesh 6 111 69 93
U arakhand 0 0 31 25
West Bengal 36 36 187 319
Total 1077 1044 986 849

Graph 61 and Graph 62, shows the percentage
breakup of Central Paramilitary Forces mobilized for
2014 elec ons.¹⁸ As Graph 60 shows, for 2014 Lok
Sabha elec ons the CRPF, CISF, ITBP, SSB and BSF were
mobilized in large numbers.¹⁸ State Armed Police
along with other state forces contributed 28% of the
total forces deployed. Graph 61 shows the % SAPs
mobilized from States. Large number of state armed
police from Madhya Pradesh, Chha sgarh and
Jharkhand were mobilized.

Break up of Central Paramilitary Forces mobilised

33% 39%

6%
5% 12%
2%

3%

CRPF BSF CISF ITBP SSB RPF SAP

Graph 61: Break up of Central Paramilitary Forces mobilized.

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1%
2%
2%
2%
19%
2%
2%
2%

3%

4%

8%
4%

5%

8%

5%

7% 8%

7% 7%

West Bengal (19%) Andhra Pradesh (8%) Gujarat (8%) Madhya Pradesh (8%) Tamil Nadu (7%) U ar Pradesh (7%)
Punjab (7%) Karnataka (5%) Rajasthan (5%) Haryana (4%) Maharashtra (4%) U arakhand (3%)
Bihar (2%) Kerala (2%) Assam (2%) Himachal Pradesh (2%) Nagaland (2%) Sikkim (2%)
NCT of Delhi (1%) Manipur (1%) Tripura (1%) Odisha (1%) Lakshadweep (0.3%)

Graph 62: Breakup of SAP and State Forces Deployed

The Graph 63 shows the number of CRPF companies Pradesh saw the highest deployment of CAPF
deployed during coun ng of votes compared to companies.
number of PCs in the State. U ar Pradesh and Andhra

STATE WISE PC and CAPF COMPANIES DEPLOYED DURING COUNTING

Parliamentary Cons tuencies Companies Deployed
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180
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140
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Case 15 : Boos ng the morale of security forces working in Chha sgarh
Chha sgarh state is under LWE threat; hence a sense of apprehension and fear is usually prevalent in the common
man as well as polling staff and security personnel, especially those who have to work in remote areas. To overcome
this challenge, a comprehensive strategy was planned to address both aspects – i.e. to curb the menace of extremism
and to boost the morale of polling and
security forces.

Keeping the ground reali es in view,

micro level planning was done based on
each and every affected PS.

Challenges were iden fied as follows –

● Naxal Boyco
● Physical Barriers & difficult
geographical terrain.
● Poor connec vity.
● Threat of IED and ambush.
● Morale of Poll Personnel.
● Credibility of Poll vs Security.

Strategies adopted –
● Micro level planning at PS level.
● Communica on Plan.
● Brainstorming in iden fying "The
areas of concern".
● Focus on "Confidence Building
Measures”
● Differen al force deployment plan.
● Proposal for shi ing of PS.
● Focus on standard opera ng procedures.
● Team work & Co-opera on.

The following Morale Boos ng Measures were adopted:

(A). To overcome the threat percep on, a separate session for the mo va on talk was given to the polling par es.
Special focus in the training was laid on briefing them about their personal safety and security as the first priority
for the administra on. They were given confidence that their personal security & safety will not be compromised
for the conduct of poll.

(B). Morale booster "Pep Talks" were given to the polling teams by the DM & SP along with all the MTs. They were
made to realize that their contribu on was very valuable in smooth & credible conduct of poll. They were also
briefed that there is emergency airli ing plan & Air surveillance for them apart from all other foolproof security
arrangements as - deployment of IED & ambush experts, demining team, mine detectors, heavy deployment of
CPMF, and use of Local Informers, facility to inform the district administra on at any moment through WLL &
satellite telephones.

(C) Focus on Confidence Building Measures - A special focus was made on the confidence building measures in the
poll process. It includes –
● Building confidence among the poli cal par es for credible, free and fair poll.
● Improving the morale of the polling staffs.
● Improving the general morale of the Police force.
● Improving the confidence of the force inducted for poll purpose from other than LWE States.
● Improving the confidence level of voters contribu ng to vo ng process.

(D). Special mee ngs with poli cal par es and candidates were organized along with briefing sessions for media.
Appeals were made to the general public & voters through them to par cipate in the process.

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Case 16: Efficient Co-ordina on of ECI with Indian Railways for CPF Movement
A large number of forces were mobilized for deployment during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014. Indian Railways have
been providing special trains/coaches in the past for the movement of the CAPFs/SAPs during elec ons. For the
smooth movement of the forces during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014, the following arrangements were made while
providing the Special trains/coaches for the movement of the security forces.¹⁸

• Minimum two sleeper coaches were provided for each company for comfortable accommoda ons as the
troops carried its stores, arms, food etc. besides personnel belongings.
• CAPF officers were provided two AC er II /AC er III coaches in each special train.
• A dedicated 24x7 control room set up by Railway Board for effec ve coordina on with CAPFs.

MHA entrusted CRPF the responsibility to issue credit notes / railway warrants for booking of special trains and
splinter bogies during the movement of elec ons- 2014 on behalf of all CAPFs/ SAPs/ IR BNs/ BWHGs. Special
a en on was paid towards the swi , hassle free movement of troops during induc on / de-induc on and inter
phase movement especially by rail. One to one and frequent contacts were maintained with Railway officers and
staff at all levels by arranging mee ng, courtesy calls, phone calls etc.

CRPF was also entrusted with the responsibility of booking special trains/ coaches for all CAPFs, state police and
others. The concept of Single Window Central Booking System for all the forces was introduced wherein all the
requisi on and movement of all the trains was directly done by the CRPF Directorate. It eschewed the usual
chaos and confusions that used to take place invariably during all elec on related movements.

Table below shows the number of special trains run for the movement of forces for peaceful elec ons. A total of
234 special trains were run carrying the 1155 coys of CAPFs and SAPs.
Name of the Force CRPF BSF CISF ITBP RPF SSB SAPs Mixed Total

Number of Special Trains run 21 32 12 02 01 04 87 75 234

Since the window between the de-induc on of CAPFs/SAPs from one State and their induc on in another State
is very short, it was decided in consulta on with ECI, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corpora on (IRCTC)
Railway Board and CAPFs that packaged food shall be provided to these 1155 Coys of CAPFs/SAPs during their
movement in special trains for elec on du es in order to avoid any delay on account of food halts etc. during the
movement for their mely induc on.

Total number of food packets demanded from IRCTC on board for the troops moving by special trains/splinter
bogies was 2,85,000 (approx.). IRCTC provided 2,84,000 (approx.) food packets on board to the troops.
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15.5 N o n - C A P F M e a s u re s i n c l u d i n g
Webcas ng, Videography and Photography

Considering the limita on on availability of CAPFs,

Commission decided that cri cal polling sta ons
shall at least be covered by one or more of non-force
measures to keep a watch on the polling process.

Apart from force deployment, a range of measures

were introduced by ECI as force mul pliers and
ensured added security at polling sta ons.
Webcas ng, videography and s ll photography was
also done along with deployment of micro observers
at all polling sta on areas including the ones that lie
within LWE affected or insurgency affected regions.

Webcas ng is a process wherein the en re poll day

and coun ng day proceedings are captured as a
video file and streamed live for viewing at selected
loca ons. In its constant pursuit to scale higher
reaches in the conduct of elec ons, the Elec on
Commission of India had been introducing many
new ini a ves by use of the advancements in digital
technology. Webcas ng was introduced for the first
me pan-India in Lok Sabha elec on 2014.

The main objec ves of the “Webcas ng” of the poll

proceedings were to:

• view the poll proceeding in real me by the Elec on Commission of India, the
Chief Electoral Officer, the District Electoral Officer, the Returning Officers and
the Webcas ng Team.
• effec vely monitor the polling process and to deter the trouble mongers and
mischief makers; and
• imbibe confidence in the mind of electorates and bring in transparency and
impar ality in the polling process.

Figure 54: Objec ves of Webcas ng

Webcas ng has proved to be a valuable means of
viewing polls, especially in cri cal polling sta ons.
However, more tradi onal method of deploying
teams of videographers and s ll photographers was
also prac ced.
During 2014 elec on, webcas ng was done from
70,920 polling sta ons and 82,441 video cameras and
66,640 s ll cameras were used. Graph 63 shows the
usage during 2014 elec on.¹⁵
Graph 64 shows the poll date wise comparison of
number of cri cal polling sta ons, polling sta ons
where webcas ng was done and micro observers
deployed based on poll day reports submi ed by
States/UTs. The later part of the elec on schedule
saw the higher iden fica on of cri cal polling
sta ons, maximum deployment of micro observers
along with higher instances of webcas ng at polling
sta ons.

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Case 17: Webcas ng in Parliamentary Cons tuency of Puducherry

During the General Elec ons to Lok Sabha 2014, ECI directed the Elec ons Department, Puducherry to webcast
the poll proceedings at all polling sta ons. Considering the limited geographical extent and availability of
abundant technical resources both in terms of manpower and machinery, it had been decided to webcast the
poll proceedings from all the 905 Polling Sta ons of the U.T. of Puducherry.

The Process followed for this purpose included the following steps:
a. A tender for webcas ng was issued and firm selected for so ware development.
b. A Nodal Officer (Webcas ng) and his team members for Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam regions were assigned
the task of physically moving the computer systems to the Polling Booths and taking back them a er the end
of the elec on.
c. A webcas ng team and trouble shoo ng team was created for deployment of computer and installa on of
webcas ng so ware. They assessed the hardware and so ware requirements at all polling sta ons and
were trained.
d. Computers and other equipment were iden fied from various departments like Educa on etc.
e. There was total number of 905 polling sta ons in the UT of Puducherry situated in 557 loca ons where
webcas ng process had been carried out during the General Elec ons to Lok Sabha 2014. The region wise
break up of polling sta ons is as follows:

Sl. No. Region Number of Main Polling Booths Number of Auxiliary Polling Booths
1. Puducherry 659 25
2. Karaikal 151 3
3. Mahe 32 0
4. Yanam 33 2
Total 875 30
Sensi za on of Webcas ng to the Sector Officers and Camera and two numbers of DVDs were distributed to
Presiding Officers was given at all the regions of the student polling officials, iden ty cards and
Puducherry, by the webcas ng and troubleshoo ng Elec on Duty Cer ficates were issued to the Student
teams along with student polling officials. Power point Polling Officials.
presenta ons were made in all such training
programmes by the webcas ng team followed by On the poll day i.e., on 24th April 2014, webcas ng
discussions. was successfully done from all the 905 polling booths.
Webcas ng was thrown open for the public view. As a
Engineering college students were designated as new ini a ve, IP based Camera were installed in 27
student polling officials. Orders were issued to the selec ve booths at the entrance, to view and record
students for performing the poll duty a er the movement of the people outside the booths and
randomiza on. A Webcas ng Kit, consis ng of a web to monitor for any untoward incidents.

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15.6 Offences recorded during Elec on
Despite the precau ons taken, a few offences
occurred. The Table 30 shows the details of explosives
and other items recovered from 15/03/2014 to
16/05/2014 during 2014 elec ons.¹⁸
cases of grenade lobbing or stone pel ng were also
reported.¹⁸
Graph 66 depicts the number of incidents in some of
the LWE/ insurgency affected States. Most number of

Table 30: Details of recovered explosives and other items during 2014 elec ons

Serial No. Items Recovered Quan ty Recovered (in numbers unless

otherwise specified)
1. Explosives 976 Kgs
2. IEDs/ Bombs/ Mines 116
3. Arms including AK-series/ INSAS /m-16/ .303/.315 37
4. Ammuni on (all types) 972
5. Detonators 2287
6. Grenades 85
7. Country made weapons including pistols 110
8. Safety fuse/ Cordtex wire 238 meters
9. Gela n s cks 152

Graph 65 shows the number and percentage of
incidents that occurred during 2014 elec ons. A total
of 212 Naxals/ militants were surrendered during the
elec ons. 189 police personnel were injured while 51
were killed. 14 naxals/ militants were killed while 3 of
them were injured. 6 cases of EVM snatching and 67
cases of injury was in Jharkhand while most number
of security personnel were martyred in Chha sgarh.
Jammu & Kashmir and Chha sgarh saw the most
number of cases of IED blast/ambush/firing/stone
pel ng incidents during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014¹⁸.

Incidents happened during Lok Sabha Elec on 2014

51, (8%) 56, (9%)

49, (8%)
67, (10%) 6, (1%)
14, (2%)
3, (0%)

189, (29%)

212, (33%)

Graph 65: Break up of incidents that occurred during 2014 elec ons

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Graph 66: Incidents in some LWE and Insurgency in affected States during 2014 elec ons

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Map 3: Core LWE affected areas and Insurgency hit areas

Core areas in LWE

NE

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Case 18 : Dog Squads deployed

Dog squads and Bomb Detec ng Dog (BDD) Squads, which comprise of three dogs each, were deployed by the
security forces for quick detec on and disposal of
possible plan ng of bombs. These were sniffer,
tracker or assault dogs or a combina on of one or
more of these disciplines belonging to Labrador,
German shepherd or Belgian Malinois breeds.

During 2014 elec ons, a total of 47 dogs were

deployed of which 16 were male while 31 were
female. One complete BDD squad each from
Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh were mobilized to
Chha sgarh while one BDD squad from U ar
Pradesh and West Bengal were mobilized to
Jharkhand by 15.03.2014. The BDD squads were
put to op mum use for Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) management and sani za on of
booths etc. They were also equipped and placed
in strategic loca ons to rush to places wherever
IEDs were recovered. During this elec on, huge
quan ty of IEDs and explosives were detected
and recovered, which were disposed of by BDD
squads.

The maps show the availability of BDD and Dog squads for the elec ons, out of which 47 dogs were chosen for
deployment.

Five-year-old Brandy, a Labrador serving with CRPFs 2nd ba alion, detected about 40kg of IEDs in Sukma,
Chha sgarh. Thrice he saved the lives of CRPF men by detec ng IEDs. Unfortunately he died on March 24, 2014
in the line of duty.¹⁸

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Table 31 reflects a compara ve data of the number of
offences recorded before, during and a er polling
during 2009 & 2014 elec ons. Based on the data
received from the following 30 States and UTs, most
number of offences were recorded in the pre-poll
period (5793 incidents of offences), followed by post-
poll period and least number of offences on the poll
day. The table also indicates that the number of
offences had gone up from 5315 in 2009 to 7787 in
2014 in the 30 States and UTs¹⁵

Table 31: Offences recorded in elec on period of LS 2009 and 2014

Name of State /UT Total Number of Offences recorded during elec on period:
Pre-Poll period Poll Day Post-Poll period
LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014
Andhra Pradesh 907 1876 240 394 384 269
Arunachal Pradesh 4 90 15 35 6 13
Assam 73 101 16 24 6 5
Bihar 305 226 58 8 6 0
Chha sgarh 112 73 41 11 11 10
Goa 30 8 1 0 0 1
Gujarat 128 106 44 18 16 15
Haryana 0 670 0 9 0 89
Himachal Pradesh 3 5 0 0 0 0
Jammu & Kashmir 0 20 0 32 0 0
Jharkhand 0 7 41 10 0 0
Karnataka 426 187 35 29 8 8
Manipur 23 3 2 1 0 0
Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nagaland 0 0 1 0 0 0
Odisha 121 136 59 75 57 44
Punjab 133 900 44 12 0 0
Rajasthan 14 9 0 1 0 10
Sikkim - 86 0 0 0 0
Tamil Nadu 340 172 28 34 0 81
U arakhand 1 2 0 0 0 0
West Bengal 271 363 98 152 594 416
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chandigarh 1 1 0 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 29 0 0 0 0 0
NCT of Delhi 441 559 9 10 2 137
Lakshadweep 28 0 0 0 52 19
Puducherry 49 193 0 16 1 6
TOTAL 3440 5793 732 871 1143 1123

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The Table 32 shows various incidents of violence and 2466 were injured during the elec ons.16
related to elec ons. Analysis of data revealed that poli cal workers and 15 polling officials were killed in
most casual es were of injured poli cal workers 2014 general elec ons in the States/UTs .¹⁵
followed by injured onlookers. 58 persons were killed
Table 32: Damage in various incidents of violence related to poll campaign etc.

Name of State/ UT Damage in various incidents of violence related to poll campaign etc.
Killed Injured

Security staff on duty

Security staff on duty

Poli cal workers

Poli cal workers

Poll officials

Poll officials
Onlookers

Onlookers
Others

Others
Total

Total
Andhra Pradesh 1 0 0 0 0 1 416 0 0 0 0 416
Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 12 0 25 55
Assam 1 0 1 0 0 2 58 15 6 0 8 87
Bihar 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 1 15 0 0 21
Chha sgarh 0 8 9 0 2 19 0 3 9 0 2 14
Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarat 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 0 17
Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Jammu & Kashmir 4 3 0 0 0 7 30 4 19 0 0 53
Jharkhand 1 3 5 0 0 9 7 7 8 0 0 19
Karnataka 0 1 1 0 0 2 24 0 8 0 81
Kerala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odisha 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajasthan 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 7
Sikkim 1 0 0 0 0 1 96 0 0 0 0 96
Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 203 203
Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U arakhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U ar Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Bengal 7 0 0 2 0 9 1298 0 56 1354 17 1371
Andaman & Nicobar
Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NCT of Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 6 0 4 42
Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 9

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Case 19: Incident Report from Bihar

General elec ons 2014 were conducted in Bihar on six

polling days i.e. on 10/04/14, 17/04/14, 24/04/14,
30/04/14, 07/05/14 and 12/05/14.

14 coys (CRPF-05, BSF- 05 and SSB-04) were u lised

for EVMs guarding and Strong Room duty in Bihar.¹⁸

Forces deployment for General Elec ons in Bihar (166

Coys)

Details CRPF BSF CISF ITBP SSB RPF MP SAP Total

Exis ng 30 - - - 06 - - 36
Inducted 18 35 05 12 25 15 20 130
Total 48 35 05 12 31 15 20 166

Details of incidents took place during Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 in Bihar

Sl.No Date Place Nature of Apprehension / Loss Injury Remarks

Incident Recovery
1 07/04/14 Aurangabad IED blast 51 IEDs 03 08 CRPF & Civil Police
2 10/04/14 Munger IED blast --- 02 07 CRPF
3 10/04/14 Gaya Bomb Planta on 03 Bombs --- --- ---
4 10/04/14 Gaya IED planta on 01 IED --- --- ---
5 10/04/14 Aurangabad Bomb planta on 03 Bombs --- --- ---
6 10/04/14 Aurangabad Bomb planta on 03 Bombs --- --- ---
7 10/04/14 Jamui Bomb planta on 03 Bombs --- --- ---
8 07/05/14 Sitamarhi Police Firing --- --- --- 1 Civilian dead in
police firing

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16 Elec on Material anything contained in this Act or the rules made
thereunder, the giving and recording of votes by
16.1 Electronic Vo ng Machines vo ng machines in such manner as may be
prescribed, may be adopted in such cons tuency or
ECI had devised an elec on plan which necessitated cons tuencies as the Elec on Commission may,
mely procurement, safe storage and prompt supply having regard to the circumstances of each case,
of elec on materials. In par cular, acquiring the specify.
required numbers of Electronic Vo ng Machines
(EVMs) was the most important responsibility of the ECI introduced EVMs in 50 polling sta ons in Paravur
elec on management teams. Assembly Cons tuency during the Assembly elec ons to
the Legisla ve Assembly of Kerala in May 1982. These
An EVM consists of two Units – a Control Unit (CU) and machines had only 8 bu ons for candidates, and up to 4
a Ballo ng Unit (BU) – joined by a five-meter cable.
such ballot units could be inter-connected for a
The CU is with the Presiding Officer or a Polling Officer
maximum of 32 candidates.
and the BU is placed inside the
vo ng compartment. Instead of
issuing a ballot paper, the Polling
Officer in-charge of the CU presses
the Ballot Bu on. This enables the
voter to cast his/ her vote by
pressing the blue bu on on the
Ballo ng Unit against the
candidate and symbol of his/ her
choice.

Sec on 61A of the Representa on

of People Act 1951 provides for the
use of Electronic Vo ng machines
at elec ons. Notwithstanding

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 Balloting Unit Control Unit

Interconnecting Cable

Figure 55: Components of an EVM

16.1.1 Different Models of EVMs manufacturing. The capture of microcontroller IDs

and redundant memory bank was also introduced.
Three different models of EVMs are in use today and
were used during Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014. Following II. Post 2006 EVMs
are the details.
I Pre 2006 EVMs This model was developed in 2006. ECI has directed to
design an upgraded EVM with alpha numeric display,
Features: real me clock, ba ery status, event logging & braille
1. Plas c Body signage. EVM 2006 developed with these addi onal
2. CU BU func ons features along with enhanced security measures and
3. Redundant memories RS 485 protocol instead of parallel protocol for use of
4. CU ID introduced
Flexible cable instead of earlier bulky cable.
Features:

This model was developed in 2000. ECI had directed

to improve aesthe cs of the machine. Hence, the
1. Alphanumeric display
metal assembly were designed and modified to 2. RTC and me stamp
plas c assembly with improved aesthe cs. The 3. Display of serial number
design of EVM was modified to include Surface Mount 4. Braille on Ballot unit
Technology components to automate the process of

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III. Upgraded Post 2006 EVMs This model was developed in 2013. ECI directed to
design an Upgraded Post 2006 EVM with inclusion of
electronic security and addi onal features. EVM 2013
was developed with the addi onal features which
catered up to a maximum of 384 candidates using up
to 24 Ballot Units as against 64 candidates in the
exis ng EVM along with loading of Digital Cer ficates
for iden fica on of a genuine unit.

In the Lok Sabha General Elec on 2004, EVMs were

Features: used for the first me across the country. Since then in
1. Hardware encryp on all General/ Bye-elec ons for Lok Sabha/ State
2. Tamper evidence A s s e m b l i e s t h e EC I h a s b e e n u s i n g E V M s
3. PKI and digital cer ficates for authen ca on manufactured by the BEL/ ECIL. Detailed year-wise
4. Reduc on in plas cs procurement of EVMs is as shown in table 33.

Table 33: Year-Wise Procurement of EVMs

Sl. No. Year of Purchase Total EVMs Addl. BU
1 1989-90 150000 0
2 2000-2001 142631 0
3 2001-2002 135481 0
4 2002-2003 190592 0
5 2003-2004 336045 0
6 2004-2005 125681 0
7 2006-2007 250000 0
8 2008-2009 188000 0
9 2009-2010 100000 27000
TOTAL 1618430 27000
Upgraded Post 2006 EVMS 251651 CUs
382876 BUs
In the upgraded post-2006 EVMs, there had been up-grada on of security features, which are as follows:

Authen ca on and Security Features

 digital cer fica on process to ensure that only authen c EVMs par cipate in elec on process.
EVMs use current Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) prac ces for data security. Tamper detect
mechanism renders EVMs inopera ve in case of detec on of any tamper a empt(s) on EVM.
Latest Secure Manufacturing prac ces used in new EVMs.
EVM Code Transparency - cum - Authen ca on Features
 EVM code is made available to public and measures provided to public (via ICVU units) for
verifying that code with the EVMs, thereby assuring there is no malicious component.
Simultaneously, manufactures have specialised units (FLCU) to help them efficiently validate
the code and also authen cate their own manufactured units at First level Checks.
EVM Interoperability
 any of EVM unit (CU, BU, PADU etc.) made by one manufacturer operates with other
appropriate units when used in polling. It requires strict discipline in keeping certain hardware
and so ware designs and in using common interface.
Enhanced Quality Control Features
 subjected to enhanced measure to increase robustness in transport (drop/ impact tests) :
interconnec ng cables subjected to communica on standard tests and insula on test. ECI uses
third party tes ng prior to accep ng EVMs manufactured by BEL and ECIL and manufacturers
validate design by 100% tests on ini al batch, prior to full scale produc on.

Figure 56 : Upgraded security features of EVMs

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First Level Checking (FLC) of EVM was completed
before finaliza on of the list of contes ng candidates
in an elec on to ensure EVMs are in good condi on
and easily operable. Depending on the number of
EVMs to be checked in FLC, the DEO prepared a
schedule for the FLC of EVM in consulta on with the
EVM manufacturers (ECIL & BEL) and the CEO. The
schedule for FLC was communicated to every na onal
and state level recognized poli cal party by the DEO at
least one week before the beginning of the FLC in the
district. On the day of the FLC, representa ves of all
na onal and state level recognized poli cal par es
authorized by the District President of the party were
present. A register was kept by the DEO in which
signatures of all poli cal par es shall be taken every
day as token of their presence.
FLC was carried out in a large hall which could
accommodate EVMs to be checked. Entry to this hall
was on produc on of Iden ty Card of the authorized
officials/passes issued by the District Elec on Officer.
FLC was carried out only by authorized engineers of
BEL and ECIL. BEL and ECIL was fully responsible for
the integrity, efficiency and competence of their
engineers.
Figure 57: First Randomiza on Of Evms
16. 1. 2 Process of Randomiza on of EVMs
First randomiza on of BUs and CUs was done to
randomly assign EVMs to ACs. The first randomiza on
was completed before the start of training of polling
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personnel. During first randomiza on CUs and BUs
were assigned to the assembly segments in the
presence of the representa ves of recognized
poli cal par es. The randomiza on was done in a way
that the CUs and BUs were randomly selected by
grouping them to match the poll day requirement
including the reserve required for each cons tuency.
Second randomiza on of EVMs was done a er
prepara on of EVMs for poll as well as address tag of
EVM is sealed at the me of prepara on of EVM by
Candidate Se ng. The purpose of second
randomiza on of EVMs is to allocate EVMs randomly
to polling sta ons in the presence of all candidates or
their representa ves.
Prepara on of EVMs for elec ons was done invariably
in the presence of representa ves of candidates,
which was ini ated soon a er the last date of
withdrawal of candidatures. The prepara on was
done for all the assembly segments in separate halls
and was completed at least 8 to 10 days before the
poll. The halls accommodated officers nominated by
the DEO, authorized engineers of BEL and ECIL and
representa ves of candidates.
A d d i o n a l l y, B U s
were examined and
shown to candidates
and their
representa ves at
the me of
prepara on of EVMs,
with cer fica on
from the ECIL and BEL
engineers sta ng that
all components of
B U s a re o r i g i n a l .
Cas ng of votes against all 16 candidate switches,
observa on of result & clearing of mock poll data was
also done for each EVM.
 RO to fix a date for Date to be fixed RO to invite all
preparation of EVM immediately after the Candidates to witness
for Poll withdrawal the process

Polling station Unallocated BUs and

CUs and BUs to be
number to be market CUs to be market
randomly allocated to
in the EVM Tracking 'Reserve' in EVM
polling stations
software Tracking Software

A list of BUs and CUs

A list of BUs and CUs
marked ‘reserve’ also
to be given to all
to be given to all
Candidates
Candidates

Figure 58: Steps in the process of second randomiza on of EVMs

16. 1. 3 Mock Poll on the day of Poll

Mock poll was conducted one hour

before the scheduled hour of
commencement of poll during L.S.
2014. At least two polling officers
with the polling agents were present
in the Vo ng Compartment to watch
the polling agents opera ng on the
BU, and kept a record of the votes
cast and tallied the polled votes. The
Figure 60 shows the sequence for
candidate se ng on EVMs during
elec ons.

For ensuring safe movement of EVMs

on poll day, Zonal/ Sector/ Area Figure 59: Prepara on of Control Unit
Magistrates were instructed to keep
a tab of the category of EVMs move on poll day.

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In case of replacement of CU or BU due to reason at
any polling sta on, the en re set including the CU and
all the BUs are replaced. The Sector Officer or any
authorized officer who effects such replacement
prepares a special report indica ng the machine
number of the exis ng CU/BU and new CU/BU
separately. The Unique ID number of the CU and BU
which had been used a er replacement is marked
against the concerned polling sta on in the EVM
tracking so ware. The machines are escorted by CRPF
guards. A er all formali es are completed, the EVMs Figure 60: EVM candidate se ng sequence
are kept in strong room and the room is sealed in the
presence of the candidates/their agents and
Observer.
EVMs which are with EVMs in which votes
Sector/Zonal/ Area of all polling sta on in
Magistrate, and are not registered & closed at
used in actual poll. the end of poll a er
following due procedure
Category - Category "A"
"D" - Unused - Polled EVMs
EVMs

Category "C" Category "B"

Defec ve Defec ve
unpolled polled EVMs
EVMs
EVMs which become
EVMs which become
defec ve before
defec ve a er some
commencement of poll
voter are recorded in it.
and are replaced

Figure 61: Categories of EVMs on poll day

16. 1. 4 EVMs used in Lok Sabha Elec on 2014

The Graph 67 shows the numbers of BUs and CUs

used during 2009 and 2014 elec ons.
Ballot Units and Control Units Used
2000000
1645004
1500000 1229141
11,83,543
9,08,643
1000000

500000

0
Ballot Units Control Units
LS 2014 LS 2009
Graph 67: BUs and CUs used during the 2009 & 2014 elec on

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 Table 34 : State Wise EVMs used during Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014¹⁹

Name of State CU BU Kerala 24374 30587

Total Total Lakshadweep 100 100
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 605 618 Madhya Pradesh 60428 73408
Andhra Pradesh 177725 225982 Maharashtra 108485 197517
Arunachal Pradesh 2909 2909 Manipur 3127 3131
Assam 30392 33899 Meghalaya 3605 3753
Bihar 69228 93038 Mizoram 1626 1630
Chandigarh 564 1098 Nagaland 2770 2812
Chha sgarh 25173 42019 Odisha 84400 104467
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 312 360 Puducherry 1192 2000
Delhi 13210 24157 Punjab 24031 41492
Diu & Daman 164 186 Rajasthan 57004 67754
Goa 2066 2066 Sikkim 631 631
Gujarat 54077 62680 Tamil Nadu 66899 117457
Haryana 18192 33968 Tripura 3969 4264
Himachal Pradesh 9895 10030 U ar Pradesh 155008 205743
Jammu & Kashmir 11335 14207 U arakhand 14251 18176
Jharkhand 48102 44692 West Bengal 96314 99061
Karnataka 56978 79126 Total 1229141 1645004

Control Units Used Ballot Units Used

During Lok Sabha 2014 During Lok Sabha 2014
45853 54273 (3%)
136146 (4%) 200709
(11%) (12%)

1229141 1645004
(85%) (85%)
Used during poll Kept in reserve Used during poll Kept in reserve
Allocated for training Allocated for training

Graph 68 : CUs used during 2014 elec on Graph 69 : BUs used during 2014 elec ons

The pie charts above (Graph 68 and Graph 69) shows
that 11% of BUs and 12% CUs were kept in reserve
while 3% BUs and 4% CUs were allocated for
training.¹⁹ For more details, refer to Sta s cal
Annexure 3.19. They show the number of CUs (i) used
during the poll (ii) kept in reserve, and (iii) CUs
allocated for training in the country.
Graph 70 highlights the model of EVMs (BU and CU)
used during 2014 Lok Sabha elec ons as per the year
they were commissioned and categorized according
to the manufacturer (ECIL and BEL). These include
EVM models made pre-2006, post-2006 and
upgraded post-2006. For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexure 3.20.

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Graph 70: EVMs used in 2014 elec ons, according to model

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16.2 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails
Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT), an
independent verifica on system for electronic vo ng
machines, allowed voters to verify that their votes
were cast as intended.
When a voter casts his/her vote by pressing of the
candidate’s bu on against the name and symbol of
the candidate of his/her choice, apart from the red
light glowing against the name and symbol of that
candidate, the printer also generates a paper slip
containing the serial number, name and symbol of
candidate for whom the vote has been cast. This
paper slip remains visible to the voter through a
window covered by glass on the printer and a er
sufficient me automa cally cuts and falls into the
box permanently a ached below the printer. This
enables the voter to verify and sa sfy him/her that
the vote cast by him/her for the candidate of his/her
choice has been actually recorded correctly for that
candidate. In case of any doubt, these paper slips can
be counted at the me of the coun ng of votes and
tallied with the number of votes recorded in the CU of
the vo ng machine.
The Rule 49A of the Conduct of Elec ons Rules, 1961,
the Rule 49B [4(c)] the Rule 49E [1, 2 &7] provides for
the opera on of VVPATs.
In the all Party Mee ng held on October 04, 2010,
there was a broad consensus among Poli cal Par es
about the con nued use of EVMs and several Poli cal
Par es suggested that the possibility of incorpora ng
a ‘VVPAT’ be explored. On the recommenda on of
Experts Commi ee, a field trial was done in
Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi, Jaisalmer, Cherapunjee
and Leh in the month of July 2011 in the presence and
par cipa on of all stakeholders including general
voters, na onal and state poli cal par es, civil society
organiza ons and media. A er incorpora ng the
changes recommended, second field trial of the
p r o t o t y p e V V PAT w a s h e l d i n D e l h i ,
T h i r u v a n a n t h a p u ra m , L e h , J a i s a l m e r a n d
Cherapunjee in July- August, 2012. The Technical
Expert Commi ee approved the final design of the
VVPAT units in its mee ng held on February 19, 2013.
The Government of India, vide their no fica on,
dated August 14, 2013, amended the Conduct of
Elec ons Rules, 1961, enabling the ECI to use VVPAT
with EVMs.
The FLC of VVPAT was done in the presence of
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representa ves of the Na onal and State Poli cal
par es. During the FLC, in addi on to the normal FLC
procedure, poli cal party representa ves were asked
to check the printed ballot slip in VVPAT for each vote
cast, before it was cut and fell into the drop box of the
VVPAT printer, in the manner a voter is supposed to
check the printed ballot slip in a real elec on. A er
the mock poll, the printed ballot slips of each VVPAT
printer were counted to compute the result
independent of the electronic result in the CU and the
result of the printed ballot slips was tallied with the
electronic result of the CU. The tally was shown to
those present in the FLC. The en re process was
videographed.
During the mock poll in the polling sta ons, the Ballot
Unit(s) and VVPAT unit were placed in the Vo ng
Compartment and CU and VSDU on the table of the
Presiding Officer/Polling Officer who operated the
CU. One polling officer was present in the Vo ng
Compartment along with polling agents to watch
opera ons on the BU and the printed ballot slip by the
VVPAT Printer unit. The printed paper slips of the
mock poll were kept in an envelope made of thick
black paper and kept in a special plas c box provided
for the purpose. The plas c box was sealed with a Pink
Paper Seal placed all around in such a manner that
opening of the box shall not be possible without
breaking the seal. Polling agents present were
allowed to verify that the drop box of VVPAT unit was
empty and the drop box was sealed with the Address
Tag before actual poll started.
For the first me Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
(VVPAT) with Electronic Vo ng Machines was used
for the Noksen Assembly seat in Tuensang district of
Nagaland in September, 2013.
 Figure 62: Parts of VVPAT

A er the result was announced, irrespec ve of

Number of VVPAT used
whether the printed paper slips of VVPAT were
counted or not, the printed paper slips were taken out Jadhavpur, West Bengal 1959

of the drop box of the VVPAT Printer unit and stored. Lucknow, U ar Pradesh 1715

Chennai Central, Tamil Nadu 1153

VVPATs were introduced in the Lok Sabha elec ons
2014 for the the first me pan- India. Mizoram 385

Bangalore South, Karnataka 1925

VVPATs were used in 08 PCs across the country during
2014 elec ons. A total of 12,919 VVPAT machines Gandhinagar, Gujarat 1800

were used. Raipur, Chha sgarh 2204

Patna Sahib, Bihar 1778

The Graph 71 highlights the number of VVPATs used in
some PCs across the country on a pilot basis.¹⁹ 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Graph 71: VVPATs used

 Raipur, Chha sgarh had the maximum number of
VVPATs, while Mizoram had the lowest.
 ECIL made VVPATs were used in Gandhinagar,
Bangalore, Chennai, Patna and Mizoram while BEL
made VVPATs were used in Lucknow, Jadavpur and
Raipur.

ECI instructed the Mizoram elec on department to

use VVPAT in 10 Assembly cons tuencies during
elec ons held to the 40-member state Legisla ve
Assembly in November 2013. VVPATs were also
introduced in one cons tuency each of Madhya
Pradesh, Chha sgarh and Rajasthan State assembly
elec ons.

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Case 20 : Implementa on of VVPAT in 26-Bangalore
South PC Karnataka in LS Elec on 2014
26-Bangalore South PC was one of the seven PCs across the country, to
implement VVPAT. The challenge was to effec vely and successfully
implement the ini a ve, within the short period available for the
prepara ons. The task was accomplished by addressing the concerns of
all the stakeholders.

Training:
A special video film was shot and produced in 2 days, incorpora ng the
addi on of VVPAT in the polling process. Mul ple training sessions,
involving audio-visual aids, were organised for sector officers and
Master Trainees were given special focus and trained intensively,
including hands on training, as they were in turn, to train the polling
personnel. Addi onal polling personnel had to be randomized and
incorporated in the polling par es, as addi onal polling officer, to
handle VVPAT.

The polling personnel were given intensive training involving all aspects
of the use of EVM & VVPAT.

During the mustering day as well, the polling staff, the leaders of
poli cal par es and the candidates were briefed about VVPAT, by
organizing a special session for them by the BEL Engineers.

Awareness about VVPAT among the electors:

In order to create awareness among the electors about the use of VVPAT, special teams were arranged who were
equipped with VVPATs and EVMs. These teams would visit various parts of the Parliamentary Cons tuency with
these machines and would explain to the people about the use of VVPATs and also its func oning. The voters
were also allowed to use the machines and see how it works. Also an appeal le er from the RO (Returning
Officer) to the voters of Bangalore South PC was distributed, which appealed to the voters to come and exercise
their vote. A special segment explaining about VVPAT was included in that appeal le er, as an addi onal
transparency measure by the ECI, which confirms to which candidate the vote has been cast by means of the
printed ballot slip(which cannot be collected by the voter). Adequate publicity about VVPAT was generated
through the print and electronic media, so that the electors would be aware about VVPAT.

Thus, the ini a ve of the ECI of implemen ng VVPAT as an addi onal transparency mechanism was successfully
implemented in all the 1926 polling sta ons of the 26-Bangalore South parliamentary cons tuency.

 No change in the Cas ng of Vote by Voter.

 Voter has to cast his vote as usual by pressing
bu on against the Candidate he / she would
like to vote for.
 VVPAT System is only a printer with drop box
which prints and displays a slip a er you cast
your vote.

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16.3 Indelible Ink
Indelible ink popularly known as ‘Voter's Ink’, to mark
voter’s finger during the elec ons to avoid fraudulent,
mul ple vo ng and malprac ces. To address the
challenge of fake vo ng, ECI introduced a measure of
using Indelible Ink, which is marked on the le -hand
nail of the voter. It is not an ordinary ink; once applied
on the finger it cannot be removed by any chemical,
detergents or oil, and remains for a few months.
This special ink is supplied by the Mysore Paints and
Varnish Limited (MPVL), the Government of
Karnataka undertaking. MPVL specializes in
manufacturing and supplying the indelible ink. It is
the sole authorized supplier of this type of foolproof
ink in India, having exclusive license granted by the
Na onal Research Development Corpora on (NRDC)
since 1962. In 1962, the ECI in collabora on with the
Union Law Ministry, the Na onal Physical Laboratory
(NPL) and NRDC made an agreement with MPVL, for
supplying this ink for the Parliament, Assembly and
other General Elec ons to all the States in India.
Beginning with 1962 General Elec ons, MPVL has
been supplying the indelible ink for all
elec ons in India.
16.4 Ballot papers
On every BU of an EVM, a ballot paper is
displayed in the space meant thereof. The
names of the contes ng candidates are
arranged on the ballot paper in the same
order and language(s) in which their
names are prepared in the list of
contes ng candidates. The names of only
sixteen candidates are arranged on one
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sheet of a ballot paper. The serial number of each
contes ng candidate, his/her name and the symbol
allo ed to him/her, is printed in a separate panel for
each candidate. Serial number and the name of the
candidate are printed on the le hand side and
his/her symbol on the right hand side in the panel.
The ballot papers are printed on white paper for
Parliamentary elec ons, which was the case with the
16th Lok Sabha elec ons, and on pink paper for
Assembly elec ons .
Under Rule 49P of the Conduct of Elec ons Rules,
1961, if a person represen ng him/herself to be a
par cular elector, seeks to vote a er another person
has already voted as such elector, s/he shall, on
sa sfactorily answering such ques ons rela ng to
his/her iden ty as the Presiding Officer may ask, be
supplied with a tendered ballot paper instead of
being allowed to vote through the EVM. The rule
provides that ‘the tendered ballot paper shall be of
such design and the par culars of that ballot paper
shall be in such language or languages as the
Commission. The tendered ballot paper is also of the
same design and printed in the same language(s) as
the ballot paper which is used for display on the ballot
unit.
One ballot paper is required for display on each ballot
unit. Therefore, the number of ballot papers required
for this purpose is equal to the number of vo ng
machines used, including the reserve machines, in
the cons tuency. Each polling sta on may be supplied
with twenty ballot papers to be used, if necessary, as
tendered ballot papers. 10% of the above number is
printed as extra ballot papers to meet the extra
con ngencies.
 At the time of FLC Pink Paper seal on CU

 Thread seal for the "candidate set" and power pack (ba ery)
sec on of CU a er se ng of number of contes ng candidates and
installa on of ba ery
At the time of Candidate Set
 Thread seal of ballot paper screen of BU a er Fixing of ballot Paper
 Therea er, two thread seals with Address Tags of BU
 Pink Paper seal on BU

 Green Paper Seal signed by polling agents and presiding officer for
result sec on on CU
 Thread Seal with Special Tag for inner door of result sec on
After Mock poll in polling  Outer Paper Strip Seal covering result sec on and lower Por on of
Station CU
 Thread Seal with Address Tag for Bo om compartment
 Molten wax is used to seal

A er CLOSING the Poll, the CU and BU are placed in their

carrying cases, closed and sealed with the Address tag

Figure 63: Types of EVM Seals

16.5 Other Elec on Materials
Voters have to vote in secrecy and for this purpose,
the BU is required to be kept in Vo ng Compartments.
The Vo ng Compartment has three sides covered.
The Ballot Unit is placed inside the Vo ng
Compartment on a table. The BU is placed in such a
way that voters do not find any difficulty to record
their votes. The Connec ng Cable, which is
permanently a ached to the Ballot Unit, comes out
from the back por on of the Vo ng Compartment
through an aperture cut out at the bo om of back
por on of the Vo ng Compartment. This aperture
should be wide enough so that por on of the Ballot
Unit through which the Cable comes out is visible
from outside. This is necessary to keep a watch that
no voter tries to tamper or damage the Cable while
inside the Vo ng Compartment. However, this
aperture in the Vo ng Compartment should not be
too wide as to violate the secrecy of vo ng. The Vo ng
Compartments made during 2014 elec ons had three
sides covered. The Ballot Unit was placed inside the
Vo ng Compartment on a table as shown in the
picture below. For the conduct of poll, a Voter’s
Register is used. The signature of voters for the
elec ons is taken in this register.

Elec on material supplements the conduct

of free, fair and credible elec ons. From the
provision of a tamper-proof EVM to the
quality of indelible ink to the size of vo ng
compartment, the en re gamut of elec on
material plays a crucial role in upholding the
integrity of the electoral process. At the me
of ballot boxes, only Green Paper Seals were
used to seal the ballot boxes to detect any
malprac ce on them. Now, with the use of
EVMs, pink paper seals, address tags, special
tags, outer paper strip seals, green paper
seals etc. have come into existence to ensure
that there is no malprac ce.

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17 Communica on and Transporta on
Arrangements

ECI ini ated a proac ve approach and drew up an

exhaus ve elec on-related con ngency planning
that included methodizing a complex logis cal web of
communica on and transporta on measures. To
track the course and progress of all ac vi es and
opera ons ECI established a secure communica on
linkage between the various stakeholders.

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Figure 64: Levels of Communica on during Elec ons

17.1 Communica on Plan
The levels of communica on (and the stakeholders
who use them) were established and made
opera onal during the 2014 elec ons as shown in
Figure 64
During the elec on period for the pre poll phase, on
the day of the poll, a er the polls and on the day of
coun ng is given in figure 65, 66, 67, & 68.

Figure 65: Communica on plan for Pre-poll period

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 Figure 66: Communica on Plan for Poll Day

Figure 67: Communica on plan for Post Poll Period

Figure 68: Communica on Plan for Coun ng Day

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As a part of the communica on plan, assessment of
number of polling sta ons with landline connec ons,
mobile connec vity and wireless signal are assessed.
Provision for runners and other contact persons were
made for polling sta ons with poor connec vity.
Data on connec vity of polling sta ons both in terms
of type and number of connec ons have been
collected. (Annexure 3.14). The graph 72 & 73
summarise the details. Graph 72 reflects availability
of connec vity at polling sta ons in the country.
Graph 73 shows number of actual connec ons and
contact persons listed during LS 2014.¹⁵

Number of Polling sta ons Vs Type of

connec vity
700000
582733
600000
500000
400000
300000
200000
100000
9321 16667
0
With mobile and land line without mobile and land without mobile but
phone connec vity line phone connec vity, land line phone, wireless or
with wireless and satellite satellite phone connec vity
phone connec on

Graph 72: Communica on channels available

Number of Channels listed

2000000
1737042
1800000

1600000

1400000

1200000

1000000

800000

600000
381572
400000
162750
200000

0
Labdline phones Mobile Phones Runners persons

Graph 73: Communica on u li es available

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Case 21: Best Prac ces from States and UTs on Communica on Plan

Goa's SMS based applica on

successful in mely repor ng of -

Voter Extraordinary
Polling queues at events eg
Percentages polling EVM failure Complaint
sta ons etc. redressal
system
Communica on Channels used by Goa
Single window
Online reporting system for receipt
to communicate of applications from
the progress of candidates for
Chattisgarh's rally/vehicles/
BMF
meetinga
Web-based IT
Applications

Online reporting Online daily

formats to
reports of LOR,
monitor & track
time bound MCC violation
events and offences

Communica on channels used by Chha sgarh

Communica on channels used by Jharkhand

Communica on issues of Jammu and Kashmir

Figure 69: Communica on channels used by various states during 2014 elec ons

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17.2 Transport Plan
Sec on 160 of the RP Act allows the State to
requisi on vehicles including vessels/ animals for the
conduct of elec ons. The Deputy Commissioner/
District Magistrate of the district, exercises the
powers under this Sec on to ensure the mobility
during the process of elec ons. Factors influenced
transporta on during the 2014 elec on are given in
figure 70.
Usually, the transporta on arrangements got
complicated due to the reluctance of vehicle owning
departments to share vehicles and, long
requisi oning procedure, therefore, ECI issued
detailed checklist for the following groups as shown in
figure 71.

Figure 70: Factors influenced transporta on

Observers

Other Divisions Area

related to Magistrates/Zonal
elec ons Magistrates

Videographers/
Polling Par es
Cameramen

Police Forces
(State and Sector Officers,
Central) Micro Observers

As . Expenditure
Observer, Flying
Squads, SSTs,
VSTs

Figure 71: Checklist for Transport arrangements

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Besides the checklist, instruc ons for preparing route
charts for every PS were issued and given to Polling
Party & Sector Officers. According to feasibility and
convenience, separate route chart for Polling Par es,
Sector officers/ Zonal Magistrates, Micro Observers,
Polling force were explored while preparing route
chart for a cluster of polling sta ons and their
headquarter.
All the vehicle owners were asked to furnish data
about drivers/ conductors/ cleaners including their
enrolment details in electoral rolls. Database was
prepared in advance. Para 3.17 of the Handbook for
Returning Officers (2014) also specified it with a
heading ‘Transport for Polling Par es’. The RO usually
draws up the Vehicle Movement Plan for each polling
party along with sufficient reserve. Figure 72 & 73
shows the transport plan and the instruc ons for
requisi oning vehicles.
Buses, Trucks, Cars, Jeeps etc.,
( both of private & government ) be
assessed
Dra movement programme
ad-hoc, ear-marking of vehicles
Tenta ve transport programme of
polling par es
Police personnel to be deployed at
PSs should be accompanied with
polling par es.
Minor repair of roads/ routes, if
necessary, by PWD or related
authori es / departments
Figure 72: Transport Plan
It was seen that there was large varia on in
arrangements on the ground. In some states like
Gujarat, the district authori es were solely in control
of management of transporta on whereas in
resource-scarce states like Arunachal Pradesh, a large
number of districts had to depend on the centralized
state authority for alloca on and management of the
ma er.
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Requisitioning of vehicles, private and
Government both - Sec. 160 of RP Act,
1951
Vehicle of the following should not be
requisitioned (ECI’s No.
464/INST/2008-EPS dt. 26.12.2008)
Vehicle of BSNL, UPSC and education
institutions (except in unavoidable
circumstances)
Vehicle of Forest department, AIR,
Doordarshan, WHO, UNICEF &
Organizations of UN
Vehicle should be in good condition
and shape and free from dirt and smell
As far as possible truck should be not
used for polling parties
Vehicle should not be retained
unnecessarily
Check if any boats or such other means
would be necessary to be deployed,
Whether any special preparations/ precautions
would be required in eventuality of rains or
other such events
Contingency/Management Plans been
relooked into/ updated, and due
preparations been kept in light of the same
Figure 73: Instruc ons for Requisi oning Vehicles
Other than surface vehicles, helicopters, ships/ boats,
animals, porters were also used in logis cally
challenging states during the elec ons. For
helicopters, the ECI placed common requisi ons with
the Ministry of Defence for alloca on of helicopters in
hill states, LWE states, and islands. The deployment of
other modes of mobility was planned and executed at
the district and the state level based on the
requirement.
 fee concerns etc. Availability of IAF helicopters saw
mixed results in Arunachal Pradesh where different
parameters were used for flying by IAF and Pawan
Hans. Through an extensive transporta on planning,
ECI ensured that there is a smooth and constant flow
of the mammoth process of elec ons.¹⁵

During Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014, the ECI emphasized

on early prepara on of District Elec on Management
Plan which helped the district authori es in making
the Vehicle Movement Plan in advance. Simultaneous
a en on on PB/ EDC needs of the drivers/ helpers
etc. allowed the district authori es in extending the
franchise facility to large number of eligible electors.
A clear cut instruc on on the welfare of these staff
made the environment much conducive.

The ECI also made early a empts to facilitate the

requisi oning of helicopters and air ambulances
through IAF for various States. However, the
mobiliza on of transport had usual hiccups like non-
compliance of requisi oning, availability of poor
quality of vehicles, POL arrangements, honorarium/

Case 22 : Vehicle Management System of West Bengal

In the Lok Sabha Elec on 2014, West Bengal CEO office developed so ware for effec ve management of hired
vehicles to be used for Poll and Elec on Management/Monitoring purpose throughout the State.

Objec ve for using the so ware

• State Vehicle Management System for elec on purpose can be computerized.
• District can access the vehicle requirement status from Headquarter to block level.
• Each level of RTO involvement can be measured.

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• Day wise posi on of each vehicle can be monitored.
• Finding any vehicle through its registra on number can
be immediately monitored.
• Fuel consump on can be es mated.
• Type of vehicle in each sec on (i.e. subdivision, block,
headquarter) can be judged.
• Malprac ce in fuel sec on can be diminished.
• Vehicle owner can be immediately accessed from his
mobile number from the system.
• Show cause for not repor ng to office in any case can be
done through this so ware.
• Bill genera on is an integrated part of this so ware.
• Payment of bill can be done directly through so ware.
• CEO level, District level, Sub division level, block level report shows the exact posi on of the vehicle
management system.

Important Points related to VMS so ware

Vehicle Management System (VMS) so ware is aimed for managing the vehicles that are hired for elec on
purpose, star ng from requirement assessment, requisi on, repor ng, release, bill raise and payment of bills.
The normal physical procedure of vehicle requisi on etc. would be con nued as usual

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Func onal Arrangements

Vehicle requisi on can be done by different level of administra on like District level, AC level, sub- division level
and block level of general administra on of district. For police administra on, requisi on can be done by SP
level, SDPO/Addl.SP level, OIC of police sta ons.
 DEO will first iden fy the users that can post requirement assessment / make requisi on / payment.
 The levels (like RTO, SDO and BDO etc.), who are requisi on-authority will make requisi on and keep the
documents of the vehicles blue-book etc. at their level and will hand over those a er final release. If one BDO
seizing the vehicle docs on behalf of sub-division or districts and finally hand over bluebook etc. to sub-
division or district, then in that case BDO is not requisi on authority; requisi on authority will be sub-division
or district who is keeping the blue-book etc.
 De-Requisi on is like exemp on. Once a vehicle is de-requisi oned, system will not consider that vehicle for
repor ng. Only DEO will have the authority to make ‘De-Requisi on’.
 Payment is done against requisi on. So, for every requisi on, bill could be generated and payment could be
done.
 At DEO level, all the func onali es were handled by district transport cell (e.g. RTO) and all the requisi ons
etc. done by RTO were treated as done under DEO login. At sub-division level, AC level, and Block level, all the
jobs were handled by respec ve transport-cell-in-charge to do the func onali es under sub-division level,
AC level, and block level login respec vely.
 Finally, the vehicle is released from the elec on duty and the bill is generated for service against respec ve
requisi on number.

SAMPLE FINAL RELEASE REPORT

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Case 23: Drop Contract System of Buses in Gujarat

An innova ve approach for saving cost and reducing the harassment to public was implemented in Sabarkantha
District, Gujarat. Generally, Buses are requisi oned for three days for the purpose of dispatching, receiving of
elec on material and polling par es and for the final movement of material to the strong rooms of the Coun ng
Centre.

By adop ng the Drop Contract System, the buses were asked to start from the respec ve sponsoring ACs and
drop the polling staff to other ACs as per randomiza on of staff. Once the Buses reached such des na on they
were relieved immediately as opposed to being held up for the next three days. Then they reached at 5pm on poll
day at the respec ve polling sta ons and routes and from there went to the receiving centres. Finally, they took
the polling staff to their respec ve home ACs as per the routes.

By following old approach, all vehicles were to stand by for en re three days for which the cost was calculated
accordingly. Public transport is the preferred mode for dispatch and receiving due to their accountability and as a
risk mi ga on measure. Hence, due to blocking of these vehicles for three days, general public had to suffer
because of dilu on of public transport/bus services for this period.

Here are the facts and figures:

• The Total No of Vehicles used: 236

• Total number of hours of buses for three days as per regular contract if this system had not been adopted:
121 hours (Per hour charge of Rs 43,058 for 236 Buses, that is Rs. 101,61,688)
• Total number of hours as per drop system: Only 17 hours (Per hour Rs 10655 charged for 236 Buses and
minimum rates as applicable: Rs 43,86,834)
• Total Savings because of Drop Contract System: Rs. 101,61,688-43,86,834 = Rs. 57,74,854

Hence, by adop ng this system, not only did the district save Rs. 57 Lacs, but public transport did not get
disrupted.

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18. Informa on Technology (IT)
With the advent of ICT tools, the ECI began increasingly
leveraging the massive advancements to drive various
ini a ves and reduce the digital divide. Ever since the
Electronic Vo ng Machines were commissioned by ECI
in 1989 and its subsequent adop on in all the General
Elec ons, IT became intricately entwined with the
process of elec ons right from prepara on and
maintenance of electoral roll to nomina on process,
conduct of elec ons, expenditure monitoring etc.
There was a sustained effort in bringing various ICT
ini a ves by ECI at grassroots level from all the districts
and at state headquarters since 1990. These included
various Parliamentary and Legisla ve elec ons.
Support was provided at various levels of the elec on
process. Post the historic decision of computerizing
the electoral rolls; the photo iden ty based EPIC card
was another important ac vity apart from polling and
results dissemina on. NIC and NICNET - the backbone
network of the Government of India was ac vely
involved for facilita ng grassroots level
implementa on.
The integra on of various modules of applica ons,
unifica on of the database, cleansing the Electoral Roll
database and development of new applica ons were
some of the key areas iden fied for the immediate
ac on. Further, a list of objec ves like Intra-ECI, ECI on
Cloud, introducing equipment called Electronic Poll
Monitoring Device (EPMD), Mobile Applica on for
ECI were iden fied as a long term objec ve.
The Elec on Commission of India used ICT in the
conduct of elec ons for improving the efficiency,
accuracy and transparency. Before implementa on of
ICT applica ons, conduct of elec ons was manually
handled and work flow en rely depended on paper
an d telep h o n e b as ed co mmu n ica o n . T h e
maintenance of manual EPIC roll led to impersona on
issues and delays in polling and coun ng process.
Issuing orders and no fica ons to individuals
concerned was a challenging task en rely depending
on fax and typewriters.
Table 35 contains 34 applica ons developed by ECI
were implemented for various electoral processes
during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 during various stages
of the electoral cycle. Most of these applica ons are
run and managed by ECI and MCMC . ⁹

Table 35: So ware applica ons used for 2014 elec ons during various stages of electoral cycle

Serial Applica on Name Pre poll Announcements to Poll Day Coun ng Day/Result
No last date of nomina on Declara on
1 Voter Registra on Y N N
2 Complaint Registra on Y Y Y
3 Ci zen services for officers Y Y Y
4 Na onal and Interna onal
SMS sender Y Y Y
5 Online E Roll Monitoring Y Y N
6 Poll day Monitoring N Y N
7 Service Electors Registra on N N N
8 MAP Services Y Y Y
9 IIIDEM Portal Y N N
10 SVEEP Y Y Y
11 Poli cal Party Registra on Y Y Y
12 Candidate Affidavit Data Entry Y N Y
13 Poli cal Party Expenditure N N Y
14 EEMS N N Y
15 ECI Website Y Y Y
16 ECI Dashboard
(CONTROL ROOM) Y Y Y
17 Synchronisa on Y Y Y
18 EVM Tracking Y Y Y
19 EVM Mobile app webservice N N N
20 EVM Tracking Training
Webservice Y Y Y

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 21 Genesys Pre-Coun ng
AC and PC Y Y N
22 Observer Data Entry Y Y Y
23 Observers Portal Y Y Y
24 ECI Officers Portal(Observers) Y Y Y
25 Observer Alloca on
De-Alloca on web service Y Y Y
26 Genesys AC/PC and Observers
Report Definalisa on website Y Y Y
27 Update MPARTY website Y Y N
28 Download Login website
(h p://eciofficers.nic.in) Y Y Y
29 EVM/Genesys/Observer
Password Reset website Y Y Y
30 Index Card and Sta s cal Report
Genera on webservice N N Y
31 Dynamic Affidavit display website Y Y Y
32 Genesys Coun ng AC webservice N N Y
33 Genesys Coun ng PC webservice N N Y
34 Trends and Result Page
genera on webservice N N Y
35 Trends and Result Dissemina on
Sta c Page AC Display website N N Y
36 Trends and Result Dissemina on
Sta c Page PC Display website N N Y
31 Dynamic Affidavit display website Y Y Y
32 Genesys Coun ng AC webservice N N Y
33 Genesys Coun ng PC webservice N N Y
34 Trends and Result Page genera on
webservice N N Y

These so ware applica ons have been categorized 18.1 IT Applica ons used during prepara on
into applica ons used before, during and a er poll. for elec ons

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I. Polling Sta on Loca on on Google Map
A web based module to help users find their
polling sta on loca on on Google map.
II. Online E-Roll Monitoring
This system was developed for health check-up of
voter lists w.r.t. total number, female/ male voter
numbers/ age group wise numbers etc.
III. Elec on Expenditure Monitoring
This was the online monitoring and tracking
system for elec on expenditure accounts lodged
by the candidates to check for its accuracy. It also
helped in tracking further ac ons taken on
defaulted candidates by Elec on Commission.
Components were :
 Online monitoring of expenditure accounts
lodged by the candidates.
 Online tracking of ac ons taken on candidate by
Elec on commission, like no ces issued, no ces
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served, hearing done, case dropped, disqualified
etc.
 DEO’s first and summary reports.
 DEO’s supplementary report, if any.
 Comments on report/s by ECI, CEO, DEO.
IV. Observers Alloca on/De-Alloca on applica on
Observers were allocated/ de-allocated/
reserved/ exempted using this applica on.
A endance of observers during the briefing was
recorded.
v. Observers Portal
Using this applica on, observers could update
their PIS, fill and upload various reports for online
submission to the Commission. They could view
important instruc ons from Commission via
no ce board, their latest deployment status and
history of past deployment du es.⁹
vi. ECI Officers Portal ROs and AC staff of poll going states for
ECI and State level officers could access the uploading/, upda ng informa on such as
reports filled/uploaded by observers against candidate’s detail, details of electors & polling
current and previous elec ons. The instruc ons sta ons.
on observers were available on no ce board.
viii. Poli cal Party and Free Symbol Update
vii. Pre-Coun ng Web Genesys applica on
This applica on was provided to CEOs/ DEOs/ This applica on was used for office use for

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 Inser on and dele on of Poli cal par es and
their elec on symbol details.
Ix. EVM Tracking Applica on
EVM Tracking entry applica on was developed
for crea ng a centralized database for CUs and
BUs distributed across 35 states and UTs of India.
This Applica on was used at CEO/ DEO/
Warehouse In-charge/ ECI Admin levels/ BEL/
ECIL. It allowed tracking of Control Unit and Ballot
Unit and their loca on. The applica on had the
facility to create and enter the warehouse details
and stock entry of CU and BU.
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x. Na onal Electoral Search
With the financial support from Department Of
Electronics and IT, Government of India and
implementa on support from CDAC, Na onal
Level Electoral Search IT tool were developed for
use by viewers to search their name in electoral
roll and finding the polling booth where they
were expected to cast their votes during
elec ons.⁹
18.2 IT Applica ons used during the process
of elec ons
I. Poll Day Monitoring System
The reports for Poll Day Monitoring were
customized for users to submit/ view in real me,
using mobile phones, Web Interface techniques.
Higher Mobile penetra on compared to internet
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penetra on on PC benefited managing me
schedules and helped compiling them online for
helping decision makers to take decisions early
and on me. It also helped in popula ng
decisions taken to larger number of concerned
officials working in field, in providing a
mechanism of smart governance of elec ons.
ii. Webcas ng elec ons, crea on of slots for observers
The framework for webcas ng of video picked deployment and various reports for observer
from within & around the booth (through camera deployment were available there.
mounted moving car) had been created using free

source services from the web. iv. Model Code of Conduct

ECI emphasized that the ac vi es for Model code
iii. Observers Data Entry Applica on Conduct be made more transparent through
This applica on was used by Observer Planning
electronic media, thus a prototype was prepared
and Elec on Material Sec on of ECI. Details of
to facilitate discussions between division people
officers who were deployed as Observers with
and IT developers.
their Nodal officer ’s details, schedule of

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18.3 IT Applica on used a er the elec ons
I Genesys
For trends and results dissemina on during and
a er coun ng, an applica on was provided at all
the coun ng centres on coun ng day. In this
applica on round wise schedule data, round wise
votes polled against each candidate for all rounds,
postal ballot votes polled against each candidate
were entered and me to me trends and results
were declared through numbers, bar charts and
pie charts .
II. Index Card Upda on and Sta s cal Report
Genera on Applica on
Index cards prepared were submi ed by
respec ve ROs for genera on of various
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sta s cal reports to be submi ed to the
Commission a er finaliza on and cer fica on.⁹
IT Applica ons running permanently
1. Elec on Monitoring System
This IT Tool provided a dashboard of consolidated
informa on, tools and mely reports to officers
engaged in elec on monitoring process at all
hierarchical levels from top to bo om. The major
stages were - pre-poll, poll day, post-poll, trends &
result and consolida on.
2. Public Grievance Redress System
It provided single window common interface to
the ci zens for submi ng their complaints.
Case 24: iVote, an example of technology-based elec on
management from Punjab

Technology can be used to empower people and improve governance. The number of
mobile internet users was es mated to hit 185 million by June of 2014 according to
IAMAI and IMRB Interna onal. Urban India was expected to account for 153 million
users. The Android based mobile applica on iVote was introduced by CEO Punjab as a
one stop, mul -purpose app that provides various elec ons related u lity features:

• Direc on/Map to reach Polling Booth:

The loca on of all polling booths was fed into the
App and connected to Google Maps. Voters could
use the GPS facili es of the mobile to locate their
polling sta ons on the basis of parliamentary
cons tuency, assembly cons tuency and booth
number.
• Vo ng Slip and EPIC:
Users can enter their EPIC number and receive all
the informa on such as informa on about polling
booth and candidates in the cons tuency. The App
also allowed the users to download their e-vo ng
slip which would contain all the necessary details
related to his/her iden fica on in
order to vote.
• Candidates’ Affidavits:
Informa on on every candidate’s
educa onal, criminal and
economical background helps
voters make informed decisions.
However this informa on is either
not readily available to voters when
required or voters are unaware of
from where this informa on can be
procured. The App allowed users to
see Affidavit (Form 26) of any
candidate in any parliamentary
cons tuency as available in the ECI
website.
• Model Code of Conduct:
The App provides voters a copy of
the MCC so that ci zens can inform
of any wrongdoings that they have
no ced in their surroundings.
• Complaint:
The users can register MCC viola on complaint on the App with the
simple, user-friendly complaint sec on. The complainants can also a ach
pictures.
• Elec on Result:
iVote App offered the real- me party-wise na onal results and
cons tuency-wise results in the state on 16th May 2014 as it became
available on the ECI website.

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 THE PROCESS
OF ELECTIONS

Section : C
C.

19
The Process of Elec ons

Nomina ons and Withdrawals

211 - 274

212 - 216
20 Affidavits 217 - 218
20.1 E-filing of Affidavits 217
21 Model Code of Conduct 218 - 227
21.1 Broad Areas of MCC 219
21.2 List of Do's and Dont's 220
21.3 MCC Machinery 221
22 Observers 227 - 234
22.1 Types of Observers
23 Expenditure Monitoring 235 - 241
23.1 ECI Instruc ons 235
23.2 Process and Monitoring Teams 236
23.2.1 Video Surveillance Team 237
23.2.2 Video Viewing Team 237
23.2.3 Accoun ng Team 237
23.2.4 Flying Squads 238
23.2.5 Sta c Surveillance Team 238
24 Role of Media 245 - 250
24.1 Air Time to Poli cal Par es 245
24.2 Restric ons on Exit Polls and Opinion Polls 247
24.3 Paid News and MCMCs 247
24.4 Social Media 249
25 Poll Day Ac vi es 250 - 252
25.1 Use of Video Camera and S ll Cameras at Polling Sta ons 251
25.2 Voter Facilita on Centres (VFCs) 252
26 Simultaneous Elec ons 259 - 262
27 Postal Ballots and Elec on Duty Cer ficates 262 - 265
27.1 Elec on duty cer ficates (EDCs) 262
27.2 Data Analysis 262
28 Re-poll and Adjourned Poll 265 - 266

29 Strong Rooms 267

30 Coun ng 267 - 271
30.1 Coun ng Centre, Halls and Staff 268
30.2 Process of Coun ng 270
30.3 Coun ng of EVM votes 271
31 Declara on of Results 272 - 273
31.1 Genesys Coun ng Day Applica on for Trends and Result Dissemina on 273

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The process of elec ons began with the declara on of
elec on schedule. As soon as the schedule was
announced, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came
into force. Subsequently, a detailed stepwise process
of nomina on and withdrawal of candidature was
followed before actual polling and coun ng took
place.
The schedule of the General Elec on to the 16th Lok
Sabha 2014 and Legisla ve Assemblies of Andhra
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha was
announced on 5th March 2014 by the Commission in
New Delhi. The picture above is from the official
announcement of General Elec ons by the Elec on
Commissioners.
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19 Nomina ons and Withdrawals
As per Sec on 32 of the Representa on of the People
Act 1951, any person may be nominated as a
candidate for elec on to fill a seat if s/he is qualified to
be chosen to fill that seat under the provisions of the
Cons tu on and this Act or under the provision of the
Government of Union Territories Act 1963.
The picture below shows the process of scru nizing
nomina on papers by the RO in Tamil Nadu. The
detailed procedure for calling for nomina on of
candidates is given in Part V Chapter I of the RP Act
1951.The process of nomina on starts from the date of
no fica on issued under Sec on 12 to 16 (as
applicable) under Part III of this Act.
 Notification Nomination Scrutiny Withdrawal Poll
 As soon as the  Filing of nomination  The day  The second date  The date of poll is
notification calling starts on the date of immediately after the date for not earlier than 14
upon a constituency notification. The 7th following the last scrutiny of days after the last
to elect a member is day after the date of date of filing nomination is date of withdrawal
issued, the ECI is publication of the nomination is notified as the last of nominations
required to issue a notification is the appointed as the date of withdrawal
notification in the
last date for filing date for scrutiny of of candidature
official gazette to
nomination for nominations
appoint the last date
candidature
for making
nomination

Figure 74 : Process of Nomination

Nomina on papers were filed by the candidate
himself/ herself or by his/ her proposer on or before
the last date of filing of nomina ons between
11.00am to 03.00pm before the Returning Officer at
the place specified in the no fica on. The
nomina on paper in the prescribed Form was signed
by the candidate and proposed by a registered voter
in the Cons tuency in the case of candidates
sponsored by recognised Na onal or State Party. In
the case of an Independent candidate or a candidate
of unrecognised Poli cal Party, ten electors
subscribed the nomina on paper as proposers.
Under Sec on 34 of the RP Act 1951, every candidate
for elec on to a Parliamentary Cons tuency has to
deposit an amount of Rs 25000/- as security deposit
with the Returning Officer in cash or in Reserve Bank
or a Government Treasury. For elec on to Legisla ve
Assembly, this amount is Rs.10000/-. For candidates
belonging to SC/ ST the deposit amount is Rs 12500/-
and 5000/- respec vely. A candidate is allowed to file
a maximum of four sets of nomina on papers.
Table 36 and Sta s cal Annexure 4.1.1 gives details of
nomina ons filed, accepted, withdrawn and total
number of contes ng candidates in the 2014
elec ons. A total of 17% nomina ons were rejected
during the scru ny and 10% candidates withdrew
their candidature subsequent to scru ny ³.

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 Original/Duplicate
(Original to be kept with nomina on paper and
duplicate to be handed over to candidate)

Check list of documents in connec on with filing of nomina on

Name of cons tuency .......................................................

Name of the candidate .......................................................
Date and me of filing nomina on paper .......................................................
SI. No. of nomina on paper .......................................................

SI. No. Documents Whether filed (write Yes/No)

{ If there is any defect /
shortcoming in the documents,
the same should be specified }
1. Affidavit in Form 26
2. Cer fied extract of electoral roll (when candidate
is an elector of a different cons tuency)
3. Forms A and B (applicable in the case of
candidates set up by poli cal par es).
4. Copy of cast cer ficate (if the candidate claims
to belong to SC/ST)
5. Security deposit (whether made)
6. Oath / affirma on (whether taken)

The following documents which have not been filed should be filed as indicated
below:

(a) ______________should be filed latest by____________________________.

(b) ______________should be filed latest by____________________________.
...............................

Received.

............................. .............................

(Signature of candidate) (Signature of RO/ARO)

Date & me:

Place:

N.B

1. The affidavit in Form 26 and Forms A&B have to be filed latest by 3.00 P.M on the last date
of filing nomina ons.
2. Oath has to be taken a er filing nomina on paper and before the date fixed for scru ny.
3. Cer fied extract of electoral roll can be filed up to the me of scru ny.
4. Security deposit should be made either before filing of nomina on paper or at the me of
filing of nomina on paper. Therefore, there is no ques on of issuing no ce for making the
security deposit.

Figure 75 : Checklist of documents for nomination

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 Table 36 : Nomination Summary
Name of State/UT Nomina ons Nomina ons Nomina ons Withdrawals Contes ng
Filed Accepted Rejected Candidates
A & N Islands 22 20 2 5 15
Andhra Pradesh 791 692 99 94 598
Arunachal Pradesh 11 11 0 0 11
Assam 182 172 10 10 162
Bihar 709 630 79 23 607
Chandigarh 21 19 2 2 17
Chha sgarh 278 260 18 49 211
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 14 12 2 1 11
Daman & Diu 5 4 1 0 4
Goa 24 20 4 1 19
Gujarat 509 413 96 79 334
Haryana 299 251 48 21 230
Himachal Pradesh 50 40 10 2 38
Jammu & Kashmir 103 86 17 9 77
Jharkhand 267 248 19 8 240
Karnataka 589 545 44 111 434
Kerala 391 326 65 57 269
Lakshadweep 9 7 2 1 6
Madhya Pradesh 447 414 33 36 378
Maharashtra 1458 1272 186 375 897
Manipur 18 18 0 0 18
Meghalaya 10 10 0 0 10
Mizoram 4 4 0 1 3
Nagaland 4 3 1 0 3
NCT of Delhi 207 156 51 6 150
Odisha 206 199 7 3 196
Puducherry 41 33 8 3 30
Punjab 347 280 67 27 253
Rajasthan 451 383 68 63 320
Sikkim 6 6 0 0 6
Tamil Nadu 1355 906 449 61 845
Tripura 25 25 0 0 25
U ar Pradesh 1876 1410 466 122 1288
U arakhand 96 79 17 5 74
West Bengal 495 478 17 6 472
Total 11320 9432 1888 1181 8251

Graph 74 shows the nomina on summary for 2014 country, 8251 qualified as contes ng candidates a er
elec ons. Of the 11320 nomina ons filed across the rejec on of nomina ons and withdrawals².

CANDIDATE NOMINATION SUMMARY LS 2014

11320

9432

10000
8251

5000
1888

1181

0
NOMINATIONS FILED NOMINATIONS NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWALS CONTESTING
ACCEPTED REJECTED CANDIDATED

Graph 74 : Candidate nomination summary for 2014 elections

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 Withdrawals

Graph 75 : Candidate nomination summary for 2009 elections

Graph 75 shows the nomina on summary for Lok
Sabha elec ons 2009. Of the 11252 nomina ons
filed, 8070 candidates contested elec ons. 11.16%
nomina ons were withdrawn while 17.11%
nomina ons were rejected.³
Table 37 shows the reasons for the rejec on of
nomina ons. Inadequate numbers of eligible
proposers, incorrect enrolment details, no Oath or
Affirma on during nomina on filing seem to be some
of the major reasons for rejec on of nomina ons.

Table 37: Reasons for Rejection of Nominations

Reasons for rejec on of nomina ons²⁰

No Oath or Affirma on 51
Under age 9
Improper SC/ST cer ficate 11
Not enrolled as an elector 20
Incorrect enrolment details 63
Date of Oath or Affirma on not being a er filing Nomina on and before scru ny 19
Oath/Affirma on not made in person 10
Inadequate number of eligible proposers 184
Holding office of profit 4
Being disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament [Ar cle 102 (1)] 1
Due to Statutory disqualifica ons- Persons Convicted for offence under various
sec ons of RP Act 1951, protec on of Civil Rights Act, 1955, Customs Act, 1962,Unlawful Ac vi es
(Preven on) Act 1967, Foreign Exchange (Regula on) Act,
1973, Narco c Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Terrorist and
Disrup ve Ac vi es (Preven on) Act, 1987; Religious ins tu ons (Preven on of Misuse) Act, 1988
Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act. 1991; Preven on of Insults to Na onal Honour Act, 1971
The Commission of Sa (Preven on) Act,
1987; The Preven on of Corrup on Act, 1988; The Preven on of Terrorism Act,
2002 etc. 16
Convicted for the contraven on of any law providing for the preven on of hoarding or profiteering or of
adultera on of food or drugs or any provision of the Dowry Prohibi on Act, 1961 1
Disqualifica on for dismissal for corrup on or disloyalty to the State 1
Other Reasons 736
Total* 1126
* Data note received form all the States

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20 Affidavits 20.1 E-filing of Affidavits

Sec on 33 A of the Representa on of the People
Act,1951 mandated that a candidate, in addi on to any
informa on that s/he was required to furnish under
this Act or the Rules, must file with his/ her nomina on
paper an affidavit giving the following informa on:
i. Whether s/he has been accused of any offence
punishable with imprisonment for two years or
more in a pending case in which a charge had been
framed by the court of competent jurisdic on;
ii. Whether s/he had been convicted of an offence,
For the first me during 2014 elec ons, e-filing of
affidavits was introduced by ECI. The objec ve was to
enable on-line submission of affidavits by the
candidates through NIC data centre and Na onal
Security Depository Limited (NSDL). Necessary
support for the same was also provided by them. This
addi onal facility was provided free of cost as the
candidates were not required to pay for it. The en re
cost of the support provided by NIC and NSDL was
borne by the Govt. Instruc ons to this effect, were

Whether accused of any offence(s) punishable with imprisonment for two years or more in a
pending case in which charges have been framed by Court of competent jurisdic on.
Disclose details of all pending cases in which cognizance has been taken by the Court, irrespec ve
of the quantum of punishment or framing of charges.
Informa on to be
Whether convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for one year or more for any offence other
furnished by Candidates than the ones referred in sub- sec ons (1),(2) & (3) of Sec on 8 of the R.P. Act, 1951.
in Affidavits Details of Assets ( movable, immovable, deposit/investment) in the name of the candidate,
his/her Spouse and Dependents.
Details of liabili es/dues to public financial ins tu ons and government
Highest educa onal qualifica on

Figure 76 : Informa on furnished by candidates

[other than any offence referred to in Sub sec ons
(I)/(2) or covered in sub sec on (3) of Sec on 8]
and sentenced to imprisonment for one year or
more.
The provision of filing affidavit along with the
nomina on paper had been inserted since 2002. In its
order dated 2nd May 2002, the Supreme Court had
asked the Elec on Commission to call for informa on
on affidavit by issuing necessary order in exercise of its
plenary power under Ar cle 324 of the Cons tu on of
India.
issued vide le er 3/ER/2014/SDR/Vol-I dated 19th
March, 2014 of ECI. As per these instruc ons, the
candidate had to first register online through valid
mobile number and email ID. Various States and UTs
i nt ro d u c e d t h e i r ca n d i d ate a ffi d av i t fi l i n g
applica ons.
As per informa on available from various States, a
total of 2624 candidates registered themselves online
across the country. Of these, 265 candidates entered
data online. They registered through NIC and NSDL
servers. Table 38 shows the available data⁹:

Table 38: E-filing of Affidavits

State/ UT Name Registra ons on server Total Registra ons

NIC NSDL
Andhra Pradesh 371 120 491
Arunachal Pradesh 4 1 5
Assam 11 2 13
Bihar 92 36 128
Goa 2 2 4
Gujarat 105 22 127
Haryana 46 8 54
Himachal Pradesh 7 2 9
Jammu & Kashmir 19 5 24

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 Karnataka 58 16 74
Kerala 13 2 15
Madhya Pradesh 38 9 47
Maharashtra 326 76 402
Manipur 1 2 3
Meghalaya 0 0 0
Mizoram 1 1 2
Nagaland 0 0 0
Odisha 47 11 58
Punjab 54 16 70
Rajasthan 37 6 43
Sikkim 2 0 2
Tamil Nadu 255 71 326
Tripura 4 0 4
U ar Pradesh 328 90 418
West Bengal 67 18 85
Chha sgarh 14 1 15
Jharkhand 35 12 47
U arakhand 12 2 14
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 1 1
Chandigarh 5 3 8
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 1 0 1
NCT OF Delhi 95 33 128
Lakshadweep 1 0 1
Puducherry 5 0 5
Total Registra ons: 2056 568 2624
Total Number of users entered the data: 207 58 265

21 Model Code of Conduct
Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is a set of guidelines
laid down by the ECI with the concurrence of poli cal
par es to govern the conduct of poli cal par es and
candidates in the run-up to an elec on. Purpose of
MCC:
• Rendering a level playing field for all poli cal
par es,
• Outlining rules for a healthy and fair electoral
campaign
• Serving a peaceful ground to avoid clashes and
conflicts between par es and
• Ac ng as an extension for the maintenance of law
and order throughout the electoral cycle.

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 Figure 77 : Various Stakeholders on whom MCC applies
21.1 Broad Areas of MCC
Although MCC is not a legally binding agreement, the
ECI unequivocally advocated for serious adherence to
the Code and breach of any of its provision has been
strictly dealt with. It prohibited par es and
Figure 79 : Broad areas of MCC applica ons
candidates from making any appeals to caste or
communal or class feelings for securing votes.
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Figure 78: Ra onale behind MCC
Mosques, churches, temples, and other places of
worship could not be used for elec on propaganda.
No party or candidate could indulge in any ac vity
that might trigger grey sen ments amongst ci zens,
aggravate exis ng differences or create mutual
hatred or cause tension among different castes,
communi es, religious or linguis c groups.
 21.2List of Dos and Don’ts
Elec on Commission had drawn a list of ‘do’s and
don’ts’ which were followed by candidates and
Table 39: List of Dos and Don'ts
Do's
• Public places like maidans must be available impar ally to all
par es/contes ng candidates for holding elec on mee ngs.
So also use of helipads must be available impar ally to all
par es/contes ng candidates, to ensure a level playing field.
• The local police authori es should be fully informed of the
venue and me of the proposed mee ngs well in me and all
necessary permissions should be taken.
• The me and place of the star ng of any procession, the
route to be followed and the me and place at which the
procession will terminate should be se led in advance and
advance permission should be obtained from the
police/competent authori es.
• The existence of any restric ve orders in force in the
locali es through which the procession has to pass should be
ascertained and fully complied with. So also all traffic
regula ons and other restric ons.
• The passage of the procession must be without hindrance
to traffic.
• Co-opera on should be extended to all elec on officials at
all mes to ensure peaceful and orderly poll.
• All Workers must display badges or iden ty cards.
• Unofficial iden ty slips issued to voters shall be on plain
(white) paper and not contain any symbol, name of the
candidate or name of the party.
• Restric ons on plying of vehicles during the campaign
period and on poll day shall be fully obeyed by the candidates/
poli cal par es etc.
• Except voters, candidates and their elec on/polling
agents, only persons with a specific valid authority le er from
the Elec on Commission can enter any polling booth. No
func onary however highly placed (e.g. Chief Minister,
Minister, MP or MLA etc.) is exempt from this condi on.
• Any complaint or problem regarding the conduct of
elec ons shall be brought to the no ce of the observer
appointed by the Commission/Returning Officer/Zonal/Sector
Magistrate/Elec on Commission of India.
• D irec o n s /o rd ers / in stru c o n s o f th e E lec o n
Commission, the Returning Officer, and the District Elec on
Officer shall be obeyed in all ma ers related to various aspects
of elec on.
• Do leave the cons tuency a er the campaign period is
over if you are not a voter or a candidate or candidate’s
elec on agent from that cons tuency.
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poli cal par es a er the announcement of 2014
elec ons and con nued ll the comple on of the
process of elec on:
Don’ts
• Any and all adver sements at the cost of the public
exchequer regarding achievements of the party/Government
in power is prohibited
• No Minister shall enter any polling sta on or the place of
coun ng, unless he or she is a candidate or as a voter only for
vo ng.
• Race/caste/communal/religious/ language feelings of the
electors shall not be appealed to. (Sec on 125, RP Act 1951)
• No ac vity, which may aggravate exis ng differences or
create mutual hatred or cause tension between different
castes, communi es or religious or linguis c groups shall be
a empted.
• Ac vi es which are corrupt prac ces or electoral offences
as per the law (bribery, undue influence, illegal mee ngs, etc.)
are prohibited.
• Other par es or their workers shall not be cri cized based
on unverified allega ons or on distor ons.
• Subject to the local laws, no one can make use of any
individual’s land, building, compound wall, vehicles etc. for
erec ng flag staffs, pu ng up banners, pas ng no ces or
wri ng slogans etc. without specific permission of the owner
• No disturbances shall be created in public mee ngs or
processions organized by other poli cal par es or candidates.
(Sec on 127, RP Act 1951)
• Processionists shall not carry any ar cles, which are
capable of being misused as missiles or weapons.
• Posters issued by other par es and candidates shall not be
removed or defaced.
• Posters, flags, symbols or any other propaganda material
shall not be displayed in the place being used on the day of poll
for distribu on of iden ty slips or within 200-meter radius of
polling sta ons.
• Loudspeakers whether sta c or mounted on moving
vehicles shall not be used either before 6 a.m. or a er 10 p.m.
and without the prior wri en permission of the authori es
concerned.
• No person who has been assessed to be having a security
threat and therefore provided official security or who has
private security guards for himself, shall be appointed as an
elec on agent or polling agent or coun ng agent.
• Distribu on of liquor or bribery in any form is prohibited
during elec ons.
• On the day of the poll, no person who has been assessed to
be having a security threat and therefore given official security
shall enter the vicinity of a polling sta on premise (within 100
meters) with his security personnel.
Enforcement of Model Code Of conduct at Bhubaneswar

21.3 MCC Machinery
For the purpose of maintaining transparency of
elec ons, the ECI took extra measure by cons tu ng
MCC Teams, who are responsible for ensuring that all
instruc ons of the ECI regarding the MCC are followed
by the officers/ candidates/ poli cal par es/ media
etc. at all levels. If the team received informa on of
any viola on a er announcement of elec ons, the
team conducted due enquiry and reported the ma er
for necessary ac on. The compila on of daily reports
regarding MCC viola ons are looked a er by the MCC
Team. Other than the MCC team, Flying Squads (FS),
Sta c Surveillance Teams (SST), Video Viewing Teams
(VVT), Video Surveillance Teams (VST) and Check
Posts were also deployed, keeping vigil over excessive
campaign expenses, distribu on of items of bribe in
cash or in kind, movement of illegal arms,
ammuni on, liquor or an -social elements etc. in the
Assembly segments during the elec on process. The
teams started func oning from the date of
announcement of elec on and con nued ll
comple on of poll. During 2014 elec ons, the field
machinery deployed by ECI for preven ng viola ons
is shown in table no. 40.²¹

Table 40: Field machinery for preven ng viola ons

STATE\UT MCC Team Surveillance Team Flying Squads Check Posts

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 16 10 16 0
Andhra Pradesh 1,219 972 977 690
Arunachal Pradesh 97 101 156 49
Assam 205 316 329 320
Bihar 695 785 749 1,024
Chandigarh 3 0 0 545
Chha sgarh 236 265 279 300
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 3 3 0
Daman & Diu 2 3 3 15
Goa 25 14 22 6
Gujarat 416 336 551 615
Haryana 159 235 240 293
Himachal Pradesh 56 157 153 125
Jammu & Kashmir 151 222 261 1,718
Jharkhand 240 246 281 328

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 Karnataka 1,365 900 931 716
Kerala 147 182 177 68
Lakshadweep 11 11 11 11
Madhya Pradesh 549 716 729 792
Maharashtra 556 853 901 705
Manipur 32 69 29 53
Meghalaya 136 28 28 31
Mizoram 36 29 41 24
Nagaland 27 66 40 25
NCT OF Delhi 101 226 220 185
Odisha 362 437 449 489
Puducherry 38 32 48 14
Punjab 129 373 312 4,686
Rajasthan 212 522 553 428
Sikkim 4 35 65 28
Tamil Nadu 794 720 732 611
Tripura 48 78 78 94
U ar Pradesh 841 1,442 1,128 1,600
U arakhand 73 87 76 135
West Bengal 543 577 561 813
Total 9,525 11,048 11,129 17,536

Graph 76 : MCC Machinery

The Graph 76 shows MCC machinery while Graph 77
highlights the number of MCC cases reported and the
ac ons taken in 2014 elec ons.²¹ For more details,
refer to Sta s cal Annexure 4.2.1 & 4.2.3. Graph 78
shows the number of MCC complaints received from
General Public, Poli cal Par es, Media and Others
include Independent Candidates, BLOs, Government
officers etc. For more details refer to sta s cal
annexure 4.2.2.

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 Graph 77: MCC Viola ons

Graph 78 : Sources of MCC Complaints

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Case 25: Model Code of Conduct Viola on - Events from U ar Pradesh

The ECI had announced general elec ons for 16th Lok Sabha on 5th March 2014. As per the schedule fixed by ECI, 80 PCs
were to go for polls in 6 phases in U ar Pradesh. The first phase of poll in U ar Pradesh was scheduled for 10.04.2014 and
the sixth was scheduled for 12.05.2014. The Model Code of Conduct had also come into force on 5th March 2014 with the
announcement of elec ons. During the period of elec ons, various cases of MCC viola on had occurred in U ar Pradesh.
A brief on those incidents of viola on is given below :

Subject/Issue Ac on Taken Status

The leader of a State based ruling poli cal ECI issued a no ce on A er considering his reply,
party in U ar Pradesh was charged with 18th April 2014 for Commission warned him to be
MCC viola on when he made a statement viola on of Sub para (7) careful in future vide order dated 25th
that Shiksha Mitra has been taken care of of MCC April 2014
and they should vote otherwise the scheme
will be withdrawn; amoun ng to threat.
The Union Minister of the ruling party at ECI issued a no ce on A er considering his reply, Commission
Centre at that me was accused of using 10th April 2014 for conveyed its displeasure to him for his
intemperate language against the leader viola on of Sub para (2) misconduct vide Order dated
of the rival na onal poli cal party of para 1 of MCC 16th April 2014
The Union Minister of the ruling party at ECI issued a no ce on ECI condemned his statements and
Centre at that me was charged with 24th April 2014 for censured him with the warning
making derogatory remarks against viola on of Sub para (2) of denial of permission for campaigning
the Prime Ministerial Candidate of the of para 1 of MCC in case of further viola on vide Order
rival na onal poli cal party at a public dated 1st May 2014
mee ng in Kanpur on 20.04.2014
A Cabinet Minister of U ar Pradesh ECI issued a no ce on A er considering his reply, the
making derogatory remarks against the viola on of Sub para Commission censured him vide le er
Prime Ministerial Candidate of the rival (1), (2), (3) of para dated 16th April 2014. ECI also
na onal poli cal party at public mee ngs in 1 and para VII of MCC restrained him from holding public
Rampur and Ghaziabad apart from making mee ngs/ rallies etc. vide order
other inflammatory statements dated 11.04.2014
A Cabinet Minister of U ar Pradesh ECI issued another Commission considered his reply
Government made provoca ve statements no ce on 23rd April 2014 and decided not to pursue the ma er
at public mee ngs in Rampur, for viola on of
Bijnor and Sambhal Sub para (1), (2), (3) of
para 1 of MCC
A Candidate from the ruling party in U ar ECI issued a no ce on Commission decided not to
Pradesh asked his supporters in a public 12h April 2014 for pursue the ma er
mee ng at Dadri in Village Mayacha and viola on of sub para (4)
Sharfabad within Gautam Budh Nagar PC of of para 1 and para VII
U ar Pradesh not to care for MCC as cases of MCC
will be withdrawn within two months
a er elec on
The Convener and leader of a newly formed ECI issued a no ce on A er considering his reply, the
poli cal party was accused of saying at a 11th May 2014 for Commission decided not to pursue
public mee ng in Amethi, U ar Pradesh on viola on of Sub para the ma er
2nd May 2014 that if any vote was cast to the (3) and (4) of Para 1 of
two major na onal poli cal par es, it would MCC
amount to betrayal of the country
A member of a leading poli cal party made ECI issued a no ce on A er considering his reply, the
derogatory remarks against a cabinet 24th April 2014 for Commission decided not to pursue
minister of U ar Pradesh during a public viola on of Sub para (2) the ma er
mee ng at Sant Kabir Nagar on 15th April 2014 of para 1 of MCC

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The President of a leading poli cal party
made derogatory/inflammatory remarks
during his public mee ngs in Bijnor and
Muzaffarnagar
A senior leader of a leading poli cal party
wrote a le er to ECI complaining against
the DM/DEO of Varanasi seeking his
removal for allegedly preven ng a
rally in Varanasi
It was widely reported that the Vice
President and star campaigner of a
leading poli cal party entered in the
polling sta on near the vo ng
compartment in a booth in Amethi
Parliamentary Cons tuency
ECI received report from districts of
Banda, Mahoba and Moradabad that
the Advocate General of U ar Pradesh
was campaigning during official visits
ECI issued a no ce on
7th April 2014 for
viola on of Sub para (1),
(2), (3) of para 1 of MCC.
ECI also restrained him
from holding public
mee ngs/rallies vide its
order dated 11.04.2014
ECI obtained reports/facts
not only from the DM/RO
but also from the
Chief Secretary and DGP
ECI sought a detailed report
from CEO, U ar Pradesh
ECI issued a show cause
no ce to him
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ECI censured him for his statements
vide order dated 16.04.2014. In view
of his reply, in which he undertook an
oath not to violate MCC, the
Commission modified its order
dated 11.04.2014 and permi ed him
to campaign vide order 17.04.2014
ECI conveyed to the leading
poli cal party its disappointment
that the party chose to protest
over the issue which was being
resolved in accordance with
law and ground situa on.
However, the complainant
was assured of ECI’s commitment
to hold free and fair elec ons vide
le er dated 07.05.2014
It was found that the accused
visited the polling sta on when
the EVM was not working and
polling was not in progress.
Thus no case of viola on was
made against him.
A er considering his reply to the
show cause no ce, ECI wrote a le er
to Chief Secretary, Government of
U ar Pradesh on 3rd July 2014 for
taking appropriate ac on against the
Advocate General for his
ques onable conduct in combining
his official visit to districts with
elec oneering despite an
undertaking.
Here are some of the best and/ or innova ve prac ces from different states, which were designed to tackle the
cases of MCC viola ons during the 2014 Elec ons are shown in figure no. 80.

U ar Pradesh
• Monitoring Media-related MCC violations through common web portal which is password-
protected and could be commonly shared by ECI, CEOs, and DEOs
• Videographers trailing the candidates on the poll day
• Use of digital cameras available with Government offices and training of field staff in camera
handling supplemented to the existing pool of equipment and camerapersons, which
ultimately resulted in extensive monitoring of instances of MCC violations.
• Candidate/political party were directed to submit CD containig the details of public
function/rally including full speech within 6 hours of rally/function.
• Flying Squad was made functional 24*7 by multiple shifts of officials.
UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
• MCC, FST and SST teams were continuously in the field. Continuous videography was also
ensured.

Goa
• Nodal officers appointed at district/taluka/Police HQ level to deal with MCC cases
Punjab
• Communication played a key role in minimizing and handling MCC violations. Extensive
interactions and meetings between DEOs/ ROs and candidates/ members of political parties
regarding MCC resulted in fewer problems on this account.

Odisha
• A 24x7 toll-free call centre “1950” functioned at the State level to receive MCC complaints
and also addressed citizens’ queries. The calls were recorded and the complaints were
forwarded to concerned field officials for prompt disposal. The helpline was made functional
at all the 30 District Headquarters from the date of announcement of Elections.

• Online complaint registration helped in monitoring MCC violations and aided in taking
immediate action.

Andhra Pradesh
• Village/Ward awareness Groups have been formed of by self interested persons from different
categories like Retired Employees / Farmers / Students.
Puducherry
• Flying Squad members, in a bid to catch people red-handed offering cash doles as part of
their respective poll campaigns, reached the location wearing lungis so that they get to mix
in the crowd and are not identified as Government officials, as that would almost eliminate
their chances of nabbing the violators. The experiment resulted in success

Figure 80 : Innova ve and best prac ces of MCC by some States and UTs

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 1205 (3%) 376 (1%)
538 (2%)

28 (0%)

30522 (84%)

Graph 79 : MCC viola ons according to category

MCC cases of defacement

3344030 (22%)

11928464 (78%)

Number of cases of defacement (wall writing, poster, banner, etc) on Public Property
Number of cases of defacement (wall writing, poster, banner, etc) on Private Property
Graph 80 : Break up of MCC Cases of defacement (in %)

The Graph 79 shows the category wise cases of MCC
viola on during 2014 elec ons. While 84% of cases
reported were related to misuse of vehicles, 10%
cases reported were related to inducement or
gra fica on to electors in cash or kind distribu on.²²
For more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 4.2.1.
The Graph 80 shows the percentage of cases of
defacement of public and private property. 78% cases
registered were of defacement of public property.²²
For more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 4.2.1.
22 Observers
Impar al observa on and repor ng of elec ons is
must for the conduct of free and fair elec ons.
Observers appointed by the ECI carried out their work
according to the same ethical principles of neutrality,
accuracy and transparency. The concept of depu ng
senior officers as Observers started from the 1990s.
Over the past two decades, the deputa on of Elec on
Observers from one State to another had become
crucial to the management of elec ons in the country.
Mostly the officers who belong to the All India
Services and Central Services like IRS, CBDT and CBEC,
IDES were deputed as the Elec on Observers.
Observers portray the no on of professional
neutrality or impar ality, and ECI’s greater focus on
Observers has proven to be useful in the long run in
terms of the overall goals of democracy support.

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 facilitate

Figure 81 : Overview of Observer du es

The ECI appointed the Observers under Sec on 20B of
the RP Act 1951 and the plenary powers granted by
the Indian Cons tu on. The RP Act, 1951 was
amended in August, 1996 to add a new clause –
Sec on 20B. It provided statutory powers to the
Observers to observe the conduct of elec ons and,
especially the coun ng of votes “the Observer
nominated under sub-sec on (1) shall have the
power to direct the Returning Officer for the
cons tuency or for any of the cons tuencies for
which s/he has been nominated, to stop the coun ng
of votes at any me before the declara on of the
result or not to declare the result if in the opinion of
the Observer, booth capturing has taken place at a
large number of Polling sta ons or .....”

Figure 82 : Types of Observers

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22 . 1 Types of Observers
The nomenclature for appointment of the Observers
is as follows:
I. General Observers are empowered to stop
coun ng or the declara on of result in an event which
could have made it difficult to ascertain the result
correctly. They were responsible for:
Figure 83 : Reports to be submi ed by General Observer
 observing the processes of scru ny and
withdrawal, and repor ng back to the ECI in case
of any irregularity,
 examina on of the video clipping of the
nomina on process as well as making proper
inves ga on on the complaints received in
connec on with the process of nomina on,
 effec ve monitoring of the cases of viola on of the
MCC,
 tracking dispatch of postal ballot papers to the
service voters and polling personnel,
 reviewing the process of randomiza on of the
polling personnel, EVMs and coun ng personnel,
 observing and regula ng the coun ng process,
 repor ng on nomina ons, scru ny, withdrawal
and symbol allotment, electoral roll, monitor
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implementa on of MCC, review law and order
preparedness, vulnerability mapping and
communica on plan etc.
There are six report formats which are compulsory for
the General Observers to fill during each stage of the
elec ons and submit to the ECI, as shown in figure 83.
II. Expenditure Observers are appointed for
monitoring of elec on expenditure. S/he supervises
and guides the en re elec on expenditure
monitoring personnel engaged in the cons tuency.
They were responsible for:
 guiding the DEO in impar ng final training of all
t h e ex p e n d i t u re m o n i to r i n g p e rs o n n e l ,
Supervising the func oning of and impart training
to Assistant Expenditure Observers,
 inspec ng the expenditure register of each
candidate and supervising the maintenance of the
Shadow Observa on Register for each candidate
during elec on period,
 coordina ng with the Inves ga on Directorate of
the Income Tax Department, Nodal officer of
Police, State Excise Department and ensure that
there is free flow and exchange of informa on
among all the agencies,
 1st Report 2nd Report
Date of Immediately
No fica on a er the date of
of Elec ons withdrawal of
candidature
Figure 84 : Reports to be submi ed by Expenditure Observers
 submi ng reports on:
 arrival and Departure Report within 24 hours
 first report on the third day of his/her first visit
i.e., a er the date of no fica on,
 second report within 24 hours a er
withdrawal of candidature during the 2nd
visit,
 third report a er the poll,
 fourth and final report a er his/ her 3rd visit.
Reports to be submi ed by Expenditure Observers
are given in figure 84.
III. In addi on to Expenditure Observers, Assistant
Expenditure Observers were appointed for each
Assembly segment to ensure that all major elec on
campaign events were videographed and
complaints of electoral malprac ces were promptly
a ended.
IV. Central Awareness Observers were deployed
for the first me in the 16th Lok Sabha Elec ons.
They were responsible for:
• o ve rs e e i n g t h e effi c i e nt a n d effe c ve
management of the electoral process at the
field level, mainly in respect of voter awareness
and facilita on,
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3rd Report 4th Report
A er During the
Comple on 3rd Visit
of Poll
• observing the interven ons undertaken by the
elec on machinery to bridge the gap in people’s
par cipa on in the electoral process par cularly
in regard to voters’ turnout,
• gauging the dissemina on of the different media
used for the awareness and educa onal
campaign,
• monitoring the various media related aspects of
RP Act 1951 and observe the mechanism directed
by the ECI at District levels on checking the
problem of ‘Paid News’ and use of social media in
elec on campaigning.
V. Police Observers were deployed by the ECI from
within the ranks of IPS officers at State and District
levels, depending upon the sensi vity of the
Cons tuency, wherever required. They were
responsible for:
• monitoring all ac vi es rela ng to force
deployment, law and order situa on and
coordinate between the Civil and Police
Administra on to ensure free and fair elec on,
• monitoring dis lleries in the district for the stock
 1st Report
2nd Report
Second Day of
reaching the Fi h day of 3rd Report
allocated reaching Daily Report
district On the last Poll Day
day of From the next Report
withdrawal of day a er last
On the poll
candidature day of
day
withdrawal of
candidature
to one day
before the
poll

Figure 85 : Reports to be submi ed by Police Observers

posi on of liquor, checking any abnormal  reviewing and observing the:

increase in ou low during the elec on period
and comparing the same with the average of the
previous six months,
 adequacy of police personnel,
 requirement of Central Forces,
 preven ve ac ons taken (preven ve
deten ons, bonds & arms deposi on),
 iden fica on of cri cal clusters and Polling
sta ons through vulnerability index mapping,
 sector plans for policing on the day of poll,
 response strategy on the day of poll and
transporta on of EVMs and
 sensi vity of inter-district, na onal and
interna onal boundaries.

Reports to be filed by Police Observers are shown in

figure no. 85.

VI. Micro Observers (MOs) directly work under

control and supervision of the General Observer. They
are appointed from amongst Government of India
employees and Central Public Sector Undertaking
(PSU), not below group C. The MOs are expected
to observe the polling process on the day of poll
but could be deployed for more than one poll day,
in case of mul -phase elec ons and shortage of
MOs. Available list of the MOs are randomized in
the presence of the Observer and efforts are
made to put them on duty in the same
Parliamentary Cons tuency where they are
enrolled as voters, to enable them to exercise
their franchise through EDC. MO reaches the
Polling Sta on at least an hour before the start of
the polling. They are responsible for :

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• assessing the preparedness at the Polling Sta on,
• watching the mock poll & seeing that it is carried
out as per the instruc ons of the ECI,
• ensuring that votes in the CU are cleared a er the
mock poll & before the start of actual poll & that
mock poll cer ficate was signed by the Presiding
Officer,
 during Poll Day, no ng down important points for
his/her report in the prescribed format, observing
there is no vi a on of poll -
 presence of Polling Agents and observance of
ECI instruc ons,
 existence of entry passes system and access to
Polling sta ons.
 proper iden fica on of Electors in accordance
with ECI Guidelines.
 iden fica on and recording procedures for
Absentee, Shi ed and Dead voter list (ASD
List)
 applica on of indelible ink.
 procedure of no ng down par culars of
Electors in register of voters in Form 17-A.
 secrecy of vo ng
 conduct of polling agents, their complaints, if
any
 repor ng to General Observer, in case any
viola on found, through available means of
communica on,
 repor ng to the General Observer at the
collec on centers and handover his/ her
envelope containing the report for the day
personally to General Observer.
 Micro observers are appointed at each coun ng
table to assist observers to ensure purity of
coun ng process.
VII. Coun ng Observers: As soon as the final result is
declared, the data is filled in Form 21E, which is
handed over to the winning candidate and also to the
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observer for immediate communica on to ECI. The
observers will ensure that the final result sheet in
form 20 is filled by the RO before he declares the
result in Form 21C and sends it to appropriate
quarters. One copy each of form 20,21C and 21 E,
duly filled in, is collected by the observers and
a ached with their reports on coun ng. All observers
closely watch the process of coun ng of votes and
compila on of results. Neither the observer, nor the
ARO/RO or any other elec on official leaves the
coun ng hall ll the coun ng is completed and the
results are declared.
The coun ng observers have the power to direct RO
to stop the coun ng of votes at any me before the
declara on of results or not to declare the result, if
the observer thinks that booth capturing has taken
place at a large number of polling sta ons or at places
fixed for the poll or coun ng of votes or any ballot
papers used at the polling sta on or at a place fixed
for the poll are unlawfully taken out of RO’s custody or
are accidentally lost or damaged or tampered to such
an extent that the result of the poll cannot be
ascertained. In such cases the observers have no
powers to order recommencement of coun ng. It will
recommence only on the order of the Commission.
VIII. Training Observers played a crucial role in the
conduct of training imparted to the electoral
machinery. To further strengthen the system and
methodologies of such training, the Commission had
consciously decided to deploy training observers
across the States and UTs. These observers were
tasked with the responsibility of examining the
quality of all trainings such as coverage of relevant
issues, clarity of content, level/depth of subject
ma er, knowledge of trainers, effec veness of the
training techniques adopted, adherence to the
scheduled me of the training, suitability of the
venue and training facili es as well as the learning
material provided to the trainees. They observed the
trainings that were conducted specially for officials
like the BLOs, EROs and AEROs at the district level.
Table 41 contains the list of observers deployed
during 2014 elec ons. States like Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha had higher
deployment of observers as these States witnessed
simultaneous elec ons to their Legisla ve
Assemblies along with Lok Sabha elec ons⁹ . For more
Table 41: State wise List of various Observers deployed in Lok Sabha elec ons 2014

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 Observers deployed for Lok Sabha and Simultaneous Elec ons 2014
900
801
800
718
700
600
500
423
400
300
200
107
100 60
0
General Expenditure Police Awareness Addi onal Observer
for Coun ng

Graph 81 : Break up of Observers deployed

Graph 81 depicts the total number of observers during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014. Graph 82 shows the
deployed in each of the categories of observers. A number of micro observers deployed in States and
large number of coun ng observers were deployed. A UTs.
total of 1,51,417 micro observers were also deployed

Graph 82 : Micro Observers deployed in States and UTs during Lok Sabha Elec on 2014

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23 Expenditure Monitoring
Over the past few general elec ons, untapped flow of
illegal expenditure in elec ons has become one of the
biggest challenges faced by ECI. To strengthen the
monitoring of expenses, the Commission took several
special steps. A separate elec on expenditure
monitoring division was set up in 2010 to deal with
informa on on poll expenses of the candidates and
poli cal par es. Expenditure Monitoring focused on
two main aspects:
Prevent incurring Expenditure like distribution of money, liquor
of illegal & gifts to electors with intent to influence the
expenditure electors are illegal expenditure and are banned
Expenditure related to public meetings, public rallies,
To regulate and
posters, banners, use of vehicles, advertisements in
monitor the legal
print/ electronic media etc are permitted and need to
expenditure
be regulated
Figure 86: Objectives of Expenditure Monitoring
The legal provisions under RP Act, 1951 to regulate and
monitor the legal expenditure were:
A person who failed to lodge an account of election
expenses within time and manner required
and has no good reason or justification for
the failure shall be disqualified for a period of
three years.
and
Figure 87: Legal Provisions for Expenditure monitoring
23.1 ECI Instruc ons
In order to curb the abuse of money power, ECI issued
a set of instruc ons:
1. Each candidate was required to open a separate
bank account for elec on purpose and incur all
elec on expenses from that account, by issuing
cheques.
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2. Effec ve measures to monitor produc on,
storage and distribu on of liquor were undertaken.
ECI also asked Income Tax Department and the
Financial Intelligence Unit of Government of India to
keep a watch on movement of cash during 2014
elec ons. The Poli cal Par es and candidates were
advised to exercise self-restraint in expenditure and
submit correct accounts of elec on expenses to the
Commission.
3. Elec on expenditure permi ed to candidates
were subject to ceiling levels. As per the revised
ceilings issued vide no fica on dated 28th February
2014, the maximum limit of elec on expenses for a
Lok Sabha Cons tuency was Rs.70,00,000 per
candidate for all states except Arunachal Pradesh,
Goa and Sikkim. For these three States it was Rs.
54,00,000 per candidate. Among UTs, the maximum
limit was Rs.70,00,000 per candidate for NCT of Delhi
and Rs.54,00,000 lakh per candidate was the ceiling
for for other UTs.
4. Under Sec on 77 of the Representa on of the
People Act, 1951 only the expenses on account of
travel of leaders or star campaigners of any poli cal
party (whose names were communicated to the
Commission and the CEOs of the State/ UT within the
prescribed period of 7 days from the date of
no fica on) are treated as party expenditure.
5. To assist the candidates, the Commission
prepared e-learning modules for maintaining the
elec on expense accounts.
6. All Poli cal par es sponsoring candidates for the
elec ons were required to maintain day-to -day
accounts for all elec on campaign expenses and
submit the accounts to the Commission within 90
days of Lok Sabha elec ons (75 days in case of
Assembly Elec ons).²³
23.2 Process and Monitoring Teams

Accoun ng
Teams
Media
Cer fica on Video
and Surveillance
Monitoring Teams
Commi ee

Video
Flying Squad Viewing
Teams Teams
The
Teams
Call Centre
and Assistant
Complaint Expenditure
Monitoring Observers
Teams

Sta c Expenditure
Surveillance Monitoring
Teams Cell

Figure 88: Expenditure monitoring machinery

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The measures introduced to deal with money power,
inter alia, include deployment of Flying Squads (FST),
Sta c Surveillance Teams (SST), Accoun ng Teams,
Video Surveillance Teams (VST), at AC level, to check
distribu on of cash or any other bribe among electors
as well as se ng up of Media Cer fica on and
Monitoring Commi ee (MCMCs), in each district, to
keep a watch on elec on adver sements and paid
news by the candidates and Poli cal Par es.
Commission also asked that a Shadow Observa on
Register be maintained for the elec on expenditure
of each candidate and a er inspec on of the
candidate’s accounts, the same be scanned and
uploaded on the website of the CEO for public
viewing.
23.2.1 Video Surveillance Team (VST)
One or more Video Surveillance Teams were
deployed for each AC segment consis ng of minimum
one official and one videographer. More teams were
deployed on the recommenda on of the Expenditure
Observer. Assistant Expenditure Observer personally
supervised Videography of sensi ve events and big
public rallies in the cons tuency. If more than one
public rally was organized on the same day, mul ple
video teams were deployed to record the procession
and the rally. The VSTs were properly trained and
oriented to capture all the expenditure related events
and evidences. At the beginning of the shoo ng they
recorded in voice mode the tle and the type of the
event, date, place and the name of the party and
candidate organizing the event. Then they
videographed the vehicles/event/poster/cut-outs
etc. in such a way that the evidence of each vehicle, its
make and registra on number, number of furniture,
size of rostrum, banner, and cutout etc. could be
clearly seen and the expense thereon be calculated.
Wherever possible, statements of the drivers and
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passengers of the vehicle were also recorded to prove
that the vehicle was used for elec on purpose, if such
vehicles are parked outside the venue of rally.
During the shoo ng of the event, the video team also
recorded in voice a descrip on of the es mated
number and type of vehicles/ chairs/ furniture/
lights/ loudspeakers etc., besides men oning the
approximate size of rostrum/ banner/ poster/ cutout
etc. used in the events. This made it easier for the
Video Viewing Team to cross check with reference to
the visuals and es mate the expenditure of an event.
They will also record the speech and other events to
monitor whether any Model Code of Conduct (MCC)
viola on has occurred.
23 .2.2 Video Viewing Team (VVT)
Video Viewing Teams were deployed for each
Assembly Cons tuency/Segment with one officer
and two clerks. The Video Viewing Teams made CDs
in-house out of the video recordings, captured by
Video Surveillance Teams. Video recordings were not
given to any outside agency for edi ng or any other
purpose to avoid manipula on by any outsider. The
video CDs thus captured by video surveillance team
were viewed by the Video Viewing Team daily for
iden fying expenditure related issues and MCC
related issues. They were submi ed on the same day
and in any case not later than the next day. Their
reports related to expenditure were submi ed to the
Accoun ng Team/ Assistant Expenditure Observer.
23 .2.3 Accoun ng Teams
The Accoun ng Team and the Assistant Expenditure
Observer put the rates of expenditure, calculated
total expenditure based on the video evidences and
made entry in the Shadow Observa on Register for
the candidate concerned. This amount was compared
with the candidate’s register when it is produced
before the Expenditure Observer for verifica on. Any
suppression or omission was pointed out for
correc ve measures in wri ng by the R.O. immediately
within 24 hours.
23 .2.4 Flying Squads (FS)
There were three or more dedicated Flying Squads
under each Assembly Cons tuency/ Segment for
tracking illegal cash transac ons or any distribu on of
liquor or any such items suspected of being used for
bribing the voters. The Flying Squads consisted of one
Senior Execu ve Magistrate as the Head of the Team,
one Senior Police Officer of the Police Sta on, one
videographer and three to four armed police
personnel. They were provided with a dedicated
vehicle, mobile phone, a video camera and necessary
Panchnama documents required for seizure of cash or
goods.
23 .2.5 Sta c Surveillance Team (SST) :
There were three or more surveillance teams under
each AC with one Magistrate and three to four police
personnel in each team. This team placed check posts
and kept watch on movement of large quan es of
cash, illegal liquor, any suspicious item or arms being
carried in the area. The en re process of checking was
videographed.
Graph 83 shows the expenditure monitoring
machinery deployed during 2014 elec ons. FSTs were
deployed in large numbers followed by SSTs, VSTs,
VVTs and assistant expenditure observers.
Table 42 gives the State and UT wise break-up of each
of monitoring teams in 2014 elec ons²⁴, For more
details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 4.4.2

Expenditure Monitoring Machinery

12000 11492 11426

10000

8000

6000 5885
4701
4000 2930 3818

2000

0
Flying Squad Sta c Video Video Viewing Accoun ng Assistant
Teams (FSTs) Surveillance Surveillance Teams (VVTs) Teams Expenditure
Teams (SSTs) Teams (VSTs) Observers
Graph 83: Expenditure monitoring machinery

Table 42: State and UT wise number of Expenditure monitoring teams

Name of State/ Number of Number of Number of Video Number of Number of Number of

UT Flying Squads Sta c Surveillance Surveillance Video Viewing Accoun ng Assistant
(FSTs) Teams (SSTs) Teams (VSTs) Teams (VVTs) Teams Expenditure
Observers
Andhra Pradesh 1120 1102 449 333 321 360
Arunachal Pradesh 156 101 32 20 31 17
Assam 300 302 208 130 114 133
Bihar 749 785 243 243 40 278
Chha sgarh 270 282 63 74 0 90
Goa 32 13 22 16 15 37
Gujarat 565 483 348 229 92 182
Haryana 270 270 270 270 270 100

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 Himachal Pradesh 97 117 94 70 70 70
J&K 214 204 87 87 87 87
Jharkhand 281 246 162 81 81 81
Karnataka 888 769 310 224 253 253
Kerala 374 366 0 0 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 729 716 690 230 230 230
Maharashtra 932 881 556 853 NA 48
Manipur 60 57 60 60 60 60
Meghalaya 19 19 41 10 16 15
Mizoram 6 6 2 1 1 2
Nagaland 36 37 12 12 12 12
Odisha 449 437 187 146 149 155
Punjab 351 351 240 146 111 144
Rajasthan 657 659 379 232 25 226
Sikkim 68 39 44 31 54 31
Tamil Nadu 705 705 298 235 39 235
Tripura 180 120 120 60 60 60
U ar Pradesh 1184 1518 490 434 409 433
U arakhand 76 87 70 83 70 70
West Bengal 439 490 294 294 294 294
A & N Islands 19 5 19 3 3 3
Chandigarh 6 3 1 1 1 1
Dadra &Nagar Haveli 1 1 0 0 1 1
Daman and Diu 3 3 2 1 1 2
Lakshadweep 10 10 10 10 10 10
NCT of Delhi 206 206 70 70 7 77
Puducherry 40 36 12 12 3 21
Total 11492 11426 5885 4701 2930 3818

During 2014 elec ons, a sizeable amount of cash and liquor was seized by the above men oned expenditure
monitoring machinery. For more details refer to sta s cal annexure 4.4.2
Table 43: Total amount of cash, liquor and drugs seized

Cash Seized (in Rs.) 2,99,94,30,804

Liquor Seized (in Litres) 1,61,84,508

Drugs Seized (in mg) 17,07,04,08,671

Table 44: State wise break up of cash, liquor and drugs seized

STATE/UT Cash Seized (in Rs.) Liquor seized (in Litres) Drugs Seized (in mg)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 370 0
Andhra Pradesh 1,24,41,75,529 4,33,672 1,02,24,32,745
Arunachal Pradesh 3,77,22,358 69,816 3,400
Assam 1,51,13,085 5,23,054 1,86,55,310
Bihar 6,36,97,067 3,31,815 8,41,86,002
Chandigarh 41,68,500 7,643 16,27,060
Chha sgarh 1,07,69,114 3,032 13,75,03,490
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 0 15,08,188 0
Goa 0 2,846 0

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 Gujarat 71,50,851 16,85,974 11,27,88,000
Haryana 1,20,36,920 1,01,155 24,93,16,654
Himachal Pradesh 87,38,905 5,07,232 5,34,23,959
Jammu & Kashmir 18,56,300 30 2,000
Jharkhand 1,46,52,903 1,37,249 2,95,00,900
Karnataka 20,53,82,635 5,23,98 50,98,550
Kerala 5,24,61,871 1,278 94,10,080
Lakshadweep 0 22 20,020
Madhya Pradesh 53,03,242 1,46,415 67,21,28,947
Maharashtra 24,63,58,326 9,55,363 35,03,744
Manipur 0 1,352 0
Meghalaya 1,22,910 830 4,640
Mizoram 0 755 0
Nagaland 23,57,970 76,830 2,620
NCT of Delhi 43,38,800 21,856 0
Orissa 1,25,61,094 1,54,412 74,60,851
Puducherry 29,17,680 6,780 0
Punjab 36,00,65,296 65,18,971 8,45,31,91,266
Rajasthan 4,28,45,362 2,13,531 4,30,32,67,149
Sikkim 0 0 0
Tamil Nadu 40,56,36,549 20,475 500
Tripura 69,434 10,936 6,81,100
U ar Pradesh 20,24,08,217 3,97,429 1,59,55,37,184
U arakhand 74,22,655 15,467 2,42,06,600
West Bengal 2,90,97,231 22,77,332 28,64,55,900
Total 2,99,94,30,804 1,61,84,508 17,07,04,08,671

Top 12 States with higher percentages of Cash seized by FS/SST/

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Graph 84: Top 12 states with highest percentages of cash seized by expenditure monitoring machinery and Income Tax Department

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 Graph 85: Top 12 States & UTs with highest percentages of Liquor and Narco cs Seizure

Graph 84 and Graph 85 show the list of top 12 States & UTs with higher percentage of Cash and Narco cs/Liquor
seized by FST/SST respec vely. For details refer to sta s cal annexure 4.4.2

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Case 26 : Illicit
Distribu on of Liquor

During the 2014 Na onal

Elec ons, the liquor trade was
es mated to have boosted
around 50% to 60%, according
to ASSOCHAM, an industry
body. Distribu on of liquor was
prac ced to entertain the
electors in all places of public
mee ngs and community
gatherings. The expenditure
monitoring, par cularly those
related to bribing of voters
through gi s and liquor, has
become the biggest challenge,
as innova ve methods and
different modus operandi are
being invented by the
candidates and poli cal
par es.

It was seen that in most States

the consump on of liquor was
almost 30 – 100% more during
Lok Sabha elec on period than
in the same period in previous
years. Moreover, in Tamil Nadu
there was increase in sale in
districts on days prior to the
days when rallies of major
leaders were scheduled in the
districts.

In order to avoid this, Gujarat developed a web based module for monitoring of sale, storage and distribu on of
liquor. In Andhra Pradesh, the challenge of curbing liquor movement for luring voters was tackled by enforcing
the policy of not allowing off take of liquor beyond what it was during the same me last year. This effort was
complemented by stepping up vigil on hoarding and manufacture of illicit liquor. During elec on period i.e.
05.03.2014 to 10.04.2014 around 30,000 bulk litres of illicit liquor was seized worth approximately Rs. 75,
00,000. A total of 262 FIRs were registered and 272 persons arrested under Excise Act in NCT of Delhi. This was
largely achieved by deploying addi onal patrolling teams and thorough monitoring.

“One of the major reasons is that the number of liquor monitoring enforcement teams are not adequate, when
compared to the large number of shops and area coverage and officially 30% to 50% increase in off take is also
permi ed presently,” said a working report presented by the CEOs of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab
jointly to analyze the process of Elec on Expenditure Monitoring in 2014 Lok Sabha Elec ons.

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Case 27: GIS based Tracking of Flying Squads in Murshidabad, West Bengal
MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT
GIS Based Tracking of Flying Squads
Introduction
All the 26 MCC Flying Squads in the
district were put under live tracking
and monitoring using GPS enabled
mobile phones and a web based GIS
system which was customized for the
election purpose.
One each GPS enabled Mobile
Phone were handed over to Flying
squads in which Android application
for tracking and data uploading were
pre-installed.
Implementation
The software setup was done in such a
way that the application is mostly
generic and NOT specic for any
purpose including election. Hence
the question of cost effectiveness is
resolved. Android mobile phones
were procured for each block and
the users were given sufcient training.
A Multi layered technical support was
provided with Block Information
Ofcer (BIO) who acted as rst point of
contact, followed by District IT Cell
and then the Tech support from the
software developer.
The movement of the Vehicles was
tracked an a real time basis from the
Block and District HQ.
Key Features
· Real Time and recorded
movement tracking of
MCC/Flying Squads
· Geotagged Information (text
and images)pops up in the web
portal on real time.
· GIS of AC boundary, Block
boundary, Police Stations, Polling
Stations, Static Surveillance
Teams etc.
Key Performance Indicators
· Time Spent in the field
The movement of these Flying Squads
was then tracked from both Block · Distance Covered
level and at District level. The FSTs were
particularly instructed to send real · No. of data uploads from the
time update about their observations field per day.
from the eld, The information
uploaded is tagged with their
· Geographic spread of activity.
latitude/longitude coordinates and
hence eld presence and thorough
coverage of area become
mandatory.
The Flying squads captured images of
MCC Violations, Naka Points, etc.
from the GPS enabled mobile phone
while they were doing their duty and
uploaded those then and there.
BDOs were entrusted the task of
monitoring and responding to the
information sent by the Flying Squads.
Vehicle checking, removal of wall
writing and defacement of public
properties, seizure of cash and liquor,
etc. were captured.
Provision of Basic Minimum Facilities
at Polling Stations was also monitored
through the system.
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Case 28 : Ci zen Par cipa on in Monitoring: Tamil Nadu Ci zen Poll Watch 2014

An android app was developed exclusively for the ci zens to register real me complaints and was found to be
very successful. The user had to choose one of the 8 op ons in the app. By clicking any of the les, they were
taken to the camera of their phone so as to click a picture or a video, and give a label as to what the picture/video
was about precisely. Only other thing asked was the loca on of incident as it was required to rush the Flying
Squad to the loca on. No other details were mandatory. However, scope was also provided for ci zens to give
their mobile number and email id, if they wanted to follow up on the complaint. Since it was an internet based
app, mobile number was not displayed in the respec ve district control rooms while sending the complaint. This
guaranteed the privacy of the complainant to a great extent. As the picture/video was sent, the control room
officer got a system generated message through BSNL SMS gateway that a complaint had been received through
the app. Immediately, the officer could log in through the web applica on at the back end by accessing it on
internet through phone or logging on to a normal internet connected PC. A er studying the complaint, s/he
could immediately rush the nearest Flying Squad towards the loca on reported by the complainant.

Following op ons and complaints classifica ons were available for the complainant to choose on mobile
Money Distribu on Gi /Coupons Distribu on Liquor Distribu on
Poster/banners w/o permission Display of Arms Vehicle/Convoy w/o permission
Paid News Others Know the MCC
Publicity was given on the applica on both through adver sements and press release. Press was regularly
updated on the number of applica ons received. Downloading of applica on was enabled from CEO website. A
QR code was also publicized for people to directly access the applica on. A YouTube video was also created for
people to see the usage ease of the app. Video was available at the CEOTN channel on YouTube. Flyers were also
printed and distributed to publicize the app:

The QR code for the applica on is shown here. The app was u lized by the general public
across the state to complain on the 7 major code of conduct viola ons. The 8th op on that of
‘others’ category was however u lized more by the ci zens, whereby they typed the specific
details of the complaint at hand. Complete anonymity also encouraged people to use the
app effec vely. But for obvious reasons the usage was higher in urban areas, where, more
android phones were available, and people more accustomed to use the apps.

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 Na onal Par es and 47 State Par es were
eligible to use state television and radio under
the scheme. In addi on to the party telecasts /
broadcasts, the Prasar Bhar Corpora on was
allowed to organize up to two na onal panel
discussions or debates with representa ves of
na onal par es on DD and AIR. Regional DD and
State AIR were also allowed to conduct similar
debates and discussions with recognized State
par es. The following tables (Table 45, Table 46
and Table 47) show the me (in minutes)
24 Role of Media allocated to na onal and state par es during the
2014 elec ons.
Media played a key role in nurturing democracy and
its variegated processes. Over the decades, it had
been one of ECI’s powerful allies. During elec ons,
media had a significant role in dissemina on of
elec on related informa on, brought to no ce
various viola ons and generated poli cal debate for
the benefit of voters. Media Centres were also
created at various places by CEO offices during polling
and coun ng.

24.1 Air Time to Poli cal Par es

The ECI introduced a scheme in 1998 for free use of

State-owned Television and Radio for recognized
poli cal par es. The scheme was subsequently
extended to the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha elec ons. 6

Table 45: Time allo ed to Na onal Par es on DD Na onal and All India Radio (in minutes)

S. No. Name of Total Time allo ed in minutes for: Number of Time Vouchers (5 minutes)
Na onal Party
Broadcast Telecast Broadcast Telecast
1 BSP 75 75 15 15
2 BJP 140 140 28 28
3 CPI 50 50 10 10
4 CPI (M) 70 70 14 14
5 INC 190 190 38 38
6 NCP 55 55 11 11
Total 580 580 116 116

Table 46: Time allo ed to Na onal Par es on Regional DD and State AIR (in minutes)
S. No. Name of Total Time allo ed in minutes for: Number of Time Vouchers (5 minutes)
Na onal Party
Broadcast Telecast Broadcast Telecast
1 BSP 115 115 23 23
2 BJP 210 210 42 42
3 CPI 80 80 16 16
4 CPI (M) 110 110 22 22
5 INC 285 285 57 57
6 NCP 80 80 16 16
Total 880 880 176 176

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 Table 47: Time allo ed to State Par es on Regional DD and State AIR (in minutes)

S. No. Name of State Par es Total Time allo ed in minutes for: Number of Time Vouchers (5 minutes)
Broadcast Telecast Broadcast Telecast
1 TRS 35 35 7 7
2 TD 40 40 8 8
3 AITC 45 45 9 9
4 KJP 35 35 7 7
5 JD (S) 40 40 8 8
6 KC (M) 35 35 7 7
7 IUML 35 35 7 7
8 MNS 35 35 7 7
9 SS 40 40 8 8
10 MSCP 35 35 7 7
11 NPF 55 55 11 11
12 PDA 40 40 8 8
13 UDP 40 40 8 8
14 HSPDP 40 40 8 8
15 NPP 35 35 7 7
16 MNF 40 40 8 8
17 MPC 35 35 7 7
18 ZNP 35 35 7 7
19 LJSP 35 35 7 7
20 BJD 45 45 9 9
21 AIADMK 40 40 8 8
22 AIN.C 35 35 7 7
23 DMK 40 40 8 8
24 PMK 35 35 7 7
25 SAD 45 45 9 9
26 SDF 55 55 11 11
27 DMDK 35 35 7 7
28 RLD 35 35 7 7
29 SP 40 40 8 8
30 AIFB 35 35 7 7
31 RSP 35 35 7 7
32 RJD 35 35 7 7
33 MG 35 35 7 7
34 HJC (BL) 40 40 8 8
35 INLD 40 40 8 8
36 J&KNC 40 40 8 8
37 J&KNPP 35 35 7 7
38 J&K PDP 40 40 8 8
39 JMM 35 35 7 7
40 JVM(P) 35 35 7 7
41 AJSU P 35 35 7 7
42 AAP 35 35 7 7
43 PPA 35 35 7 7
44 AIUDF 35 35 7 7
45 AGP 40 40 8 8
46 BPF 35 35 7 7
47 JD (U) 40 40 8 8
TOTAL 1795 1795 359 359

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24.2 Restric ons on Exit Polls and Opinion Polls
Under the Representa on of People Act 1951, Sec on
126 prohibits the display of any elec on ma er by
means such as television during the period of 48
hours before the conclusion of poll. The Commission,
in exercise of the power conferred by Sec on 126A of
Representa on of People Act 1951, no fies the
period between which conduct of any exit poll and
publica on and dissemina on of result of such exit
poll is banned. During single phase elec on, the ban
starts with the commencement of the poll and
con nues for half an hour a er the end of the poll.
During mul -phase elec ons, the ban extends ll half
on hour a er the closing of poll on the last day of the
poll.
While there is no ban currently on opinion poll and
Figure 89: Exis ng arrangements for Media Cer fica on and Monitoring
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poll surveys, as clarified under Sec on 126 (1) (b) of
the Representa on of People Act 1951, display of
results of opinion poll or any such survey during the
48 hours ending with the closure of polls in any area is
prohibited. The Commission had further circulated
NBSA (News Broadcas ng Standards Authority)
guidelines on the publishing of opinion polls.
24.3 Paid News and MCMCs
Press Council of India defined ‘Paid News’ as “any
news or analysis appearing in any media (Print &
E l e c t ro n i c ) fo r a p r i c e i n ca s h o r k i n d a s
considera on”²⁵. Paid News is a serious electoral
malprac ce, and caused concern for the Commission
to conduct free and impar al elec ons. Paid News
leads to circumven ng of the elec on expenditure
limits and inhibits the voters' right to reliable
informa on.
For the purpose of maintaining maximum vigilance on
'Paid News' and to prevent such malprac ce, ECI
ini ated various efforts. One of them commenced in
June 2010 wherein ECI issued instruc ons to State
and District officers to scru nize, iden fy and report
cases of Paid News through a carefully laid out
mechanism and process. In 2010, ECI appointed
Media Cer fica on & Monitoring Commi ee
(MCMC) at the District level and State level for
cer fica on of adver sements and also to monitor
media for Paid News and other viola ons .²⁶
During 2014 elec ons, to keep check on the viola on
of media and paid news, the MCMCs were setup at
the district and State level to keep an eye on all
ac vi es of the candidates. District level and State
level MCMCs were cons tuted at the CEO level to
monitor ac vi es of Poli cal Par es and to redress
the grievance of the decisions taken by the
Commi ee. Trainings were conducted for the
members of MCMCs regarding various media related
aspects.
Due to the measures and efforts taken in the 2014
Elec ons, 3177 cases of Paid news were recorded.
Out of these cases of paid news, 2168 cases were
reported from Andhra Pradesh. Out of all 2470 cases,
only 829 were confirmed. Graph 86 shows the States
with highest number of cases of paid news. Andhra
Pradesh topped the list.²⁷
Table 48 shows the cases of paid news where no ces
were issued and cases confirmed.

States with high number of Cases of Paid News

2168

2500

2000
116 223 125
1500

1000 267 Cases Confirmed

171
500
No ces lssued
0
Andhra Pradesh Rajasthan Punjab

Graph 86: States with high number of cases of paid news

Table 48: Paid News cases reported and no ces issued and cases confirmed

Sr. No. Name of States/ UTs No ces issued Cases Confirmed

1 Andhra Pradesh 2168 116
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0
3 Assam 1 1
4 Bihar 6 0
5 Chha sgarh 8 8
6 Goa 4 0
7 Gujarat 83 66
8 Haryana 41 25
9 Himachal Pradesh 18 20
10 Jammu & Kashmir 6 6
11 Jharkhand 27 10
12 Karnataka 32 43
13 Kerala 0 0
14 Madhya Pradesh 30 25
15 Maharashtra 147 15
16 Manipur 0 0
17 Meghalaya 6 4

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 18 Mizoram 0 0
19 Nagaland 0 0
20 Odisha NA 31
21 Punjab 171 125
22 Rajasthan 267 223
23 Tamil Nadu 44 7
24 Tripura 0 0
25 Sikkim 0 0
26 U ar Pradesh 86 86
27 U arakhand 5 5
28 West Bengal 0 0
29 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0
30 Chandigarh 0 0
31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1
32 Daman & Diu 7 0
33 Lakshadweep 0 0
34 Na onal Capital Territory of Delhi 9 6
35 Puducherry 10 6
Total 3177 829

In Madhya Pradesh, so ware was developed and 24.4 Social Media

used to keep track of the textual data e.g. online
newspapers, websites and social media for viola ons
by members/ candidates of the poli cal par es. In
Tamil Nadu, a new approach was tried and was found
to be effec ve – while issuing cer fica on for poli cal
adver sement, a specific number was assigned. This
number was to be displayed at the me of telecast.
ECI’s a en on was drawn to the use of social media
for elec on campaign and also certain viola ons of
elec on law. Social media referred to the means of
interac ons among people, in which they created,
shared, and/ or exchanged informa on and ideas.

Collaborative
projects
(Wikipedia)

Virtual
Blogs and
games
micro Blogs
worlds Different (Twitter)
(Apps)
types
of
Social Media

Content
Social
Communica-
Networking
tion
(Facebook)
(YouTube)

Figure 90: Different types of Social Media

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Steps taken during LS 2014:
1. Informa on should be given by candidates
about their Social Media account, so that the
same can be monitored - Candidates were
required to file affidavits in Form-26 at the me of
filing of nomina ons. Detailed instruc ons and the
format in which the affidavits have to be filled were
issued and required that email ID of the candidate,
if any, be communicated to the Commission in the
said Form. It was mandatory that authen c social
media accounts of candidates be informed to the
Commission.
2. Pre Cer fica on of the Poli cal Adver sement
on Social Media website - Every registered/
na onal and State poli cal party and every
contes ng candidate who proposed to issue
adver sements on television channels and/or on
cable network had to apply to ECI/ designated
officer for pre-cer fica onof all poli cal
adver sements on electronic media including
social media. Therefore, no poli cal
adver sements were allowed to be released to any
internet based media/websites, including social
media websites, by poli cal par es/candidates
without pre-cer fica on from competent
authori es.
3. Poli cal party should also disclose the
expenditure done on crea on of the material used
on the Social Media Website - For removing any
ambiguity, the ECI directed that candidates and
poli cal par es must include all expenditure on
Awareness of
Electoral Laws, Advance
MCC & planning
Instructions
Communication
& Contingency
Plan
Coordinated
teamwork
Figure 91: Characteris cs of a well-organized poll day
campaigning, including expenditure on
adver sements on social media, both for
maintaining a correct account of expenditure and
for submi ng the statement of expenditure. This
among other things, included payments made to
internet compaines and websites for carrying
adver sements and also campaign related
opera onal expenditure on making of crea ve
development of content, opera onal expenditure
on salaries and wages paid to the team of workers
employed by such candidates and poli cal par es
to maintain their social media accounts, etc.
4. Applica on of MCC to content on internet
including social media - Provisions of MCC and
related instruc ons of the ECI were also applied to
the content posted on the internet, including social
media websites and social media Account &
websites of candidates & poli cal par es.
25 Poll Day Ac vi es
Poll Day was the most significant event of the en re
electoral cycle which entailed a wide-range of
ac vi es. The ac vi es and arrangement were not
limited to the polling sta on.
Inclusive
training
Figure 92: Schema c of a Model Polling Sta on
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25.1 Use of video camera and s ll cameras at Polling
Sta ons
Video cameras were used at as many Polling Sta ons
as possible to keep a watch on the proceedings. S ll
cameras were used at all those polling sta ons, where
Micro-observers, video cameras or web cas ng were
not being used. ln this manner, all cri cal Polling
Sta ons were kept under watch.
DEOs prepared an inventory of all video and s ll
cameras available in the district, which could be used
on the poll day at Polling Sta ons. An inventory of all
video and s ll cameras available in all Government
Departments was also prepared. All video and s ll
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cameras available in all Government Departments
were made available to the DEO. ln addi on,
instruc ons issued by ECI No. 464/INST/2014-EPS
dated 21.03.2014 also ensured that DEOs hired video
and s ll cameras from the market, if required, on fixed
hiring charges, based on prevailing market rates.
Private videographers or photographers hired by the
DEO should not belong to any poli cal party and
should not be known sympathizers, supporters or
close rela ves of any of the contes ng candidates or
leaders of any poli cal party and should not have
been hired by any poli cal party or contes ng
candidate. For more details, refer to the sec on on
other measures in Planning.
25.2 Voter Facilita on Centers (VFCs)

In exercising power under Rule 6 of the Registra on of

Electors Rules, 1960, the Commission provided for
Voter Assistance Booth or Voter Facilita on Centre,
manned by a team of officials, in every loca on of
premise/building where three or more polling
sta ons have been set up.²⁸ The objec ve of the
ini a ve had been to facilitate the voter to locate
her/his serial number in the electoral roll in the
concerned part of the polling Sta on. The part-wise
electoral roll was generated in the same 8 column format, where the names of the electors were
arranged alphabe cally without being divided in
sec ons. The alphabe cal list, published in English,
helped the voters iden fy their serial numbers in the
related parts quickly.

During Lok Sabha elec ons 2014, ECI also made

various arrangements and facili es to make vo ng a
smooth and friendly experience. Voter-helplines,
facilita on centers for voters, web and SMS based
search facili es were available for assistance of
voters. Apart from the BMF facili es, voter facilita on
centers helped voters to check their names in the
electoral rolls and iden fy their polling sta on at a
polling sta on loca on with more than one polling
sta on.

Graph 87 below shows the number of voter

facilita on centers manned by BLOs. Out of 8,37,167
polling sta ons from 34 States and UTs, 8,10,813
(96.84%) voter facilita on centers were manned by
BLOs. 31,163 polling sta ons had one polling agent
only or no polling agents. For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexure 2.17

Voter Facilita on Centres manned by BLOs

840000 837167
835000
830000
825000
820000
815000 810813
810000
805000
800000
795000
31163
0
Number of polling sta ons Voter facilita on centres Number of polling sta ons
manned by BLOs outside with no polling agent/ one
polling sta ons polling agent

Graph 87 : Number of Voter Facilita on Centres manned by BLOs

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Case 29 : Power of One: Story of the Unique Voter from Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat

Shyam Saran Negi:

Widely known as the first voter of
independent India, 98-year-old Mr
Negi has been vo ng since first
elec on to the House of People
(Lok Sabha) in 1951 a er India
became independent in 1947. Born
in 1917, Mr Negi, a re red school
teacher, has voted in every general
elec on to Lok Sabha as well as
legisla ve assembly of Himachal
Pradesh since then. One of the
oldest voters of India, Mr Negi
exercises his franchise from Kalpa, a small town in the Sutlej river valley in the Kinnaur district of Himachal
Pradesh. Mr Negi has been honoured by the Elec on Commission of India several mes for upholding the
commitment of vo ng for the past 65 years.

Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas: Bapu, as he is fondly called, is a priest who lives in an ashram in Banej, 20 km
deep in Gujarat’s Gir forest, home to the Asia c lion and the sole human occupant of the jungle. He remains one
of India’s most coveted voters. On Wednesday April 30, 2014, five polling officials and a policeman gathered at a
watch post deep in the jungle transformed into a polling sta on solely to ensure that the 65-year-old priest vote.
ECI guidelines on ra onaliza on of polling sta ons require that voters should not have to travel more than 2 km
to cast their vote, so all these staff had
been mobilized to ensure that one man
could par cipate in the world’s biggest
democra c exercise.

He has been cas ng his vote for the past

elec ons, including the 2004, 2009 and
the current 2014 parliamentary elec ons
along with the 2007 and 2012 state
assembly elec ons of Gujarat. Darshandas
lives in Banej Tirthdham, a pilgrimage spot
inside the Gir sanctuary and looks a er an
ancient Shiva temple there. If the booth is
not set up he will have to travel 20 km to
cast his vote. Banej falls under Una
assembly segment of the Junagadh
parliamentary cons tuency.
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Case 30 : Polling Arrangements for the Internally Displaced - Tripura and Delhi

The case of Bru Refugees of

Mizoram in Tripura
Bru refugees or Reang people are
the ethnic minori es of Mizoram.
Following ethnic clashes in 1997
with the majority Mizo community,
the Reang were displaced and over
30,000 of them had to take shelter
in adjoining Tripura. Today, the six
relief camps in North Tripura’s
Kanchapur subdivision are their
‘home’. Since 1997, many efforts to
rehabilitate the Bru refugees have
been unsuccessful and an amicable solu on to this fiasco is yet to be found. The refugees are s ll scared and
unwilling to go back, fearing further ethnic clashes. The Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), the
apex body of the Reang refugees had requested polling arrangement be made at the camps so that they could
vote. This request was granted by the ECI. Since then, Bru refugees are granted the op on of postal ballots as well
to vote.

During Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014, polling in all six Reang refugee camps in Kanchanpur subdivision in Tripura
began shortly a er 11 am. Though the polling percentage was thin in the ini al hours, it got momentum with the
passage of me. The polling con nued ll 4 pm. As many as 11,500 voters living in six relief camps in Kanchanpur
sub-division were eligible to vote through postal ballots from April 1 to April 3, as per the schedule issued by ECI.

The case of Kashmiri Pandit Refugees in Delhi and Jammu

Post their exodus from the Kashmir Valley in 1990s, Kashmiri Pandits have largely se led in Delhi, Jammu and
Udhampur. In order to ensure that this displaced community can vote during Lok Sabha elec ons 2014, ECI
creates 18 polling sta ons exclusively for Kashmiri Pandits - of which 4 were in Delhi, 13 in Jammu and one in
Udhampur. 2,72,335 migrant electors were
registered to vote for Anatanag PC of Jammu and
Kashmir while 18,257 voters belonging to the
migrant community were registered for exercising
their franchise for Baramulla PC. As per the figures,
highest number of 17,304 Kashmiri Pandit electors
are registered for polling in Anantnag district
followed by 4793 in Kulgam district, 3837 voters in
Shopian district and 1301 voters in Pulawam
district. 8,468 such voters are registered for
Kupwara district followed by 8,307 for Baramulla
district and 1,482 for Bandipora district.

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Case 31 : Voter Queue Status system of Punjab

In the Lok Sabha Elec on 2014 informa on about number of voters in the queue at the polling sta on was also
provided to voters through SMSs and was also available on the CEO Punjab’s website. The facility was available
for the voters of the following urban cons tuencies namely:-

15- Amritsar North 16- Amritsar West 17-Amritsar 18- Amritsar East 19-Amritsar
(SC) Central South
34- Jalandhar West (SC) 35- Jalandhar Central 36- Jalandhar North 37- Jalandhar Can 53- S.A.S Nagar
60- Ludhiana East 61- Ludhiana South 62- Atam Nagar 63- Ludhiana 64- Ludhiana
Central West
65- Ludhiana North 66-Gill (SC) of Ludhiana 76- Firozpur Urban 92- Bathinda Urban 115- Pa ala

The voters of these assembly cons tuencies were able to get the informa on by sending SMS to +919211728082
in the format ceopjb <space> qs <space> acno <space> partno or ceopjb <space> EPIC No. and the system would
send the informa on of the polling sta on loca on and the voters standing in the queue. The resource persons
were iden fied by the district administra on and their mobile numbers were registered in the database against
the polling sta on to update the queue. The following messages were used to update the queue status and to get
the informa on by the voters of the assembly cons tuencies men oned above: -

Ac on Message format Sent to Message Example

To update the Ceopjb vq 919211728082 Ceopjb vq 30

Queue Status <voters in queue> The queue status of the polling sta ons
was updated where the mobile number
of the sender is registered on the CEO
Punjab website

To get the voter Ceopjb qs 919211728082 Ceopjb QS 1 1

queue status <acno> <partno> The sender will get queue status
of ACNO 1 and Part No 1 from
ceopunjab website in the
following format: -

Polling Sta on Loca on:

<Name of Building>:
Voter in Queue :<number
of voters> : AT : < me>

Ceopjb <EPIC NO> 919211728082 Ceopjb rdx0078006

The registered voter will get
the par culars of the voter and
the status of queue on his/her mobile.

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The screenshot shows number of voters standing in a queue

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Case 32 : Interna onal Visitors to witness Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014

India is the world’s largest democracy with the largest electorate of 834 million electors. This is higher than the
electorate size of some con nents. This raised a lot of interest among a large number of democracies across the
world to witness elec on.
Countries from the global south
Namibia Nigeria Lesotho Malaysia
sought to learn from the process of
elec on management in India. To

Mauri us Myanmar Nepal Uganda facilitate this, ECI launched 2014

Elec on Visitor’s programme with
50 delegates from 20 countries to
Kenya Bhutan Pales ne have first-hand experience of Lok Sabha
Elec on 2014.

The 2014 Elec on Visitor’s programme was a part of the south-south coopera on ini a ve of the Elec on
Commission of India. The programme was designed for countries interested in witnessing the Lok Sabha
elec ons and was being run in partnership with UNDP. Under the programme, ECI and UNDP facilitated the visit
of about 50 delegates from Elec on Management Bodies of approx. 20 countries.

The delegates were divided in four

groups depending upon the schedule of
their arrival to India. The programme
included a briefing at ECI HQ followed
by field visits to a loca on where
elec on was due followed by another
interac on at ECI on return to share
experiences.

The four elec on loca ons were:

1) Karnataka (17th April 2014)
2) U ar Pradesh (24th April, 2014)
3) West Bengal (30th April, 2014) and
4) Himachal Pradesh (7th May, 2014).

Separately, 30 elec on officials who were a ending training programme at IIIDEM under Indian Technical and
Economic Coopera on Programme of MEA on emerging challenges in elec on management were taken on a
field visit to Agra to witness the prepara on of elec ons and to Gwalior to witness the process of polling. They
also witnessed polling at NCT of Delhi on 10th April 2014.

This was the first me when ECI facilitated elec on visits from other countries on such a scale and under a
structured programme.²⁹

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26. Simultaneous Elec ons
Simultaneous elec ons are held for State Legisla ve
Assembly(-ies) along with GE to Lok Sabha. These
simultaneous elec ons are considered as a good
democra c prac ce in a federal structure as it
facilitates convergence of democra c process,
coherence in governance, and op mum resource
mobiliza on. The first GE to Lok Sabha was held
simultaneously with legisla ve assembly elec ons of
all States in 1951-52. Simultaneous elec ons have
helped ECI in effec ve resource planning and
management with savings for the public exchequer.
In April-May 2014, elec ons for State Legisla ve
Assemblies of four States were held simultaneously
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along with Lok Sabha elec ons. These States were
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal
Pradesh. These simultaneous elec ons were held
smoothly and without any problems. Suitable IEC
material was designed to reach out through mock
polling, poster/pamphlet, and visual presenta ons.
The DEOs prepared the DEMP well in advance along
with an assessment of human resource, materials and
infrastructure (for polling sta ons, strong rooms,
coun ng halls etc.). The CEOs assessed the gaps
including inter-district movements in States and
cri cality and vulnerability along with the
deployment of security staff. Special care was taken
by Presiding Officers to ensure error-free prepara on
 Figure 93: Layout of polling sta on during simultaneous elec ons

of accounts for both assembly and parliamentary these, 4,81,77,984 voted during the polls marking a
elec ons. EVM alloca on for ACs and PCs was 74.20% voter turnout. Table 49 shows the data on
carefully conducted to avoid any confusion. During candidates in Andhra Pradesh Legisla ve Assembly
these elec ons, ECI was faced with the issue of elec ons, 2014.
managing polling agents for ACs and PCs in a polling
sta on. For the purpose, ECI designed an innova ve Odisha
layout of the polling sta on, as shown above.
(Figure 93) Odisha State Legisla ve Assembly went to polls on
Table 49: Andhra Pradesh simultaneous LA elec ons
Andhra Pradesh Male Female Others Total
Contes ng Candidates 3591 317 2 3910
Winning Candidates 266 27 0 293
Candidates who Forfeited Security Deposits 2998 259 2 3259

Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh State Legisla ve Assembly went to
polls on 30th April 2014 and 7th May 2014. Elec ons
were declared on 5th March 2014 and results were
announced on 16th May 2014 along with the Lok
Sabha elec ons. Andhra Pradesh State Legisla ve
Assembly had 294 cons tuencies with 71223 polling
sta ons and 6,49,34,138 registered electors. Of
11th and 17th May 2014. Elec ons were announced
on 5th March 2014 and results were declared on 16th
May 2014 along with the Lok Sabha elec ons. Odisha
State Legisla ve Assembly had 147 cons tuencies
with 35959 polling sta ons and 29196047 registered
electors. Of these, 21504238 voted during the polls
marking a 73.65 % voter turnout. Table 50 shows the
data on candidates in Odisha Legisla ve Assembly
elec ons, 2014.

Table 50: Odisha simultaneous LA elec ons

Odisha Male Female Others Total
Contes ng Candidates 1303 117 0 1420
Winning Candidates 136 11 0 147
Candidates who Forfeited Security Deposits 982 94 0 1076

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Sikkim Arunachal Pradesh

Sikkim State Legisla ve Assembly went to polls on Arunachal Pradesh State Legisla ve Assembly went to
12th April 2014. Elec ons were announced on 5th polls on 12th April 2014. Elec ons were announced
March 2014 and results were declared on 16th May on 5th March 2014 and results were declared on 16th
2014 along with the Lok Sabha elec ons. Sikkim State May 2014 along with the Lok Sabha elec ons.

Table 51: Sikkim simultaneous LA elec ons

Sikkim Male Female Others Total
Contes ng Candidates 110 11 0 121
Winning Candidates 29 3 0 32
Candidates who Forfeited Security Deposits 50 7 0 57

Legisla ve Assembly had 32 cons tuencies with 589
polling sta ons and 370770 registered electors. Of
these, 299572 voted during the polls marking an
80.80% voter turnout. Table 51 shows the data on
candidates in Sikkim Legisla ve Assembly elec ons,
2014
Arunachal Pradesh State Legisla ve Assembly had 60
cons tuencies with 2158 polling sta ons and 759344
registered electors. Of these, 493528 voted during
the polls marking a 64.99% voter turnout. Table 52
shows the data on candidates in Arunachal Pradesh
Legisla ve Assembly elec ons, 2014

Table 52: Arunachal Pradesh simultaneous LA elec on

Arunachal Pradesh Male Female Others Total

Contes ng Candidates 149 6 0 155
Winning Candidates 58 2 0 60
Candidates who Forfeited Security Deposits 37 2 0 39

Graph 88 : Compara ve voter turnout (total and female) during simultaneous elec ons

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The Graph 88 shows the compara ve voter turnout of
Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 and Legisla ve Assembly
Elec ons of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Odisha and Sikkim. The difference between the
female and overall voter turnout of Andhra Pradesh
Legisla ve Assembly is only 0.2%
27. Postal Ballots and Elec on Duty Cer ficates
their respec ve cons tuencies, whereas voters on
elec on duty were given postal ballots or elec on
duty cer ficates.
Graph 89 shows total polling personnel who opted for
postal ballot and EDCs during 2014 elec ons.¹⁵ For
more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 2.6, 2.7,
3.15 and 3.16

Postal vo ng is the method of vo ng whereby ballot Polling Personnel who opted for Postal Ballot
papers are distributed to electors, in contrast to and EDCS
electors vo ng in person at a Polling Sta on. Postal 2000000

ballot was extensively used in Lok Sabha Elec ons 1500000

1189427 1036232
1257400
2014. The facility of postal ballot was provided to 1000000
specific categories of popula ons: 500000

0
s of Electo
Wive d r
e
Classif and
subjec s Poll personnel who Poll person el who Poll personnel who
t
e
Serivc ial Preven to opted for postal ballot opted for EDCs opted for neither
Spec Deten ve Vo
ial
ec s
Voters on Ele ters
Sp ter c o Graph 89: Polling Personnel who opted for
Du on n
Vo ty Postal Ballot and EDCs
(Based on data received from 29 States/UTs)
Ser sified

No ters
Vo vice

Vo
s
s

fie
ter
Cla

Postal Ballot issued and received from Drivers/Vehicle

A endants on Duty

Figure 94: Categories of electors who are provided postal ballot 500000
457594
450000
400000
350000
‘Special Voter’ is, according to subsec on (4) in 300000
250000 114518
Sec on 20 of Representa on of the People Act 1950, 200000 38979
150000
“any person holding any office in India declared by the 100000
50000
President in consulta on with the Elec on 0
Drivers and Vehicle Number of drivers and
Drivers and Vehicle
Commission to be an office to which the provisions of A endants/ Cleaners
deployed
A endants/ Cleaners
opted for postal ballot
Vehicle A endants/
Cleaners issued postal
this sub-sec on applies”. ballot

Graph 90: Postal Ballot issued and received from Drivers/

27.1 Elec on Duty Cer ficates (EDCs) Vehicle A endants on Duty

The officials and employees who were engaged in

elec on duty were given EDCs. Postal ballots to
service voters were sent within 48 hours of
finalisa on of the names of contes ng candidates in
27.2 Data Analysis
ECI undertook variety of measures to ensure that
postal ballots were issued to all eligible voters. The
following line chart shows the data on postal votes
received during 2009 and 2014 elec ons. The postal
votes received in 2014 were higher than the ones in
2009. There was an overall increase in the total
number of postal votes received during 2014, some
States like Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Tamil Nadu showed significant increase over 2009
elec ons.¹⁴ For more details, refer to Sta s cal
Annexure 5.2.2

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 Postal Votes Polled in Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 and 2009
350000

300000
Postal Votes LS 2014 Postal Votes LS 2009
250000

200000

150000

100000

50000

Kerala
Gujarat
Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Nagaland

Odisha
Puducherry

Rajasthan

U ar Pradesh
Jharkhand

Punjab
Arunachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

U arakhand
Lakshadweep
Bihar

Haryana
Andhra Pradesh

Chandigarh

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Tamil Nadu
Daman & Diu

West Bangal
Chha sgarh

Mizoram
Assam

Goa

Maharashtra
Manipur

Tripura
Meghalaya
Jammu & Kashmir

Karnataka

Sikkim
NCT OF Delhi
Graph 91: Postal Votes Polled in Lok Sabha elec ons 2014 and 2009

Break up of votes that were rejected/not

retrieved

400000
350000 368873
300000
250000
200000 225300 198705
150000 143573
100000 121363
50000 77342
0
EVM - Not Postal - Rejected Total Rejected/Not
retrieved Retrieved
2014 2009

Graph 92: Break up of rejected and not retrieved votes in 2014 and 2009 LS elec ons

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Graph 92 shows the breakup of votes that were Lok Sabha 2009
rejected or not retrieved. During the 2014 elec ons, 600000
563464
EVM votes and postal ballots that were rejected or
500000
not retrieved accounted for 0.03% and 0.04% of total
polled votes respec vely. Graph 93 and Graph 94 400000
shows the postal ballots received and rejected during
2009 and 2014 elec ons. Postal Votes rejected in 300000
2014 were 19.51 % of the total postal votes received;
200000
while in 2009 it was 21.54 %. Also, the percentage of 121363
postal votes received and rejected in 2014 was 0.21% 100000
and 0.04% of the total votes polled while the
percentage of postal votes received and rejected in 0
Postal Votes Received Postal Votes Rejected
Graph 94: Number of postal votes received and rejected
during 2009 elec ons
Lok Sabha 2014
1400000 2009 was 0.14% and 0.03% respec vely.¹⁴ For more
1154607 details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 5.2.2
1200000

1000000 Postal ballots were issued to Polling Staff including

drivers, a endants, police staff and preven ve
800000
detainees. Graph 95, Graph 96, Graph 97 and Graph
600000 98 highlights the data on postal ballot and EDCs
despatched and received from polling and police staff.
400000
225300 For more details refer to Sta cal Annexure 2.7.
200000

0
Postal Votes Received Postal Votes Rejected
Graph 93: Number of postal votes received and rejected
during 2014 elec ons

Postal ballots issued and received from Postal ballots issued and received from
Polling Personnel Police Personnel

1181499 280403

1133088 268866

PBs issued to Polling Personnel PBs received from Polling Personnel PBs issued to Police Personnel PBs received from Police Personnel

Graph 95: PBs issued and received from polling personnel Graph 96: PBs issues and received from police personnel

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 Police Personnel and Postal Ballot Polling Personnel and Postal Ballot
despatched and Received despatched and Received

1405891 4179212
2921017
695707

Police Personnel dra ed for elec on duty Postal ballot despatched/ delivered to Police Polling Persons dra ed for Elec on Duty Postal Ballot despatched/ delivered to Polling
Personnel Personnel

Graph 97: Police personnel and postal ballot delivered Graph 98: Polling personnel and postal ballot delivered

28. Re-Poll and adjourned poll

The legal provisions under Representa on of the People Act, 1951 for the conduct of re-poll were:

Sec on 57
Sec on 58
Adjournment of poll Representa on
in emergencies Sec on 58A
Fresh poll in the of the People Act
case of destruc on, Adjournment of poll
etc., of ballot boxes or countermanding 1951, for
of elec on on the conduct of Repoll
ground of booth
capturing

Figure 95: Legal provisions under RP Act 1951 for conduct of re-poll

Others
EVM faults during
poll

EVM faults during Violence resul ng in

coun ng (machine snatching / breaking
fault) of EVMs

Forced polling
Repoll a er Scru ny of with or without
Form 17A and violence (Booth
Presiding Officer’s capturing/ Silent
Diary Booth capturing)
EVM fault during
coun ng (due to
mis-handling at
presiding/ polling Figure 97: Reasons for adjourned polls
officers

Figure 96: Reasons for re-poll

Main reasons for re-poll are shown in the figure no. not-reaching of Polling Party. The highest numbers of
96. Polling was adjourned in 43 Polling sta ons, of adjourned polls were in Bihar. Figure 97 shows the
which, in 32 Polling Sta ons (PSs) it was on account of reasons for Adjourned Poll.

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The following Table 53 shows the state and UT wise data on Re-poll held during 2014 elec ons.³ For details refer
to Sta s cal annexure 4.6.1
Table 53: State and UT wise data on re-poll during 2014 elec ons

Sl. No Name of state/ UT Parliamentary Polling sta ons Re-poll held

Cons tuencies
1 Andaman Nicobar 1 386 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 42 71225 18
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2 2158 35
4 Assam 14 24280 34
5 Bihar 40 61721 66
6 Chandigarh 1 519 0
7 Chha sgarh 11 21424 1
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 240 0
9 Daman & Diu 1 131 0
10 Goa 2 1624 0
11 Gujarat 26 45383 4
12 Haryana 10 16244 8
13 Himachal Pradesh 4 7385 0
14 Jammu and Kashmir 6 9633 0
15 Jharkhand 14 24751 8
16 Karnataka 28 54264 12
17 Kerala 20 21427 4
18 Lakshadweep 1 44 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 29 54844 10
20 Maharashtra 48 90386 6
21 Manipur 2 2662 7
22 Meghalaya 2 2562 0
23 Mizoram 1 1126 0
24 NCT of Delhi 7 12010 0
25 Nagaland 1 2059 7
26 Odisha 21 35929 32
27 Puducherry 1 905 0
28 Punjab 13 22019 2
29 Rajasthan 25 47947 5
30 Sikkim 1 538 0
31 Tamil Nadu 39 60817 3
32 Tripura 2 3095 0
33 U arakhand 5 10078 0
34 U ar Pradesh 80 140485 22
35 West Bengal 42 77252 17
Total 543 927553 301

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29. Strong Rooms
Strong Rooms are rooms where the EVMs are stored,
a er the polling ends, ll the day of coun ng. The
Strong Rooms were heavily guarded to ensure that no
one tampers with the EVMs before coun ng. CPF is
deployed to guard the Strong Rooms as well as
Coun ng Centres. The CPF
con ngent was given a camera
to record all ac vi es. All entry
points of Strong Room were
under constant Videography
using webcam and laptops.
DEO visited storage campus to
ensure safety procedures were
followed at the Strong Room
campus.
Round the clock uninterrupted
power supply, adequate fire
ex nguishers etc. were
arranged for the Strong Rooms
well in advance. No vehicles -
official or private were allowed
inside the secured campus.
The Strong Rooms had double
lock system. One key was kept
with DEO and the other with RO of concerned
Cons tuency. Two layered security arrangements
were made round the clock for the Strong Rooms
having polled EVMs before coun ng of votes. The CPF
was in charge of manning the innermost perimeter
security immediately outside the Strong Room and
the State Armed Police guarded the outermost
perimeter’s security. All contes ng candidates were
in mated in wri ng to depute their representa ves
to keep a close watch on security arrangement of
Strong Rooms. They were allowed to stay at a
loca on, which enabled them to view the entry points
of the Strong Room. As far as possible, facili es such
as proper shelter, drinking water, etc. were provided
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to them. If there was no direct view to the
Strong Room, CCTV was arranged at the
loca on. A control room adjacent to the
Strong Room was opera ve round the clock.
30.Coun ng
Coun ng of votes remains one of the most
important stages of the elec on process.
Legal provisions regarding coun ng of votes
have been prescribed in RP Act 1951 and
procedure has been laid down in Conduct of
Elec ons Rules, 1961. The coun ng of votes at an
elec on where vo ng machines are used, are
regulated by the provisions of Rule 66 A of the
Conduct of Elec on Rules, 1961 as inserted by the
Conduct of Elec ons (Amendment) Rules, 1992. For
transparency in coun ng procedure, Commission has
issued various direc ons from me-to- me. Under
sec on 64 of RP Act 1951, votes are counted under
the supervision and direc on of the Returning Officer.
.
Before the introduc on of the use of EVMs, the
coun ng of ballot papers was done by mixing of all the
ballot papers taken out of all boxes used at more than
one Polling Sta ons in a cons tuency as prescribed in
Rule 56B of Rules 1961. With the introduc on of
EVMs, coun ng is simpler, faster, more efficient and
cost effec ve with hardly any need for a recoun ng.
The coun ng process is overseen by Observers
appointed by the Commission. They are supported by
a team of Micro Observers. Coun ng Supervisors and
Assistants are also appointed for each table. Before
the seals are broken, to retrieve the results, the EVMs
are shown to the Candidates or their representa ves
for transparency. Then the results are retrieved and
shown to them. At the same me, the results are
recorded in pre-printed Form 17C. These are
compiled round-wise by the Returning Officer and the
round-wise results were declared by the RO. A er all
the rounds of coun ng are over, the final results were
prepared in Form 20 including the results of Postal
Ballot. The results are also uploaded on the Genesys
So ware of the Commission.³⁰
The legal provision related to coun ng and elec on
return followed is shown in figure 98.
There are some prerequisites for a Coun ng Centre.
These can be seen in Figure 99. The number of tables
in the coun ng hall is dependent on the number of
Polling sta ons to be counted, space available,
number of Coun ng Agents, number of Coun ng Staff
including Micro-Observers and Security forces. The
candidates or their agents are allowed to sit on the RO
table to watch the coun ng proceedings. A table was
kept alongside of ROs table, with a computer on
which computa on and compila on of data from
each table a er each round was done. The general
layout of a coun ng hall is shown in Figure 100.

30.1 Coun ng Centre, Halls and Staff

Rule 55C: Scru ny

and inspec on of Rule 56C: Actual Rule 57C: Sealing of
EVMs before coun ng, entry in EVMs a er coun ng.
coun ng Form 20

Rule 61 provides for

Rules 60 provides
re-commencement Rule 63 provides for
for con nuous
of coun ng a er recount of votes
coun ng
fresh poll

Rule 65 provides for Rule 66 provides for

Rule 64 provides for coun ng at 2 or grant of cer ficate
declara on of result more places for one of elec on to
of elec on cons tuency returned candidate
Figure 98 : Legal provisions related to coun ng and elec on return followed

Each
counting
For Each AC centre to
or assembly have distinct
In case 2 halls segment number and
are approved, there should
If more than each hall to
allot in be a strong
two halls or be distinctly
advance the room and a
Counting of places are numbered
PSs to be spacious
votes for required, counted in counting hall
entire AC to ECI’s written each hall. with separate
be preferably prior Intimate entry and
done at one approval is candidates exit.
hall/ place required accordingly
Figure 99 : Pre-requisites for a Coun ng Centre

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 Layout of Counting Hall
EVMs- SIMULTANEOUS ELECTIONS-

COUNTING - COUNTING -
ASSEMBLY ELECTION LOK SABHA ELECTION

C.S. C.S.
BLACKBOARD

C.A.

C.A.
7 14

COUNTING AGENTS OF CANDIDATES FOR LOK SABHA ELECTION

COUNTING AGENTS OF CANDIDATES FOR ASSEMBLY ELECTION

C.S. C.S.

C.A.
C.A.

6 13

C.S. C.S.
C.A.

C.A.
5 12

C.S. C.S.

C.A.
C.A.

4 11

C.S. C.S.

C.A.
C.A.

3 10

C.S. C.S.
C.A.

C.A.
2 9

C.S. C.S.
Candidates/ R.O. for AC/
C.A.

C.A.

1 Agents ARO for PC 8

Clerks to Assist

COUNTING HALL
Figure 100: Layout of a coun ng hall

The coun ng staff deployed in the coun ng centres and halls included:

One Coun ng Supervisor

(preferably a Gaze ed
One Micro Observer (a
officer of Central/State One Coun ng Assistant
Central Govt. Official)
Govt. or Officer of
equivalent status of PSUs)

Addi onal Coun ng

One Group D Employee Reserve Staff Assistant for Observer to
do parallel coun ng

Figure 101: Coun ng Staff

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30.2 Process of Coun ng

Coun ng of votes for 2014 elec ons was carried out

on May 16, 2014. As per Rule 54A, Postal Ballot papers
were counted first. The process of coun ng began
from 8.00 am and went on ll the last vote was 999 4025
counted. Coun ng of votes in EVM commenced 30
minutes a er start of Postal Ballot coun ng. (All
Postal Ballots received before the hours set for Figure 102 : Number of Coun ng Centres and
commencement of coun ng were brought before RO Coun ng Halls used in 2014 General Elec on
and counted).Figure 102 shows the no of coun ng
centres and coun ng halls. Figure 103 shows the
possible reasons for rejec ng a postal ballot paper.

Postal Ballot Paper is rejected if:

It is Marked/
Not indicated in It bears
damaged/
mark apart
It is mu lated returned in such a way
Votes given the cover from vote
that its that it is
No vote is for more spurious
iden fy as ‘B’ sent doub ul for or wri ng
recorded than one ballot by which
genuine along with which
candidate paper voter can
cannot be it to elector candidate
by RO vote has be
established
been given iden fied

Figure 103: Reasons for rejec ng postal ballot paper

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30.3 Coun ng of EVM votes
EVMs were distributed sequen ally, i.e. PS number 1
on Table 1 and so on. Only CUs were required for
coun ng, hence BUs were brought into hall only if
inspec on was required. Along with CU, sealed cover
containing Form 17C (Account of Votes Recorded)
were brought to the coun ng table. Observers did
parallel coun ng of two Polling sta ons, randomly
selected with the help of addi onal coun ng staff.
The results were tabulated in the form shown in
Figure 104.

Annexure for tabula ng Trends/Results

Number & Name of Cons tuency Round Number Date

Brought
Table No. 4. from Cumula ve
1. 2. 3. 5. 6. Total Previous Total
Round
Polling Booth
No.
SI Name of
No. Candidate

Rejected Vote
Total Vote
Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of
RO RO RO RO RO RO RO
Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of Ini al of
Observer Observer Observer Observer Observer Observer Observer
Important: 1. All Over wri ngs/cu ng should be cer fied by observer.
2. Polling sta on Number whose votes are counted should be indicated below the table
Number
3. A copy of this is to be kept by observer in a separate folder for cross checking later

Figure 104: Format for round wise coun ng

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31 Declara on of Results
Votes polled against each candidate were announced
round-wise by wri ng them on a blackboard so that
everyone could see them. A copy of round wise
results was kept in the observers’ folder and one copy
was given to each candidate or his/ her agent. RO
compiled the result in final result sheet in Form 20 as
per entries in Part II of Form 17 C.
The en re proceeding of coun ng was videographed
and the CD was kept in a sealed cover for future
reference. Under no circumstance, actual votes
recorded on an EVM or ballot paper were
photographed or covered by any AV coverage. Extra
care was taken during videography, so that the focus
was on ac vity and not on the actors. Media persons
were taken inside coun ng hall in batches duly
escorted by a Senior Officer. Figure 106 shows the
people and organisa ons to whom final results were
reported.

ANNEXURE - 45
(CHAPTER XV, PA 15.27.9)
FORM 20
FINAL RESULT SHEET
[SEE RULE 56C(2)(C)]
ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE 56 PARLIAMENTARY
CONSTITUENCY PART I
(To be used both for parliamentary and Assembly Election)
Total No. of Electors in Assembly Constituency/Segment ....................87,725
Name of the Assembly/Segment... 275AB............. ..........(in the case of election from a Parliamentary
Constituency)

Serial No. Of No. of valid votes cast in Total No. of Total No. of
Polling Station favour of of reject tendered
valid ed NOTA votes
votes votes
A B C D

1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9
6
1. 5 135 205 403 5 748 NIL 748 1
2. 6 170 145 340 115 765 NIL 765
3. 6A 405 70 105 230 810 NIL 810
4. 7 240 120 215 362 937 NIL 937 2
5. 8 72 369 142 319 802 NIL 802
6. 9 72 142 347 92 653 NIL 653
7. 10 240 267 142 115 764 NIL 764
...............And so on..............................
..............................................
..............................................
Figure 105: Format for Declara on of Result

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 Secy. Gen. Lok
ECI by fax/email Director of News
Chief Electoral Sabha/ Secretary of
(Without any Services, All India
Officer of State State Legisla ve
failure) Radio, New Delhi
Assembly

Director, Ministry of Law

AIR Sta on in State Informa on Officer, Govt. of India/
HQ Doordarshan PIB, New Delhi
Kendra, New Delhi State Govt.

Figure 106: Results were finally reported to these organiza ons

31.1 Genesys Coun ng day

applica ons for Trends and Result
Dissemina on

For trends and results dissemina on

during and a er coun ng, a so ware
applica on was provided at all coun ng
centres on coun ng day by ECI. In this
applica on, round wise schedule data,
round wise votes polled against each
candidate, postal ballot and votes
polled against each candidate were
entered and from me to me trends
and results were declared through
numbers, bar charts and pie charts (for
graphical view). Various reports were
provided for monitoring progress of
data entry at DEO/ CEO level. Round
wise data collected from coun ng
centres through IT applica on was
captured in database from where sta c
html pages (Figure 107) were generated
to disseminate trends and results
through the website.⁹
The 2014 elec ons had maximum
number of voters exercising their votes.
Elec on Commission’s figures put the
number of voters who exercised their
franchise at 554.1 million (66.44%),
which was more than the combined
popula on of the en re European
Union. The highest turnout was earlier
recorded in 1984 at 64.02%. It was
interes ng to note that the numbers of
Figure 107: Sta c HTML page with elec on result
voters in India in 2014 were more than the total
number of electors ll 1992 and the total popula on
of India in 1971 census. The electorate was around
117 million more than in 2009. There was an increase
of voters by 32.71 per cent over voters in 2009.

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Case 33: Elec on
Commission of India
website received millions
of ‘hits’ on Results Day i.e.
16th May 2014 An cipa ng
the interest of people in checking
the results of the Lok Sabha
elec ons 2014, the ECI
developed two result-related
websites: h p://eciresults.nic.in
and h p://eciresults.ap.nic.in As
per the report prepared by
Ackamai Solu ons (a web-based
service provider) shown in the
adjacent figure, the ECI website
received almost 464 million hits
from 6 A.M. on the morning of
May 16, 2014, i.e. the date of
results ll the evening of the next
day at 6 P.M. The number of ‘hits’
reached its peak at 12.30 P.M. on
16th May 2014 with almost
Details Data
13,459 ‘hits’ per second. The
details are listed in the table Total Views over the course of the event 464 Million
below. Between 5 A.M. on 16th Peak Hits/ second seen on Ackamai 13459 hits/ second
May 2014 and 8 P.M. on 17th May Peak Hits/ second sent to Origin 338 hits/ second
2014, the volume of traffic on the Request offload of 96.3%
ECI website via mobile devices
Peak offload 99.1%
was 386.3 GB, making the overall
Total hits on ECI Origin server 17,199,737
mobile traffic accessing the ECI
website at 28%. Mobile Traffic 28%

TRAFFIC SEGMENTS May 16 05:00 AM - May 17 07:59 PM IST

NAME EDGE HITS EDGE VOLUME

eci related sites redirect (298802) 23,100 9.2 MB

eci.nicin-Main Site (298842) 3,668,380 113.2 GB

eci.nicin-Mobile Devices (299273) 33,356,503 386.3 GB

eci.nicin-Static Objects (299272) 81,039,786 1.6 TB
eciresults.nic.in (268695) 155,388,444 6.9 TB
eciresults.nic.in-mobile devices (298803) 93,458,351 2.2 TB
eciresults.nic.in-static devices (268697) 97,015,999 24.6 GB

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 POST
POLL

Section : D
D. Post Poll 275 - 286

32 Security Deposits Forfeited 276 - 278

33 Recogni on and De-recogni on of Poli cal Par es 279

34 Court Cases 279

35 Campaign Finance 280 - 283

35.1 Candidate Expenditure 280
35.2 Poli cal Party Expenditure 282

36 Government Expenditure on Conduct of Elec on 284 - 286

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32 Security Deposits Forfeited
In keeping with the Sec on 34 of the RP Act 1951,
every candidate deposited an amount of Rs. 25,000 as
security deposit with the returning officer in cash or in
Reserve Bank or a Government Treasury for elec on
candidates who forfeited their security deposits in
2014 and 2009 elec ons. During both 2009 & 2014
Lok Sabha elec ons, 85% of the candidates lost their
security deposits.¹⁴
Graph 101 depicts the percentage of candidates by

Candidates who forfeited Security Candidates who forfeited Security

Deposit in Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 Deposit in Lok Sabha Elec ons 2009
1241 (15%)
1251, 15%
1251 (15%)
1251, 15%

7000, 85%
7000 (85%) 7000, 85%
6829 (85%)

Candidates who retained their Security Deposit Candidates who retained their Security Deposit
Candidates who forfeited their Security Deposit Candidates who forfeited their Security Deposit

Graph 99 : Candidates who forfeited security Graph 100 : Candidates who forfeited security
deposit in 2014 elec ons deposit in 2009 elec ons

to a Parliamentary cons tuency. For candidates
belonging to SC and ST category, the deposited
amount was Rs. 12,500. This deposit got forfeited if
the candidate secured less than 1/6th of the total
valid votes polled in that cons tuency.
Graph 99 and Graph 100 show the percentage of
their socio-economic category. It shows that nearly
83% of the candidates from unreserved social
category forfeited their deposits while 12% of the
candidates belonging to scheduled castes and 5%
belonging to scheduled tribes forfeited their
deposits.¹⁴ For more details, refer to Table 54

Candidates who forfeited security deposits by

their socio-economic category

100%
90% 83% Seats
80% 75% Candidates
70% 67% Forfeited
60%
50
40
30 25%
20 15.5% 12%
10 8.7% 7.5% 7.5%
0
Gen. SC ST
Graph 101 : Break up of candidates who forfeited security deposit by socio-economic categories

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 Table 54 : Amount forfeited by candidates in Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014

Name of State/ UT Total No. Candidates with Forfeited Amount Forfeited Category-wise in Total
of Deposits in Various Rupees (₹) Amount
Forfeited Categories Forfeited in
Deposits General SC ST General SC ST Rupees (₹)
Andaman
& Nicobar Islands 13 13 3,25,000 - - 3,25,000
Andhra Pradesh 506 336 128 42 84,00,000 16,00,000 5,25,000 105,25,000
Arunachal Pradesh 7 7 - - 87,500 87,500
Assam 127 95 24 8 23,75,000 3,00,000 1,00,000 27,75,000
Bihar 512 394 109 9 98,50,000 13,62,500 1,12,500 113,25,000
Chandigarh 14 12 2 3,00,000 25,000 - 3,25,000
Chha sgarh 189 98 42 49 24,50,000 5,25,000 6,12,500 35,87,500
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 9 - - 9 - - 1,12,500 1,12,500
Daman & Diu 2 2 - - 50,000 - - 50,000
Goa 15 15 - - 3,75,000 - - 3,75,000
Gujarat 282 183 62 37 45,75,000 7,75,000 4,62,500 58,12,500
Haryana 207 159 47 1 39,75,000 5,87,500 12,500 45,75,000
Himachal Pradesh 30 21 7 2 5,25,000 87,500 25,000 6,37,500
Jammu & Kashmir 63 53 7 3 13,25,000 87,500 37,500 14,50,000
Jharkhand 209 128 16 65 32,00,000 2,00,000 8,12,500 42,12,500
Karnataka 372 235 113 24 58,75,000 14,12,500 3,00,000 75,87,500
Kerala 227 186 40 1 46,50,000 5,00,000 12,500 51,62,500
Lakshadweep 4 - - 4 - - 50,000 50,000
Madhya Pradesh 318 181 80 57 45,25,000 10,00,000 7,12,500 62,37,500
Maharashtra 800 531 228 41 132,75,000 28,50,000 5,12,500 166,37,500
Manipur 14 6 - 8 1,50,000 - 1,00,000 2,50,000
Meghalaya 5 - - 5 - - 62,500 62,500
Mizoram 1 - - 1 - - 12,500 12,500
Nagaland 1 - - 1 - - 12,500 12,500
NCT of Delhi 133 103 30 25,75,000 3,75,000 - 29,50,000
Odisha 142 75 32 35 18,75,000 4,00,000 4,37,500 27,12,500
Puducherry 27 20 7 5,00,000 87,500 - 5,87,500
Punjab 218 104 114 26,00,000 14,25,000 - 40,25,000
Rajasthan 266 141 95 30 35,25,000 11,87,500 3,75,000 50,87,500
Sikkim 4 4 1,00,000 - - 1,00,000
Tamil Nadu 748 520 226 2 130,00,000 28,25,000 25,000 158,50,000
Tripura 23 10 13 2,50,000 - 1,62,500 4,12,500
U ar Pradesh 1,087 789 297 1 197,25,000 37,12,500 12,500 234,50,000
U arakhand 64 51 13 12,75,000 1,62,500 - 14,37,500
West Bengal 361 196 128 37 49,00,000 16,00,000 4,62,500 69,62,500
Grand Total 7,000 4,661 1,847 492 1165,25,000 230,87,500 61,50,000 1457,62,500

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 Forfeited Security Deposits by Gender
7000 6469 6388
6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000 525 441

6 0
0
Male Candidates Female Candidates Other Candidates

Lok Sabha 2014 Lok Sabha 2009

Graph 102 : Break up of candidates who forfeited security deposits by sex in 2014 and 2009 elec ons

Graph 102 highlights the number of male, female and
other candidates who forfeited their security
deposits. A comparison with data from the general
elec ons 2009 shows that higher number of male,
female and other candidates contested elec ons in
2014. Out of the total number of the 8251 contes ng
candidates for the 2014 elec ons, deposits of 7000
candidates were forfeited. Out of 1591 candidates
fielded by na onal par es 807 candidates forfeited
their deposits. Similarly, figure for States Par es were
529 & 153 respec vely. For more details refer
Sta s cal annexure 5.5.2.

Poli cal Par es

Registered Poli cal Par es No. of Par es set up Candidates

1800

1600 1698

1400

1200

1000
1046
800

600

400 464
363
200

0
LS 2014 LS 2009
Graph 103 : Poli cal Par es registered and those who par cipated among them over past two Lok Sabha elec ons

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33. Recogni on and De-recogni on of Poli cal
Par es
According to the Elec on Symbols (Reserva on &
Allotment) Order, 1968, if a poli cal party is treated as
a recognized poli cal party in four or more States, it is
known as a `Na onal Party'. If a poli cal party is
treated as a recognized poli cal party in less than four
States, it is classified as a `State Party' .
During 2014 elec ons, the number of Na onal and
State Recognized Par es was 6 and 49 respec vely.
The graph 103 shows that in 2014 elec ons, only 464
out of 1698 registered poli cal par es setup
candidates; the corresponding figure for 2009 was
363 out of 1046. Hence, the number of registered
Causes Rejec on of Nomina on
for Writ
Pe ons
Suo-Moto Dele on of Elector’s name from the
or Public
Electoral Roll
Interest
Li ga ons Cash and/or Liquor Seziure
EVM related problems
Polling Sta ons and their loca ons
Figure 108 : Causes for Writ pe
poli cal par es that did not par cipate in 2014
increased from 683 in 2009 to 1234 (80%).For more
details, on seats won and votes polled to each
poli cal party State/UT wise, refer to Sta s cal
Annexure 5.3.5
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34. Court Cases
Cases were filed in the High Court/ Supreme Court
regarding various issues related to conduct of
elec ons like - electoral rolls, expenditure
monitoring, viola on of Model Code of Conduct,
conduct of elec ons, disputes regarding allotment of
symbols, paid news etc. The cases were usually in the
form of writ pe ons or PILs by ci zens, poli cians,
NGOs etc. Some of the prominent court cases were
related to paid news and elec on expenditure
monitoring.
During 2014 elec ons, approximately 246 cases were
registered with various High Courts and the Supreme
Court of India, most of which were writ pe ons filed on
issues men oned in figure 108.³¹
ons and PIL
Elec on pe ons, unlike writ pe ons or public
interest li ga ons were filed in the High Courts for
challenging the elec ons itself. The following table
lists the data on elec on pe ons filed a er 2014
elec ons. In all 83 Elec on Pe ons were filed.31
 General Elec on to the House of the People i.e Lok Sabha, 2014.
Table 55 : List of elec on pe ons
Sl. No. Name of State/Union Territory Number of elec on Pe on (s) filed
1 Andhra Pradesh 3
2 Telangana 6
3 Arunachal Pradesh NIL
4 Assam 1
5 Bihar 6
6 Chha sgarh 2
7 Goa NIL
8 Gujarat 2
9 Haryana NIL
10 Himachal Pradesh NIL
11 Jammu & Kashmir 1
12 Jharkhand 2
13 Karnataka 1
14 Kerala 9
15 Madhya Pradesh 2
16 Maharashtra 18
17 Manipur 2
18 Meghalaya NIL
19 Mizoram NIL
20 Nagaland NIL
21 Odisha 1
22 Punjab 6
23 Rajasthan NIL
24 Sikkim NIL
25 Tamil Nadu 2
26 Tripura NIL
27 U ar Pradesh 18
28 U arakhand NIL
29 West Bengal 1
30 Andaman & Nicobar Islands NIL
31 Chandigarh NIL
32 Dadara & Nager Haveli NIL
33 Daman & Diu NIL
34 NCT of Delhi NIL
35 Lakshdweep NIL
36 Pudducherry NIL
Total E.P. Filed : 83
It was mandatory under the elec on law for every
35. Campaign Finance
contes ng candidate to maintain and furnish a
separate and true account of his/ her elec on
35.1 Candidate Expenditure expenditure. Under Sec on 77of the Representa on
of the People Act, 1951 only the expenses on account
The elec on expenses ceiling for candidates was of travel of leaders or star campaigners of any Poli cal
revised by the Government of India vide No fica on Party concerned (whose names are communicated to
dated 28th February, 2014. As per the revised the Commission and the CEO of the State/ UT within
ceilings, the maximum limit of elec on expenses for the prescribed period of 7 days from the date of
2014 elec ons is Rs.70,00,000 per candidate for all no fica on) was exempted from being included in
States except Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Sikkim. For the account of expenses of a candidate. All other
these three States it was Rs. 54,00,000 per candidate. expenses–incurred/ authorized for elec on
For the UTs, the maximum limit is Rs.54,00,000 per campaign of the candidate were required to be
candidate except for NCT of Delhi wherein the limit is included in the account of the candidate.
Rs. 70,00,000.

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 Candidates were also advised to maintain accounts Data received from DEOs on 7482 Candidates out of
under different heads so that cross checking by total 8251 Candidates²⁴.
expenditure observers was possible. Percentage of
the average expenditure of candidates in different
components are available in Graph 104 ⁹.

Percentage Components of Expenditure of Candidates

35% 32.37%
30% 28.40%
25%
20%
15% 14.58%

10% 7.59% 10% 7%

5%
0%
Mass media Campaign Poli cal Travel and Campaign Other
(TV, print, radio Materials Rallies and Logis cs workers Expenditure
Social Media) (Posters etc.) Mee ngs
Graph 104 : Break up of expenditure of candidates during 2014 elec ons

Table 56 : Candidates and Winners by slabs of expenditure ceiling

Slabs of expenditure ceiling Number of candidates Number of winners

0-25% 5877 23
25-50 % 736 156
50-75% 658 255
75-100% 208 104
100-125% 3 1
Total 7482 539

Percentage of Candidates and Winners according

78.55% to Slabs of Expenditure Ceiling
80%
70%
60% 47.31%
50%
40% 28.94%
30% 19.29%
20% 4.27% 9.84% 8.79%
2.78% 0.04% 0.19%
10%
0%
Winners (%)
Candidates (%)

Winners (%)

Candidates (%)

Winners (%)

Winners (%)
Candidates (%)

Winners (%)

Candidates (%)

Candidates (%)

0-25 % 25-50 % 50-75% 75-100% 100-125%

Graph 105: Break up of candidates and winners according to expenditure ceiling slabs

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35.2 Poli cal Party Expenditure
Instruc ons to poli cal par es were issued by the
Commission on expenditure and campaigning. The
na onal and state level poli cal par es were
expected to send the list of their star campaigners to
CEO and ECI within 7 days of no fica on of the
elec on. The poli cal par es were required to file the
statement of their elec on expenses with the ECI
within 75 days of assembly elec on or within 90 days
of elec ons to the Lok Sabha. The statement of
elec on expense was expected to include all lump-
sum amounts given to the individual candidates, the
expense on travel of star campaigners and other party
func onaries, details of expenses on banners,
posters, dais, cut-outs, arches and hoardings,
adver sement in press and electronic media etc.,
Table 57 : Na onal Poli cal Party wise expenditure amount and date of filing expenditure statement
Name of the party
Bahujan Samaj Party
Bhara ya Janata Party
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (Contd...)
Communist Party of India (Andhra Pradesh)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indian Na onal Congress
Na onalist Congress Party
both for general party propaganda and for individual
candidates. This also included a consolidated
statement including the number of aircra s used and
sor es made during elec on in the state for elec on
campaign, name of the company which hired/
provided the aircra , flight period, and the money
paid/payable to the company leasing/ providing the
aircra , including copy of the vouchers.
Though the ceiling on campaign expenditure by
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poli cal par es was not fixed, but the poli cal par es
were advised not to incur any expenditure in cash
beyond Rs. 20,000/- and not to carry cash above Rs.
50,000/- to the poll going State during the elec on
process. Details of contribu ons in excess of Rs.
20,000/- received by major poli cal par es needed to
be shown to ECI u/s 29C of Representa on of People
Act, 1951.
A er 2014 elec ons, poli cal par es filed their
elec on expenditure statements. The following Table
57 contain list of Na onal poli cal par es which filed
their expenditure statements. ³²
For details on State wise and State party wise
expenditure amount and date of filing expenditure
refer Annexure 5.7.2
Date of filing Total expenditure shown (in Rs.)
08.08.14 30,05,84,822
12.01.15 7,14,28,57,813
22.12.15
01.01.16
42,29,17,660
25.08.14 18,69,18,169
22.12.14 5,16,02,36,785
22.08.14 51,34,44,854
The funds received from respec ve poli cal par es
have been reported by the candidates in their
expenditure statements submi ed to DEOs. 7482
statements received in the Commission from DEOs
have been analysed to know the extent of party
funding to their candidates. Percentage expenditure
born by the par es on candidates are in Table 58.
Table 58 : Party wise Candidate expenditures and party fund received by them (Based on Candidate Expenditure Statements)

Party Name Candidates Party fund Fund from Total % expenditure Number
contested received other Expenditure covered from of
by party sources incurred by party funding winners
candidates by the party (col.3/ col.5
candidates candidates *100)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Bhara ya Janata Party 421 958178087 366170846 1566012452 61.19 279
Indian Na onal Congress 458 423872305 589023680 1486127332 28.52 44
All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam 40 6273229 69678167 142612621 4.40 37
All India Trinamool Congress 120 100602033 98858530 255362807 39.40 34
Biju Janata Dal 20 22382337 22075767 60537103 36.97 20
Shivsena 54 10665589 55421422 99845515 10.68 17
Telugu Desam 30 10345290 18653936 93174844 11.10 16
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 16 32041542 26089928 54228149 59.09 11
Communist Party of India (M) 93 108831109 34183706 172133528 63.22 9
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu
Congress Party 36 2894454 24723492 76103294 3.80 9
Na onalist Congress Party 32 116006803 18351886 120706143 96.11 6
Lok Jan Shak Party 7 8923571 13708303 25168364 35.46 6
Samajwadi Party 184 85249275 167687904 397842929 21.43 5
Aam Aadmi Party 407 166453717 112672285 404223616 41.18 4
Rashtriya Janata Dal 29 19389129 62717074 91907504 21.10 4
Shiromani Akali Dal 10 500000 24311510 46719393 1.07 4
Independent 2841 54673030 152030158 413306623 13.23 3
J & K Peoples Democra c Party 4 1138800 200000 5993866 19.00 3
All India United Democra c
Front 15 924225 6965947 21872160 4.23 3
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 4 149000 8856900 13134604 1.13 3
Janata Dal (United) 85 33355263 74605456 144286913 23.12 2
Janata Dal (Secular) 32 32897908 17365675 74135580 44.38 2
Indian Union Muslim League 21 12524719 3878067 19344729 64.74 2
Jharkhand Muk Morcha 17 8766870 8704015 18415263 47.61 2
Indian Na onal Lok Dal 10 3267610 12513900 32353468 10.10 2
Apna Dal 7 2849429 6456000 11541042 24.69 2
Communist Party of India 65 34054490 13777269 67263174 50.63 1
Revolu onary Socialist Party 6 8453077 4671689 14742391 57.34 1
Swabhimani Paksha 2 3549000 3975312 7682556 46.20 1
Kerala Congress (M) 1 2100000 3865000 5038680 41.68 1
All India Majlis-E-I ehadul
Muslimeen 5 2024786 0 1702669 118.92 1
Pa ali Makkal Katchi 9 1857276 7025867 15950476 11.64 1
Naga Peoples Front 2 1029250 0 4764603 21.60 1
Sikkim Democra c Front 1 823551 2625190 5130387 16.05 1
Na onal Peoples Party 7 400000 8737527 11333648 3.53 1
All India N.R. Congress 1 0 0 2080684 0.00 1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 35 165887796 10330066 139592879 118.84 0
Bahujan Samaj Party 466 68817337 177424113 441635507 15.58 0
Marumalarchi Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam 7 43333018 835817 26935766 160.88 0
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
(Prajatantrik) 15 27964946 18957748 41808926 66.89 0
AJSU Party 10 17337335 11967970 17844513 97.16 0
Social Democra c Party of India 26 10989197 11079691 22799106 48.20 0
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 2 10000000 150000 10553710 94.75 0

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36. Government Expenditure for the Conduct of Expenditure incurred on items of common concern to
Elec on the Central and the State Governments like regular
elec on establishment, prepara on and revision of
The overall expenditure on conduct of elec ons to electoral roll etc. is shared on 50:50 basis. During Lok
Lok Sabha was borne by the Government of India. Sabha Elec on 2014, only the expenditure towards
However, in case of State Legislature elec ons, it is law & order maintenance was borne by the respec ve
borne by the respec ve State Governments. If State Governments. The following Table 59 contains
elec ons to Lok Sabha and State Legisla ve expenditure incurred by the Government on the
Assembly are held together, then the expenditure is Lok Sabha elec ons 2014³³ towards conduct of
shared by the Central and respec ve State elec on , prepara on and prin ng of electoral rolls
Governments. and issue of EPIC.
Table 59: Expenditure incurred by the government on Lok Sabha elec ons 2014
Name of State/UT Expenditure incurred Name of State/UT Expenditure incurred
(in Rs. Crores) for (in Rs. Crores) for
Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014
Andaman and Madhya Pradesh 112.37
Nicobar Islands 2.98 Maharashtra 498.14
Andhra Pradesh 266.93 Manipur 29.70
Arunachal Pradesh 46.43 Meghalaya 33.78
Assam 123.67 Mizoram 21.47
Bihar 254.58 Nagaland 13.96
Chandigarh 3.88 NCT of Delhi 86.75
Chha sgarh 58.82 Odisha 139.21
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1.93 Puducherry 8.14
Daman & Diu 3.40 Punjab 79.94
Goa 27.18 Rajasthan 157.68
Gujarat 223.78 Sikkim 14.24
Haryana 34.68 Tamil Nadu 249.84
Himachal Pradesh 42.31 Tripura 21.62
Jammu & Kashmir 100 U ar Pradesh 542.42
Jharkhand 84.01 U arakhand 47.62
Karnataka 175.68 West Bengal 274.91
Kerala 87.64 Total Rs. 3870.35 Crores
Lakshadweep 1.01

Expenditure incurred under various heads is as shown in the Graph 109 below:

Government Expenditure on Elec on (in Rs. Crores)

280.33 (6%)
72.55 (1%)

1115.65 (22%) Prepara on and Prin ng of Electoral Rolls

Issue of EPIC
59.17 (1%)
Conduct of Elec on

Amount informed by RPF incurred by them

on deployment of their troops

3517.46 (70%) Amount informed by MHA incurred by

them on deployment of forces

Graph 106: Government Expenditure on Elec on under various heads

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The highest expenditure was incurred on conduct of
elec on followed by amount incurred on deployment
of forces to ensure free and fair elec on. The
following Graph 107 shows the break-up of
expenditure incurred in the various heads under
conduct of elec on.
Graphs shows that maximum amount of money was
spent on transporta on (21%) and allowances for
staff (15%) along with other heads of expenditure
(29%).
Graph 108 shows the expenditure incurred on
adver sement included expenditure on SVEEP and
voter awareness ac vi es from ECI and other funds.
9% of SVEEP programme was conducted with ECI
funds while 35% was conducted with the help of
funds allocated by States and UTs among other funds.
Adver sement costs incurred were around 56%.
The Graph 112 shows the expenditure incurred on
training of elec on officials for the conduct of
elec ons. 25% trainings were conducted using ECI
funds while 75% were conducted using other funds.

Expenses incurred on Conduct of Elec on

Wages
2%
Allowance to officers and staff
15%

Honorarium
29%

Transport Expenditure (related to EVM, Police or CPMF,

Polling personnel etc.) on officials or materials and others.
8%
Prin ng and Publica on (other than E-Roll related
expenditure)
Total Adver sment (including money spent on SVEEP
ac vi es)
2% IT (Computer) expenses (hardware & so ware or hiring etc.)

Expenditure incurred on deployment of forces (other than

21% transporta on)
11%
Elec on material(puchase/hiring of material/services etc.)
4%
1% 4% 3%
Expenditure on Training Staff

Any other, head wise expenditure (not covered under and of

the other items)

Graph 107: Break up of Expenditure incurred on conduct of elec ons under various heads

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 Expenses on Adver sement and SVEEP ac vi es (in
SVEEP
Programme Rs. Crores)
(with ECI fund),
12.26 (9%)

SVEEP programme Adver sement (other

(other than ECI fund), than SVEEP), 81.96(56%)
51.14 (35%)

Graph 108 : Break up of expenses incurred on Adver sement and voter awareness ac vi es

Expenditure on Training Elec on

Training
Officials (in Rs. Crores)
Programme for
Elec on Officials
(with ECI Fund),
17.72 (25%)

Training
Programme for
Elec on Officials
(Other than ECI
fund), 54.36
(75%)

Graph 109 : Breakup of Expenditure incurred on training of elec on officials

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 INTERESTING
HIGHLIGHTS
AND ANALYSIS

Section : E
E. Interes ng Highlights and Analysis 287 - 35

37 Result Summary 288 - 289

38 Electors and Voters 289 - 292

39 Na onal Voter Turnout and Urban Voter Turnout 293

40 NOTA votes 293 - 296

41 Tendered Votes 296 - 297

42 Performance of Poli cal Par es 297 - 302

43 Performance of Candidates 302 - 305

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37 Result Summary
Table 60: Highlights of Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014

Par culars Data

Total Parliamentary Cons tuencies 543
Total Electors 83.41 crore
Male 43.70 crore
Female 39.70 crore
Third Gender 28,527
Total Contestants 8251
Male 7577
Female 668
Third Gender 06
Maximum no. of Candidates in a PC 42 in Chennai South, Tamil Nadu
Minimum no of Candidates in a PC 02 in Tura, Meghalaya
Maximum Electors in a PC 31.82 lakh, Malakajgiri, Andhra Pradesh
Minimum Electors in a PC 49,821 Lakshadweep PC
Total Voter turnout - Na onal 66.44 %
Maximum voter turnout in a PC 88.35 % in Dhubri, Assam
Minimum voter turnout in a PC 25.86 % in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Maximum votes polled to a Candidate 8,63,358 by Ramcharan Bohara, BJP, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Minimum votes polled to a Candidate 105 by S.Veeramani, Independent, Chennai South, Tamil Nadu
Total number of Polling Sta ons 9,27,533
Highest Polling Sta on Auleyphu in Ladakh at 15300
Total Number of Observers deployed 1686
General 801
Expenditure 718
Police 107
Awareness 60
Number of Micro Observers deployed 1,51,417
Total Polling Staff deployed (excluding
coun ng staff, police, drivers and staff
kept in reserve etc.) 37,31,895
EVMs
Number of CUs used 12,29,141
Number of BUs used 16,45,004
Number of video cameras deployed
(including webcas ng) 1,55,020
Number of digital cameras deployed 64,725
Number of special trains run 570 trains with 932 coaches
Number of Helicopters deployed 40 Medium; 12 Chetak; 04 ALH
Number of sor es performed by Helicopters 1516
Number of Re-poll held 301
Vulnerability Mapping – number of
hamlets iden fied 75,237
No. of in midators against whom ac on taken 2,18,227
Expenditure monitoring
Seizure of cash INR 2,99,94,30,804
Seizure of liquor Litres 1,61,84,508

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 Paid News cases 829 (no ces issued 3,177)
Total Candidates fielded by Na onal
Poli cal Par es 1,591
Total Candidates fielded by State Poli cal Par es 1,375 (529 in States wherein recognised, 846 in other States)
Total Candidates fielded by Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es 2,050
Independent Candidates 3,235
Winners from Na onal Poli cal Par es 342
Winners from State Poli cal Par es 182
Winners from Unrecognized Poli cal Par es 16
Winners from amongst Independent Candidates 03
Maximum Women Contes ng
Candidates in a State 126 in U ar Pradesh
Minimum Women Contes ng Candidates in a State 01 each in Meghalaya, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Maximum Women Winning Candidates in a State 13 in U ar Pradesh
Total Elected women MPs 62
Age of Oldest Elected MP 86, Lal Krishna Advani, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Age of Youngest elected MP 26, Dushyant Chautala
Average age of Elected MPs 53.83 years
Maximum winning Margin of a Candidate 570128, Narendra Modi, Vadodara, Gujarat
Minimum Winning Margin of a Candidate 36,Thupstan Chhewan, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
Maximum number of NOTA votes polled
in States/ UTs 592331 in U ar Pradesh
Number of Candidates forfeited Deposits 7000
Number of Overseas Electors 13039
Number of Candidates Contested from two 02, Narendra Modi from Vadodara,
Cons tuencies Gujarat and Varanasi, U ar Pradesh and
Mulayam Singh Yadav from Azamgarh and
Mainpuri, U ar Pradesh

Lok Sabha elec on 2014 was a huge exercise in
ensuring that every Indian ci zen got to exercise his/
her vote, considering the fact that 834 million people
were registered as electors. The data on results of the
elec ons threw some unprecedented numbers.
Approximately 553 million people voted in these
elec ons across the country, registering a 66.44%
voter turnout. It was the highest na onal voter
turnout in the history of elec ons in India. Another
history was made with highest ever female voter
turnout of 65.54%. For the first me, the Elec on
Commission of India recorded a 7% voter turnout of
transgender and eunuchs categorized as third
gender in these elec ons, pioneering the na onal
efforts towards inclusion.
38 Electors and Voters
Graph 110 and Graph 111 shows the voter turnout. It
depicts that 33.6% people did not vote during the
2014 elec ons, similarly, in 2009, 42% of the electors
did not vote. 8% more voters voted in the 2014
elec on as compared to 2009.¹⁴
The line chart, Graph 112, shows voter turnout in all
States and UTs in 2009 and 2014 elec ons. Pyramid
charts, Graph 113 and Graph 114, show the total
registered electors (State and UT wise) and the votes
polled. It was evident that States and UTs with higher
registered electors voted in larger numbers. This

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graph when compared to 2009 showed a significant con nued in States like Bihar, U ar Pradesh and
rise in the number of electors as well as votes polled Jammu & Kashmir over the data sets 2014 and 2009
between 2009 and 2014 in all the States and UTs. elec ons. For more details refer to Sta s cal
However, the overall trend of low voter turnout Annexures 2.1 and 5.2.2

% Voters of Lok Sabha 2014 % Voters of Lok Sabha 2009

34% 42%

66% 58%

Total Voters Those who did not vote Total Voters Those who did not vote

Graph 110: Voter turnout in 2014 elec on Graph 111: Voter turnout in 2009 elec on

100.00
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
Voter Turnout LS 2014
20.00
Voter Turnout LS 2009
10.00
0.00
Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Sikkim
Andman & Nicobar
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Cha sgarh

Daman & Diu

Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland

Orissa

Tamil Nadu
Punjab
Rajasthan

Tripura
U ar Pradesh
U arakhand
West Bengal
NCT OF Delhi

Puducherry

Graph 112: Voter turnout in all States and UTs during 2014 and 2009 elec on

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 Electors/Voters LS 2014 Electors/Voters LS 2009

Meghalaya 1078295 1567241 Meghalaya 822566 1277739

Manipur 1415131 1774369 Nagaland 1189601 1321878

Tripura 2028707 2388822 Manipur 1339399 1735979

Himachal Pradesh 3100199 4810071 Tripura 1758501 2082265

Uttarakhand 4395561 7127057 Himachal Pradesh 2690290 4606674

Uttarakhand 3140045 5887724
Jammu & Kashmir 3571537 7183129
Jammu & Kashmir 2607335 6572896
NCT of Delhi 8275146 12711164
NCT of Delhi 5753047 11096854
Haryana 11501251 16097233
Haryana 8156553 12087710
Chattisgarh 12256962 17664520
Chattisgarh 8554843 15474789
Assam 15092387 18837713
Punjab 11829304 16958380
Punjab 13849496 19608161
Assam 12141171 17470329
Jharkhand 12986625 20349796
Jharkhand 9135818 17934095
Kerala 17987124 24326650
Kerala 16034875 21861536
Orissa 21542724 29196045
Orissa 17761984 27194864
Gujarat 25849655 40603104
Gujarat 17472923 36484281
Rajasthan 27133776 42994657
Rajasthan 17931593 37060011
Karnataka 31053583 46209813 Madhya Pradesh 19484608 38085179
Madhya Pradesh 29648105 48121301 Tamil Nadu 30390960 41620460
Tamil Nadu 40644282 55114867 Karnataka 24572713 41783574
West Bengal 51662564 62833113 West Bengal 42730548 52493168
Bihar 35892459 63800160 Bihar 24232597 54505246
Andhra Pradesh 48467721 64934138 Andhra Pradesh 42047457 57874858
Maharashtra 48740403 80798823 Maharashtra 36991311 72928907
Uttar Pradesh 81118615 138810557 Uttar Pradesh 55407107 116006374

Graph 113: Pyramid graph of voter turnout Graph 114: Pyramid graph of voter turnout
according to States in 2014 according to States in 2009

Electors Voters Electors Voters

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Map 4: State wise Voter Turnout for General Elec ons to Lok Sabha 2014

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39 Na onal Voter Turnout and Urban Voter Turnout
The 2014 elec on recorded the highest ever voter turnout of 66.4% in the history of Indian elec ons.

Voter Turnout (%)

70
66.44

65 61.97
64.01
60.49 59.99
61.95
Voter Turnout (%)

61.33
60
57.94 58.19
56.92
55 55.42 55.29 57.98
55.88

50
47.74

45 45.67

40

89

96

98

99

04

09

14
51

57

62

67

71

77

80

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-8

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91
84

19
19

Year of Elec on
Graph 115: Voter turnout since 1951 (in %)
 The Turnout for 2014 elec ons, stood at a record
high of 66.4% against 58.19% in 2009. Highest
turnout was recorded earlier in 1984 at 64.01%.¹²
 Electorate in 2014 elec ons was 83.41 crore
(including service electors) as against 71.69 crore
in 2009
 55.38 crore voters had voted as against 41.73
crore 2009. Thereby, marking an increase of
voters by 32.71%.
 Female turnout (a major SVEEP objec ve) stood
at 65.63% in 2014 as opposed to 55.82% in 2009.
(Male turnout marked at 67.09% in 2014 and
60.24% in 2009)
 The gender gap stood at 1.46 percentage points
against more than 4 percentage points in 2009.
 Some of the leading States in terms of bridging
the gender gap were Bihar, Goa, U arakhand and
Arunachal Pradesh.
 33 among the 35 States/UTs recorded higher
turnout than 2009 elec on.
 16 States/ UTs recorded higher women turnout,
and among these, women voters surpassed men
for the first me ever in any elec ons in at least 9
States/UTs.
 Urban turnout (a major SVEEP objec ve)
recorded increase across the country over the
turnout percentage in 2009 with Goa, Vadodara,
Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Raipur, Jaipur, Lucknow and
South Delhi among the top gainers.
The line Graph 116, shows the voter turnout in urban
cons tuencies across the country over the last two
elec ons. 2014 elec ons saw increase in urban vo ng
primarily due to SVEEP ac vi es, intensive campaigns
and greater penetra on of media
40 NOTA votes
In its judgment dated 27 September 2013 in writ
pe on (C) No. 161 of 2004, the Supreme Court
directed that there should be a “None Of The Above”
(NOTA) op on on the ballot papers and EVMs.
According to the direc ons of the Supreme Court, ECI
made provision in the ballot papers/ EVMs for NOTA
op on so that the voters who came to the polling
sta ons and decided not to vote for any of the
candidates in the fray, were able to exercise their right
not to vote for such candidates while maintaining the
secrecy of their ballot. The provision for NOTA was
made during elec ons to State Legisla ve Assemblies
of Chha sgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, NCT of
Delhi and Rajasthan in 2013 and con nued in the
elec ons of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Odisha and Sikkim in April – May 2014 along with the
General Elec ons to Lok Sabha 2014.
The vote share of NOTA in 2014 Lok sabha elec ons
was 1.08%. While Puducherry recorded the highest
percentage of NOTA vote share of 3.01%, Nagaland
recorded the least NOTA Vote share of 0.26%. Graph
117 shows the percentage of NOTA votes polled.³⁴ For
more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 5.5.1

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 HOWRAH
KOLKATA DAKSHIN
VARANASI
ALLAHABAD
KANPUR
LUCKNOW
COIMBATORE
CHENNAI CENTRAL
CHENNAI SOUTH
CHENNAI NORTH
JODHPUR
URBAN CONSTITUENCIES V/S COMPARATIVE VOTER TURNOUT OF LS 2014

UDAIPUR
JAIPUR
AMRITSAR
LUDHIANA

Graph 116: Voter turnout in urban cons tuencies' vs compara ve voter during 2014 and 2009 elec ons
BHUBANESWAR
CUTTACK
CHANDNI CHOWK
SOUTH DELHI
NEW DELHI
PUNE
NAGPUR
MUMBAI SOUTH
2009 Turnout

MUMBAI SOUTH CENTRAL

MUMBAI NORTH CENTRAL
MUMBAI NORTH EAST
AND 2009

MUMBAI NORTH WEST

MUMBAI NORTH
2014 Turnout

THANE
GWALIOR
INDORE
BHOPAL
THIRUVANTHAPURAM
ERNAKULAM
MYSORE
BANGALORE SOUTH
BANGALORE NORTH
RANCHI
JAMMU
SHIMLA
FARIDABAD
SURAT
GANDHINAGAR
RAIPUR
CHANDIGARH
PATNA SAHIB
GUWAHATI
VIJAYAWADA
VISAKHAPATNAM
HYDERABAD
SECUNDRABAD
90.00

80.00

70.00

60.00

50.00

40.00

30.00

20.00

10.00

0.00

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A total of 6002942 NOTA votes were polled during NOTA and non-NOTA votes
2014 elec ons across the country. Of these, 8524
votes were postal ballots. Table 61 and Graph 180
below show the state and UT wise percentage of
NOTA votes during 2014 elec ons.³

non-NOTA votes NOTA votes

Graph 117: NOTA and Non-NOTA votes during

2014 elec ons (in %)

Table 61: State wise NOTA votes polled

Name of State/UT NOTA Votes Total Votes % of NOTA Votes

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1564 190346 0.82
Andhra Pradesh 340554 48467721 0.70
Arunachal Pradesh 6321 600828 1.05
Assam 147057 15092387 0.97
Bihar 580964 35892459 1.62
Chandigarh 3106 453462 0.68
Chha sgarh 224889 12256962 1.83
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 2962 165324 1.79
Daman & Diu 1316 87233 1.51
Goa 10103 817440 1.24
Gujarat 454885 25849655 1.76
Haryana 34220 11501251 0.30
Himachal Pradesh 29155 3100199 0.94
Jammu & Kashmir 31550 3571537 0.88
Jharkhand 190927 12986625 1.47
Karnataka 257881 31053583 0.83
Kerala 210563 17987124 1.17
Lakshadweep 123 43242 0.28
Madhya Pradesh 391837 29648105 1.32
Maharashtra 433171 48740403 0.89
Manipur 7504 1415131 0.53

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 Meghalaya 30145 1078295 2.80
Mizoram 6495 434962 1.49
Nagaland 2696 1039962 0.26
NCT Of Delhi 39690 8275146 0.48
Odisha 332766 21542724 1.54
Puducherry 22268 740053 3.01
Punjab 58754 13849496 0.42
Rajasthan 327911 27133776 1.21
Sikkim 4332 310095 1.40
Tamil Nadu 581782 40644282 1.43
Tripura 23783 2028707 1.17
U ar Pradesh 592331 81118615 0.73
U arakhand 48043 4395561 1.09
West Bengal 571294 51662564 1.11
Total 6002942 554175255 1.08

Table 62: NOTA and non-NOTA votes polled

NOTA votes Non-NOTA votes Total Votes Percentage of Percentage of non-
NOTA Votes NOTA votes

6002942 548172313 554175255 1.08% 98.92%

% of NOTA votes polled out of total votes for Lok Sabha 2014
(State Wise)
3.50 3.01
2.80
3.00
2.50 1.79
1.83 1.76
2.00 1.62 1.54
1.51 0.881.47 1.17 1.32 1.49 1.40 1.43
1.50 1.05 1.24
1.21 1.17 1.091.11
0.82 0.70 0.97 0.68 0.94 0.83 0.89 0.73
1.00 0.53 0.48
0.30 0.28 0.26 0.42
0.50
0.00
Sikkim
Andhra Pradesh

Lakshadweep
Daman & Diu

Nagaland
Haryana

Madhya Pradesh

West Bengal
Punjab

Tamil Nadu
Goa

Maharashtra

Puducherry

U ar Pradesh
U arakhand
Arunachal Pradesh

Manipur
Chha sgarh
Chandigarh

Jammu & Kashmir

Dadra & Nagar haveli

Karnataka

Tripura
Bihar

Odisha
Himachal Pradesh

Jharkhand

Kerala
Assam

Meghalaya
Mizoram

Rajasthan
A & N Islands

NCT of Delhi
Gujarat

% of votes polled to NOTA out of Votes

Graph 118 : NOTA votes as a percentage of total voted polled in each state

41 Tendered Votes During Lok Sabha elec ons 2014, a total of 4497
(0.00081%) tendered votes were polled. The Graph 119
Tendered Vote is a mechanism to enable a genuine
contains the percentage of tendered votes polled out
voter, whose vote has been cast by impersona on, the
of total votes polled in States and UTs. States with
facility of cas ng vote by means of ballot paper. If an
maximum tendered votes are Maharashtra, West
elector whose name is in the electoral roll and has a
Bengal, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Kerala
valid proof of iden ty enters a polling sta on and finds
that his/her vote has already been cast; in such cases, Graph 120 depicts the number of tendered votes
the presiding officer confirms the iden ty of the polled in 2014 elec ons compared to Lok Sabha
elector and makes necessary entry in the list of elec ons 2009 in unreserved or general PCs and PCs
tendered votes (Form 15) and obtains the signature reserved for SCs and STs. In all categories, the number
or the thumb impression of the voter therein. Then of tendered votes in 2014 elec ons was lower than in
the elector is allowed to vote using a ballot paper and 2009. For more details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure
such votes are not polled on EVM 5.5.1

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 Percentage of Tendered Votes
0.00450
0.00400
0.00350 Percentage of Tendered Votes
0.00300
0.00250
0.00200
0.00150

Tamil Nadu 0.00029

Mizoram 0.00115

Tripura 0.00035
Jharkhand 0.00001

Meghalaya 0.00028

Nagaland 0.00019

Odisha 0.00030

Punjab 0.00019
Rajasthan 0.00179
Karnataka 0.00053
Kerala 0.00151

NCT of Delhi 0.00040

Puducherry 0.00162

Sikkim 0.00000

West Bangal 0.00110

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.00053
Andhra Pradesh 0.00011
Arunachal Pradesh 0.00250
Assam 0.00050
Bihar 0.00002
Chandigarh 0.00044
Chha sgarh 0.00093
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.00423
Daman & Diu 0.00000
Goa 0.00110
Gujarat 0.00024
Haryana 0.00133
Himachal Pradesh 0.00016

Lakshadweep 0.00000
Madhya Pradesh 0.00047

Manipur 0.00141
Maharashtra 0.00394

U arakhand 0.00232
Jammu and Kashmir 0.00048

U ar Pradesh 0.00003
0.00100
0.00050
0.00000

Graph 119 : State wise tendered votes (in %)

42 Performance of Poli cal Par es

5000 4755 Poli cal Par es form the base of electoral poli cs;
4500
hence evalua on of their performance is important.
Table 63 compares the performance of Na onal,
4000 3818 Tendered Voter - LS 2009
State and Registered Unrecognized par es in 2014 &
Tendered Voter - LS 2014 2009 data sets. This table shows that the number of
3500
state and registered unrecognized par es increased
3000
between 2014 and 2009. The number of contes ng
2500 candidates, seats won and cases of forfeiture of
security deposits by state par es had significantly
2000
increased from 2009 to 2014. This pointed towards
1500 the increasing par cipa on of Lok Sabha contestants
1000
from state par es and substan al increase of
738
432
registered unrecognised par es.¹⁴ For more
500 382 297
details, refer to Sta s cal Annexures 5.3.3,
0 5.3.4 and 5.3.5
General SC ST
Graph 120 : Comparison of social category-wise
Tendered Votes in 2014 and 2009 elec ons
Table 63: Performance of Poli cal Par es

Indicators Na onal Par es State Par es Registered unrecognized par es

LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009
Number of par es 6 7 39 34 419 322
Number of contestants 1591 1623 529 394 2896 2222
Number of Seats won 342 376 182 146 16 12
Number of cases of 807 779 977 80 1997 2164
forfeiture of Security
Deposit
Votes polled 332494491 265247905 151935514 9845163 140985464 53459813
Votes polled (%) 60.70 63.58 15.20 14.39 0.45 0.30

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 Vote Share (%) of Na onal Poli cal Par es in
Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014
1.58 % BJP: Bhara ya Janata Party

BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party

19.52 %
31.34 % CPI: Communist Party of India

CPM: Communist Party of India

4.19 % (Marxist)
3.28 % INC : Indian Na onal Congress
0.79 %
NCP : Na onalist Congress Party
Graph 121: Vote share of na onal poli cal par es
during 2014 elec ons (in %)

Vote Share (%) of Na onal Poli cal Par es in

Lok Sabha Elec ons 2009
BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party
2.04 %
1.27 %
BJP: Bhara ya Janata Party
6.17 %
CPI: Communist Party of India
18.80 %
28.55 % CPM: Communist Party of India
(Marxist)
INC : Indian Na onal Congress
5.33 %
NCP : Na onalist Congress Party

RJD: Rashtriya Janata Dal

Graph 122: Vote share of na onal poli cal par es

during 2009 elec ons (in %)

The pie charts above, Graph 121 and Graph 122 show
the performance of na onal poli cal par es in 2014
and 2009 elec ons. BJP gained a vote share of 31.34%
during 2014 elec ons while INC gained 19.52%,
making them the first and the second poli cal party
with the largest vote share respec vely. During 2009,
INC gained a vote share of 28.55% while BJP gained a
vote share of 18.8%.¹⁴ For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexures 5.3.3
Graph 123 compares the winning candidates of
na onal, state and registered unrecognized par es in
various age groups. Highest number of candidates
across all age groups was 56-65 age group and
na onal par es won maximum with 115 candidates
in this category. The average age of elected
representa ves in 2014 was 53.83 years.¹⁴ For more
details, refer to Sta s cal Annexure 5.1
Table 64 shows the number of contestants with the
number of winning candidates in various age cohorts.
The highest number of contes ng candidates was in
the age cohort of 35-44 years (2427 candidates) which
was marginally more than 2189 candidates in the 45-54
age cohorts. The highest number of winning candidates
was in the age cohort of 55-64 years at 183 followed by
the age cohort of 45-54 years at 149.

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 Winning Candidates in Various Age Groups
140
125
120 25-34
Number of Contestants

35-44
100
87
45-54
80
62 55-64
56
60
46 54 65-74
30
28 75-84
18 22
20 11
10 5 4 85 & Above
1 4 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
0
Na onal Par es State Par es Registered Independents
Unrecognized
Par es

Winners
Graph 123: Break up of winning candidates according to age groups

Table 64: Comparison of contestants and winning candidates in various age cohorts

Age Cohort Contes ng Candidates Winning Candidates

wise Na onal State Registered Independents Na onal State Registered Independents
Candidates Par es Par es Unrecognized Par es Par es Unrecognized
Par es Par es
25-34 111 149 392 671 11 18 2 0
35-44 357 350 653 1067 62 22 4 1
45-54 425 386 543 835 87 56 5 1
55-64 472 328 334 468 125 54 4 0
65-74 196 138 118 167 46 28 1 1
75-84 29 23 10 27 10 4 0 0
85 and above 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 1591 1375 2050 3235 342 182 16 3

Table 65 compares the data of poli cal party in LS Annexures 5.3.3

elec on with maximum votes polled in 2014 and 2009.
While INC won 206 seats, it secured a vote share of
28.55% in 2009 elec ons. BJP won 282 seats and
secured a vote share of 31.34% in 2014 elec ons. The
gap of vote share of the winning party in these two
Table 66 shows the vote share of State par es in Lok
Sabha elec ons in 2014. All India Trinamool Congress
and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had
the highest votes share amongst the State par es and

Table 65: Poli cal Par es with most votes polled

Year Party Valid votes secured Percentage of valid votes secured Seats won
Lok Sabha 2009 INC: Indian Na onal Congress 119111019 28.55 206
Lok Sabha 2014 BJP: Bhara ya Janata Party 171660230 31.34 282

elec ons was 2.79%. There was a significant difference by winning 37 and 34 seats respec vely, they were
in the number of seats won by the two par es in these the two largest state par es in 2014 elec ons.³
two elec ons. For more details, refer to Sta s cal

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 Table 66: Votes polled and Vote share of State Poli cal Par es

S.No. Party No of Contestants Seats Won Votes by Party Votes %

1. AAAP 432 4 11325387 2.05
2. ADMK 40 37 18111579 3.27
3. AINRC 1 1 255826 0.05
4. AITC 131 34 21262665 3.84
5. AIUDF 18 3 2333040 0.42
6. BJD 21 20 9489946 1.71
7. INLD 10 2 2799899 0.51
8. IUML 25 2 1100096 0.2
9. JKPDP 5 3 732644 0.13
10. JD(S) 34 2 3731481 0.67
11. JD(U) 93 2 5992281 1.08
12. JMM 21 2 1637994 0.3
13. KEC(M) 1 1 424194 0.08
14. LJP 7 6 2295929 0.41
15. NPF 2 1 994505 0.18
16. NPP 7 1 576444 0.1
17. PMK 9 1 1827566 0.33
18. RJD 30 4 7440937 1.34
19. RSP 6 1 1666380 0.3
20. SP 197 5 18673089 3.37
21. SAD 10 4 3636148 0.66
22. SHS 58 18 10262544 1.85
23. SDF 1 1 163698 0.03
24. TRS 17 11 6736270 1.22
25. TDP 30 16 14099230 2.55
26. AIMIM 5 1 685730 0.12
27. AD 7 2 821820 0.15
28. RLSP 4 3 1078473 0.19
29. SWP 2 1 1105073 0.2
30. YSRCP 38 9 13995435 2.53
31. IND 3235 3 16737720 3.02
Total 491542168

Table 67 compares the data on contestants and seats
won by na onal, state and registered unrecognized
poli cal par es and Independent candidates in 2014
along with the percentage share of the contes ng
candidates and the percentage of the seats won by
each of these par es. Candidates contes ng from
na onal par es secured the highest number of seats
(342 out of 1591) while independents secured the
least number of seats from amongst the contes ng
candidates (3 out of 3235).³

Table 67: Break-Up of candidates and total seats won by poli cal par es of various types

Type of Party Total Contestants Share of contestants Total Seats Won % of seats won
Na onal 1591 19.28 342 62.98
State 529 6.41 176 32.41
Registered Unrecognized 2896 35.10 22 4.05
Independent 3235 39.21 3 0.55
Grand Total 8251 543

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 Percentage of Returned Candidates
100.00%
91.04% 89.68% 89.79%
90.00%

80.00%

70.00%

60.00%

50.00%

40.00%

30.00%

20.00%
5.13% 5.19% 3.96% 4.25%
10.00% 5.91%
3.06%
0.00%
LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2004

Recognzied Poli cal Par es (Na onal Par es + State Par es) Unrecognized Poli cal Par es Independents

Graph 124 : Returned candidates (in %)

Graph 124 shows the percentage of returned
candidates that belonged to the recognized Poli cal
Par es (which included na onal and state poli cal
par es added together), Registered Unrecognized
Par es and Independents during 2014 were 91.04%,
5.91% & 3.06% respec vely. The corresponding figure
for 2009 elec ons was 89.68%, 5.13% and 5.19% and
for 2004 elec ons was 89.79%, 3.96% and 4.25%.²⁰
Similarly as per Graph 125 the percentage of votes
polled by Recognized Poli cal Par es (which included
na onal and state poli cal par es added together),
Registered Unrecognized Par es and Independents
were 96.50%, 2.95% and 0.55% respec vely in 2014
and the corresponding figures for 2009 elec ons
were 96.03%, 2.21% and 1.66% and for 2004 elec ons
was 96.31%, 2.76% and 0.92%. For more details, refer
to Sta s cal Annexures 5.3.3, 5.3.4 and 5.3.5

Percentage of Votes Polled by Recognized, Unrecognized

Poli cal Par es and Independent Candidates
0.55%
LS 2014 2.95%
96.50%

1.66%
LS 2009 2.21%
96.03%

0.92%
LS 2004 2.76%
96.31%

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 80.00% 90.00% 100.00%

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Graph 125 : Votes polled in in 2004, 2009 and 2014 elec ons (in %)

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and their Vote Share (%)
600 31.34% 35.00
503 464
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Graph 126 : Candidates set up by Na onal Par es and their vote share(in %)

Graph 126 compares two sets of values. The le Y axis
depicted the number of candidates set up by na onal
poli cal par es and the right Y axis looked at the
percentage of votes polled by each of these par es. A
total of 428 candidates from BJP contested elec ons
in 2014 and it garnered a vote share of 31.34%, while
503 candidates of BSP contested elec ons and
garnered a vote share of 4.19%. INC fielded 464
candidates and its vote share was 19.52%.³ For more
details, refer to Sta s cal Annexures 5.3.3.
2014 and 2009. The number of contes ng candidates,
seats won, cases of forfeiture of security deposits and
number of votes polled got reduced from Lok Sabha
elec ons 2009 to 2014. This indicated a trend in
favour of poli cal party candidates as opposed to
independents over these two elec ons.¹⁴ For more
details, refer to Sta s cal Annexures 5.3.5
Graph 130 shows the data on winning candidates who
secured more than 50% of votes polled in their

Indicators LS 2014 LS 2009

Contes ng candidates 3235 3831
Seats won 3 9
Valid Votes polled (%) 3.06% 3.95%
No. of cases of Forfeiture of Security Deposits 3218 3806
Votes polled in Numbers 16737720 21647686

Table 68: Performance of Independents

43 Performance of Candidates cons tuencies. In 2014, 206 candidates secured more

A total of 8251 candidates contested elec ons in 2014
as compared to 8070 in 2009. This was a marginal
increase in the number of candidates; it was
significantly lower than some of the previous
elec ons (like 13952 candidates contes ng in 1996).
Table 68 and Graph 127 compared the performance
of independent candidates in Lok Sabha elec ons
than 50% of votes as compared to 95 candidates in
2009. A comparison with total seats (543), showed
that 38% candidates secured more than 50% votes in
2014; while only 17.5% secured more than 50% votes
in 2009. This was an increase of 20.4% over the last
two elec ons. This sweep signified a clear preference
for a par cular candidate. For more details, refer to
Sta s cal Annexures 5.6.1

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3831 3806
4000 3235
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Graph 127 : Performance of Independents

Winning Candidates securing more than 50% of

Votes Polled in the PC
600 543
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Graph 128 : Candidates who won with more than 50% of votes

Table 69 provides State wise number of winning
candidates who secured more than 50% of the votes
polled in their cons tuencies during 2014 in
comparison with data from 2009. In 2009, West
Bengal was the topmost State with 15 winning
candidates securing more than 50% votes. In 2014,
Maharashtra has more number of winning candidates
(34) securing more than 50% votes.¹⁴ For more
details, refer to Sta s cal Annexures 5.6.1

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 Table 69: State wise compara ve data on winning candidates who secured more than 50% votes in Pcs
State/UT Number of winners who secured Number of winners who
more than 50% votes polled secured more than 50%
in Lok Sabha 2014 votes polled in Lok Sabha 2009
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0
Andhra Pradesh 14 1
Arunachal Pradesh 1 1
Assam 4 1
Bihar 4 4
Chandigarh 0 0
Chha sgarh 6 2
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0
Daman & Diu 1 1
Goa 1 0
Gujarat 26 7
Haryana 2 1
Himachal Pradesh 4 1
Jammu & Kashmir 2 1
Jharkhand 0 0
Karnataka 14 1
Kerala 2 4
Lakshadweep 1 1
Madhya Pradesh 22 5
Maharashtra 34 9
Manipur 0 0
Meghalaya 1 0
Mizoram 0 1
Nagaland 1 1
NCT of Delhi 0 6
Odisha 7 5
Puducherry 0 0
Punjab 0 1
Rajasthan 19 13
Sikkim 1 1
Tamil Nadu 7 2
Tripura 2 2
U ar Pradesh 19 8
U arakhand 5 0
West Bengal 6 15
Grand Total 206 95

Graph 129 compares the candidates from various
States and UTs who secured more than 50% votes.
Graph 130 compares the margin of votes polled by
winning candidates in 2014, 2009 and 2004. Most
candidates in all the past three elec ons won within a
margin of zero to 99999 votes. However, in 2014, only
190 candidates won within the margin of zero to
99999 votes as compared to 404 in 2009 elec ons and
361 in 2004 elec ons. Also, as many as 10 candidates
won within the margin of 400,000 to 499,999 votes
and 06 candidates won within the margin of 5 lakh to
6 lakh votes.¹⁴ For more details, refer to Sta s cal
Annexure 5.1

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44 CEO Seminar on General Elec on to Lok Sabha
2014
To benefit from the experien al deriva ves of the
General Elec on 2014, the ECI conducted a three-day
seminar of all the CEOs and other senior officers in
July, 2014. The seminar served as a valuable
opportunity for documenta on, compila on and
consolida on experience of the conduct of Lok Sabha
Elec ons 2014
The objec ve of the seminar was also to detect gaps
and categorize key areas of concern through
organized feedback. The ECI cons tuted nine Working
Groups on various aspects of planning and
management of elec ons and related ma ers with
CEOs as their members and officers of ECI as
facilitators.

Best/innova ve prac ces followed during the

2014 General Elec on

Sharing challenges faced and ways to

overcome
CEOs Seminar
Objec ve of

Interes ng experiences and case studies

relevant for record as well as for future
learning

Sta s cal and other reports of the 2014

General Elec on

Recommenda on, policy prescrip on and

ac on plans in response to the ECI's
goals, with reference to all of the above.

The cons tu on of the various Working Groups and their respec ve topics and sub-topics were as follows:

Working Group 1 Electoral Roll and Related Ma ers

Working Group 2 Elec on Planning, Management, & Cons tu on of the House
Working Group 3 EVMs and Elec on Materials
Model Code of Conduct, Manifestoes and Elec ons to Rajya Sabha
Working Group 4 and Legisla ve Councils
Working Group 5 Qualifica ons & Disqualifica ons
Nomina ons, Affidavits, Poli cal Par es
Working Group 6 SVEEP, Media, Paid News

Working Group 7 Informa on Technology

Sta s cs, Analysis of result Outcome, Training ( with manuals)
Working Group 8 Coun ng & Declara on of Results, Official Language
Working Group 9 Elec on Expenditure Monitoring

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The Working Groups were required to prepare and
submit to the ECI, detailed reports, and PPTs on the
respec ve topics and sub-topics assigned to them
with reference to General Elec on, 2014 as well as
observa ons and learning with the benefit of their
earlier experiences. These reports and PPTs were
supported by various annexures and were analy cal
besides being informa ve. They reflected adequate
and coordinated working on behalf of the group duly
projected through presenta on of well compiled
informa on, in-depth analysis, recommenda ons,
ac on-plans etc.
45 Recommenda ons
The official report on the General Elec ons to the
16th Lok Sabha was a cri cal analysis of the
magnitude and complexity of every stage of the
elec on cycle. It looked at planning, procedural,
administra ve, technological and opera onal efforts
put in by hundreds of thousands of electoral officials,
round the clock, for months preceding the elec on,
during and post elec ons.
For an analysis of the General Elec on 2014, the
challenges faced, thought-provoking case studies,
experiences and sta s cal reports were gathered
immediately a er the elec on. A set of
recommenda on were also put up immediately a er
self-assessment. Some of them are listed for
completeness of this narra ve and analy cal report
and to suggest way forward in the elec on
management.
1. Community Level Demographic Profiling and
Elec on Time Zones may be considered for
feasibility. Elec ons may be scheduled with a
maximum of four phases and be alienated from
the availability of Central Force. The period of
elec ons may not be more than one and half
month from the date of press release by the ECI to
minimize the MCC period.
2. Online Law & Order portal may be implemented
for mely and accurate submission of LOR report
that may include a rich database for effec ve law
and order ac on. The LOR formats may be further
simplified and made more comprehensive in
consulta on with police/ revenue authori es
with a common understanding of terminologies
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used in it. A security expert at na onal level may
be associated with ECI and have direct interface
of security actors with ECI. A comprehensive
disclosure policy may be prescribed to guide the
States and district elec on authori es on what
can be disclosed and what not.
3. The police intelligence reports may be shared
with the civil elec on authori es six months prior
to the polls and may entail specific gaps of 10 days
between two phases of dynamic mapping. A
structure of colla ng informa on from mul ple
sources and linked to preven ve ac on may be
prescribed. Loca ons having persons forced to
leave home due to poli cal disturbances may be
mandatorily marked as vulnerable loca ons. Pre-
Poll complaints may be considered important
inputs for Vulnerability Mapping.
4. Na onal Level Force Deployment:
• A ‘Planning & Execu on Manual’ may be
developed.
• Advanced planning for shadow areas/
communica on infrastructure may be
considered along with training of Home
Guards/ SAPs. Confidence Building Measures
may include mo va onal measures for the
forces as well. Sharing of state police in pre-
formed clusters may be an alterna ve to
deployment of CAPF. NCC/ NSS/ students/
volunteers may be engaged for queue
management.
• States may make me bound plans to provide
physical infrastructure in LWE areas. A
standard, systema c and structured SOP may
be developed by colla ng those developed by
LWE affected States. MHA may issue detailed
instruc ons to all the respec ve forces with
regard to carrying of requisite arms/
ammuni ons, communica on equipment,
medicines etc.
5. The State Police may be made more responsible;
and dependence on the Central force may be
reduced. The Sector Officers may start opera on
at least three to four months before any
scheduled elec on. DEOs may have the op on to
involve NGOs/ CSOs and experts to use them as
secondary sources of collec on and scru ny of
informa on related to vulnerability mapping and
cri cality analysis.
6. A consolidated and a clear set of instruc ons for
 randomiza on of polling staff (including female
staff), police personnel may be generated. Cut-off
date for exemp on of employees who are going
to re re may be fixed. BLOs may be included as
Polling Staff. Honorarium may be uniform for all
the General/ Bye elec ons. Compensa on for
non-government staff for injury/ death/
hospitaliza on may be covered.
7. Social Forestry Guards, SRTC drivers, NSS, NCC,
Community and civic policing may be considered
for alterna ve forces personnel.
8. Disaster Evacua on strategies at Polling sta ons
prone to natural disasters, par cularly in urban/
hilly areas, may be put into place. For voters’
convenience, elaborate and effec ve use of
signage/ maps/ posters at the Polling sta ons
may be drawn.
9. The ECI may dra a comprehensive bill on Poli cal
Par es dealing with registra on, recogni on,
manifestos, funding and func oning.
10. EVMs:
• EVM godowns may have CCTV surveillance and
biometric access.
• There may be regional pools of EVMs to avoid
any kind of damage(s) during EVM movement.
• EVM First Level Checking schedule may be
decided three months before the likely poll
dates and synchronised with EVM
transporta on schedule. BEL/ ECIL may provide
a list of qualified personnel with contact
numbers to the DEOs in advance, and BEL/ ECIL
may ensure proper storage for repaired EVMs.
11. At least two months before the probable date of
announcement of poll, the ECI may issue
consolidated instruc ons on transporta on.
Annual hiring charges at the state level may be
published. ICT based tool in coordina on with the
M/o Surface Transport may be developed for
be er and effec ve u liza on of resources. In
tough terrain, the ECI may become a catalyst to
facilitate be er landing and naviga onal facili es
by involving M/o Defense, M/o Home Affairs and
State Government concerned.
12. GPRS, 2G/ 3G facili es for instantaneous sharing
of informa on between expenditure teams and
the control room may be introduced, with
loca on of each team indicated on a screen in
control room. All teams could receive instruc ons
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only from the control room, manned by a Senior
Officer.
13. Model Code of Conduct for Media may be
cons tuted. Sec on 126 (1) (b) may be imposed
more strictly. Paid news and media viola on may
be made as legal offences with provision of heavy
fine and imprisonment.
14. Postal Ballot may be allowed to Government
Employees on essen al du es such as Army,
Railways, Post & Telegraph, Road Transport, etc.
15. NOTA may be given a symbol .
16. SVEEP
• Corporate may be engaged under the Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) along with ac ve
NGOs.
• Electoral educa on in school and college
curriculum may be mainstreamed with
development of co-curricular and extra-
curricular material for schools.
• Use of village awareness commi ees,
cons tuted under the EEM measures, may be
u lized for crea ng awareness on ethical and
informed vo ng. SVEEP programme may be
ini ated to ‘Know your Candidates’ as well as
for the poli cal par es.
• Special camps and campaign for NRI
registra on, women and youth voters, service
voters’ registra on and educa on about postal
ballots and proxy vo ng prepared at State level
may be organized.
• SVEEP ac vi es may be ini ated at least one
month before the Summary Revisions and
specific informa on regarding dele on of
voters, duplicate voters, shi ing of persons and
death cases should be well published to all
concerned along with informa on on
registra on.
17. Capacity Building and Training
• Capacity building measures including training,
exposure visits, exchange visits may be
increased and cascaded down to the BLO level,
for knowledge up grada on, skill development
and ability to train further.
• IIIDEM may network with the State ATIs and e-
up for curriculum development and courses/
modules on elec ons related ma ers and so
skills.
 1.1 – Highlights of Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014
1.NO OF CONSTITUENCIES

TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY GEN SC ST TOTAL

NO OF CONSTITUENCIES 412 84 47 543

2.NO OF CONTESTANTS

NO. OF CONTESTANTS IN A 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15

CONSTITUENCY
Above 15 NO. OF SUCH 0 1 3 3 103 241 189
CONSTITUENCIES

TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN FRAY : 8251

AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY : 15
MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 2
MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 42

3.ELECTORS
MALE FEMALE OTHERS TOTAL
I NO. OF ELECTORS (Including Service 437035372 397018915 28527 834082814
Electors)
ii. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED AT 292826408 260192272 1968 553020648
POLLING STATIONS
iii. POLLING PERCENTAGE 67.00% 65.54% 6.9% 66.30%

4. NO OF SERVICE ELECTORS
MALE 986384
FEMALE 379241
5. NO. OF POSTAL BALLOT RECEIVED 1154607
6. POLL% (INCLUDING POSTAL BALLOTS) 66.44
7. NO. OF VALID VOTES
VALID VOTES POLLED ON EVM VALID 546879221
POSTAL VOTES 920783
8. TOTAL NOTA VOTES
'NOTA' VOTES ON EVM 5994418
'NOTA' VOTES ON POSTAL BALLOT 8524
9. NO OF VOTES REJECTED
POSTAL 225300
VOTES NOT RETRIEVED ON EVM 143573
VOTES REJECTED DUE TO OTHER REASON (AT POLLING STATION) 3436
10. TENDERED VOTES 4497
11. PROXY VOTES 173
12. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS 927553
13. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION 899
14. NO OF RE-POLLS HELD 301
15. PERFORMANCE OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

MALE FEMALE OTHERS TOTAL

i. NO. OF CONTESTANTS 7577 668 6 8251
ii. ELECTED 481 62 0 543
iii. FORFEITED DEPOSITS 6469 525 6 7000

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 1.2 State and UT wise Number and Type of Cons tuencies
STATE/UT Type of Cons tuencies Total No Of Cons tuencies
Gen SC ST Where Elec on Completed
Andhra Pradesh 32 7 3 42
Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2
Assam 11 1 2 14
Bihar 34 6 0 40
Goa 2 0 0 2
Gujarat 20 2 4 26
Haryana 8 2 0 10
Himachal Pradesh 3 1 0 4
Jammu & Kashmir 6 0 0 6
Karnataka 21 5 2 28
Kerala 18 2 0 20
Madhya Pradesh 19 4 6 29
Maharashtra 39 5 4 48
Manipur 1 0 1 2
Meghalaya 0 0 2 2
Mizoram 0 0 1 1
Nagaland 1 0 0 1
Odisha 13 3 5 21
Punjab 9 4 0 13
Rajasthan 18 4 3 25
Sikkim 1 0 0 1
TamilNadu 32 7 0 39
Tripura 1 0 1 2
U ar Pradesh 63 17 0 80
West Bengal 30 10 2 42
Cha sgarh 6 1 4 11
Jharkhand 8 1 5 14
U arakhand 4 1 0 5
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 0 0 1
Chandigarh 1 0 0 1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 1 1
Daman & Diu 1 0 0 1
NCT OF Delhi 6 1 0 7
Lakshadweep 0 0 1 1
Puducherry 1 0 0 1
Total 412 84 47 543

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 1.3 List of poli cal par es Par cipated
PARTY TYPE ABBREVIATION PARTY PARTY SYMBOL

NATIONAL PARTIES
1. BJP Bhara ya Janata Party Lotus
2. BSP Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant
3. CPI Communist Party of India Ears of Corn and Sickle
4. CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) Hammer, Sickle and Star
5. INC Indian Na onal Congress Hand
6. NCP Na onalist Congress Party Clock

STATE PARTIES
7. AAP Aam Aadmi Party Broom
8. ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Two Leaves
9. AGP Asom Gana Parishad Elephant
10 . AIFB All India Forward Bloc Almirah, Lion
11 . AINRC All India N.R. Congress Jug
12 . AITC All India Trinamool Congress Flowers and Grass
13 . AIUDF All India United Democra c Front Lock and Key
14 . AJSUP AJSU Party Banana
15 . BJD Biju Janata Dal Conch
16 . BOPF Bodoland Peoples Front Nangol
17 . DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Nagara
18 . DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rising Sun
19 . HJCBL Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) Tractor
20 . INLD Indian Na onal Lok Dal Spectacles
21 . IUML Indian Union Muslim League Ba ery Torch, Ladder
22 . JD(S) Janata Dal (Secular) A lady farmer carrying
paddy on her head
23 . JD(U) Janata Dal (United) Arrow
24 . JKN Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Conference Plough
25 . JKNPP Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Panthers Party Bicycle, Pressure Cooker
26 . JKPDP Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democra c Ink Pot & Pen
Party
27 . JMM Jharkhand Muk Morcha Almirah, Bow & Arrow, Dish
Antenna, Table Lamp
28 . JVM Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Comb
29 . KEC(M) Kerala Congress (M) Two Leaves
30 . LJP Lok Jan Shak Party Bungalow
31 . MNS Maharashtra Navnirman sena Railway Engine
32 . NPEP Na onal Peoples Party Book
33 . NPF Naga Peoples Front Cock
34 . PMK Pa ali Makkal Katchi Mango
35 . PPA People's Party of Arunachal Maize
36 . RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal Candles, Hurricane Lamp
37 . RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal Hand Pump
38 . RSP Revolu onary Socialist Party Spade & Stoker
39 . SAD Shiromani Akali Dal Scales
40 . SDF Sikkim Democra c Front Umbrella

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41 . SHS Shivsena Bow & Arrow, Cauliflower,
Envelope, Scissors
42 . SP Samajwadi Party Almirah, Bicycle, Walking S ck
43 . TDP Telugu Desam Bicycle
44 . TRS Telangana Rashtra Samithi Car
45 . UDP United Democra c Party Drum

REGISTERED(Unrecognised) PARTIES
46 . ASP Adarsh Samaj Party Walking S ck
47 . Aa SP Asankhya Samaj Party Gas Cylinder
48 . AAMJP Aam Janata Party Pen Nib with Seven Rays
49 . AAP awami aamjan party Almirah
50 . ABAS Akhil Bhara ya Ashok Sena Bucket
51 . ABCD(A) Akhil Bhara ya Congress Dal (Ambedkar) Candles, Kite
52 . ABHKP Akhil Bhara ya Hind Kran Party Auto- Rickshaw
53 . ABHM Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Almirah, Bat, Carrot, Coconut,
Whistle
54 . ABJS Akhil Bhara ya Jan Sangh Air Condi oner, Ba ery Torch,
Candles ,Kite
55 . ABML(S) Akhil Bhara ya Muslim League (Secular) Balloon, Kite, Scissors
56 . ABMP Akhil Bhara ya Manavata Paksha Pen Nib with Seven Rays
57 . ABRS Akhil Bhara ya Rajarya Sabha Table Lamp
58 . ABSC Akhil Bhara ya Samajwadi Congress Lady Purse
59 . ABSP Akhand Bharat Samaj Party Auto- Rickshaw
60 . ABSR Akhil Bhara ya Shivsena Rashtrawadi Chappals
61 . ABVCP Akhil Bhar ya Vikas Congress Party Telephone
62 . AD Apna Dal Cup & Saucer, Scissors
63 . ADPT Apna Desh Party Gas Cylinder
64 . ADSMK Anaithindia Dravidar Samudaya Candles
Munnetra Kazhagam
65 . ADSP Aadivasi Sena Party Auto- Rickshaw
66 . ADUP Apna Dal United Party Grapes, Ke le
67 . AGRJP Agar Jan Party Pen Nib with Seven Rays
68 . AIACP All India Azaad Congress Party Batsman
69 . aicp New All India Congress Party Calculator
70 . AIMF All India Minori es Front Air Condi oner
71 . AIMIM All India Majlis-E-I ehadul Muslimeen Almirah, Kite
72 . aimpr All India Mazdoor Party (Rangreta) Air Condi oner
73 . AIPF All India Peoples' Front (Radical) Camera, Scissors
74 . AIRSP All India Ravidas Samata Party Sewing Machine
75 . AJKMP All J & K Kisan Majdoor Party Auto- Rickshaw
76 . AKAAD Aazadi Ka An m Aandolan Dal Ring
77 . AKAKRP All Jammu and Kashmir Republican Party Kite
78 . AKBAP Akhil Bhar ya Aamjan Party Balloon
79 . AKBJHP Akhil Bhar ya Jharkhand Party Auto- Rickshaw, Cot, Scissors
80 . AKBMP Akhil Bhar ya Mithila Party Coconut
81 . ALHP Al-Hind Party Green Chilli
82 . AMB Amra Bangalee Batsman, Ba ery, Torch,
Camera, Candles, Kite
83 . AMP Adarsh Manavtawadi Party Ceiling Fan

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84 . AMS Aadijan Muk Sena Coconut
85 . ANC Ambedkar Na onal Congress Bat, Candles, Cauliflower, Gas
Cylinder, Kite, Sewing Machine
86 . AOP Aama Odisha Party Pot
87 . APCP A Picchara party Walking S ck
88 . APM Ambedkar People's Movement Ring
89 . APoI Ambedkarite Party of India Coat
90 . APRSSP Andhra Pradesh Rashtra Samaikya Batsman
Samithi Party
91 . ARP Ambedkarist Republican Party Bat, Batsman, Ceiling Fan, Kite
92 . ARPS Andhra Rastra Praja Samithi Auto- Rickshaw, Camera
93 . ARVP Adarsh Rashtriya Vikas Party Razor
94 . ARWP Akhil Rashtrawadi Party Batsman
95 . ASaP Awami Samta Party Batsman
96 . asdp Dr. Ambedkar Samajvadi Democra c Party Pot
97 . ASP Ambedkar Samaj Party Frock, Pen Stand
98 . ATBP Atulya Bharat Party Bat
99 . AVIRP AARAKSHAN VIRODHI PARTY Bat,Electric Pole,Ke le
100 . AwVP Awami Vikas Party Candles
101 . BASD Bahujan Sangharshh Dal Glass Tumbler
102 . BaSaP Bhar ya Sarvjan Party Balloon, Walking S ck
103 . BaVaP Bhar ya Vanchitsamaj Party Cup & Saucer
104 . BBC Bhara ya Bahujan Congress Auto- Rickshaw
105 . BBM Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh Cup & Saucer
106 . BBMP Bharat Bhrashtachar Mitao Party Envelope
107 . BBPSP Briha ar Bharat Prajatantra Sewa Party Batsman
108 . BC Bundelkhand Congress Almirah, Glass Tumbler
109 . BCBDP B.C. Bharata Desam Party Candles
110 . BCP Bhar ya Chaitanya Party Bucket
111 . BCUF B. C. United Front Chappals
112 . BDBRAJP Bhara ya Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Janta Party Balloon, Ceiling Fan, Diesel
Pump, Sewing Machine
113 . BED Bhara ya Ekta Dal Auto - Rickshaw, Cauliflower
114 . BEMP Bhar ya Ekta Manch Party Ba ery Torch, Kite
115 . BGTD Bhara ya Gaon Taj Dal Bat, Bucket, Coconut
116 . BHBP Bhara ya Bahujan Party Sewing Machine
117 . BhJaSP Bhar Jan Suraksha Party Ceiling Fan
118 . bhmm Bhrashtachar Muk Morcha Auto- Rickshaw
119 . BhNaP Bhara ya Navyuvak Party Almirah
120 . BHNKP Bhara ya Nav Kran Party Ceiling Fan
121 . BhNP Bharat Nirman Party Black Board
122 . bhp Bhar ya Party Sewing Machine
123 . BHPP Bhara ya Peoples Party Ba ery Torch
124 . BhSMP Bhara ya Sant Mat Party Camera
125 . BHSSP Bhar ya Satya Sangharsh Party Batsman
126 . BIP Bhara ya Inqalab Party Balloon
127 . bjdi Bhar ya Janta Dal (Integrated) Hat
128 . BJJD Bhar ya Jantantrik Janata Dal Kite

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129 . BJKD Bhara ya Jan Kran Dal (Democra c) Candles
130 . BJKVP Bajjikanchal Vikas Party Cup & Saucer
131 . BJM Bhar ya Jan Manch Hat
132 . BJPARTY Bihar Janta Party Gas Cylinder
133 . BJSP Bhara ya Jawala Shak Paksha Coconut
134 . bjyp Bhar ya Jan Yug Party Balloon
135 . BKLJP Bharat Ki Lok Jimmedar Party Glass Tumbler
136 . BKP Bahujan Kran Party
(Marxwad-Ambedkarwad) Auto- Rickshaw
137 . BKPP Bhara ya Kisan Parivartan Party Television
138 . BKrD Bhar ya Krishak Dal Flute, Harmonium
139 . BKSL Bhara ya Kisan Sena Loktantrik Diesel Pump
140 . BLSP Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Ceiling Fan
141 . BMF Bhara ya Momin Front Almirah, Ke le, Kite
142 . BMNSP Bhara ya Mool Niwasi Samaj Party Whistle
143 . BMSM Bhara ya Minori es Suraksha Mahasangh Basket containing Fruits
144 . BMUP Bahujan Muk Party Air Condi oner, Cart, Cot
145 . BNIP Bhar ya Naujawan Inklav Party Candles
146 . BNJD Bhara ya Na onal Janta Dal Kite
147 . BNNP Bharat Nav Nirman Party Coconut
148 . bns Bhar ya Navjawan Sena (Paksha) Dish Antenna
149 . BPC Bhar ya Praga sheel Congress Gas Cylinder, Glass Tumbler
150 . BRABSVP Bhara ya Rashtriya Bahujan Brush
Samaj Vikas Party
151 . BRAVP Braj Vikas Party Flute
152 . BRMD Bhara ya Rashtriya Mazdoor Dal Television
153 . BRPI Bhar ya Republican Party (Insan) Batsman
154 . BRPP Bhara ya Republican Paksha Stool
155 . BRVP Bhar ya Vikas Party Almirah
156 . BSCP Bhar ya Shak Chetna Party Coconut, Conch, Flute
157 . BSD Bhara ya Samaj Dal Walking S ck
158 . BSDL Bahujan Suraksha Dal Cup & Saucer, Kite
159 . BSDS Bhar ya Shramik Dal Socialist Ceiling Fan
160 . BSKD Bhar ya Samajik Kran Dal Walking S ck
161 . BSKP Bhara ya Sarvodaya Kran Party Sewing Machine
162 . BSP(A) Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) Ba ery Torch, Diesel Pump,
Sewing Machine, Table
163 . BSP(K) Bahujan Sangharsh Party (Kanshiram) Candles, Sewing Machine
164 . BVA Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi Whistle
165 . BVLP Bharat Vishal Party Balloon
166 . BVM Bharat Vikas Morcha Basket containing Fruits, Bat
167 . BYS Bhara ya Yuva Shak Candles
168 . chp Chha sgarhiya Party Kite
169 . CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Auto - Rickshaw, Cup & Saucer,
(Libera on) Flag with Three Stars, Kite
170 . CPIM Communist Party of India
(Marxist-Leninist) Red Star Saw
171 . CSM Chha sgarh Swabhiman Manch Coconut, Whistle

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172 . DABAP Dalita Bahujana Party Auto- Rickshaw
173 . DaP Dharmarajya Paksha Candles
174 . DaVP Dalit Vikas Party(Bharat) Almirah
175 . DBSP Democra c Bhara ya Samaj Party Batsman, Kite
176 . DCP Democra c Congress Party Telephone
177 . DESEP Democra c Secular Party Stool
178 . DFBL Desiya Forward Bloc Auto- Rickshaw, Ring
179 . DND Dharam Nirpeksh Dal Shu le
180 . DNP Deshbhakt Nirman Party Camera
181 . DPPS Democra c Prajakranthi Party Secularist Coconut
182 . EKSP Eklavya Samaj Party Cup & Saucer, Walking S ck
183 . ESKP Ex-Sainik Kissan Party Ba ery Torch
184 . ETMK Ezhuchi Tamilargal Munnetra Kazhagam Whistle
185 . GaAP Gareeb Aadmi Party Air Condi oner, Bat, Bread,
Flute, Iron, Whistle, Window
186 . GGP Gondvana Gantantra Party Axe, Bat, Ba ery Torch, Coat,
Cup & Saucer, Glass Tumbler,
Kite, Saw
187 . GOA Goemcarancho Otrec Astro Ring
188 . grac Gorkha Rashtriya Congress Candles
189 . GRIP Great India Party Slate
190 . GSRP Goa Su-Raj Party Candles
191 . HEP Hindustan Ekta Party Gas Cylinder
192 . HiPPa Hindusthan Praja Paksha Brief Case
193 . HiSP Himachal Swabhiman Party Telephone
194 . HJP Hindustan Janta Party Almirah, Coconut, Cup and
Saucer, Gas Cylinder, Shu le,
Stool
195 . HKD Hindustan Kran Dal Cup and Saucer
196 . HKRD Hindustan Kran kari Dal Bucket, Pot
197 . HND Hindusthan Nirman Dal Bat, Ba ery Torch, Coconut
198 . HSCP Hindustan Swaraj Congress Party Diesel Pump
199 . HVD Hindustan Vikas Dal Sewing Machine
200 . IBSP Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party Sewing Machine
201 . IBSPK Indian Bahujan Sandesh Party (Kanshiram) Lady Purse
202 . ICSP Indian Chris an Secular Party Television, Trumpet
203 . igp Indian Gandhiyan Party Gas Cylinder
204 . IJP Indian Jus ce Party Gas Cylinder
205 . IKL Indian Kran kari Lehar Candles
206 . ILP(AP) Indian Labour Party (Ambedkar Phule) Auto- Rickshaw, Candles
207 . INL Indian Na onal League Iron
208 . IOP Indian Oceanic Party Telephone
209 . IPFT Indigenousn People's Front Of Tripura Dao
210 . IPGP Indian Peoples Green Party Kite
211 . IPP Indian Peace Party Candles
212 . ISSP Indian Savarn Samaj Party Almirah, Auto- Rickshaw,
Basket containing Fruits
213 . IUC Indian Unity Centre Candles

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214 . IVD Inqalab Vikas Dal Walking S ck
215 . IVP Indians Victory Party Balloon
216 . JanSP Janral Samaj Party Sewing Machine
217 . JAP Jantantra Party Almirah
218 . JaRaP Jan Raajya Party Kite
219 . JaRaPa Jan Raksha Party Whistle
220 . JaSPa Jai Samaikyandhra Party Chappals
221 . JBSP Jai Bharat Samanta Party Scissors
222 . JDP Jharkhand Disom Party Cup and Saucer
223 . JDR Janta Dal Rashtravadi Almirah, Bat, Ba ery, Torch
224 . JeSM Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim Walking S ck
225 . JGP Jago Party Whistle
226 . JHAP Jharkhand Anushilan Party Basket containing Fruits,
Bucket, Dao
227 . JHP Jai Hind Party Scissors
228 . jhspt Jai Hind Samaj Party Bucket
229 . JJ Jebamani Janata Ba ery Torch
230 . JKM Jawan Kisan Morcha Air Condi oner
231 . JKP Jharkhand Party Basket containing Fruits
232 . JKP(N) Jharkhand Party (Naren) Basket containing
Fruits, Flute, Kite
233 . JM Jan Morcha Auto- Rickshaw
234 . JMBP Jai Maha Bharath Party Air Condi oner, Almirah,
Balloon, Ba ery Torch,
Candles, Ceiling Fan, Coconut,
Electric Pole, Glass Tumbler,
Green Chilli, Ice Cream,
Pen Nib with Seven Rays,
Ring, Table
235 . JMM(U) Jharkhand Muk Morcha (Ulgulan) Bow and Arrow
236 . JND Jan-Nyay Dal Coconut
237 . JPC Jammu & Kashmir People Conference Candles
238 . JPJD Jai Prakash Janata Dal Diesel Pump
239 . JPS Janvadi Party(Socialist) Air Condi oner, Saw
240 . JRPa Janta Raj Party Bat, Scissors
241 . JSEP Jan Shak Ekta Party Le er Box
242 . JSK Jan Sevak Party Telephone
243 . JSMP Jan Samanta Party Pressure Cooker
244 . JVBP Jai Vijaya Bharathi Party Balloon, Grapes
245 . JVD Jharkhand Vikas Dal Bucket
246 . kajp Kalyankari Jantantrik Party School Bag
247 . KAP Karunaadu Party Batsman
248 . KCVP Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Auto- Rickshaw
249 . KDC Kamarajar Deseeya Congress Le er Box
250 . KMBS Kisan Majdoor Berojgar Sangh Cup and Saucer
251 . KOKD Kosal Kran Dal Coconut
252 . KS Kalinga Sena Hat
253 . KVD Kran kari Vikas Dal Whistle

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254 . LB Lok Bhara Candles, Slate
255 . LD Lok Dal Air Condi oner, Almirah,
Ba ery Torch, Black Board,
Candles, Carrot, Cauliflower,
Cot, Cup and Saucer, Scissors,
Sewing Machine
256 . LKJP Loktantrik Janata Party (Secular) Air Condi oner, Almirah,
Auto - Rickshaw
257 . LoRP Loktantrik Rashrtavadi Party Flute, Gas Cylinder
258 . lpi The Lok Party of India Whistle
259 . LPI(V) Labour Party of India (V.V. Prasad) Cup and Saucer
260 . LPR Lok Parivartan Party(DC) Gas Cylinder
261 . LPSP Lokpriya Samaj Party Almirah, Gas Cylinder
262 . LS Lok Shak Almirah
263 . LSP Lok Sa a Party Whistle
264 . LSWP Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Candles
265 . MADP Moulik Adhikar Party Auto- Rickshaw
266 . MAHP Mahanwadi Party Hockey and Ball
267 . MaJP Manavadhikar Janshak Party Television
268 . MAMAK Manithaneya Makkal Katchi Candles
269 . MaSP Mahajana Socialist Party Almirah, Auto- Rickshaw,
Ring, Scissors
270 . MaSPa Mahila Swabhiman Party Almirah
271 . MBCOI Most Backward Classes Of India Scissors
272 . MBT Majlis Bachao Tahreek Balloon, Bat, Kite, Television
273 . MCO Marxist Co-Ordina on Kite
274 . MCPI Marxist Communist Party of India (United) Carrom Board
275 . MD Mahan Dal Auto- Rickshaw,
Cup and Saucer
276 . MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Top
Kazhagam
277 . MDPF Manipur Democra c Peoples's Front Ba ery Torch
278 . MEDP Megh Desham Party Flute
279 . MHD Mahamuk Dal Scissors
280 . MKUP Majdoor Kisan Union Party Kite
281 . MMKA Makkal Manadu Katchi Bucket
282 . MMM Manav Muk Morcha Basket containing Fruits
283 . mmsp Majlis Markaz-e-Siyasee Party Iron
284 . MNDP Minori es Democra c Party Almirah, Ceiling Fan, Cup
& Saucer,Kite,Pot
285 . MOP Moderate Party Auto- Rickshaw
286 . MOSP Moolniwasi Samaj Party Hockey & Ball
287 . MPS(T) Maharashtra Parivartan Sena (T) Auto- Rickshaw, Bat, Ceiling
Fan, Cup & Saucer,
Gas Cylinder, Scissors
288 . MVA Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi Gas Cylinder
289 . MwSP Manavtawadi Samaj Party Whistle
290 . NADP Naya Daur Party Stethoscope

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291 . NAJC Na onal Janhit Congress (AB) Auto- Rickshaw
292 . NaLP Na onal Lokmat Party Ke le
293 . NAP Nai k Party Almirah, Hockey and Ball
294 . NBDP Nav Bharat Democra c Party Table
295 . NBNP Nava Bharat Na onal Party Dao
296 . NDEP Na onal Development Party Kite
297 . NEP Nagrik Ekta Party Black Board
298 . NIP New India Party Cup & Saucer
299 . NJC Nehru Janhit Congress Almirah
300 . NLP Na onal Loktantrik Party Almirah, Ceiling Fan, Table
301 . NMK Namadhu Makkal Katchi Batsman
302 . NNP Navbharat Nirman Party Kite
303 . NOC Na onal Organisa on Congress Candles
304 . NP Na onal Party Table
305 . NPT Navodyam Party Auto- Rickshaw
306 . NRSN Narayani Sena Flute
307 . NSBP Nirja ta Samaj Biplabi Party Candles
308 . NTP Na onal Tiger Party Coat
309 . nuzp Na onal Unionist Zamindara Party Telephone
310 . NYP Na onal Youth Party Ba ery Torch, Candles
311 . ojm Odisha Jan Morcha Kite
312 . PAP Prajatantra Aadhar Party Bat
313 . PBI Prou st Bloc, India Flute, Gas Stove
314 . PCHVP Paschimanchal Vikas Party Table
315 . PDS Party for Democra c Socialism Ba ery Torch, Candles, Kite
316 . PECP Peace Party Brief Case, Ceiling Fan
317 . PG Peoples Guardian Kite
318 . PGSP Praga sheel Samaj Party Helmet
319 . PHRC Poorvanchal Rashtriya Congress Auto- Rickshaw, Black
Board, Gas Cylinder, Pen Nib
with Seven Rays
320 . pjdl Prem Janata Dal Auto-Rickshaw,Television
321 . PLP Punjab Labour Party Gas Cylinder
322 . pms Praga sheel Magahi Samaj Cup and Saucer
323 . PMSP Praga sheel Manav Samaj Party Bat, Saw, Walking S ck
324 . PPI Parcham Party of India Auto- Rickshaw
325 . PPIS People's Party of India(secular) Candles
326 . PPOI Prabuddha Republican Party Auto- Rickshaw, Balloon,
Ba ery Torch, Television
327 . PRCP Pyramid Party of India Ceiling Fan, Cup and Saucer,
Kite, Pen Nib with Seven Rays,
Sewing Machine, Television,
Whistle
328 . PRISM Prism Basket containing Fruits
329 . PRSP Prajatantrik Samadhan Party Bucket
330 . PSJP Parivartan Samaj Party Kite
331 . PSS Prou st Sarva Samaj Almirah, Bread
332 . PT Puthiya Tamilagam Television

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333 . PWPI Peasants And Workers Party of India Auto- Rickshaw, Cup & Saucer
334 . QED Qaumi Ekta Dal Glass Tumbler
335 . RaAD Rashtriya Ambedkar Dal Kite
336 . RaBaP Rashtriya Bandhutwa Party Pressure Cooker
337 . RAC Rashtriya Congress (Babu Jagjivanram) Cup & Saucer
338 . RaCP Rashtriya Congress(J) Party Sewing Machine
339 . RADP Rashtriya Deshaj Party Carrot
340 . RAHM Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch Flute
341 . RAIM Rashtriya Indepndent Morcha Whistle
342 . RaIP Rastriya Insaaf Party Grapes, Stethoscope
343 . RaJPa Rashtriya Jankran Party Dish Antenna
344 . RaJSP Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party Candles, Electric Pole
345 . RAKP Rashtriya Karmyog Party Scissors
346 . RaMSP Rashtriya Manav samman Party Candles
347 . RAPa Rashtriya Aam Party Green Chilli
348 . raup Rashtriya U arakhand Party Cauliflower
349 . ravp Rajnai k Vikalp Party Scissors
350 . RBC Republican Backward Congress Auto- Rickshaw
351 . RBCP Rashtriya Bahujan Congress Party Ba ery Torch
352 . RBHP Rashtriya Bahujan Hitay Party Kite
353 . RBS Republican Bahujan Sena Auto- Rickshaw, Whistle
354 . RCMP Rani Chennamma Party Carpet, Cup and Saucer
355 . RDHP Rajyadhikara Party Electric Pole
356 . rdsc Regional Democra c Secular Congress Auto- Rickshaw, Table Lamp
357 . REP Rashtriya Ekta Party Auto- Rickshaw
358 . RGD Rashtriya Garib Dal Batsman
359 . RGOP Rashtriya Gondvana Party Cup and Saucer
360 . RJ Rashtriya Janmorcha Scissors
361 . RJAP Rashtriya Janadhikar Party Sewing Machine
362 . RJAVP Rashtriya Ja gat Aarakshan Virodhi Party Electric Pole
363 . RJJM Rashtriya Jan-Jagram Morcha Ceiling Fan
364 . RJM Rashtriya Jankran Morcha Candles
365 . RJNP Rashtriya Janasachetan Party (R.J.P.) Hockey and Ball
366 . RJP(E) Rashtriya Janshak Party(Eklavya) Glass Tumbler
367 . RJPK Rashtriya Janwadi Party (Kran kari) Ba ery Torch
368 . RJVP Rajasthan Vikas Party Gas Cylinder
369 . RKEP Rashtriya Komi Ekta Party Gas Cylinder
370 . RKSP Rashtriya Kran kari Samajwadi Party Air Condi oner, Auto - Rickshaw,
Camera, Flute, Scissors,
Telephone
371 . RMGP Rashtriya mahan Gantantra Party Flute, Stethoscope
372 . RMOP RASHTRIYA MORCHAPARTY Bucket
373 . RND Rashtriya Naujawan Dal Almirah, Ba ery Torch
374 . RP(K) Republican Paksha (Khoripa) Auto - Rickshaw, Bucket,
Electric Pole, Ring,
Sewing Machine
375 . RPC(S) Rashtriya Praja Congress (Secular) Gas Cylinder

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376 . RPD Rashtriya Parivartan Dal Kite
377 . RPI Republican Party of India Candles, Kite, Le er Box, Ring,
Sewing Machine, Television
378 . RPI(A) Republican Party of India (A) Sewing Machine
379 . RPI(KH) Republican Party of India (Khobragade) Auto- Rickshaw, Ba ery
Torch, Candles, Cup
and Saucer, Electric Pole, Kite
380 . RPIE Republican Party of India Ektavadi Ba ery Torch
381 . RPP(LB) Rashtrawadi Parivartan Party (L.B,) Sewing Machine
382 . RPS Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi Gas Cylinder
383 . RRP Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party Hat
384 . RrSP Rashtriya Sarvajan Party Coconut
385 . RsAD Rashtriya Apna Dal Walking S ck
386 . RSD Rashtriya Sawarn Dal Flute
387 . RshJP Rashtriya Janshan Party Walking S ck
388 . RSMD Rashtriya Samanta Dal Grapes, Kite, Sewing
Machine
389 . RSOSP Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party Ke le
390 . RSPK(B) Revolu onary Socialist Party of Kerala Gas Cylinder
(Bolshevik) RSP.B
391 . RSPS Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Camera, Cauliflower, Cup and
Saucer
392 . RSSDP Rashtriya Sant Sandesh Party Cup & Saucer
393 . RSWD Rashtra Sewa Dal Almirah
394 . RtJP Rashtriya Janpriya Party Candles
395 . RTKP Rashtriya Kran Party Stethoscope
396 . RtrJP Rashtriya Janta Party Scissors
397 . RUC Rashtriya Ulama Council Balloon, Ke le, Saw, Sewing
Machine, Walking S ck
398 . RVLP Rashtriya Viklang Party Table Lamp
399 . RVMP Rashtriya Vikas Manch Party Camera
400 . RVNP Rashtravadi Janata Party Auto- Rickshaw, Ba ery
Torch, Ceiling Fan, Ring
401 . RVP Rashtriya Vikas Party Gas Cylinder
402 . RWSP Rashtrawadi Samaj Party Whistle
403 . S(J) Swaraj (J) Auto- Rickshaw, Gas Stove
404 . SaBP Sankhyanupa Bhagidari Party Cup and Saucer
405 . SAD(M) Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Bucket, Hockey & Ball, Kite
(Simranjit Singh Mann) Sewing Machine
406 . SaDa Sarvshreshth Dal Frying Pan
407 . SAMO Samruddha Odisha Ba ery Torch
408 . SamSP Samata Samadhan Party Electric Pole
409 . SAP Samata Party Air Condi oner, Almirah
Ba ery, Torch, Candles,
Scissors
410 . SARP Samtawadi Republican Party Scissors
411 . SaSaP Samajwadi Samaj Party Cup and Saucer
412 . SaVP Samta Vikas Party Trumpet

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413 . SBSP Suheldev Bhar ya Samaj Party Ring, Walking S ck
414 . SDP Socialis c Democra c Party Auto-Rickshaw,Candles
415 . SDPI Social Democra c Party of India Auto- Rickshaw, Ceiling Fan
416 . SHP Shramajeevi Party Auto- Rickshaw
417 . shsap Shoshit Sandesh Party Almirah
418 . SJD Socialist Janata (Democra c) Ring
419 . SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Ba ery Torch, Diesel Pump
420 . SJPA Sarva Janata Party Gas Cylinder
421 . skd Samata Kran Dal Scissors
422 . SKLP Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party Balloon
423 . SKM Sikkim Kran kari Morcha Table Lamp
424 . SLAP Social Ac on Party Bat
425 . SLP(L) Socialist Party (Lohia) Bucket
426 . SP(I) Socialist Party (India) Air Condi oner, Ba ery
Torch, Dolli, Kite, Television
427 . SPP Samyak Parivartan Party Bat, Batsman, Bo le
428 . sps Samaikyandhra Parirakshana Samithi Bat,Kite
429 . SRP Socialist Republican Party Dish Antenna, Telephone
430 . SSAD Sanyukt Samajwadi Dal Chappals
431 . SSBD Shak Sena (Bharat Desh) Candles
432 . SSD Shoshit Samaj Dal Carrot, Saw
433 . SSKP Sarva Samaj Kalyan Party Auto- Rickshaw
434 . SSPD Sarvajan Samaj Party (D) Candles
435 . ssrd Sanatan Sanskri Raksha Dal Grapes
436 . STR Samaikya Telugu Rajyam Electric Pole
437 . SUCI Socialist Unity Centre of India Ba ery Torch, Glass
(Communist) Tumbler, Kite
438 . SVPP Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Party Kite
439 . SVRP Shivrajya Party Sewing Machine
440 . SWJP Samajwadi Jan Parishad Ba ery Torch, Black Board
441 . SWP Swabhimani Paksha Whistle
442 . SWPI Swarajya Party Of India Ba ery Torch,Gas Stove, Pen
Nib with Seven Rays
443 . SWSP Swatantra Samaj Party Pressure Cooker
444 . TECPI Telangana Communist Party of India Auto- Rickshaw
445 . TLP Telangana Loksa a Party Gas Cylinder
446 . TNMC Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress Frying Pan, Pen Nib with
Seven Rays
447 . TPGC Tripura Praga shil Gramin Congress Candles
448 . TRMRPPI The Religion of Man Revolving Poli cal Harmonium
Party of India
449 . TTNC Thrinamool Tamil Nadu Congress Batsman
450 . UCPI United Communist Party of India Dao, Ring
451 . UMK Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy Gas Cylinder
452 . UPI Union Party of India Ceiling Fan
453 . UPP U arakhand Parivartan Party Scissors
454 . UPRP U ar Pradesh Republican Party Sewing Machine
455 . VAJP Vanchit Jamat Party Walking S ck

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 456 . VCK Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Ring
457 . VHS Vishva Hindustani Sangathan Batsman
458 . VIP Vanchitsamaj Insaaf Party Gas Cylinder
459 . VJCP Vichara Jagruthi Congress Paksha Chappals
460 . VoP Voters Party Candles
461 . VSP Vishva Shak Party Gas Stove
462 . WPOI Welfare Party of India Auto- Rickshaw, Ba ery Torch,
Bucket, Ceiling Fan, Gas
Cylinder, Kite, Ring, Scissors
463 . YSRCP Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party Ceiling Fan
464 . YuS Yuva Sarkar Candles

INDEPENDENTS
465 . IND Independent Air Condi oner, Almirah,
Auto- Rickshaw, Balloon,
Basket containing Fruits, Bat,
Batsman, Ba ery Torch, Belt,
Black Board, Bo le, Bread,
Brief Case, Brush, Bucket,
Cake, Calculator,
Camera, Candles, Car, Carpet
Carrom Board, Carrot,
Cauliflower, Ceiling Fan,
Chappals, Chess Board, Coat,
Coconut, Cot, Cup and Saucer,
Cu ng Pliers, Dao, Diesel
Pump, Dish Antenna, Dolli,
Electric Pole, Envelope, Flute,
Frock, Frying Pan, Funnel, Gas
Cylinder, Gas Stove, Glass
Tumbler, Grapes, Green
Chilli, Harmonium, Hat, Helmet,
Hockey and Ball, Ice Cream,
Iron, Ke le, Kite, Lady Purse,
Le er Box, Mixee, Nail Cu er,
Neck Tie, Pen Nib with Seven
Rays, Pen Stand, Pencil
Sharpner, Plate Stand, Pot,
Pressure Cooker, Razor,
Refrigerator, Ring, Saw, School
Bag, Scissors, Sewing Machine,
Shu le, Slate, Stethoscope,
Stool, Table, Table Lamp,
Telephone, Television, Tent,
Tooth Brush, Trumpet, Violin
Walking, S ck, Whistle,
Window
466 . NOTA None of the Above NOTA

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 2.1 State and UT wise number of electors
S. N. STATE/UT GENERAL (Including NRIs) SERVICE GRAND NRIs
MALE FEMALE OTHERS TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE WOMEN OTHERS TOTAL MALE FEMALE OTHERS TOTAL
1 Andhra Pradesh 32640461 32241794 5554 64887809 35805 10524 46329 32676266 32252318 5554 64934138 5 0 0 5
2 Arunachal Pradesh 378020 379473 0 757493 1546 305 1851 379566 379778 0 759344 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 9739399 9065481 101 18804981 24222 8510 32732 9763621 9073991 101 18837713 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 34069377 29652145 2288 63723810 51919 24431 76350 34121296 29676576 2288 63800160 0 0 0 0
5 Goa 527739 532214 0 1059953 569 255 824 528308 532469 0 1060777 19 8 0 27
6 Gujarat 21210291 19368001 285 40578577 18798 5729 24527 21229089 19373730 285 40603104 6 5 0 11
7 Haryana 8647156 7347858 0 15995014 69391 32828 102219 8716547 7380686 0 16097233 3 0 0 3
8 Himachal Pradesh 2423377 2320836 2 4744215 51053 14803 65856 2474430 2335639 2 4810071 1 1 0 2
9 Jammu & Kashmir 3744254 3378930 93 7123277 47481 12371 59852 3791735 3391301 93 7183129 0 0 0 0
10 Karnataka 23555120 22612166 3890 46171176 29722 8915 38637 23584842 22621081 3890 46209813 0 0 0 0
11 Kerala 11681503 12570439 0 24251942 52772 21936 74708 11734275 12592375 0 24326650 11931 654 0 12585
12 Madhya Pradesh 25289504 22800392 1072 48090968 23096 7237 30333 25312600 22807629 1072 48121301 2 3 0 5
13 Maharashtra 42663722 37986454 918 80651094 107269 40460 147729 42770991 38026914 918 80798823 0 0 0 0
14 Manipur 863948 900846 0 1764794 7469 2106 9575 871417 902952 0 1774369 0 0 0 0
15 Meghalaya 776633 789187 0 1565820 1006 415 1421 777639 789602 0 1567241 0 0 0 0
16 Mizoram 342506 355361 0 697867 3713 590 4303 346219 355951 0 702170 0 0 0 0
17 Nagaland 595801 581795 0 1177596 4717 659 5376 600518 582454 0 1182972 0 0 0 0
18 Odisha 15164140 13987189 1185 29152514 30164 13367 43531 15194304 14000556 1185 29196045 0 0 0 0

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19 Punjab 10266743 9260136 235 19527114 60445 20602 81047 10327188 9280738 235 19608161 109 60 0 169
20 Rajasthan 22579300 20316528 26 42895854 68751 30052 98803 22648051 20346580 26 42994657 5 1 0 6
21 Sikkim 190416 179650 0 370066 601 103 704 191017 179753 0 370770 1 0 0 1
22 Tamil Nadu 27518373 27521162 3341 55042876 53619 18372 71991 27571992 27539534 3341 55114867 72 52 1 125
23 Tripura 1215199 1170360 0 2385559 2379 884 3263 1217578 1171244 0 2388822 0 0 0 0
24 U ar Pradesh 75866764 62798296 7111 138672171 95065 43321 138386 75961829 62841617 7111 138810557 1 0 0 1
25 West Bengal 32624552 30115430 499 62740481 64928 27704 92632 32689480 30143134 499 62833113 3 3 0 6
26 Chha sgarh 8941762 8715120 985 17657867 4985 1668 6653 8946747 8716788 985 17664520 0 0 0 0
27 Jharkhand 10700126 9636041 26 20336193 10518 3085 13603 10710644 9639126 26 20349796 1 0 0 1
28 U arakhand 3689266 3352442 57 7041765 59745 25547 85292 3749011 3377989 57 7127057 0 0 0 0
29 Andaman & Nicobar 142513 126427 0 268940 270 150 420 142783 126577 0 269360 0 0 0 0
30 Chandigarh 332888 281051 0 613939 733 542 1275 333621 281593 0 615214 5 4 0 9
31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 106191 90386 0 196577 12 8 20 106203 90394 0 196597 0 0 0 0
32 Daman & Diu 57003 54814 0 111817 8 2 10 57011 54816 0 111827 7 2 0 9
33 NCT of Delhi 7047887 5657649 839 12706375 3186 1603 4789 7051073 5659252 839 12711164 6 3 0 9
34 Lakshadweep 25342 24479 0 49821 91 10 101 25433 24489 0 49922 0 0 0 0
35 Puducherry 431712 469142 20 900874 336 147 483 432048 469289 20 901357 57 8 0 65
TOTAL : 436048988 396639674 28527 832717189 986384 379241 1365625 437035372 397018915 28527 834082814 12234 804 1 13039

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 2.2 Registra on of Electors During Special Summary Revision w.r.t 01.01.2014 as Qualifying Date
Sr. No. State/UT Number of electors in the dra roll Addi ons Dele ons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 133648 119970 0 253618 10617 8156 0 18773 7909 6626 0 14535
2 Andhra Pradesh 29878210 29535283 2546 59416039 2176475 2153155 1958 4331588 695313 666286 79 1361678
3 Arunachal Pradesh 370865 370057 0 740922 20117 21851 0 41968 15055 14619 0 29674
4 Assam 9404827 8696039 0 18100866 355397 417699 0 773096 65573 85357 0 150930
5 Bihar 31985049 27125649 3327 59114025 1959464 1913139 510 3873113 477147 401490 54 878691
6 Chandigarh 286192 239416 0 525608 29338 26117 0 55455 188 175 0 363
7 Chha sgarh 8594679 8309803 10 16904492 383705 424903 7 808615 95445 96099 0 191544
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 91886 79440 0 171326 9472 8109 0 17581 96 28 0 124
9 Daman & Diu 46902 48298 0 95200 4937 4343 0 9280 1244 976 0 2220
10 Goa 522112 519437 0 1041549 12778 16467 0 29245 14653 12837 0 27490
11 Gujarat 20432133 18569989 269 39002391 873146 922374 24 1795544 440833 485526 5 926364
12 Haryana 8083804 6813687 0 14897491 414427 377712 0 792139 56011 39192 0 95203
13 Himachal Pradesh 2364351 2257746 4 4622101 44429 49209 0 93638 18665 22887 0 41552
14 Jammu & Kashmir 3562400 3207530 0 6769930 172355 182946 0 355301 76878 115235 0 192113
15 Jharkhand 10038459 8859431 17 18897907 649120 740148 11 1389279 179159 159342 2 338503
16 Karnataka 22337714 21416478 3050 43757242 618697 624270 5439 1248406 155520 155434 36 310990
17 Kerala 11397050 12302575 0 23699625 214560 234047 0 448607 166769 189193 0 355962
18 Lakshadweep 22750 22636 0 45386 2135 1681 0 3816 669 561 0 1230

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19 Madhya Pradesh 24545107 22077679 971 46623757 612928 696928 101 1309957 198110 190938 19 389067
20 Maharashtra 40474056 35792683 34 76266773 2091612 1957896 236 4049744 723205 626670 0 1349875
21 Manipur 844326 874735 0 1719061 24496 33725 0 58221 15904 22373 0 38277
22 Meghalaya 744565 760316 0 1504881 29519 25904 0 55423 4326 2950 0 7276
23 Mizoram 337135 349736 0 686871 9049 9401 0 18450 4250 4623 0 8873
24 Nagaland 599146 582563 0 1181709 9405 9900 0 19305 13979 12372 0 26351
25 NCT of Delhi 6611363 5320144 562 11932069 120652 96191 101 216944 47937 40570 13 88520
26 Odisha 14807915 13596215 772 28404902 427785 456434 368 884587 196514 212164 8 408686
27 Puducherry 406983 437690 9 844682 26460 32301 2 58763 8483 9503 1 17987
28 Punjab 9787455 8805414 0 18592869 411631 406409 0 818040 86214 117465 0 203679
29 Rajasthan 21461113 19286522 17 40747652 1122305 1014167 3 2136475 167988 156596 0 324584
30 Sikkim 180872 167954 0 348826 8451 9853 0 18304 2497 2307 0 4804
31 Tamil Nadu 25774340 25626257 2383 51402980 1322223 1430219 667 2753109 203544 199809 54 403407
32 Tripura 1196677 1152274 0 2348951 25819 28973 0 54792 9987 14215 0 24202
33 U ar Pradesh 71454635 58253384 5327 129713346 4138107 4116528 1479 8256114 1957507 1660480 176 3618163
34 U arakhand 3480695 3147509 0 6628204 93904 87096 12 181012 11878 10944 0 22822
35 West Bengal 31251283 28429549 404 59681236 1456608 1772914 109 3229631 217902 223977 0 441879
Total 413510697 373154088 19702 786684487 19882123 20311165 11027 40204315 6337352 5959819 447 12297618

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 2.2 Registra on of Electors During Special Summary Revision w.r.t 01.01.2014 as Qualifying Date
Sr. No. State/UT Net Addi ons Modifica ons Number of electors in the final roll published
a er Summary Revision w.r.t. 1.1.2014
1 2 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 2708 1530 0 4238 762 771 0 1533 136356 121500 0 257856
2 Andhra Pradesh 1481162 1486869 1879 2969910 226163 189380 77 415620 31359303 31022225 4421 62385949
3 Arunachal Pradesh 5062 7232 0 12294 4472 4571 0 9043 375927 377289 0 753216
4 Assam 289824 332342 0 622166 60836 60039 0 120875 9694654 9028378 0 18723032
5 Bihar 1482317 1511649 456 2994422 2826029 2639726 375 5466130 33098022 29008544 1881 62108447
6 Chandigarh 29150 25942 0 55092 2361 1871 0 4232 315336 265364 0 580700
7 Chha sgarh 288260 328804 7 617071 69928 62771 0 132699 8882939 8638607 17 17521563
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 9376 8081 0 17457 417 240 0 657 101262 87521 0 188783
9 Daman & Diu 3693 3367 0 7060 1474 1620 0 3094 50595 51665 0 102260
10 Goa -1875 3630 0 1755 7488 8590 0 16078 520264 523040 0 1043304
11 Gujarat 432313 436848 19 869180 345850 319188 14 665052 20864446 19006837 288 39871571
12 Haryana 358416 338520 0 696936 31299 25870 0 57169 8442220 7152207 0 15594427
13 Himachal Pradesh 25764 26322 0 52086 6549 5774 2 12325 2390117 2284068 2 4674187
14 Jammu & Kashmir 95477 67711 0 163188 65765 105152 0 170917 3657764 3275354 0 6933118
15 Jharkhand 469961 580806 9 1050776 554984 468570 0 1023554 10508420 9440237 26 19948683
16 Karnataka 463177 468836 5403 937416 111751 106958 49 218758 22800918 21885287 8453 44694658
17 Kerala 47791 44854 0 92645 32299 35248 0 67547 11442927 12349343 0 23792270

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18 Lakshadweep 1466 1120 0 2586 56 49 0 105 24216 23756 0 47972
19 Madhya Pradesh 414818 505990 82 920890 80224 61446 11 141681 24959925 22583669 1053 47544647
20 Maharashtra 1368407 1331226 236 2699869 305701 230910 0 536611 41841934 37124438 270 78966642
21 Manipur 8592 11352 0 19944 228462 225228 0 453690 852953 886052 0 1739005
22 Meghalaya 25193 22954 0 48147 6259 7221 0 13480 769711 783317 0 1553028
23 Mizoram 4799 4778 0 9577 1181 1130 0 2311 341934 354514 0 696448
24 Nagaland -4574 -2472 0 -7046 4011 8812 0 12823 594572 580091 0 1174663
25 NCT of Delhi 72715 55621 88 128424 17506 28662 3 46171 6684476 5375379 638 12060493
26 Odisha 231271 244270 360 475901 338551 291049 17 629617 15038356 13841339 1108 28880803
27 Puducherry 17977 22798 1 40776 6218 7607 0 13825 424958 460488 12 885458
28 Punjab 325417 288944 0 614361 113423 88208 0 201631 10112897 9094333 0 19207230
29 Rajasthan 954317 857571 3 1811891 265455 217149 0 482604 22406058 20153464 21 42559543
30 Sikkim 5954 7546 0 13500 3513 3275 0 6788 186826 175500 0 362326
31 Tamil Nadu 1118679 1230410 613 2349702 200019 174435 30 374484 26893009 26856677 2996 53752682
32 Tripura 15832 14758 0 30590 6308 6684 0 12992 1212509 1167032 0 2379541
33 U ar Pradesh 2180600 2456048 1303 4637951 957103 498453 116 1455672 73613039 60731628 6630 134351297
34 U arakhand 82026 76152 12 158190 52331 25416 0 77747 3562721 3223661 12 6786394
35 West Bengal 1238706 1548937 109 2787752 1050256 824878 46 1875180 32489949 29978526 513 62468988
Total 13544771 14351346 10580 27906697 7985004 6736951 740 14722695 426651513 387911330 28341 814591184
Source : IT Division, Elec on Commission of India
 2.3 Registra on of electors in Special Camps on/ around 9th March, 2014 (w.r.t 01-01-2014 as Qualifying Date)
Sr No State/UT Addi ons Dele ons(if any, with details) Net Addi ons Modifica ons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 3660 2732 0 6392 0 0 0 0 3660 2732 0 6392 0 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 263265 283103 56 546424 43877 42995 0 86872 219388 240108 56 459552 2699 2725 0 5424
3 Assam 28763 30359 0 59122 0 0 0 0 28763 30359 0 59122 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 885455 696919 0 1582374 0 0 0 0 885455 696919 0 1582374 0 0 0 0
5 Chandigarh 6528 5456 0 11984 0 0 0 0 6528 5456 0 11984 0 0 0 0
6 Chha sgarh 32281 35306 0 67587 0 0 0 0 32281 35306 0 67587 0 0 0 0
7 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 814 491 0 1305 0 0 0 0 814 491 0 1305 0 0 0 0
8 Daman & Diu 1555 852 0 2407 0 0 0 0 1555 852 0 2407 0 0 0 0
9 Goa 2459 2804 5263 0 0 0 0 2459 2804 0 5263 0 0 0 0
10 Gujarat 148958 139697 14 288669 0 0 0 0 148958 139697 14 288699 0 0 0 0
11 Haryana 121659 91568 0 213227 0 0 0 0 121659 91568 0 213227 0 0 0 0
12 Himachal Pradesh 11151 13438 0 24589 25 33 0 58 11126 13405 0 24531 14 21 0 35
13 Jammu & Kashmir 50024 53034 0 103058 50024 53034 0 103058
14 Jharkhand 112666 118586 0 231252 0 0 0 0 112666 118586 0 231253 0 0 0 0
15 Karnataka 567480 567480

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16 Kerela 52173 44636 0 96809 0 0 0 0 52173 44636 0 96809 1928 1356 0 3284
17 Lakshadweep 277 195 0 472 0 0 0 0 277 195 0 472 0 0 0 0
18 Manipur 6112 8618 0 14730 104 128 0 232 6008 8490 0 14498 497 473 0 970
19 Maharashtra 503640 329922 0 833562 503640 329922 0 833562 107506 72150 0 179656
20 Meghalaya 3338 2954 0 6292 3338 2954 0 6292
21 Mizoram 682 744 0 1426 0 0 0 0 682 744 0 1426 0 0 0 0
22 Madhya Pradesh 152574 137161 2033 291768 0 0 0 0 152574 137161 2033 291768 0 0 0 0
23 Nagaland 1207 1144 0 2351 0 0 0 0 1207 1144 0 2351 0 0 0 0
24 Puducherry 3980 5015 2 8997 0 0 0 0 3980 5015 2 8997 0 0 0 0
25 Punjab 36016 4005 3 76024 0 0 0 0 36016 40005 3 76024 3073 2248 7 5328
26 Rajasthan 141248 133310 0 274558 0 0 0 0 141248 133310 0 274558 0 0 0 0
27 Sikkim 1113 1305 0 2418 0 0 0 0 1113 1305 0 2418 0 0 0 0
28 Tamil Nadu 454193 522092 66 976351 0 0 0 0 454193 522092 66 976351 0 0 0 0
29 Tripura 1995 2195 0 4190 0 0 0 0 1995 2195 0 4190 0 0 0 0
30 U ar Pradesh 751222 658562 1447 1411231 0 0 0 0 512327 447545 16 959888 0 0 0 0
31 West Bengal 86754 87674 0 173508 0 0 0 0 86754 87674 0 173508 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3865762 3412957 3621 7849820 44006 43156 0 87162 3496107 3108030 2190 7347315 115717 78973 7 194697

Source : Collected by Working Group 1 of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

 2.4 Informa on about Service Electors
Sr. No. State/UT Armed forces of the Union Armed Police force of state Govt. employees posted in
posted outside the state Indian missions abroad
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Andaman
Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 270 150 420 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 13745 3797 17542 20928 6667 27595 46 12 58
3 Assam 24222 8510 32732 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 51385 23183 74568 1201 357 1558 1 0 1
5 Chandigarh 543 381 924 182 153 335 8 8 16
6 Chha sgarh 3369 1160 4529 1207 402 1609 0 0 0
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 12 8 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Daman & Diu 2 0 2 6 2 8 0 0 0
9 Goa 442 224 666 126 32 158 0 0 0
10 Gujarat 9400 2694 12094 9398 3035 12433 0 0 0
11 Haryana 69458 32564 102022 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Himachal Pradesh 48088 13537 61625 2948 1255 4203 17 11 28
13 Jammu & Kashmir 47481 12371 59852
14 Jharkhand 10487 3401 13888
15 Karnataka 25993 7862 33855 5155 1687 6842 19 11 30

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16 Kerela 52752 21950 74702
17 Lakshadweep 91 10 101 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Manipur 7487 2107 9594 0 0 0 2 1 3
19 Maharashtra
20 Meghalaya
21 Mizoram 3634 569 4203 55 22 77 2 2 4
22 Madhya Pradesh
23 Nagaland 4717 2 4719 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Puducherry 334 147 481 0 0 0 2 0 2
25 Punjab 45813 15407 61220 9629 3215 12844 0 0 0
26 Rajasthan 61993 26760 88753 5717 2882 8599 72 44 116
27 Sikkim 601 103 704 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Tamil Nadu 46427 15899 62326 6454 2140 8594 5 0 5
29 Tripura 2374 885 3259 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 U ar Pradesh 81111 40068 121179 18297 8512 26809 18839 7553 26392
31 West Bengal 55697 23716 79413 6629 3152 9781 42 34 76
TOTAL 667658 257315 924973 88202 33663 121865 19055 7676 26731

Source : Collected by Working Group 1 of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

 2.5 Postal Ballots Issued and Received
Sr. No. State/UT Postal Ballot Issued Postal Ballot Received
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 281 150 431 95 38 133
2 Andhra Pradesh 274655 115552 390207 170401 73345 243746
3 Assam 40238 8510 48748 9566
4 Bihar 59990 19028 79018 12516 701 13217
5 Chandigarh 745 542 1287 97 41 138
6 Chha sgarh 10697 1757 12454 2189 434 2623
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 73 2 75 38 0 38
8 Daman & Diu 14 2 16 5 0 5
9 Goa 4861 2793
10 Gujarat 226438 146478
11 Haryana 69458 32564 102022 8034
12 Himachal Pradesh 65793 15012 80505 7255 21 7276
13 Jammu & Kashmir 47481 12371 59852 4833 1260 6093
14 Jharkhand 4092
15 Karnataka 42711 29191
16 Kerela
17 Lakshadweep 91 10 101 3 0 3
18 Manipur 7769 2108 9877 644
19 Maharashtra 302995 155431 458476 92303 48206 140509
20 Meghalaya
21 Mizoram 12106 8812
22 Madhya Pradesh 52080 22148
23 Nagaland 4717 659 5376 738
24 Puducherry 486 301 787 184 119 303
25 Punjab 0 0 79122 0 0 5275
26 Rajasthan 188357 31370 219727 95894 3724 99618
27 Sikkim 10185 1033 11850 10528
28 Tamil Nadu 115583 94568 210151 53294 35530 88824
29 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 U ar Pradesh 136412 46858 183270 34326 8425 42751
31 West Bengal 177377 17670 195047 79897 4252 90683
TOTAL 1513397 555498 2486595 553330 176096 984259

Source : Collected by Working Group 1 of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

(This Annexure is not used in the analysis due to incomplete data)

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 2.6 Details of service voters and preven ve detainees
Sr. No. State/UT Service voters Non-service voters Drivers Number of preven ve
(Polling personnel and Police personnel) detainees and others
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 270 150 420 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 32732 9711 42443 230539 91702 322241 6545 790 7335 0 0 0
3 Assam 24222 8510 32732 16016 0 16016 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 52646 23581 76227 58560 3386 61946 5692 0 5692 150 5 155
5 Chandigarh 733 542 1275 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chha sgarh 4727 1562 6289 5970 195 6165 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 12 8 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Daman & Diu 8 2 10 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Goa 1138 510 1648 4861 5 0 5 0 0 0
10 Gujarat 18798 5729 24527 159176 32670 11
11 Haryana 69391 32828 102219 0 0 5428 33 0 33 0 0 0
12 Himachal Pradesh 50924 14499 65423 14716 513 15229 153 0 153 0 0 0
13 Jammu & Kashmir 47481 12371 59852 71928 8692
14 Jharkhand 10487 3401 13888 4063 29 29

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15 Karnataka 31167 9560 40727 302508 9971 0 0 0
16 Kerela
17 Lakshadweep 91 10 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Manipur 7489 2108 9597 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 18
19 Maharashtra 156230 80423 236713 145602 75008 220610 1159 0 1159 4 0 4
20 Meghalaya
21 Mizoram 4173 0 0 7933
22 Madhya Pradesh 19460 6779 26241 - - 24339 1500 0 1500 0 0 0
23 Nagaland 4717 659 5376 460 0 460 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Puducherry 336 147 483 136 154 290 0 0 0 14 0 14
25 Punjab 57665 19687 77282 16859 5520 28061 2947 0 2947 6995 2367 9362
26 Rajasthan 68751 30052 98803 113292 1318 114610 5611 0 5611 23 0 23
27 Sikkim 531 101 632 9535 1033 10568 650 0 650 0 0 0
28 Tamil Nadu 56599 13276 69875 67361 55113 122474 121 0 121 65 3 68
29 Tripura 2374 885 3259
30 U ar Pradesh 119218 56746 175964 124934 17053 141987 6230 0 6230 75 0 75
31 West Bengal
TOTAL 838197 333837 1176199 804011 250995 1632991 30675 790 82798 7344 2375 17663

Source : Collected by Working Group 1 of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

 2.7 Number of postal ballots to polling personnel and police personnel
Sr.No State/UT Polling Personnel Police Personnel Grand
Total No. Issued Form – 12 Total Total No. Issued Form – 12 Total Total of
of Polling Form – 12 received Postal of Police Form – 12 received Postal Non-service
persons Total back Ballot persons Total back Ballot voters
dra ed for despatched dra ed despatched
Elec on /delivered for /delivered
Duty to Polling Elec on to Police
Persons Duty Persons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 1939 0 0 0 2454 11 11 11 11
2 Andhra Pradesh 481032 462303 311832 311832 93432 83317 43116 43116 28844
3 Assam 116802 44803 9193 14735 47539 10027 112 1281 164341
4 Bihar 338003 338003 35494 42857 72179 72179 2692 3498 410182
5 Chandigarh 2472 0 0 0 4257 0 0 0 0
6 Chha sgarh 91744 0 0 3476 0 0 0 163 88268
7 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 1325 2527 2527 0 1444 637 637 0 1962
8 Daman & Diu 856 856 856 0 579 492 450 0 1435
9 Goa 9457 4632
10 Gujarat 215173 160648 123142 115020 92795 92742 79287 79810 202971
11 Haryana 75957 75957 15440 4498 36458 36458 930 930 5428
12 Himachal Pradesh 37225 21629 9928 9503 15141 10450 5871 5726 15229
13 Jammu & Kashmir 52513 71928
14 Jharkhand 116847 11266 3011 3011 67146 2014 1052 1052 4063
15 Karnataka 259054 36206 43454 5749 302508
16 Kerela
17 Lakshadweep 1438 0 0 0 989 0 0 0 0
18 Manipur 13431 1612 936 0 17815 145 0 0 31246
19 Maharashtra 683196 650000 225202 220610 225000 20000 9202 2102 222712
20 Meghalaya
21 Mizoram
22 Madhya Pradesh 271155 49503 19557 0 74283 12776 4782 0 345438
23 Nagaland 10295 0 0 0 15168 460 460 460 25463
24 Puducherry 4329 0 0 0 3029 0 0 0 0
25 Punjab 109126 62549 19425 15804 64263 25674 5610 3617 173389
26 Rajasthan 226063 167668 93566 66598 79919 68014 56986 48012 305982
27 Sikkim 5209 5209 5209 5209 5359 5359 5359 5359 10568
28 Tamil Nadu 91637 132833 93035 93035 59652 38383 29439 29439 122474
29 Tripura 17328 17328
30 U ar Pradesh 579569 473041 112122 119684 290637 167027 10937 22767 2120509
31 West Bengal 366037 207076 101024 107216 88267 43793 23470 21523 3091857
TOTAL 4179212 2921017 1181499 1133088 1405891 695707 280403 268866 7746808

Source : Collected by Working Group 1 of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 2.8 Overseas Electors for GE to Lok Sabha 2014
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Andhra Pradesh
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
SC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0

Arunachal Pradesh
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Assam
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bihar
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chandigarh
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 5 4 0 9 1 1 0 2
STATE TOTAL: 5 4 0 9 1 1 0 2

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Cha sgarh
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Daman & Diu

Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 7 2 0 9 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 7 2 0 9 0 0 0 0

Goa
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 19 8 0 27 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 19 8 0 27 0 0 0 0

Gujarat
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 5 2 0 7 0 0 0 0
SC 1 3 0 4 1 3 0 4
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 6 5 0 11 1 3 0 4

Haryana
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
SC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

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Himachal Pradesh
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0

SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

STATE TOTAL: 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0

Jammu & Kashmir

Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jharkhand
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Karnataka
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kerala
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 11546 596 0 12142 0 0 0 0
SC 385 58 0 443 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 11931 654 0 12585 0 0 0 0

Lakshadweep
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Madhya Pradesh
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0

Maharashtra
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Manipur
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Meghalaya
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mizoram
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nagaland
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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NCT Of Delhi
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 6 3 0 9 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 6 3 0 9 0 0 0 0

Odisha
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Puducherry
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 57 8 0 65 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 57 8 0 65 0 0 0 0

Punjab
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 47 29 0 76 0 0 0 0
SC 62 31 0 93 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 109 60 0 169 0 0 0 0

Rajasthan
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 4 1 0 5 1 0 0 1
SC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 5 1 0 6 1 0 0 1

Sikkim
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

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Tamil Nadu
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 63 51 1 115 0 0 0 0
SC 9 1 0 10 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 72 52 1 125 0 0 0 0

Tripura
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

U ar Pradesh
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

U arakhand
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

West Bengal
Electors Voters

PC TYPE Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Electors Voters
GEN 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
SC 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL: 3 3 0 6 1 0 0 1

TOTAL: 12234 804 1 13039 4 4 0 8

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 2.9 Gender Ra o As Per Final Publica on of the Electoral Roll
Name of State/UT Census Gender Electoral Roll Name of State/UT Census Gender Electoral Roll
Ra o Gender Ra o Ra o Gender Ra o
Andaman Lakshadweep 946.78 981
& Nicobar Islands 885.69 891.05 Madhya Pradesh 934.82 904.8
Andhra Pradesh 997.43 989.25 Maharashtra 931.95 887.25
Arunachal Pradesh 954.89 1003.62 Manipur 997.44 1038.81
Assam 965.43 931.27 Meghalaya 995.61 1017.68
Bihar 917.71 876.44 Mizoram 990.24 1036.79
Chandigarh 831.97 841.53 Nagaland 940.38 975.64
Chha sgarh 991.21 972.49 NCT OF Delhi 884.75 804.16
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 758.71 864.3 Odisha 980.83 920.4
Daman & Diu 585.86 1021.15 Puducherry 1050.75 1083.61
Goa 977.08 1005.34 Punjab 901.42 899.28
Gujarat 918.63 910.97 Rajasthan 930.58 899.46
Haryana 884.53 847.2 Sikkim 894.95 939.38
Himachal Pradesh 972.33 955.63 Tamil Nadu 999.32 998.65
Jammu & Kashmir 887.83 895.45 Tripura 964.08 962.49
Jharkhand 951.4 898.35 U ar Pradesh 917.63 825.01
Karnataka 975.73 959.84 U arakhand 963.71 904.83
Kerala 1269.08 1079.21 West Bengal 955.61 922.7

Source : IT Division, Elec on Commission of India

2.10 Analyzing Devia ons in Registra on from

Es mated Popula on in Age Cohorts
All India Based on Final Publica on of E-Roll a er the Last
Summary Revision before GE 2014
Es mated Total Popula on in India (projected up 01-01-2014)…'X' 1273094325
Es mated Indian Popula on of 18+ only (projected up 01-01-2014 )…'Y' 806222743
Age Cohort Projected Census %age of (2) to Electors as per %age of (4) %age of (4) to % of electors
Popula on in age 'X' i.e. total Final electoral to 'X' i.e. total 'Y' i.e. electors to popula on
cohort (Projected Popula on as roll popula on as vs eligible col.5 /col.2
up to 01-01-2014) per census per electoral roll voters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
18+ 806222743 63.33 814470311 63.98 101.02 101.02
18-19 46680991 3.67 21832795 1.71 2.71 46.77
20-29 219627755 17.25 208489149 16.38 25.86 94.93
30-39 186689796 14.66 201635151 15.84 25.01 108.01
40-49 147530004 11.59 164437706 12.92 20.40 111.46
50-59 96937929 7.61 109276671 8.58 13.55 112.73
60-69 65143198 5.12 65212042 5.12 8.09 100.11
70-79 30101450 2.36 31869794 2.50 3.95 105.87
80+ 13511620 1.06 11717003 0.92 1.45 86.72

Source : Final Publica on of Electoral Roll with reference date 1.1.2014

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 2.11 EPIC and PER coverage & Distribu on of Voter Slips During
Lok Sabha Elec ons 2014 and 2009
Sr No Name of State/UT GE 2014 GE 2009

EPIC% PER% % Voter Slips Turnout % EPIC% PER% % Voters who

distributed were distributed
Voter Slips
1 Andaman
& Nicobar Islands 100 99.3 99.3 70.67 54 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 100 100 92 74.64 100 100
3 Assam 94.97 94.99 100 80.12
4 Bihar 99.48 99.42 87.5 56.28 65.46 51
5 Chandigarh 99.96 99.97 91.5 73.71 99.86 99.87
6 Chha sgarh 99.54 99.48 100 69.39 82.3 82.66
7 Dadra
& Nagar Haveli 99.68 99.68 99.21 84.09 84 84
8 Daman & Diu 100 100 78.01 67.87 70.12
9 Goa 99.92 100 100 77.06 84.15 74.14
10 Gujarat 99.99 99.98 100 63.66 92.69 86.09
11 Haryana 100 100 92 71.45 100 100
12 Himachal Pradesh 100 100 98.53 64.45 90.12 88.79
13 Jammu & Kashmir 91.66 93.17 90.22 49.72
14 Jharkhand 99.50 99.68 97.43 63.82 69.83 62.12
15 Karnataka 99.26 99.01 100 67.20 70.04 58.8
16 Kerala 100 100 100 73.74 100 100
17 Lakshadweep 100 100 100 86.62
18 Manipur 100 100 100 79.75 91.27 91.27
19 Maharashtra 91 92.1 70 60.32 67.39 64.12
20 Meghalaya 100 100 100 68.80 100 100
21 Mizoram 100 100 100 61.95 100
22 Madhya Pradesh 100 100 97.5 61.61 93.66 93.51
23 Nagaland 99.03 99.3 100 87.91
24 Puducherry 100 100 95.74 82.1 100 100
25 Punjab 100 100 100 70.63 96.54 94.47
26 Rajasthan 99.74 99.71 93.74 63.11 91.73 88.44
27 Sikkim 100 100 100 83.64 99.31 98.98
28 Tripura 100 100 100 84.92 100 100
29 U ar Pradesh 99.99 99.999 97.2 58.44 77.66 72.47
30 West Bengal 100 100 100 82.22 97.61 96.24

Source : Collected by Working Group 1 of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 2.12 EPIC & Photo coverage in Electoral Roll
Sl. No State Name Total Electors, 2014 Total Photos in the Roll Total EPIC holders
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 257856 254093 254093
2 Andhra Pradesh 62388550 62388550 62388550
3 Arunachal Pradesh 753170 747290 737542
4 Assam 18722435 17779796 7162018
5 Bihar 62108447 62076681 56269336
6 Chandigarh 580700 580492 580418
7 Chha sgarh 17521023 17337880 16767066
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 188763 188743 188743
9 Daman & Diu 102298 102298 102298
10 NCT of Delhi 12060493 12060493 12060493
11 Goa 1043304 1043304 1029257
12 Gujarat 39871570 39851978 39856872
13 Haryana 15594427 15594427 15594427
14 Himachal Pradesh 4674187 4674187 4674187
15 Jammu & Kashmir 6933118 6349095 6023163
16 Jharkhand 19948683 19862722 19850756
17 Karnataka 44643877 44182127 44309641
18 Kerala 23792270 23792270 23792270
19 Lakshadweep 47972 47972 47972
20 Madhya Pradesh 47433170 47433170 47433170
21 Maharashtra 78966642 71326222 72330169
22 Manipur 1739005 1739005 1719061
23 Meghalaya 1553028 1553028 1553028
24 Mizoram 696447 696447 696447
25 Nagaland 1174663 1161403 1161403
26 Odisha 28919747 27638200 28161770
27 Puducherry 885458 885458 885458
28 Punjab 19207252 19207218 19207232
29 Rajasthan 42542785 42418169 42452679
30 Sikkim 362326 362326 362326
31 Tamil Nadu 53762140 53762140 53762140
32 Tripura 2379541 2379541 2379541
33 U ar Pradesh 134351302 134350725 134264549
34 U arakhand 6786394 6786394 6786394
35 West Bengal 62468988 62468988 62468988
Total 814462031 803082832 787313457
Percentage 98.60 96.67

Source: Final publica on from all States/UTs reference date:1.1.2014

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 2.13 Number of Polling Sta ons with 90% of EPIC and PER
Coverage and Voter Slip Distributed
Sr No. Name of the Polling Sta on with Polling Sta on with <=90% Polling Sta on with <=90% Total Number
<=90 % EPIC Photo Coverage electoral Roll elector distributed of Polling Sta ons
coverage voter slip
1 Andaman
& Nicobar Islands 14 6 210 326
2 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 71223
3 Arunachal Pradesh 129 21 - 2158
4 Assam 830 0 - 24280
5 Bihar 21779 81 - 61649
6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 519
7 Chha sgarh 226 220 0 22421
8 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 0 0 42 239
9 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 131
10 Goa 0 0 0 1624
11 Gujarat 4 8 0 45383
12 Haryana 0 0 0 16244
13 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 7384
14 Jammu & Kashmir 2173 2173 0 9602
15 Jharkhand 225 132 378 24750
16 Karnataka 876 625 0 54496
17 Kerala 0 0 0 21425
18 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 44
19 Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 54847
20 Maharashtra 6370 6500 9402 90408
21 Manipur 0 0 0 2622
22 Meghalaya 0 0 0 2562
23 Mizoram 0 0 0 1126
24 Nagaland 56 56 0 2059
25 NCT of Delhi 0 0 - 12010
26 Odisha 0 0 - 35957
27 Puducherry 0 0 0 905
28 Punjab 0 0 0 22022
29 Rajasthan 82 114 0 47947
30 Sikkim 0 0 0 538
31 Tamil Nadu 0 0 5457 60817
32 Tripura 0 0 0 3095
33 U ar Pradesh 0 0 0 140751
34 U arakhand 0 0 - 10072
35 West Bengal 0 0 0 77252
TOTAL 32764 9936 15489 928888

Source : Collected by Working Group 1 of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 2.14 Polling sta ons, Average number of electors per polling sta on
Sr.No State/UT Total Number Total Number Average number of electors
of Electors of Polling per polling sta on
Sta ons
Urban Rural Over all
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Andaman
& Nicobar Islands 268940 326 870 644 697
2 Andhra Pradesh 64887830 71223 862 1101 911
3 Assam 18804981 24280 1920 628 774
4 Bihar 63781622 61649 1134 1057 1066
5 Chandigarh 613939 519 1220 1028 1183
6 Chha sgarh 17660847 22421 931 756 789
7 Dadra
& Nagar Haveli 196597 239 900 800 850
8 Daman & Diu 111817 131 682 1051 854
9 Goa 1060777 1624 693 639 653
10 Gujarat 40478577 45383 1038 821 894
11 Haryana 15995022 16244 985
12 Himachal Pradesh 4810071 7384 735 645 651
13 Jammu & Kashmir 7123277 9602 739.46
14 Jharkhand 20361169 24750 1015 786 826
15 Karnataka 46171127 54496 990 781 851
16 Kerela 24251942 21425
17 Lakshadweep 49821 44 1152 1183 1159
18 Manipur 1764794 2662 655.08 694.1 662.95
19 Maharashtra 80623752 9040 1105 671 888
20 Meghalaya 2562
21 Mizoram 697867 1126 851 486 619
22 Madhya Pradesh 48091657 54846 969 847 876
23 Nagaland 2057 674 553 575
24 Puducherry 900874 905 1059 918 995
25 Punjab 19527114 22022 980 869 887
26 Rajasthan 42895679 47947 1028 859 895
27 Sikkim 370770 538 745 678 689
28 Tamil Nadu 55042876 60817 905
29 Tripura 2385559 3095 768 771 3095
30 U ar Pradesh 138765371 140751 1034 968 957
31 West Bengal 62740472 77252 817 817 812
TOTAL 780435141 787360 24827.08 21051.1 26738.41

Source : Working Group 1 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 2.15 Types of Polling Sta ons
Sr No Name of State/UT Total Number of Break-up Of Polling Sta ons
Number of Urban PSs Number of Rural PSs
Main Auxiliary Total Main Auxiliary Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 71223 19018 1098 20116 49996 1111 51107
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2158 189 Nil 189 1969 Nil 1969
3 Assam 24280 3327 687* 2623 21382 0 20975
4 Bihar 61649 6568 1842* 8410 53239 - 53239
5 Chha shgarh 22421 3955 273** 4288 17469 688 18157
6 Goa 1624 415 1 416 1207 1 1208
7 Gujarat 45383 15222 53 15275 30091 17 30108
8 Haryana 16244 4582 23 4605 11547 92 11639
9 Himachal Pradesh 7382+ 2 Auxiliary 527 1** 528 6855 2 6857
10 J&K 9633(including 18 2118 3 2103 7530 - 7530
Migrant polling sta ons)
11 Jharkhand 24750 3856 84** 3940 20792 19 20811
12 Karnataka 54,496 17,996 234* 17,999 36,265 1 36,266
13 Kerala 21427 3823 2 3825 17601 1 17602
14 Madhya Pradesh 54847 12777 900 13677 41169 0 41169
15 Maharashtra 90408 27663*** 61816***
16 Manipur 2662 537 0 537 2125 0 2125
17 Meghalaya 2562 271 0 271 2291 0 2291
18 Mizoram 1126 431 431 695 695
19 Nagaland 2059 423 0 423 1636 0 1636
20 Odisha 35957 3880 45** 3925 32016 18 32034
21 Punjab 22022 6494 28 6522 15463 37 15500
22 Rajasthan 47947 8806 1155 9961 36528 1458 37986
23 Sikkim 538 88 NIL 88 450 NIL 450
24 Tamil Nadu 60,817 22363 256 22619 38055 143 38198
25 Tripura 3095 590 0 590 2505 0 2505
26 U arakhand 10072 2027 64** 2091 8002 1 8003
27 U ar Pradesh 140751 36116 361** 36477 104143 191 104334
28 West Bengal 77,252 18,405 2 18,407 58,836 9 58,845
29 Andaman & Nicobar 326 90 60* 90 296 0 296
Islands
30 Chandigarh 519 407 12 419 83 17 100
31 Daman & Diu 119 (12 Aux)=131 68 2 70 51 10 61
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 238+1(service voter) 47 30* 77 117 46 163
=239
33 NCT of Delhi 12010 11763 247** 12010 0 0 0
34 Lakshadweep 43 33 0 33 9 1 10
35 Puducherry 905 479 19 498 396 11 407
36 Total 928960 235354 7482 213533 682625 3874 624276

Note: break up of polling sta ons has not been updated a er CEO conference
* Increase in polling sta ons have been adjusted as Auxiliary
** reduc on in polling sta ons has not been adjusted
*** as per final publica on

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 2.16 Basic Minimum Facili es at polling sta ons

Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of

Number Number of
polling sta ons polling polling polling polling Number of
of Polling polling sta ons
without difficulty sta ons sta ons with sta ons sta ons polling sta ons
Sta ons on ground
in accessibility with mobile with shade with drinking with toilets
with Ramps floor
Sr. No. Name of State/UT due to terrain electricity connec vity for queues water
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 386 386 330 386 386 386 386
2 Andhra Pradesh 70985 68166 56322 69989 63301 66565 61512 71166
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1492 1521 849 722 158 1494 1502 2158
4 Assam 22545 14510 24128 23796 21889 24139 24139 24280
5 Bihar 61649 9288 54257 61649 43301 57931 52052 61649
6 Chandigarh 519 519 446 519 519 519 519 519
7 Chha shgarh 22421 21220 22012 21689 22421 22421 21914 22421
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 239 239 239 239 239 239 239 239
9 Daman and Diu 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131

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10 Goa 1624 1624 1619 1586 1624 1624 1624 1624
11 Gujarat 45366 45370 45237 45126 44425 45341 45309 45383
12 Haryana 16244 16244 16244 16244 16244 16244 16244 16244
13 Himachal Pradesh 7363 7160 6451 6962 7130 7330 7323 7335
14 Jammu and Kashmir 9142 4559 3613 330 2726 8182 8182 8008
15 Jharkhand 14891 17356 24750 14891 4950 24750 24750 24750
16 Karnataka 54496 52521 53735 54496 52195 52698 53097 54496
17 Kerala 21422 20552 14154 21340 18336 19713 21053 20432
18 Lakshadweep 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
19 Madhya Pradesh 54847 33852 49547 54847 37661 53347 47093 53050
20 Maharashtra 90408 90408 90408 90408 90408 90408 90408 90408
21 Manipur 2128 1596 2622 2359 2622 2622 2622 2622
22 Meghalaya 2562 2562 2562 2306 2562 2562 2562 2562

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 2.16 Basic Minimum Facili es at polling sta ons

Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of

Number Number of
polling sta ons polling polling polling polling Number of
of Polling polling sta ons
without difficulty sta ons sta ons with sta ons sta ons polling sta ons
Sta ons on ground
in accessibility with mobile with shade with drinking with toilets
with Ramps floor
Sr. No. Name of State/UT due to terrain electricity connec vity for queues water
23 Mizoram 1126 287 1126 839 1126 1126 1126 1126
24 Nagaland 1874 1713 757 2059 1452 1637 1894 2057
25 NCT of Delhi 12010 12010 12010 12010 12010 12010 12010 12010
26 Odisha 35957 17099 31915 25194 35957 32621 25100 35957
27 Puducherry 905 905 905 905 905 905 905 905
28 Punjab 22022 22022 22022 22022 22022 22022 22022 22022
29 Rajasthan 47947 42517 47947 47137 47947 47947 47947 47947
30 Sikkim 538 367 279 522 523 480 527 530
31 Tamil Nadu 60817 60817 60817 59919 60817 60817 60817 60817
32 Tripura 3095 3095 3095 2756 3038 3095 3095 3095

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33 U ar Pradesh 140751 107102 133943 139600 124936 135608 133943 134761
34 U arakhand 10072 8368 7266 8141 8600 9672 9644 10025
35 West Bengal 77099 45599 63022 4426 71837 77252 74555 75889
Total 914731 731729 854860 815533 824442 903882 876290 917048

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

 2.17 Number of Voter Facilita on Centres Manned by BLOs outside
Polling sta ons, total number of poling sta ons with no or one Polling Agent
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Number of polling Voter facilita on centres Number of polling sta ons
sta ons manned by BLOs outside with no polling agent/ one
polling sta ons polling agent
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 386 386 42
2 Andhra Pradesh 71227 71227 3303
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2158 2158 0
4 Assam 24280 23240 1635
5 Bihar 61721 52304 541
6 Chandigarh 519 519 0
7 Chha shgarh 21424 22385
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 240 239 0
9 Daman & Diu 131 131 131
10 Goa 1624 1624 105
11 Gujarat 45383 39505 5711
12 Haryana 16244 16244 4
13 Himachal Pradesh 7385 7382 1122
14 J&K 9633 9633 0
15 Jharkhand 24751 24751 0
16 Karnataka 54264 54261 3798
17 Kerala 21427 11969 0
18 Lakshadweep 44 43 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 54844 54896 -
20 Maharashtra 90386
21 Manipur 2662 2662 0
22 Meghalaya 2562 2562 0
23 Mizoram 1126 1126 0
24 Nagaland 2059 2059 77
25 NCT of Delhi 12010 2527 0
26 Odisha 35929 31530 0
27 Puducherry 905 557 0
28 Punjab 22019 22022 0
29 Rajasthan 47947 47947 14685
30 Sikkim 538 538 0
31 Tamil Nadu 60817 54793 9
32 Tripura 3095 3095 0
33 U ar Pradesh 140485 140259 0
34 U arakhand 10078 28987 0
35 West Bengal 77252 77252 -
Total 927553 810813 31163

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 2.18 Statewise Informa on On Inclusion And Dele on In Current Electoral Roll Over Previous Roll 2014
Sl. No Name of State/ UT Number of Electors in last dra roll Total claims lodged in Form 6 subsequently to Dra
w.r.t 1.1.2013 as qualifying date publica on with reference to 1.1.2014 as a Total Claims admi ed
qualifying date of roll
Male Female Other Total Male Female Other Total Male Female Other Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 133678 119432 0 253110 11879 9332 0 21211 11619 9092 0 20711
2 Andhra Pradesh 29878203 29535261 2549 59416013 2396069 2318380 2092 4716541 2098309 2069355 1786 4169450
3 Arunachal Pradesh 370892 370076 0 740968 47448 48064 0 95512 20125 21869 0 41994
4 Assam 9404827 8696042 0 18100869 393298 462285 0 855583 355397 417699 0 773096
5 Bihar 31985049 27125649 3327 59114025 2043700 1985720 554 4029974 1959464 1913139 510 3873113
6 Chandigarh 286192 239416 0 525608 30254 26688 0 56942 29332 26123 0 55455
7 Cha sgarh 8951833 8722317 0 17674150 176370 205807 0 382177 175678 205163 0 380841
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 91886 79440 0 171326 9999 8205 0 18204 9472 8109 0 17581
9 Daman & Diu 46902 48298 0 95200 5282 4150 0 9432 4860 4420 0 9280
10 Goa 522112 519437 0 1041549 14827 19036 0 33863 12778 16467 0 29245
11 Gujarat 20432133 18569989 0 39002122 837001 894091 0 1731092 823230 878669 0 1701899
12 Haryana 8083804 6813687 0 14897491 414427 377712 0 792139 414427 377712 0 792139
13 Himachal Pradesh 2364354 2257747 0 4622101 44696 49430 0 94126 44428 49210 0 93638
14 Jammu & Kashmir 3562400 3207530 0 6769930 177133 187205 0 364338 172355 182946 0 355301
15 Jharkhand 10038459 8859431 0 18897890 652398 744137 0 1396535 649120 740148 0 1389268
16 Karnataka 0 0 0 0 0 0

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17 Kerala 11397050 12302575 0 23699625 261681 287078 0 548759 214560 234047 0 448607
18 Lakshadweep 22750 22636 0 45386 2250 1829 0 4079 3184 2648 0 5832
19 Madhya Pradesh 24551242 22056812 970 46609024 599947 592958 104 1193009 594201 587389 98 1181688
20 Maharashtra 40474057 35792682 34 76266773 2239208 2037427 227 4276862 2091612 1957896 236 4049744
21 Manipur 844326 874735 0 1719061 38039 47332 0 85371 24496 33725 0 58221
22 Meghalaya 744565 760316 0 1504881 38821 32570 0 71391 29519 25904 0 55423
23 Mizoram 337135 349736 0 686871 12492 12338 0 24825 9049 9401 0 18450
24 Nagaland 599146 582563 0 1181709 13874 14594 0 28468 9405 9900 0 19305
25 NCT OF Delhi 6611363 5320706 0 11932069 145588 112429 0 258017 121050 95894 0 216944
26 Odisha 15392115 14282315 859 29675289 486327 466689 406 953422 422409 448426 406 871241
27 Puducherry 406983 437690 9 844682 28876 35002 2 63880 26458 32301 2 58761
28 Punjab 9787456 8805414 0 18592870 411937 406752 0 818689 411572 406412 0 817984
29 Rajasthan 21450321 19275771 0 40726092 1187956 1068164 0 2256120 1125721 1019305 0 2145026
30 Sikkim 180872 167954 0 348826 9935 11697 0 21632 8451 9853 0 18304
31 Tamil Nadu 25774389 25626678 2384 51403451 1412024 1525456 705 2938185 1325120 1433200 669 2758989
32 Tripura 1196677 1152274 0 2348951 28499 33532 0 62031 25819 28973 0 54792
33 U ar Pradesh 71454635 58253384 5327 129713346 5015244 4943301 1617 9960162 4137999 4116652 1464 8256115
34 U arakhand 3480695 3147509 0 6628204 94352 87364 224 181940 93905 87107 0 181012
35 West Bengal 31251250 28429562 404 59681216 1810184 2085791 124 3896099 1456601 1772942 109 3229652
Total 392109751 352805064 15863 744930678 21092015 21142545 6055 42240610 18911725 19232096 5280 38149101
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 2.18 Statewise Informa on On Inclusion And Dele on In Current Electoral Roll Over Previous Roll 2014
Sl. No Name of State/ UT Total Objec ons Lodged in Form 7 subsequently to dra publica on Total Objec ons admi ed
with reference to 1.1.2014 as a qualaifying date.
Male Female Other Total Male Female Other Total
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 9221 7304 0 16525 8941 7024 0 15965
2 Andhra Pradesh 482827 466271 62 949160 351491 338070 45 689606
3 Arunachal Pradesh 9149 8890 0 18039 8262 8610 0 16872
4 Assam 56767 73607 0 130374 55974 72348 0 128322
5 Bihar 501109 424046 83 925238 397014 331447 46 728507
6 Chandigarh 188 175 0 363 188 175 0 363
7 Cha sgarh 62809 72004 0 134813 61832 70838 0 132670
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 30 28 0 58 30 28 0 58
9 Daman & Diu 102 82 0 184 102 82 0 184
10 Goa 8716 7259 0 15975 8560 7001 0 15561
11 Gujarat 381617 437982 0 819599 368461 422899 0 791360
12 Haryana 56011 39192 0 95203 56011 39192 0 95203
13 Himachal Pradesh 17454 21316 0 38770 17319 21214 0 38533
14 Jammu & Kashmir 1020 1522 0 2542 904 1416 0 2320
15 Jharkhand 208988 176374 0 385362 179159 159342 0 338501
16 Karnataka 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kerala 0 0 0 0 42 125 0 167

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18 Lakshadweep 644 242 0 886 243 143 0 386
19 Madhya Pradesh 207315 169530 9 376854 181901 177450 8 359359
20 Maharashtra 126867 113917 0 240784 106353 96325 0 202678
21 Manipur 25390 31767 0 57157 2493 3974 0 6467
22 Meghalaya 5036 3470 0 8506 4230 2894 0 7124
23 Mizoram 4460 4747 0 9207 4216 4579 0 8795
24 Nagaland 2121 1553 0 3674 2046 1481 0 3527
25 NCT OF Delhi 15462 13617 0 29079 13838 12207 0 26045
26 Odisha 72966 63982 2 136950 72966 63982 2 136950
27 Puducherry 3377 3945 0 7322 3365 3945 0 7310
28 Punjab 86940 118178 0 205118 85754 117465 0 203219
29 Rajasthan 135380 127552 0 262932 132367 125136 0 257503
30 Sikkim 2354 2236 0 4590 1782 1582 0 3364
31 Tamil Nadu 62661 64420 4 127086 60440 62106 38 122584
32 Tripura 10399 14829 0 25228 8758 11303 0 20061
33 U ar Pradesh 1423049 1223404 77 2646530 1412002 1187273 82 2599357
34 U arakhand 11927 10982 0 22909 11878 10944 0 22822
35 West Bengal 41956 45006 1 86963 26163 28625 0 54788
Total 4034312 3749429 238 7783980 3645085 3391225 221 7036531
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 2.18 Statewise Informa on On Inclusion And Dele on In Current Electoral Roll Over Previous Roll 2014
Sl. No Name of State/ UT Suo Motu Dele on subsequent to last publica on of roll. Dele ons subsequent to last publica on of roll.
Male Female Other Total Male Female Other Total
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 375485 353238 70 728793 697237 661224 115 1358576
3 Arunachal Pradesh 6858 6062 0 12920 15120 14672 0 29792
4 Assam 10199 13009 0 23208 66173 85357 0 151530
5 Bihar 80133 70043 8 150184 477147 401490 54 878691
6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 188 175 0 363
7 Cha sgarh 321 397 0 718 62153 71235 0 133388
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 66 0 0 66 96 28 0 124
9 Daman & Diu 735 1301 0 2036 1142 1078 0 2220
10 Goa 6093 5836 0 11929 14653 12837 0 27490
11 Gujarat 22470 18914 0 41384 440834 485526 0 926360
12 Haryana 0 0 0 0 56011 39192 0 95203
13 Himachal Pradesh 1346 1673 0 3019 18665 22887 0 41552
14 Jammu & Kashmir 819 753 0 1572 1723 2169 0 3892
15 Jharkhand 179159 159342 0 338501 179159 159342 0 338501
16 Karnataka 0 0 0 0
17 Kerala 166727 189068 0 355795 166769 189193 0 355962
18 Lakshadweep 469 375 0 844 1718 1528 0 3246

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19 Madhya Pradesh 6888 6009 1 12898 188789 183459 9 372257
20 Maharashtra 616853 530344 0 1147197 723206 626669 0 1349875
21 Manipur 13411 18399 0 31810 15904 22373 0 38277
22 Meghalaya 96 56 0 152 4326 2950 0 7276
23 Mizoram 33 44 0 77 4250 4623 0 8873
24 Nagaland 11933 10891 0 22824 13979 12372 0 26351
25 NCT OF Delhi 34099 28376 0 62475 47937 40583 0 88520
26 Odisha 102956 126185 5 229146 188178 178032 23 366233
27 Puducherry 5118 5558 1 10677 8483 9503 1 17987
28 Punjab 301 82 0 383 86055 117547 0 203602
29 Rajasthan 38499 32806 0 71305 170773 157560 0 328333
30 Sikkim 714 726 0 1440 2496 2308 0 4804
31 Tamil Nadu 141263 135967 15 277245 201703 198073 53 399829
32 Tripura 1229 2912 0 4141 9987 14215 0 24202
33 U ar Pradesh 545505 473207 89 1018801 1957507 1660480 171 3618158
34 U arakhand 0 0 0 0 11878 10944 0 22822
35 West Bengal 191739 195353 0 387092 217902 223978 0 441880
Total 2561517 2386926 189 4948632 6052141 5613602 426 11666169

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 2.18 Statewise Informa on On Inclusion And Dele on In Current Electoral Roll Over Previous Roll 2014
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Number of Dele ons Due to Number of Electors as per Proposed Final Net change % Change
Roll w.r.t 1.1.2014 as qualifying date over over
previous final previous
roll final roll
Expired Shi ed Repeated Total Male Female Other Total (+/-) (+/-)
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38.00
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0 136356 121500 0 257856 4746 1.84
2 Andhra Pradesh 262682 653419 441351 1357452 31356336 31027775 4439 62388550 2972597 5.00
3 Arunachal Pradesh 6234 16587 6971 29792 375897 377273 0 753170 12202 1.65
4 Assam 62405 85800 3325 151530 9694051 9028384 0 18722435 621566 3.43
5 Bihar 330173 345775 163944 839892 33098022 29008544 1881 62108447 2994422 5.07
6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 315336 265364 0 580700 55092 10.48
7 Cha sgarh 74140 47570 11678 133388 9065358 8856245 0 17921603 247453 1.40
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 58 66 124 101262 87521 0 188783 17457 10.19
9 Daman & Diu 878 1311 31 2220 50619 51641 0 102260 7060 7.42
10 Goa 12337 13186 1967 27490 520237 523067 0 1043304 1755 0.17
11 Gujarat 234792 591441 100132 926365 20864862 19006447 0 39871309 869179 2.23
12 Haryana 56546 34785 3872 95203 8442220 7152207 0 15594427 696936 4.68
13 Himachal Pradesh 21161 19434 957 41552 2390117 2284070 0 4674187 52086 1.13
14 Jammu & Kashmir 1306 1764 418 3488 156915 131640 0 288555 8249 2.90
15 Jharkhand 118165 154429 65907 338501 10508420 9440237 0 19948657
16 Karnataka 0 0 0

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17 Kerala 194041 153333 8573 355947 11442925 12349325 0 23792250 92645 0.39
18 Lakshadweep 3019 209 18 3246 24216 23756 0 47972 2586 5.70
19 Madhya Pradesh 120568 203762 34640 358970 24964642 22467496 1032 47433170 0 0.99
20 Maharashtra 848538 1131593 216999 2197130 41842463 37123909 270 78966642 2699869 3.54
21 Manipur 7758 16567 13624 37949 852918 886087 0 1739005 19944 1.20
22 Meghalaya 5892 1097 273 7262 769711 783317 0 1553028 48147 3.20
23 Mizoram 2559 4297 703 7559 341934 354514 0 696448 9577 1.39
24 Nagaland 2292 2589 14333 19214 594572 580091 0 1174663 -7046 -0.60
25 NCT OF Delhi 12662 34294 41564 88520 6684476 5376017 0 12060493 128424 1.08
26 Odisha 107793 229146 25971 362910 15058453 13860123 1171 28919747 505008 1.70
27 Puducherry 5826 11963 198 17987 424958 460488 12 885458 40774 4.83
28 Punjab 83715 117406 2481 203602 10112888 9094364 0 19207252 614382 3.29
29 Rajasthan 136947 159610 28616 325173 22405269 20137516 0 42542785 1816693 4.46
30 Sikkim 1682 1964 1158 4804 186826 175500 0 362326 13500 3.87
31 Tamil Nadu 211305 143981 37509 392795 26897805 26861336 2999 53762140 2359160 4.59
32 Tripura 10822 10584 2796 24202 1212509 1167032 0 2379541 30590 0.01
33 U ar Pradesh 1099767 1495259 1009172 3604198 73635127 60709556 6620 134351303 4637957 1.30
34 U arakhand 8832 12644 1346 22822 3562722 3223672 0 6786394 158190 3.58
35 West Bengal 269349 152092 12956 434397 32489949 29978526 513 62468988 2787772 4.67
Total 4314186 5847949 2253549 12415684 400580371 362974540 18937 763573848 24518972 3.21

Source: Final publica on from all States/UTs reference date:1.1.2014

 2.19 State Wise Informa on on Migrated Electors
Sr No. State/UT Electors found Of column 3, Of column 3, Suomotu No ce Suomotu
shi ed during BLO shi ed with shi ed without Issued against No ce Issued
NAME Total Electors survey since last en re en re column 4 against
dra publica on family family column 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands
2 Andhra Pradesh 62384111 604634 71714 518520 74037 489803
3 Arunachal Pradesh 753170 27856 2584 8024 1302 8024
4 Assam 18722435 117096 22516 97757 20718 93233
5 Bihar 62108447 40277 7230 32513 113 573
6 Chandigarh 580700 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cha sgarh 17921603 189115 109813 79302 0 0
8 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 188783 0 0 0 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 102260 0 0 0 0 0
10 Goa 1043304 2023 378 446 378 446
11 Gujarat 39871570 441548 247545 194003 0 0
12 Haryana 15594427 34785 0 34785 0 0
13 Himachal Pradesh 4622101 19434 1843 17591 35 925
14 Jammu & Kashmir 6933118 113667 53356 59076 90 11809
15 Jharkhand 19948683 154429 0 154429 0 154429
16 Karnataka
17 Kerala
18 Lakshadweep 47972 0 0 0 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 47433170 0 0 0 0 0
20 Maharashtra
21 Manipur 1739005 12111 7540 9100 5206 6936
22 Meghalaya 1553028 496 23 296 0 121
23 Mizoram 696448 3229 1124 2105 24 378
24 Nagaland 1174663 0 0 0 0 0
25 NCT OF Delhi 12060493 34294
26 Odisha 28919747 165073 39023 126050 39023 126050
27 Puducherry 844682 8744 0 8744 0 8744
28 Punjab
29 Rajasthan 41199287 163964 71226 85963 26315 35518
30 Sikkim 362326 0 0 0 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 41782626 235053 136464 97208 128273 73373
32 Tripura 2379541 10584 1154 9430 180 718
33 U ar Pradesh 134351302 1253557 426367 826135 217559 443826
34 U arakhand 6786394 0 0 0 0 0
35 West Bengal
Total 572105396 3631969 1199900 2361477 513253 1454906

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 2.19 State Wise Informa on on Migrated Electors

Sr No. State/UT Suomotu Deleted under Sec on 21A No ce issued No ce issued Deleted through Form 7 during
on Form 7 on Form 7 revision period
Against Against Total (8+9) against against Against Against Total (13+14)
NAME column 6 column 7 column 4 column 5 column 11 column 12
1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands
2 Andhra Pradesh 67511 497122 552739 22521 338781 22521 338550 361071
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1485 8024 9509 3570 8024 3570 8024 11594
4 Assam 20718 93233 113951 20032 64816 20630 65655 86285
5 Bihar 113 251 364 7107 31950 6924 31663 38587
6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cha sgarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Goa 378 446 824 410 789 410 789 1199
11 Gujarat 5440 1769 7209 0 0 116429 118359 234788
12 Haryana 0 0 0 0 34785 0 34785 34785
13 Himachal Pradesh 35 925 960 1808 16666 1808 16666 18474
14 Jammu & Kashmir 991 11022 4056 5433 9920 3415 12879 16565
15 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 154429 0 154429 154429
16 Karnataka
17 Kerala
18 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Maharashtra
21 Manipur 5206 6905 12111 2334 2122 0 0 0
22 Meghalaya 0 120 120 23 161 23 159 182
23 Mizoram 0 0 0 745 1539 291 499 790
24 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 NCT OF Delhi 34294 0 26045 26045
26 Odisha 39023 126050 165073 0 0 0 0 0
27 Puducherry 0 8744 0 3219 0 3219 0 3219
28 Punjab
29 Rajasthan 22746 22949 45872 54111 71060 55167 70396 125466
30 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 111106 61969 173075 11236 27485 12147 21290 35898
32 Tripura 179 821 1000 974 8712 974 8712 9686
33 U ar Pradesh 140595 311366 451961 299775 515000 234665 530699 765364
34 U arakhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 West Bengal
Total 415526 1151716 1573118 433298 1286239 482193 1439599 1924427

Note : All States/UTs are not Collec ng informa on on migra on of electors.

Source: Final publica on from all States/UTs reference date:1.1.2014

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 2.20 Elector Popula on Ra o
(As Per Special Summary Revision w.r.t 1.1.2014)
Sr. No. State/UT Total Electors Total Projected Voter turn out of Elector
Popula on 2014 Lok Sabha elec on Popula on Ra o
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 257856 386107 70.67 66.90
2 Andhra Pradesh 62385949 87582452 74.64 71.20
3 Arunachal Pradesh 753170 1513455 79.12 49.80
4 Assam 18722435 32603598 80.12 57.40
5 Bihar 62108447 111611333 56.26 55.64
6 Chandigarh 580700 1109411 73.71 52.30
7 Cha sgarh 17521023 27244968 69.39 64.31
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 188783 400918 84.08 47.10
9 Daman & Diu 102260 282524 78.01 36.20
10 NCT of Delhi 12060493 17704500 65.1 68.12
11 Goa 1043304 1494198 77.07 69.80
12 Gujarat 39871570 63852652 63.66 62.44
13 Haryana 15594427 26895407 71.45 58.00
14 Himachal Pradesh 4674187 7134823 64.45 65.50
15 Jammu & Kashmir 6933118 13378674 49.72 52.00
16 Jharkhand 19948657 35097071 63.82 56.84
17 Karnataka 44643877 64142830 67.2 69.60
18 Kerala 23792270 34051340 73.94 69.87
19 Lakshadweep 47972 65232 86.62 73.50
20 Madhya Pradesh 47433170 76724503 61.61 61.82
21 Maharashtra 80298402 117669050 60.32 68.24
22 Manipur 1739005 2889267 79.75 60.00
23 Meghalaya 1553028 3211474 68.8 48.40
24 Mizoram 696448 1147345 61.95 60.70
25 Nagaland 1174663 2075850 87.91 56.60
26 Odisha 28919747 43726780 73.79 66.14
27 Puducherry 885458 1351888 82.1 65.50
28 Punjab 19207252 2883590 70.63 66.40
29 Rajasthan 42542785 72804287 63.11 58.40
30 Sikkim 362326 631498 83.64 57.40
31 Tamil Nadu 53762140 75114874 73.74 71.57
32 Tripura 2379541 3818493 84.92 62.30
33 U ar Pradesh 134351302 211176482 58.44 63.62
34 U arakhand 6786394 10698561 61.67 63.40
35 West Bengal 62468988 94295732 82.22 66.24

Source: Final publica on from all States/UTs reference date:1.1.2014

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 2.21 State Wise Polling Sta ons and Polling Sta on Loca ons
Sr. No. State/UT Name Polling Sta ons Polling Sta on Loca ons

1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 326 326

2 Andhra Pradesh 71223 42494
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2158 2126
4 Assam 24280 16470
5 Bihar 61649 45630
6 Chandigarh 519 211
7 Chha sgarh 22421 16922
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 239 102
9 Daman & Diu 131 92
10 Goa 1624 1151
11 Gujarat 45383 27370
12 Haryana 16244 9698
13 Himachal Pradesh 7384 6852
14 Jammu & Kashmir 9602 7276
15 Jharkhand 24750 18585
16 Karnataka 54496 35822
17 Kerala 21425 11978
18 Lakshadweep 44 25
19 Madhya Pradesh 54847 43703
20 Maharashtra 90408 52136
21 Manipur 2622 2124
22 Meghalaya 2562 2141
23 Mizoram 1126 1031
24 Nagaland 2059 1889
25 NCT OF Delhi 12010 2531
26 Odisha 35957 30093
27 Puducherry 905 594
28 Punjab 22022 13537
29 Rajasthan 47947 32721
30 Sikkim 538 388
31 Tamil Nadu 60817 27965
32 Tripura 3095 2243
33 U ar Pradesh 140751 88821
34 U arakhand 10072 8156
35 West Bengal 77252 51079
Total 925773 604282

Source : Working Group 1 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 3.1 – Elec on Schedule
PHASES OF GENERAL ELECTIONS- 2014
PHASE NUMBER OF STATE NUMBER OF PARLIAMENTRY POLL DATES
& UNION TERRITORIES CONSTITUENCIES
1 2 6 07 Apr 2014
2 4 6 09 Apr 2014
3 14 91 10 Apr 2014
4 1 1 11 Apr 2014
5 4 7 12 Apr 2014
6 12 121 17 Apr 2014
7 12 117 24 Apr 2014
8 9 89 30 Apr 2014
9 7 65 07 May 2014
10 3 41 12 May 2014

NUMBER OF PHASES IN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES

Sr No NO. OF PHASES STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
1 2 Andhra Pradesh
2 1 Arunachal Pradesh
3 3 Assam
4 6 Bihar
5 1 Goa
6 1 Gujarat
7 1 Haryana
8 1 Himachal Pradesh
9 5 Jammu & Kashmir
10 1 Karnataka
11 1 Kerala
12 3 Madhya Pradesh
13 3 Maharashtra
14 2 Manipur
15 1 Meghalaya
16 1 Mizoram
17 1 Nagaland
18 2 Odisha
19 1 Punjab
20 2 Rajasthan
21 1 Sikkim
22 1 Tamil Nadu
23 2 Tripura
24 6 U ar Pradesh
25 5 West Bengal
26 3 Cha sgarh
27 3 Jharkhand
28 1 U arakhand
29 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands
30 1 Chandigarh
31 1 Dadra & Nagar Haveli
32 1 Daman & Diu
33 1 NCT of Delhi
34 1 Lakshadweep
35 1 Puducherry

Source : ECI Elec on Planning

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 3.2 Poll Day wise Number of Cons tuencies that went for Poll
States/ UTs Parliamentary Date of Poll Madhya Pradesh JABALPUR 10.04.2014
Cons tuencies Madhya Pradesh MANDLA 10.04.2014
Assam Tezpur 7.04.2014 Madhya Pradesh BALAGHAT 10.04.2014
Assam Kaliabor 7.04.2014 Madhya Pradesh CHHINDWARA 10.04.2014
Assam Jorhat 7.04.2014 Madhya Pradesh HOSHANGABAD 10.04.2014
Assam Dibrugarh 7.04.2014 Maharashtra Buldhana 10.04.2014
Assam Lakhimpur 7.04.2014 Maharashtra Akola 10.04.2014
Tripura Tripura West 7.04.2014 Maharashtra Amrava 10.04.2014
Arunachal Pradesh ARUNACHAL WEST 7.04.2014 Maharashtra Wardha 10.04.2014
Arunachal Pradesh ARUNACHAL EAST 9.04.2014 Maharashtra Ramtek 10.04.2014
Manipur Outer manipur 9.04.2014 Maharashtra Nagpur 10.04.2014
Meghalaya Shillong 9.04.2014 Maharashtra Bhandara - gondiya 10.04.2014
Meghalaya Tura 9.04.2014 Maharashtra Gadchiroli-Chimur 10.04.2014
Nagaland Nagaland 9.04.2014 Maharashtra Chandrapur 10.04.2014
A & N Islands A & N Islands 10.04.2014 Maharashtra Yavatmal-Washim 10.04.2014
Bihar Sasaram (SC) 10.04.2014 NCT OF Delhi CHANDNI CHOWK 10.04.2014
Bihar Karakat 10.04.2014 NCT OF Delhi NORTH EAST DELHI 10.04.2014
Bihar Aurangabad 10.04.2014 NCT OF Delhi EAST DELHI 10.04.2014
Bihar Gaya (SC) 10.04.2014 NCT OF Delhi NEW DELHI 10.04.2014
Bihar Nawada 10.04.2014 NCT OF Delhi NORTH WEST DELHI 10.04.2014
Bihar Jamui (SC) 10.04.2014 NCT OF Delhi WEST DELHI 10.04.2014
Chandigarh CHANDIGARH 10.04.2014 NCT OF Delhi SOUTH DELHI 10.04.2014
Chha sgarh BASTAR 10.04.2014 Orissa Bargarh 10.04.2014
Haryana Ambala 10.04.2014 Orissa Sundargarh 10.04.2014
Haryana Kurukshetra 10.04.2014 Orissa Sambalpur 10.04.2014
Haryana Sirsa 10.04.2014 Orissa Bolangir 10.04.2014
Haryana Hisar 10.04.2014 Orissa Kalahandi 10.04.2014
Haryana Karnal 10.04.2014 Orissa Nabarangpur 10.04.2014
Haryana Sonipat 10.04.2014 Orissa Kandhamal 10.04.2014
Haryana Rohtak 10.04.2014 Orissa Aska 10.04.2014
Haryana Bhiwani-Mahendragarh 10.04.2014 Orissa Berhampur 10.04.2014
Haryana Gurgaon 10.04.2014 Orissa Koraput 10.04.2014
Haryana Faridabad 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Saharanpur 10.04.2014
Jammu & Kashmir Jammu 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Kairana 10.04.2014
Jharkhand Chatra 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar 10.04.2014
Jharkhand Kodarma 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Bijnor 10.04.2014
Jharkhand Lohardaga 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Meerut 10.04.2014
Jharkhand Palamau 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Baghpat 10.04.2014
Kerala Kasaragod 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Ghaziabad 10.04.2014
Kerala Kannur 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Gautam Buddha Nagar 10.04.2014
Kerala Vadakara 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Bulandshahr 10.04.2014
Kerala Wayanad 10.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Aligarh 10.04.2014
Kerala Kozhikode 10.04.2014 Mizoram MIZORAM 11.04.2014
Kerala Malappuram 10.04.2014 Assam Karimganj 12.04.2014
Kerala Ponnani 10.04.2014 Assam Silchar 12.04.2014
Kerala Palakkad 10.04.2014 Assam Autonomous District 12.04.2014
Kerala Alathur 10.04.2014 Goa North Goa 12.04.2014
Kerala Thrissur 10.04.2014 Goa South Goa 12.04.2014
Kerala Chalakudy 10.04.2014 Sikkim Sikkim 12.04.2014
Kerala Ernakulam 10.04.2014 Tripura Tripura East 12.04.2014
Kerala Idukki 10.04.2014 Bihar Munger 17.04.2014
Kerala Ko ayam 10.04.2014 Bihar Nalanda 17.04.2014
Kerala Alappuzha 10.04.2014 Bihar Patna Sahib 17.04.2014
Kerala Mavelikkara 10.04.2014
Bihar Pataliputra 17.04.2014
Kerala Pathanamthi a 10.04.2014
Bihar Arrah 17.04.2014
Kerala Kollam 10.04.2014
Bihar Buxar 17.04.2014
Kerala A ngal 10.04.2014
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 10.04.2014 Bihar Jahanabad 17.04.2014
Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 10.04.2014 Chha sgarh RAJNANDGAON 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh SATNA 10.04.2014 Chha sgarh MAHASAMUND 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh REWA 10.04.2014 Chha sgarh KANKER 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh SIDHI 10.04.2014 Jammu & Kashmir Udhampur 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh SHAHDOL 10.04.2014 Jharkhand Giridih 17.04.2014

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Jharkhand Ranchi 17.04.2014 Maharashtra Ratnagiri - sindhudurg 17.04.2014
Jharkhand Jamshedpur 17.04.2014 Maharashtra Kolhapur 17.04.2014
Jharkhand Singhbhum 17.04.2014 Maharashtra Hatkanangle 17.04.2014
Jharkhand Khun 17.04.2014 Manipur Inner manipur 17.04.2014
Jharkhand Hazaribagh 17.04.2014 Orissa Keonjhar 17.04.2014
Karnataka Chikkodi 17.04.2014 Orissa Mayurbhanj 17.04.2014
Karnataka Belgaum 17.04.2014 Orissa Balasore 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bagalkot 17.04.2014 Orissa Bhadrak 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bijapur 17.04.2014 Orissa Jajpur 17.04.2014
Karnataka Gulbarga 17.04.2014 Orissa Dhenkanal 17.04.2014
Karnataka Raichur 17.04.2014 Orissa Cu ack 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bidar 17.04.2014 Orissa Kendrapara 17.04.2014
Karnataka Koppal 17.04.2014 Orissa Jagatsinghpur 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bellary 17.04.2014 Orissa Puri 17.04.2014
Karnataka Haveri 17.04.2014 Orissa Bhubaneswar 17.04.2014
Karnataka Dharwad 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Ganganagar 17.04.2014
Karnataka U ara Kannada 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Bikaner 17.04.2014
Karnataka Davanagere 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Churu 17.04.2014
Karnataka Shimoga 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Jhunjhunu 17.04.2014
Karnataka Udupi Chikmagalur 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Sikar 17.04.2014
Karnataka Hassan 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Jaipur Rural 17.04.2014
Karnataka Dakshina Kannada 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Jaipur 17.04.2014
Karnataka Chitradurga 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Ajmer 17.04.2014
Karnataka Tumkur 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Nagaur 17.04.2014
Karnataka Mandya 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Pali 17.04.2014
Karnataka Mysore 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Jodhpur 17.04.2014
Karnataka Chamarajanagar 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Barmer 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bangalore Rural 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Jalore 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bangalore North 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Udaipur 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bangalore central 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Banswara 17.04.2014
Karnataka Bangalore South 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Chi orgarh 17.04.2014
Karnataka Chikkballapur 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Rajsamand 17.04.2014
Karnataka Kolar 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Bhilwara 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh MORENA 17.04.2014 Rajasthan Kota 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh BHIND 17.04.2014 Rajasthan JHALAWAR-BARAN 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh GWALIOR 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Nagina 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh GUNA 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Moradabad 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh SAGAR 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Rampur 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh TIKAMGARH 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Sambhal 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh DAMOH 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Amroha 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh KHAJURAHO 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Badaun 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh BHOPAL 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Aonla 17.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh RAJGARH 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Bareilly 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Hingoli 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Pilibhit 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Nanded 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Shahjahanpur 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Parbhani 17.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Kheri 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Maval 17.04.2014 West Bengal Cooch behar 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Pune 17.04.2014 West Bengal Alipurduars 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Barama 17.04.2014 West Bengal Jalpaiguri 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Shirur 17.04.2014 West Bengal Darjeeling 17.04.2014
Maharashtra Ahmadnagar 17.04.2014 Assam Dhubri 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Shirdi 17.04.2014 Assam Kokrajhar 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Beed 17.04.2014 Assam Barpeta 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Osmanabad 17.04.2014 Assam Gauha 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Latur 17.04.2014 Assam Mangaldoi 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Solapur 17.04.2014 Assam Nowgong 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Madha 17.04.2014 Bihar Supaul 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Sangli 17.04.2014 Bihar Araria 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Satara 17.04.2014 Bihar Kishanganj 24.04.2014

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 3.2 Poll Day wise Number of Cons tuencies that went for Poll
Bihar Ka har 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri 24.04.2014
Bihar Purnia 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Tiruvannamalai 24.04.2014
Bihar Bhagalpur 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Arani 24.04.2014
Bihar Banka 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Viluppuram 24.04.2014
Chha sgarh SARGUJA 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Kallakurichi 24.04.2014
Chha sgarh RAIGARH 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Salem 24.04.2014
Chha sgarh JANJGIR-CHAMPA 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Namakkal 24.04.2014
Chha sgarh KORBA 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Erode 24.04.2014
Chha sgarh BILASPUR 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Tiruppur 24.04.2014
Chha sgarh DURG 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Nilgiris 24.04.2014
Chha sgarh RAIPUR 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Coimbatore 24.04.2014
Jammu & Kashmir Anantnag 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Pollachi 24.04.2014
Jharkhand Rajmahal 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Dindigul 24.04.2014
Jharkhand Dumka 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Karur 24.04.2014
Jharkhand Godda 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli 24.04.2014
Jharkhand Dhanbad 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Perambalur 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh VIDISHA 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Cuddalore 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh DEWAS 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Chidambaram 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh UJJAIN 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Mayiladuthurai 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh MANDSOUR 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Nagapa nam 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh RATLAM 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Thanjavur 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh DHAR 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Sivaganga 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh INDORE 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Madurai 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh KHARGONE 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Theni 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh KHANDWA 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Virudhunagar 24.04.2014
Madhya Pradesh BETUL 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Ramanathapuram 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Nandurbar 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Thoothukkudi 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Dhule 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Tenkasi 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Jalgaon 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Raver 24.04.2014 Tamil Nadu Kanniyakumari 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Jalna 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Hathras 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Aurangabad 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Mathura 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Dindori 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Agra 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Nashik 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Fatehpur Sikri 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Palghar 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Firozabad 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Bhiwandi 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Mainpuri 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Kalyan 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Etah 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Thane 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Hardoi 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Mumbai North 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Farrukhabad 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Mumbai North West 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Etawah 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Mumbai North East 24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Kannauj 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Mumbai North central24.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Akbarpur 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Mumbai South central24.04.2014 West Bengal Raiganj 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Mumbai South 24.04.2014 West Bengal Balurghat 24.04.2014
Maharashtra Raigad 24.04.2014 West Bengal Maldaha U ar 24.04.2014
Puducherry Puducherry 24.04.2014 West Bengal Maldaha Dakshin 24.04.2014
Rajasthan Alwar 24.04.2014 West Bengal Jangipur 24.04.2014
Rajasthan BHARATPUR 24.04.2014 West Bengal Murshidabad 24.04.2014
Rajasthan KARAULI-DHOLPUR 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Adilabad 30.04.2014
Rajasthan Dausa 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Peddapalle 30.04.2014
Rajasthan TONK-SAWAI MADHOPUR 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Karimnagar 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Thiruvallur 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Nizamabad 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Chennai North 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Zahirabad 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Chennai South 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Medak 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Chennai central 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Malkajgiri 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Sriperumbudur 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Secundrabad 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Kancheepuram 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Arakkonam 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh CHELVELLA 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Vellore 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Mahbubnagar 30.04.2014
Tamil Nadu Krishnagiri 24.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Nagarkurnool 30.04.2014
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Andhra Pradesh Nalgonda 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Rae Bareli 30.04.2014
Andhra Pradesh Bhongir 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Kanpur 30.04.2014
Andhra Pradesh Warangal 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Jalaun 30.04.2014
Andhra Pradesh Mahabubabad 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Jhansi 30.04.2014
Andhra Pradesh Khammam 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Hamirpur 30.04.2014
Bihar Madhubani 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Banda 30.04.2014
Bihar Jhanjharpur 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Fatehpur 30.04.2014
Bihar Madhepura 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Barabanki 30.04.2014
Bihar Darbhanga 30.04.2014 West Bengal Howrah 30.04.2014
Bihar Samas pur (SC) 30.04.2014 West Bengal Uluberia 30.04.2014
Bihar Begusarai 30.04.2014 West Bengal Srerampur 30.04.2014
Bihar Khagaria 30.04.2014 West Bengal Hooghly 30.04.2014
Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadar & Nagar Haveli 30.04.2014 West Bengal Arambagh 30.04.2014
Daman & Diu Daman & diu 30.04.2014 West Bengal Bardhaman Purba 30.04.2014
Gujarat Kachchh 30.04.2014 West Bengal Burdwan - durgapur 30.04.2014
Gujarat Banaskantha 30.04.2014 West Bengal Bolpur 30.04.2014
Gujarat Patan 30.04.2014 West Bengal Birbhum 30.04.2014
Gujarat Mahesana 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Aruku 7.05.2014
Gujarat Sabarkantha 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Srikakulam 7.05.2014
Gujarat Gandhinagar 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Vizianagaram 7.05.2014
Gujarat Ahmedabad East 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam 7.05.2014
Gujarat Ahmedabad West 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Anakapalli 7.05.2014
Gujarat Surendranagar 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Kakinada 7.05.2014
Gujarat Rajkot 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Amalapuram 7.05.2014
Gujarat Porbandar 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Rajahmundry 7.05.2014
Gujarat Jamnagar 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Narsapuram 7.05.2014
Gujarat Junagadh 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Eluru 7.05.2014
Gujarat Amreli 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Machilipatnam 7.05.2014
Gujarat Bhavnagar 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada 7.05.2014
Gujarat Anand 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Guntur 7.05.2014
Gujarat Kheda 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Narasaraopet 7.05.2014
Gujarat Panchmahal 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Bapatla 7.05.2014
Gujarat Dahod 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Ongole 7.05.2014
Gujarat Vadodara 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Nandyal 7.05.2014
Gujarat Chhota Udaipur 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Kurnool 7.05.2014
Gujarat Bharuch 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Anantapur 7.05.2014
Gujarat Bardoli 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Hindupur 7.05.2014
Gujarat Surat 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Kadapa 7.05.2014
Gujarat Navsari 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Nellore 7.05.2014
Gujarat Valsad 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Tirupa 7.05.2014
Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Rajampet 7.05.2014
Punjab Gurdaspur 30.04.2014 Andhra Pradesh Chi oor 7.05.2014
Punjab Amritsar 30.04.2014 Bihar Sheohar 7.05.2014
Punjab Khadoor Sahib 30.04.2014 Bihar Sitamarhi 7.05.2014
Punjab Jalandhar 30.04.2014 Bihar Muzaffarpur 7.05.2014
Punjab Hoshiarpur 30.04.2014 Bihar Maharajganj 7.05.2014
Punjab Anandpur Sahib 30.04.2014 Bihar Saran 7.05.2014
Punjab Ludhiana 30.04.2014 Bihar Hajipur (SC) 7.05.2014
Punjab Fatehgarh Sahib 30.04.2014 Bihar Ujiarpur 7.05.2014
Punjab Faridkot 30.04.2014 Himachal Pradesh Kangra 7.05.2014
Punjab Firozpur 30.04.2014 Himachal Pradesh Mandi 7.05.2014
Punjab Bathinda 30.04.2014 Himachal Pradesh Hamirpur 7.05.2014
Punjab Sangrur 30.04.2014 Himachal Pradesh Shimla 7.05.2014
Punjab Pa ala 30.04.2014 Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla 7.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Dhaurahra 30.04.2014 Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh 7.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Sitapur 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Amethi 7.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Misrikh 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Sultanpur 7.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Unnao 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Pratapgarh 7.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Mohanlalganj 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Kaushambi 7.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Lucknow 30.04.2014 U ar Pradesh Phulpur 7.05.2014
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U ar Pradesh Allahabad 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Deoria 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Faizabad 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Bansgaon 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Ambedkar Nagar 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Lalganj 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Bahraich 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Azamgarh 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Kaiserganj 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Ghosi 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Shrawas 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Salempur 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Gonda 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Ballia 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Bas 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Jaunpur 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Sant Kabir Nagar 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Machhlishahr 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Bhadohi 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Ghazipur 12.05.2014
U arakhand Tehri Garhwal 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Chandauli 12.05.2014
U arakhand Garhwal 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Varanasi 12.05.2014
U arakhand Almora 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Mirzapur 12.05.2014
U arakhand Nainital-udhamsingh Nagar 7.05.2014 U ar Pradesh Robertsganj 12.05.2014
U arakhand Hardwar 7.05.2014 West Bengal Baharampur 12.05.2014
West Bengal Jhargram 7.05.2014 West Bengal Krishnanagar 12.05.2014
West Bengal Medinipur 7.05.2014 West Bengal Ranaghat 12.05.2014
West Bengal Purulia 7.05.2014 West Bengal Bangaon 12.05.2014
West Bengal Bankura 7.05.2014 West Bengal Barrackpore 12.05.2014
West Bengal Bishnupur 7.05.2014 West Bengal Dum dum 12.05.2014
West Bengal Asansol 7.05.2014 West Bengal Barasat 12.05.2014
Bihar Valmiki Nagar 12.05.2014 West Bengal Basirhat 12.05.2014
Bihar Paschim Champaran 12.05.2014 West Bengal Joynagar 12.05.2014
Bihar Purvi Champaran 12.05.2014 West Bengal Mathurapur 12.05.2014
Bihar Vaishali 12.05.2014 West Bengal Diamond harbour 12.05.2014
Bihar Gopalganj (SC) 12.05.2014 West Bengal Jadavpur 12.05.2014
Bihar Siwan 12.05.2014 West Bengal Kolkata Dakshin 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Domariyaganj 12.05.2014 West Bengal Kolkata U ar 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Maharajganj 12.05.2014 West Bengal Tamluk 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Gorakhpur 12.05.2014 West Bengal Kanthi 12.05.2014
U ar Pradesh Kushi Nagar 12.05.2014 West Bengal Ghatal 12.05.2014

Source : ECI Elec on Planning

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 3.3 State and UT wise list of State Police Personnel deployed
Name of State/UT State Police force (Number of Companies used)
Regular Police State Armed Police Home Guards NCC, NSS SPOs (if used with Total
(if used) (if used) broad details)
Andhra Pradesh 123916 9570 40791 30045 5154 209476
Arunachal Pradesh 3684 42 Coys Nil Nil Nil 42 Coy and 3684
Assam 282.54 103.36 266.45 101.13 0 753.48
Bihar Officer -9704 74 Coys 21496 - - 74 Coys Officer-9704
Constable-18062 Constable-39558
Chha shgarh 19466 7090 6318 NIL 9064 41938
Goa 2791 136 536 0 10 Coy -
Gujarat 44839 3840 58630 0 0 107309
Haryana 28656 35 coys 20098 - - 35 coys + 48754
Himachal Pradesh 72 coys 38 coys 66 coys Nil Nil 176 coys
J&K 19030 personnel 251 Coys 134 19164 personnel & 251
Coys
Jharkhand 1st Phase 3384 2452 Nil Nil 27421 + 20 Assault
Officer - 3214 -47 Group (JJ)
Force - 18371 20 AG (JJ)
2nd Phase 3384 5724 Nil Nil 33767 + 22 Assault
Officer -3833 -47 Group (JJ)
Force -20826 22 AG (JJ)
3rd Phase 3384 Nil Nil Nil 23226 + 17 Assault
Officer -2815 -47 Group (JJ)
Force - 17027 17 AG (JJ)
Karnataka 28200 40 Coys 20458 - -
Kerala 329 55 19 - 95 -
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur 21 Coys & 221 Coys 12 Coys 0 0 254 Coys and 5 Sec ons
5 Sec on
Meghalaya 5438 354 862 0 1002 7656
Mizoram 1048 383 - - - 1431
Nagaland 53 Coys NAP/ NAP(IR) 7 Coys Nil Nil 122 Coys
62 Coys
Odisha 418 Coys 72 Coys 170 Coys Nill 13 Coys 663 Coys
Punjab 47044 12715 1080 Nil Nil 60839
Rajasthan 53590 7500 22000+845 NIL NIL 84935
Sikkim 22 Coys* 6 Coys 3Coys NIL NIL 31 Coys
Tamil Nadu 79731 8600 13255 6163 20734 128483
Tripura ---- - - - - -
U arakhand 13710 23-02-0 (1900) 7595 - - 23205
U ar Pradesh 326708 440 coy 315930 - - 683998
West Bengal 1238 129 475 0 0 1842
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 1309 753 392 NIL NIL 2454
Chandigarh 2456 564 901 0 0 3921
Daman & Diu 361 196 219 0 0 776
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 826 0 400 0 0 1226
NCT of Delhi 33719 (DP) 16 Coy. DAP 87.3 Coy. On
= 535 Coys. on Poll Day & Poll Day & 7 Coy. 668.53 Coys.
23 Coy. DAP on On Coun ng Day. 0 0
Coun ng Day
Lakshadweep 403 206 55 - - 664
Puducherry 1882 419 495 300 0 160

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 3.4 Central Paramilitary Force Companies Deployed

Sr. No. State/UT name Central Paramilitary Force Companies

Exis ng Deployment Direct Induc on Through Inter
within the State/UT State Movement
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 0 1
2 Andhra Pradesh 24 0 108
3 Arunachal Pradesh 24 20 NONE
4 Assam 77 63 NONE
5 Bihar 36 110 NONE
6 Chandigarh 7 3 NONE
7 Chha sgarh 201 110 NONE
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 5 NONE
9 Daman & Diu 0 5 NONE
10 Goa 0 10 NONE
11 Gujarat 0 5 91
12 Haryana 0 25 NONE
13 Himachal Pradesh 0 27 NONE
14 Jammu & Kashmir 300 89 NONE
15 Jharkhand 132 80 NONE
16 Karnataka 0 14 33
17 Kerala 0 36 NONE
18 Lakshadweep 0 3 NONE
19 Madhya Pradesh 6 36 NONE
20 Maharashtra 30 30 NONE
21 Manipur 39 30 NONE
22 Meghalaya 10 30 NONE
23 Mizoram 2 8 NONE
24 Nagaland 13 18 NONE
25 NCT of Delhi 19 7 NONE
26 Odisha 96 51 NONE
27 Pondicherry 0 7 NONE
28 Punjab 0 35 98
29 Rajasthan 0 20 52
30 Sikkim 0 0 NONE
31 Tamil Nadu 0 25 45
32 Tripura 18 25 NONE
33 U ar Pradesh 6 121 93
34 U arakhand 0 16 9
35 West Bengal 36 36 319
Total 1077 1100 849

Source : A Compendium of General Elec ons 2014 by Directorate General, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi.
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 3.5 List of Licenced Arms Deposited/ Impounded and Unlicenced Ammuni on Seized

Name of State/ UT Spread of Arms/ ammuni on

Total No. of unlicensed No. of illicit arms
licensed arms/explosives seized manufacturing
arms centres -raided No. of licensed arms
and seizures
made
Arms Cartridge Explosives Deposited Impounded Cancelled
Andhra Pradesh 18578 296 13837 64 13 18231 68 279
Arunachal Pradesh 31837 11 64 Nil Nil 14237 Nil Nil
Assam 54551 190 1498 1.Gun Powder: 0 16179 41 688
143grms.
2.Bombs: 22
Bihar 190194 743 2636 14 26 20763 805 515
Cha shgarh 12091 92 127 48.5 - 8426 - -
Goa 4692 - - - - 3816 - -
Gujarat 55880 227 385 675 gm 1 48751 318 813
Haryana 145916 268 584 300 Kg – Amonia nil 101291 1 5
Nitrate & 24
Bundle Detonatr
wire
Himachal Pradesh 109078 1 3 0 0 36793 0 0
J&K 34113 8 23 Nil - 10310 15 -
Jharkhand 13578 155 771 2043 TUBES, 59 12570 859 149
15KG GP, 49
DETONATORS
Karnataka 91,488 12 33 13 NIL 86810 319 100
Kerala 8989 17 73 37 8839 41 109
Madhya Pradesh
Maharastra
Manipur 15851 11 49 250 gms 0 1837 0 0
Meghalaya 21326 18 165 1 0 5332 944 0
Mizoram 9020 11 1136 10000 detonators, 0 1789 0 0
49 realms of
cord explosive
Nagaland 1233 51 298 4 Nil 1233 Nil Nil

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Name of State/ UT Spread of Arms/ ammuni on

Total No. of unlicensed No. of illicit arms
licensed arms/explosives seized manufacturing
arms centres -raided No. of licensed arms
and seizures
made
Arms Cartridge Explosives Deposited Impounded Cancelled
Odisha - 112 55 23 48 12782 6 -
Detonator-7168 Nos.,
Gela ne0 3Qtl 43 Kgs,
Safety fuse-43 Mtrs.
Wire-24 Mtrs, 3.2 Kg,
Gun Powder, 800 gm,
Charcoal powder, 600 gm,
Sodium Bi-carbonate,
9 Nos. of Dynamite &
9 Kg 200 gm Explosive
powder
Punjab 298434 138 639 10 Nil 274166 6 7
Rajasthan 137584 1471 660 18860 - 137145 207 232
Sikkim 1348 1 9 NIL NIL 1286 12
Tamil Nadu 20994 47 6 68 - 20994 7 1
Tripura 134 5 0 0 0 134 0 0
U arakhand 57518 163 185 263 29 25736 171 12
U ar Pradesh 1300562 4570 7537 1553 618 681087 425 1183
West Bengal 79751 1393 3439 1263KG+ 4 34675 3256 178
7662 PCS. BOMB
Andaman &
Nicobar Island 331 NIL NIL NIL NIL 331 NIL NIL
Chandigarh 1 12 Nil Nil 1413 1 Nil
Daman & Diu 211 0 0 0 0 165 0 0
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 142 Nil Nil Nil Nil 138 Nil Nil
NCT of Delhi 32093 139 204 0 0 679 & 483 1 0
remaining
arms were
not released
which were
deposited
during
DLA-2013
Lakshadweep NIL
Puducherry 248 Nil Nil Nil Nil 157 71 20

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 3.6 Preven ve Ac on Taken
Sr. No. STATE/UT Persons against Persons from Persons from whom Persons against
whom cases whom interim final bonds taken whom ac on
registered bonds taken taken under
preven ve laws
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 14 0 0 26
2 Andhra Pradesh 172981 158413 200167 72620
3 Arunachal Pradesh 227 499 49 62
4 Assam 9797 3317 1634 3458
5 Bihar 359884 177827 55631 75711
6 Chandigarh 165 2 273 0
7 Cha sgarh 13701 6027 3055 9890
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 9 0 0 0
10 Goa 268 14 175 27
11 Gujarat 178645 114680 170672 57814
12 Haryana 2515 1978 2244 2285
13 Himachal Pradesh 1592 395 238 1302
14 Jammu & Kashmir 1225 1331 865 242
15 Jharkhand 35766 13360 1238 19377
16 Karnataka 16801 7227 5772 5637
17 Kerala 807 241 7 479
18 Lakshadweep 21 0 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 204232 144628 67087 46125
20 Maharashtra 98142 52066 10750 78457
21 Manipur 11 235 160 1692
22 Meghalaya 326 93 56 163
23 Mizoram 0 0 0 56
24 Nagaland 97 103 0 65
25 NCT of Delhi 2922 1280 717 12755
26 Odisha 42483 25596 5485 32657
27 Puducherry 962 0 168 186
28 Punjab 7502 4984 2798 9846
29 Rajasthan 85554 106229 79033 93613
30 Sikkim 472 30 267 243
31 Tamil Nadu 19855 3740 1747 8800
32 Tripura 3012 1018 1134 777
33 U ar Pradesh 1320988 1499437 1175792 563490
34 U arakhand 9475 29583 27756 1536
35 West Bengal 67121 30770 45686 58420
Total State: 2657572 2385103 1860656 1157811

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 3.7 Non Bailable Warrants Issued and Executed
Sr. No. STATE/UT No. of NBWs No. of NBWs No. of NBWs No. of pending
pending on date received a er executed since NBWs
of announcement annoncement of announcement of
elec ons elec ons
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 322 298 337 260
2 Andhra Pradesh 5658 1214 2821 4392
3 Arunachal Pradesh 46 11 39 30
4 Assam 10392 3899 6541 6834
5 Bihar 45346 24661 51821 18659
6 Chandigarh 0 0 32 54
7 Cha sgarh 49792 6053 6359 51788
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
10 Goa 99 165 594 162
11 Gujarat 12403 60043 53522 3405
12 Haryana 3895 3066 7033 2141
13 Himachal Pradesh 369 652 1246 83
14 Jammu & Kashmir 195 707 3013 1606
15 Jharkhand 14204 8220 20022 2597
16 Karnataka 21080 15652 18786 14633
17 Kerala 11917 8574 9402 11813
18 Lakshadweep 2 4 2 4
19 Madhya Pradesh 36298 28029 28399 30770
20 Maharashtra 20529 61090 59459 18884
21 Manipur 568 108 86 606
22 Meghalaya 278 274 64 238
23 Mizoram 0 0 26 20
24 Nagaland 341 29 0 369
25 NCT of Delhi 1021 1522 3169 285
26 Odisha 50996 3537 13376 42092
27 Puducherry 314 86 283 112
28 Punjab 3406 5281 7117 1238
29 Rajasthan 64996 17033 26210 64569
30 Sikkim 29 22 14 37
31 Tamil Nadu 11414 3184 14101 452
32 Tripura 2224 326 321 2230
33 U ar Pradesh 3780 32869 35812 1349
34 U arakhand 262 1306 1413 156
35 West Bengal 52341 32648 56948 20669
Total 424517 320563 428368 302537

Source : IT Division, Elec on Commission of India

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 3.8 State Wise Incidents of Violence (number of Persons Injured or Killed)
Name of State/ UT Damage in various incidents of violence related to poll campaign, poli cal rivalry etc.
Killed Injured Damage to
property (Rs.)
Sr No. Poli cal Poll security Onlookers Others Total Poli cal poll security onlookers Others Total
workers officials staff on workers officials staff on
duty duty
1 Andhra Pradesh 1 - - - - 1 416 - - - - 416 145250
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 Nil Nil Nil Nil 1 17 1 12 Nil 25 55 192.288 Lakhs
3 Assam 1 0 1 0 0 2 58 15 6 0 8 87 12,000,00
4 Bihar 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 1 15 0 0 21 -
5 Cha shgar 0 8 9 0 2 19 0 3 9 0 2 14 -
6 Goa - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 Gujrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 0 17 89500
8 Haryana nil nil nil nil nil nil 2 nil nil nil nil 2 nil
9 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
10 J&K 4 3 - - - 7 30 4 19 - - 53 28,04,800
11 Jharkhand 1 3 5 0 0 9 7 7 8 0 0 19 Rs. 15 lakh
12 Karnataka 0 1 1 - - 2 24 0 8 - 81 16.62 Lakhs
13 Kerala Nil -- - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Madhya Pradesh
15 Maharastra
16 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mizoram NIL
19 Nagaland Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
20 Odisha - - - - - Nil 54 0.574 lakh
21 Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rajasthan 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 7 2.00 Lac
23 Sikkim 1 NIL NIL NIL NIL 1 96 NIL NIL NIL NIL 96 21.48lakhs
24 Tamil Nadu -- -- -- -- 2 2 -- -- -- -- 203 203 –
25 Tripura Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
26 U arakhand - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 U ar Pradesh - - - - - - - - - - - - -
28 West Bengal 7 0 0 2 0 9 1298 0 56 1354 17 1371 5.013 Lakh
29 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
30 Chandigarh Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
31 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Nil
33 NCT of Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 6 0 4 42 77200
34 Lakshadweep - - - - - Nil - - - - - Nil Nil
35 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Nil 3 Nil 1 9 0.2025
Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014
 3.9 Number of Offences recorded in Elec on Period
Sr. No. Name of State /UT Total Number of Offences recorded in elec on period during
Pre-Poll period Poll Day Post-Poll period
LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014 LS 2009 LS 2014
1 Andhra Pradesh 907 1876 240 394 384 269
2 Arunachal Pradesh 4 90 15 35 6 13
3 Assam 73 101 16 24 6 5
4 Bihar 305 226 58 8 6 0
5 Chha shgarh 112 73 41 11 11 10
6 Goa 30 8 1 0 0 1
7 Gujarat 128 106 44 18 16 15
8 Haryana 0 670 0 9 0 89
9 Himachal Pradesh 3 5 0 0 0 0
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 20 0 32 0 0
11 Jharkhand 0 7 41 10 0 0
12 Karnataka 426 187 35 29 8 8
13 Kerala - - - - - -
14 Madhya Pradesh
15 Maharashtra
16 Manipur 23 3 2 1 0 0
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 Odisha 121 136 59 75 57 44
21 Punjab 133 900 44 12 0 0
22 Rajasthan 14 9 0 1 0 10
23 Sikkim 86 0 0 0 0
24 Tamil Nadu 340 172 28 34 0 81
25 Tripura
26 U arakhand 1 2 0 0 0 0
27 U ar Pradesh
28 West Bengal 271 363 98 152 594 416
29 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Chandigarh 1 1 0 0 0 0
31 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 29 0 0 0 0 0
33 NCT of Delhi 441 559 9 10 2 137
34 Lakshadweep 28 0 0 0 52 19
35 Puducherry 49 193 0 16 1 6
Total 3440 5793 732 871 1143 1123

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 3.10 State and UT wise Vulnerability Mapping
Sr. No. STATE/UT No. of vulnerable No. of vulnerable No. of possible In midators
hamlets electors in midators against whom
ac on taken
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 2739 345417 56464 55868
3 Arunachal Pradesh 198 39378 19 19
4 Assam 490 62370 1006 2565
5 Bihar 20179 1816239 84280 70930
6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0
7 Cha sgarh 221 9690 278 65
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 4 0 0 0
10 Goa 7 42 11 10
11 Gujarat 1066 161971 3487 3214
12 Haryana 141 110 0 110
13 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0
14 Jammu & Kashmir 461 24092 1194 155
15 Jharkhand 3298 457732 9136 9050
16 Karnataka 2137 1294356 8403 5874
17 Kerala 216 4497 603 147
18 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 3191 109241 14880 9155
20 Maharashtra 151 69198 774 728
21 Manipur 291 32681 240 0
22 Meghalaya 462 0 134 34
23 Mizoram 0 0 0 0
24 Nagaland 182 75480 0 0
25 NCT of Delhi 408 108535 75 13
26 Odisha 3556 389621 6994 2133
27 Puducherry 117 117 447 446
28 Punjab 412 42683 538 437
29 Rajasthan 5607 84559 21133 19872
30 Sikkim 5 0 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 4922 582534 7714 6681
32 Tripura 578 0 10 10
33 U ar Pradesh 5296 67700 17115 15974
34 U arakhand 92 0 0 0
35 West Bengal 18810 70142 15957 14737
State Total : 75237 5848385 250892 218227

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 3.11 State and UT wise Cri cal Polling Sta ons
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Cri cal Polling Sta ons PS with higher deployment of
CPF
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 11091 7756
3 Arunachal Pradesh 307 44
4 Assam 4257 2409
5 Bihar 22951 7044
6 Chandigarh 0 0
7 Chha sgarh 7251 0
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 53 18
10 Goa 32 3
11 Gujarat 10735 2422
12 Haryana 132 0
13 Himachal Pradesh 38 0
14 Jammu & Kashmir 1266 0
15 Jharkhand 1599 527
16 Karnataka 26,392 190
17 Kerala 2126 0
18 Lakshadweep 0 17
19 Madhya Pradesh 12190 0
20 Maharastra 0 0
21 Manipur 472 472
22 Meghalaya 0 0
23 Mizoram 0 0
24 Nagaland 302 0
25 NCT of Delhi 677 342
26 Odisha 6056 423
27 Pondicherry 67 87
28 Punjab 412 0
29 Rajasthan 9179 2400
30 Sikkim 121 0
31 Tamil Nadu 9224 2767
32 Tripura 0 0
33 U ar Pradesh 26172 16764
34 U arakhand 344 519
35 West Bengal 37553 17704
Total 191002 61908

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 3.12 Total Number of Polling Sta ons where Webcas ng,
Videography and S ll Cameras Used
Sr. No. Name of State No. of polling Number of Polling Sta ons Number of Polling Sta ons
sta ons where where Videography done where Digital S ll Cameras
webcas ng done used
1 Andhra Pradesh 29319 11891 373
2 Arunachal Pradesh 124 193 2158
3 Assam 494 1111 243
4 Bihar 2655 3276 10236
5 Cha shgarh 337 703 7953
6 Goa 0 6 0
7 Gujarat 4306 8575 714
8 Haryana 943 7571 563
9 Himachal Pradesh 133 700 3005
10 J&K 291 346 465
11 Jharkhand 1201 2839 3972
12 Karnataka 2,699 6,072 1,074
13 Kerala 389 - -
14 Madhya Pradesh 1228 6529 1020
15 Maharastra
16 Manipur 150 195 204
17 Meghalaya 0 883 136
18 Mizoram 0 57 5
19 Nagaland 83 134 147
20 Odisha 523 1079 6310
21 Punjab 459 3654 614
22 Rajasthan 1625 3338 1207
23 Sikkim 89 NIL NIL
24 Tamil Nadu 17,684 4493 0
25 Tripura 39 396 0
26 U arakhand 44 142 42
27 U ar Pradesh 3123 6867 21297
28 West Bengal 1500 9943 3879
29 Andaman & Nicobar Island 5 3 0
30 Chandigarh 167 519 519
31 Daman & Diu 131 131 0
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 100 239 21
33 NCT of Delhi 157 513 483
34 Lakshadweep 17 43 Nil
35 Puducherry 905 Nil Nil
Total 70920 82441 66640

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 3.13 Law and Order Informa on
Sr. No. STATE/UT Pending pending Inves ga on Sr. No. STATE/UT Pending pending Inves ga on
Inves ga on in court Inves ga on in court
1 Andaman & 18 Lakshadweep 0 32
Nicobar Islands 0 0 19 Madhya Pradesh 31 269
2 Andhra Pradesh 287 2946 20 Maharashtra 46 1840
3 Arunachal Pradesh 26 49 21 Manipur 69 27
4 Assam 8 256 22 Meghalaya 140 1057
5 Bihar 22 1329 23 Mizoram 0 0
6 Chandigarh 0 1 24 Nagaland 5 22
7 Cha sgarh 60 130 25 NCT OF Delhi 30 23
8 Dadra & 26 Odisha 3 185
Nagar Haveli 0 0 27 Puducherry 0 140
9 Daman & Diu 2 1 28 Punjab 9 145
10 Goa 3 29 29 Rajasthan 34 127
11 Gujarat 4 287 30 Sikkim 29 29
12 Haryana 0 35 31 Tamil Nadu 0 1480
13 Himachal Pradesh 0 21 32 Tripura 0 20
14 Jammu & Kashmir 21 29 33 U ar Pradesh 13 560
15 Jharkhand 4 309 34 U arakhand 0 52
16 Karnataka 27 1400 35 West Bengal 1 721
17 Kerala 91 139 Total State: 965 13690

Source : eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/Law&Order.htm
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 3.14 State and UT wise Communica on Plan
Sr. No. Name of State / UT Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of PSs Total number of PSs
Landline phones Mobile phones runners persons PSs with mobile without mobile and without mobile phone,
listed in the listed in the listed in the and land line land line phone landline phone,
Communica on Communica on Communica on phone connec vity, but wireless or satellite phone
Plan Plan Plan connec vity with wireless and connec vity
satellite phone
connec on
1 Andhra Pradesh 16995 71227 0 71227 0 0
2 Arunachal Pradesh 121 722 281 957 114 Nil
3 Assam 563 25444 9332 20425 3855 0
4 Bihar 2628 956912 NA 59807 1156 0
5 Cha shgarh 2368 16753 4186 12308 489 1339
6 Goa 18+225=243 779+425=1254 18+1003=1021 155+237=392 18+20=38 18+20=38
7 Gujarat 22671 69606 43820 33206 652 43
8 Haryana 1865 16244 nil 1865 nil nil
9 Himachal Pradesh - - - 1548 Landline connec vity - -

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6960 Mobile connec vity
10 J&K 9633 7415 24071 361 2218 9272
11 Jharkhand 1433 37126 990 23318 84 0
12 Karnataka 22,675 25,985 - 17,054 - -
13 Kerala Being collected NA 21339 85 85
14 Madhya Pradesh 5139 54896 Nil 54896 Nil Nil
15 Maharastra
16 Manipur 212 2399 113 212 150 263
17 Meghalaya 32 2415 0 2306 256 256
18 Mizoram NIL
19 Nagaland 30 434 2059 2059 (mobile) NIL NIL
20 Odisha 575 39195 1830 25821 NA 1830
21 Punjab 3150 22007 22011 10158 109 0
22 Rajasthan - - - - - -
23 Sikkim 4 523 15 4 0 15
24 Tamil Nadu 19466 68835 36315 40856 Nil Nil
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 3.14 State and UT wise Communica on Plan
Sr. No. Name of State / UT Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of PSs Total number of PSs
Landline phones Mobile phones runners persons PSs with mobile without mobile and without mobile phone,
listed in the listed in the listed in the and land line land line phone landline phone,
Communica on Communica on Communica on phone connec vity, but wireless or satellite phone
Plan Plan Plan connec vity with wireless and connec vity
satellite phone
connec on
27 Tripura
28 U arakhand 239 21402 1684 8402 100 -
29 U ar Pradesh 28945 212238 182080 140811 0 0
30 West Bengal 21317 73521 51379 21317 15 3526
31 Andaman & 330 A total of 50 liaison 330 386 PS provided 0
Nicobar Islands officers at remotely with Wireless
located polling sta ons communica on
were deployed for doing
the work of runners.

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32 Chandigarh 37 893 55 519 0 0
33 Daman & Diu 70 1152 0 119+12(Aux) 0 0
34 Dadra
Nagar Haveli 239 Nil 239 Nil Nil
35 NCT of Delhi - 1230 N.A. Also 11409 Nil Nil
pl see Note 1 below
36 Lakshadweep 116 96 Nil 43 Nil Nil
37 Puducherry 106 108 Nil 905(Including APS) Nil NIL

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

 3.15 Total Number of Drivers and Vehicle A endants
or Cleaners deployed
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Drivers and Vehicle Drivers and Vehicle Number of drivers and
A endants/ Cleaners A endants/ Cleaners opted Vehicle A endants/Cleaners
deployed for postal ballot issued postal ballot
1 Andhra Pradesh 21539 12476 11498
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0
3 Assam 27783 1620 399
4 Bihar 54698 131 1548
5 Cha shgarh 4429 0
6 Goa 666 5 5
7 Gujarat 14610 8734 7039
8 Haryana 6854 33 33
9 Himachal Pradesh 2411 191 153
10 Jammu & Kashmir 17384 5844 -
11 Jharkhand 17508 - -
12 Karnataka 9971 1250 756
13 Kerala 0 0 0
14 Madhya Pradesh 18936 - 1500
15 Maharastra - - -
16 Manipur 3255 0 0
17 Meghalaya 4144 2 2
18 Mizoram 1633 0 0
19 Nagaland 4500 0 0
20 Odisha 17596
21 Punjab 9906 283 283
22 Rajasthan 29928 6128 5611
23 Sikkim 650 650 650
24 Tamil Nadu 4145 213 121
25 Tripura
26 U arakhand 5645 958 775
27 U ar Pradesh 85723 70033 3925
28 West Bengal 91709 5739 4453
29 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 221 0 0
30 Chandigarh 114 0 0
31 Daman & Diu 102 0 0
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 81 0 0
33 NCT of Delhi 1012 228 228
34 Lakshadweep 49 0 0
35 Puducherry 392 0 0
Total 457594 114518 38979

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 3.16 State and UT wise Break up of Polling Personnel Deployed and Kept In Reserve
Name of State /UT Polling personnel deployed Division of Polling Personnel
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sr. No. Presiding Polling Total Total kept in Grand Number of Poll Number of Poll Number of Poll
Officers Officers deployed Reserve total (3+4) personnel who person el personnel
opted for postal who opted for who opted for
ballot EDCs neither
1 Andhra Pradesh 71227 356135 427362 85472 512834 330854 16889 165091
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2158 8632 10790 1079 22656 0 0 0
3 Assam 24280 72970 97250 14924 112174 13394 14437 84343
4 Bihar 59807 188556 250951 23408 274359 24623 30252 181363
5 Chha sgarh 23385 72359 95744 9574 105318
6 Goa 1624 4872 6496 652 7148 4861 8580 1606
7 Gujarat 45383 144595 189978 18855 208833 91492 112007 5334
8 Haryana 16244 51588 67832 8125 75957 4498 15440 56019
9 Himachal Pradesh 7385 22155 29540 7685 37225 9928 25994 1303

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10 J&K 9651 52513 62164 6489 68653 - 30470 -
11 Jharkhand 24751 74253 99004 4950 103954
12 Karnataka 54,265 1,64,800 2,19,065 39,989 2,59,054 36,206 1,32,234 93,131
13 Kerala 21427 69817 91244 12923 104167 - 56730 -
14 Madhya Pradesh 54846 329076 383922 38392 - 29 230 -
15 Maharashtra 602085
16 Manipur 2669 10676 13345 1335 14680 0 936 13744
17 Meghalaya 2562 7686 10248 2930 13178 519 9100 3559
18 Mizoram 1126 3636 4762 2032 6794 0 4762 0
19 Nagaland 2059 6177 8236 1526 9762 0 2699 7063
20 Odisha 35910 179950 215940 41811 257751 31326 -
21 Punjab 22171 65450 87658 21468 109126 19425 31935 57766
22 Rajasthan 48124 150557 198681 27382 226063 66866 137300 21897
23 Sikkim 538 2690 3228 646 3874 3874
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 3.16 State and UT wise Break up of Polling Personnel Deployed and Kept In Reserve
Name of State /UT Polling personnel deployed Division of Polling Personnel
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sr. No. Presiding Polling Total Total kept in Grand Number of Poll Number of Poll Number of Poll
Officers Officers deployed Reserve total (3+4) personnel who person el personnel
opted for postal who opted for who opted for
ballot EDCs neither
24 Tamil Nadu 60,817 1,82,451 2,43,268 48,654 2,91,922 2,91,637 91,529 -
25 Tripura
26 U arakhand 10094 30282 40376 4845 45221 6276 14208 -
27 U ar Pradesh 140811 281622 508702 14081 663594 108743 90334 464517
28 West Bengal 77248 2,31,895 3,09,173 66,045 3,75,218 127399 168589 94288
29 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 386 1158 1544 395 1939 0 2796 204
30 Chandigarh 519 1557 2076 396 2427 0 1111 1361

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31 Daman & Diu 131 393 524 95 619 0 1468 0
32 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 229 717 956 104 1060 55 1060 0
33 NCT of Delhi 12010 36030 48040 4804 52844 17422 30611 4811
34 Lakshadweep 44 132 176 61 237 0 202 0
35 Puducherry 905 2715 3620 709 4329 - 4329 0
Total 834786 2808095 3731895 511836 4575055 1189427 1036232 1257400

Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

 3.17 State and UT wise Coun ng Personnel and Arrangements
Name of State /UT Number of Number of Total number of coun ng personnel deployed
Sr. No. Coun ng Coun ng AROs (for AROs (for Micro Execu ve Coun ng Coun ng IT Total
Centres Halls EVM PB Observers Magistrates Supervi-sors Assistants Personnel
coun ng) coun ng) other than
ROs/ AROs
1 Andhra Pradesh 168 437 908 336 6955 0 6955 8314 315 23783
2 Arunachal Pradesh 18 18 18 36 240 136 20 20 54 24
3 Assam 51 144 167 20 2358 138 2029 2283 433 7428
4 Bihar 40 248 248 61 3743 799 3472 6944 414 15681
5 Cha shgar 26 116 181 11 1350 - 1385 1385 26 4338
6 Goa 2 16 32 3 202 3 197 210 22 669
7 Gujrat 27 182 176 96 3063 397 2777 2937 206 9652
8 Haryana 90 90 90 20 1440 203 1403 1408 423 4987
9 Himachal Pradesh 16 66 66 4 777 57 744 747 207 2602
10 J&K 11 83 90 12 1129 1122 856 856 93 4158
11 Jharkhand 14 14 81 14 1158 162 1158 2316 81 4970
12 Karnataka 28 289 233 56 3,624 - 3,064 3,064 56 10,097
13 Kerala 38 140 140 140 2740 - 2738 2739 280 8777
14 Madhya Pradesh 51 321 321 56 9476 - 3255 3255 51 16414
15 Maharastra - - - - - - - - - -
16 Manipur 12 18 18 18 198 18 198 198 36 684
17 Meghalaya 13 53 53 2 331 30 571 774 90 1851

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18 Mizoram 8 18 20 20 149 - 245 245 41 720
19 Nagaland 13 13 12 1 143 258 141 140 12 NIC Official &
12 Ass . 719
20 Odisha 64 158 295 30 2212 64 2212 2212 158 7183
21 Punjab 66 114 233 33 2831 119 2260 2430 361 8267
22 Rajasthan 25 215 215 114 3191 50 2791 2905 525 9791
23 Sikkim 4 4 7 7 25 12 25 50 18 144
24 Tamil Nadu 47 258 275 117 4291 79 3795 3988 262 12807
25 Tripura 12 34 34 13 396 13 396 396 34 1282
26 U arakhand 14 73 73 36 842 146 842 1684 280 3903
27 U ar Pradesh 76 412 403 285 6599 473 6097 8601 779 23237
28 West Bengal 48 402 402 385 8843 136 8150 8319 2128 28363
29 Andaman & Nicobar Island 1 2 2 1 30 6 30 30 9 108
30 Chandigarh 1 1 1 1 29 3 29 29 10 102
31 Daman & Diu 2 2 2 2 26 18 27 27 10 112
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 1 1 98 18 18 18 4 158
33 NCT of Delhi 7 70 70 28 852 0 852 1704 77 3583
34 Lakshadweep 1 1 1 1 12 1 12 12 2 41
35 Pondicherry 4 12 12 0 123 11 111 111 29 397
Total 999 4025 4880 1960 69476 4472 58855 70351 7538 217532
Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014
 3.18 Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Number of PCs where randomiza on requirement was relaxed Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 0
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 PCs Many of PS were to be covered on foot march for
1-4 days
3 Assam 1. In 3-Autonomous District (ST) HPC for 3 ACs namely, 16-Haflong, 20-Bokajan & 20-Baithangso. The condi ons i,e, (i) No person will be assigned
2. In 5-Kokrajhar (ST) HPC for 3 ACs namely, 30- Kokrajhar East, 31-Sidli & 33-Bijni. polling du es in an assembly cons tuency in which
3. In 6-Barpeta HPC for 1 AC namely 32-Bongaigaon. he is posted or (ii) in which he resides or (iii) the
4. In 9-Tezpur HPC for 1 AC namely 78-Gohpur. cons tuency which is his home assembly
5. In 11-Kaliabar HPC for 3 ACs namely 89-Kaliabor, 93-Bokakhat and 94-Sarupathar. cons tuency were relaxed in the Elec on Districts
6. In 12-Jorhat HPC for 1 AC namely 104-Nazira. having only one Assembly Cons tuency, as there is
7. In 13-Dibrugarh HPC for 1 AC namely 124-Margherita. no alterna ve other than to relax the aforesaid
8. In 14-Lakhimpur HPC for 5 ACs namely 99-Majuli, 112-Dhakuakhana, 113-Dhemaji, condi ons.
114-Jonai 126-Sadiya. condi ons.
4 Bihar Nil Nil
5 Chha sgarh Only One(10-Bastar(ST)) There were three Districts with only one AC under
this PC so due to inconvenience in movement of
party in District Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma
6 Goa Nil NA
7 Gujarat 0 0
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9 Himachal Pradesh Three tribal Assembly Segments of These tribal Assembly Segments are very remote,
2-Mandi PC:- high al tude, mostly snow-bound and the far-flung
2-Bharmour areas
21-Lahaul-Spi and 68-Kinnaur
10 J&K Jammu PC, Udhampur PC, Baramulla PC, Ladakh PC 1. Insufficient number of employees from different
departments in their database.
2. Long distance, extreme weather condi ons,
11 Jharkhand 1 SHORTAGE OF POLLING PERSONNEL and
Inaccessibility of terrain that required local polling
personnel who were aware of local terrain.
2 Two districts were so small that the en re district
has only one AC. As a result the requirement of
randomisa on of personnel was changed to from
AC to block.
12 Karnataka Randomiza on was not relaxed
13 Kerala NA
14 Madhya Pradesh Nil -
15 Maharastra

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 3.18 Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Number of PCs where randomiza on requirement was relaxed Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
16 Manipur 1 Remote and interior polling sta ons and polling
par es have to cover long distances on foot.
17 Meghalaya 0 Not applicable
18 Mizoram 1 Only 1 PC in state
19 Nagaland Nil Nil
20 Odisha 6 Only one/two ACs in the District, limited numbers
of Polling Personnel available, Being nexal affected
district it is not possible to move polling personnel
from outside districts.
21 Punjab Nil Nil
22 Rajasthan 37 Assembly Segments Third randomiza on of polling personnel one day
before the departure i.e P-2, instead of P-1 as
directed by the Commission
23 Sikkim 1 Female employees not to be deployed in remote
PS.
24 Tamil Nadu (1) 2 PS in 58.Pennagaram Assembly Segment comprised in 10.Dharmapuri Parliamentary
Cons tuency
(2) 2 PS in 92.Rasipuram (SC) Assembly Segment comprised in 16.Namakkal Parliamentary
Cons tuency.

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(3) 15 PS in 105.Anthiyur Assembly Segment comprised in 18. Tiruppur Parliamentary
Cons tuency
(4) 70 PS in 107.Bhavanisagar (SC) Assembly Segment comprised in 19. Nilgiris (SC)
Parliamentary Cons tuency
16 PS in 108.Udhagamandalam Assembly Segment comprised in 19.The Nilgiris (SC)
Parliamentary Cons tuency
18 PS in 109.Gudalur(SC) Assembly Segment comprised in 19.The Nilgiris (SC)
Parliamentary Cons tuency
19 PS in 110.Coonoor Assembly Segment comprised in 19.The Nilgiris (SC) Parliamentary
Cons tuency
(5) 61 PS in 124.Valparai (SC) Assembly Segment comprised in 21.Pollachi Parliamentary
Cons tuency
(6) 32 PS in 127 Palani Assembly Segment comprised in 22. Dindigul Parliamentary
Cons tuency
1 PS in 129. Athoor Assembly Segment comprised in 22.Dindigul Parliamentary
Cons tuency
6 PS in 131. Natham Assembly Segment comprised in 22. Dindigul Parliamentary
Cons tuency
25 Tripura Nil NA
Cont ...
 3.18 Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Number of PCs where randomiza on requirement was relaxed Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
26 U arakhand 4 Due to adverse geographical condi on in the state.
27 U ar Pradesh 3 Due to over requirement.
28 West Bengal 0 NONE
29 Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 1 (i) The A & N Islands is a chain of 572 islands
sca ered in north and south direc ons out of
which 37 islands are inhabited.
(ii) The total length of the islands from the
Northern p to the Southern p of the islands is
726 kms.
(iii) There are three districts namely North and
Middle Andaman District, South Andaman District
and Nicobar District. The Nicobar District is a tribal
district except the revenue areas under Great
Nicobar Island i.e Campbell Bay.
(iv) There are no Assembly Cons tuencies in the
UT and the en re UT is a single Parliamentary
Cons tuency. Therefore, the ques on of
randomiza on of polling personnel out of their
Assembly Cons tuency does not arise.

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(v) The me between sealing of machines/
prepara on of machines and date of poll is
generally 8-9 days.
(vi) The weather can turn at any me and the sea
condi ons can some mes be unsafe for cargo/
passenger ship movement and therefore some
buffer me is required.
(vii) The number of ships to carry polling personnel
and also the islanders is limited. Moreover
passenger ships that can carry passengers across
open sea are not available in India as ferries/I.V
vessels are not allowed to ply in these waters
unless they meet class requirements of Merchant
Shipping Act. This UT has a few inter island ships
available at present which are carrying passengers,
pa ents, etc. The demand for passenger services is
very high compared to the ship seat availability. For
the Northern group of islands the ships are also
under heavy stress of passenger movement/cargo
movement.
Cont ...
 3.18 Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
Sr. No. Name of State/ UT Number of PCs where randomiza on requirement was relaxed Reason(s) for relaxa on in Randomiza on
(viii) The Islands are under heavy forest cover up to
90% in many Islands and there are no je es
available in many islands. The EVMs and personnel
have to go by country boats and in many cases,
therea er a trek through dense vegeta on/forest.
30 Chandigarh 0 Nil
31 Daman & Diu NA Not Applicable
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Nil Nil
33 NCT of Delhi Nil Not Applicable
34 Lakshadweep NIL
35 Puducherry 0 Nil

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Source : Working Group 2 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014
 3.19 Use of Ballot Units and Control Units of EVMs
Name of State Number of Average number Number of control units Number of ballot units used
Sr.No. polling sta ons of contestants per Used during Kept in Allocated for Total Used during Kept in Allocated for Total
Parliamentary poll reserve training poll reserve training
Cons tuency
1 Andaman & Nicobars Islands 386 15 386 163 56 605 386 176 56 618
2 Andrapradesh 71227 14 146281 26119 5325 177725 155391 64795 5796 225982
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2158 5.5 2158 666 85 2909 2158 666 85 2909
4 Assam 24280 12 24467 4104 1821 30392 28034 4738 1127 33899
5 Bihar 61704 15 63359 4634 1235 69228 85692 6111 1235 93038
6 Chandigarh 519 17 519 15 30 564 1038 30 30 1098
7 Cha sgarh 22385 19 22430 1828 915 25173 34950 6154 915 42019
8 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 238 11 239 48 25 312 239 96 25 360
9 Delhi 12010 21.4 12010 600 600 13210 21967 1090 1100 24157
10 Daman & Diu 131 4 131 13 20 164 131 35 20 186
11 Goa 1624 10 1624 201 241 2066 1624 201 241 2066
12 Gujarat 45383 12 47594 4583 1900 54032 56242 4538 1900 62680
13 Haryana 16244 23 16280 1587 325 18192 30696 2947 325 33968
14 Himachal Pradesh 7385 10.5 7391 2038 466 9895 7390 2174 466 10030
15 Jammu & Kashmir 9633 13 9641 1213 481 11335 11907 1805 481 14207
16 Jharkand 24751 17 24751 22856 495 48102 38456 5741 495 44692

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17 Karnataka 54265 16 54265 2170 543 56478 75358 3225 543 79126
18 Kerala 21427 13 21427 2142 805 24374 26974 2785 828 30587
19 Lakshadweep 43 6 44 44 12 100 44 44 12 100
20 Madhya Pradesh 54846 13 55669 3551 1208 60248 67553 4647 1208 73408
21 Maharastra 90405 6 90405 9040 9040 108486 164599 16459 16459 197518
22 Manipur 2662 9 2705 289 133 3127 2704 294 133 3131
23 Meghalaya 2562 5 2593 701 311 3605 2593 750 410 3753
24 Mizoram 1126 3 1131 260 235 1553 1131 260 239 1457
25 Nagaland 2059 3 2127 374 269 2770 2125 416 271 2812
26 Odisha 35959 11 72972 7587 3841 84400 74250 26376 3841 104467
27 Puduherry 905 30 908 284 0 1192 1816 184 0 2000
28 Punjab 22022 19.46 22158 703 1170 24031 39048 1274 1170 41492
29 Rajasthan 47947 13 47945 6692 2367 57004 57372 8017 2365 67754
30 Sikkim 538 6 538 69 24 631 538 69 24 631
31 Tamilnadu 60817 21.66 61097 2761 3041 63858 109524 4892 3041 114416
32 Tripura 3095 12 3105 818 46 3969 3105 1114 45 4264
33 U ar Pradesh 140811 16.1 140926 9857 4225 155008 187645 12668 5430 205543
34 U arakand 10094 15 10119 3181 951 14251 14247 3042 887 18176
35 West Bengal 77252 11.2 77747 14955 3612 96314 83095 12896 3070 99061
Total 928893 12.82342857 1047142 136146 45853 1225303 1390022 200709 54273 1641605
Source : Working Group 3 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014
 3.20 Number of EVMs Used (Model and Manufacturer Wise)
Sr. No. Name of State/UT ECIL BEL
Pre – 2006 Post - 2006 Upgraded Pre – 2006 Post - 2006 Upgraded Post
-2006 -2006
BU CU BU CU BU CU BU CU BU CU BU CU
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 750 750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Andrapradesh 13139 22759 110000 90400 0 0 0 0 115982 87325 0 0
3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 6837 6836 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Assam 33899 30392 172 2614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bihar 1943 1909 0 0 0 0 8976 8560 92169 71131 0 0
6 Chandigarh 1300 861 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cha sgarh 0 0 42019 25173 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 0 0 420 379 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Delhi 1100 1100 0 0 0 0 23057 12110 0 0 0 0
10 Daman & Diu 0 0 225 165 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Goa 0 0 3266 3347 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Gujarat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62680 54032 0 0
13 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 33968 18192 0 0 0 0
14 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 3390 762 11190 11270 0 0
15 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 40 40 0 0 17462 15108 39 39 0 0
16 Jharkand 0 0 0 0 0 0 46484 50570 4892 4052 0 0
17 Karnataka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32547 20661 42811 33604

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18 Kerala 15531 13350 15017 14900 0 0 2531 1326 0 0 0 0
19 Lakshadweep 0 0 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Madhya Pradesh 82009 77340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Maharastra 172128 83096 - - - - 25390 18301 - - - -
22 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4483 4477 0 0
23 Meghalaya 0 0 4029 3605 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Mizoram 610 610 130 130 1575 1575
25 Nagaland 450 450 3400 3400 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 0
26 Odisha 651 1910 0 0 0 0 47266 34848 59666 55666 0 0
27 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 1199 0 0
28 Punjab 41316 32099 0 0 0 0 6300 6400 0 0 0 0
29 Rajasthan 0 0 40 40 0 0 78504 71945 4051 4031 0 0
30 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 2000 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 11228 4807 66999 39567 31297 16723 0 0
32 Tripura 0 0 4264 3969 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 U ar Pradesh 0 0 129082 101315 2000 4000 118713 13390 53748 38303 0 0
34 U arakand 258 2065 19137 15307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 West Bengal 89394 86998 9667 9316 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 453118 354329 349075 282266 13228 8807 479170 291209 478339 372504 42811 33604
Source : Working Group 3 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014
 4.1.1 Nomina on Summary
NOMINATIONS FILED NOMINATIONS REJECTED NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN CONTESTING CANDIDATES DEPOSIT FORFEITED
State/UT Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Cons tuency Type/ No. Of Seats

Andhra Pradesh
GEN 32 576 60 0 636 68 14 0 82 60 16 0 76 448 30 0 478 384 25 0 409
SC 7 101 8 0 109 11 1 0 12 12 1 0 13 78 6 0 84 64 5 0 69
ST 3 38 8 0 46 4 1 0 5 5 0 0 5 29 7 0 36 23 5 0 28

Total 42 715 76 0 791 83 16 0 99 77 17 0 94 555 43 0 598 471 35 0 506

Arunachal Pradesh
GEN 2 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 7 0 0 7

Total 2 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 7 0 0 7

Assam
Assam
GEN 11 133 17 0 150 6 1 0 7 6 1 0 7 121 15 0 136 99 11 0 110
SC 1 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 0 0 15 12 0 0 12
ST 2 15 1 0 16 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 10 1 0 11 4 1 0 5

Total 14 164 18 0 182 9 1 0 10 9 1 0 10 146 16 0 162 115 12 0 127

386
Bihar
GEN 33 560 44 0 604 65 4 0 69 18 1 0 19 477 39 0 516 408 30 0 438
GEN 1 17 0 0 17 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 15 0 0 15 13 0 0 13
SC 6 78 10 0 88 7 2 0 9 3 0 0 3 68 8 0 76 55 6 0 61

Total 40 655 54 0 709 73 6 0 79 22 1 0 23 560 47 0 607 476 36 0 512

Goa
GEN 2 22 2 0 24 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 17 2 0 19 13 2 0 15

Total 2 22 2 0 24 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 17 2 0 19 13 2 0 15

Gujarat
GEN 20 420 18 0 438 76 3 0 79 73 2 0 75 271 13 0 284 235 9 0 244
SC 2 21 2 0 23 3 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 16 0 0 16 12 0 0 12
ST 4 43 5 0 48 11 1 0 12 1 1 0 2 31 3 0 34 24 2 0 26

Total 26 484 25 0 509 90 6 0 96 76 3 0 79 318 16 0 334 271 11 0 282

Haryana
GEN 8 227 27 0 254 23 16 0 39 16 1 0 17 188 10 0 198 171 9 0 180
SC 2 40 5 0 45 6 3 0 9 3 1 0 4 31 1 0 32 26 1 0 27

Total 10 267 32 0 299 29 19 0 48 19 2 0 21 219 11 0 230 197 10 0 207

Cont ...
 4.1.1 Nomina on Summary
NOMINATIONS FILED NOMINATIONS REJECTED NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN CONTESTING CANDIDATES DEPOSIT FORFEITED
State/UT Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Cons tuency Type/ No. Of Seats

Himachal Pradesh
GEN 3 34 5 1 40 6 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 26 5 0 31 21 4 0 25
SC 1 10 0 0 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 5 0 0 5

Total 4 44 5 1 50 9 0 1 10 2 0 0 2 33 5 0 38 26 4 0 30

Jammu & Kashmir

GEN 6 97 6 0 103 15 2 0 17 8 1 0 9 74 3 0 77 61 2 0 63

Total 6 97 6 0 103 15 2 0 17 8 1 0 9 74 3 0 77 61 2 0 63

Karnataka
GEN 21 433 25 0 458 25 4 0 29 87 3 0 90 321 18 0 339 279 14 0 293
SC 5 101 2 1 104 12 0 0 12 20 0 0 20 69 2 1 72 57 2 1 60
ST 2 27 0 0 27 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 23 0 0 23 19 0 0 19

Total 28 561 27 1 589 40 4 0 44 108 3 0 111 413 20 1 434 355 16 1 372

Kerala
GEN 18 328 33 0 361 53 5 0 58 51 4 0 55 224 24 0 248 189 21 0 210

387
SC 2 27 3 0 30 7 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 18 3 0 21 15 2 0 17

Total 20 355 36 0 391 60 5 0 65 53 4 0 57 242 27 0 269 204 23 0 227

Madhya Pradesh
GEN 19 302 26 0 328 21 1 0 22 30 0 0 30 251 25 0 276 216 20 0 236
SC 4 49 7 0 56 7 1 0 8 2 1 0 3 40 5 0 45 33 4 0 37
ST 6 56 7 0 63 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 50 7 0 57 41 4 0 45

Total 29 407 40 0 447 31 2 0 33 35 1 0 36 341 37 0 378 290 28 0 318

Maharashtra
GEN 39 1143 87 1 1231 146 13 0 159 285 20 0 305 712 54 1 767 638 49 1 688
SC 5 147 19 0 166 13 2 0 15 57 4 0 61 77 13 0 90 68 12 0 80
ST 4 55 6 0 61 10 2 0 12 7 2 0 9 38 2 0 40 32 0 0 32

Total 48 1345 112 1 1458 169 17 0 186 349 26 0 375 827 69 1 897 738 61 1 800

Manipur
GEN 1 7 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 8 5 1 0 6
ST 1 9 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 10 7 1 0 8

Total 2 16 2 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0 18 12 2 0 14

Cont ...
 4.1.1 Nomina on Summary
NOMINATIONS FILED NOMINATIONS REJECTED NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN CONTESTING CANDIDATES DEPOSIT FORFEITED
State/UT Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Cons tuency Type/ No. Of Seats

Meghalaya
ST 2 9 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 10 4 1 0 5

Total 2 9 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 10 4 1 0 5

Mizoram
ST 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1

Total 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1

Nagaland
GEN 1 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1

Total 1 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1

Odisha
GEN 12 114 9 0 123 3 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 109 8 0 117 79 6 0 85
GEN 1 9 2 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 10 7 1 0 8
SC 3 22 2 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 0 24 16 1 0 17
ST 5 42 6 0 48 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 40 5 0 45 28 4 0 32

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Total 21 187 19 0 206 5 2 0 7 3 0 0 3 179 17 0 196 130 12 0 142

Punjab
GEN 9 222 25 0 247 38 13 0 51 17 1 0 18 167 11 0 178 147 8 0 155
SC 4 84 16 0 100 9 7 0 16 9 0 0 9 66 9 0 75 57 6 0 63

Total 13 306 41 0 347 47 20 0 67 26 1 0 27 233 20 0 253 204 14 0 218

Rajasthan
GEN 17 316 26 0 342 48 9 0 57 55 1 0 56 213 16 0 229 182 10 0 192
GEN 1 17 0 0 17 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 12 0 0 12 10 0 0 10
SC 3 40 5 0 45 6 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 33 4 0 37 27 4 0 31
SC 1 13 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 14 11 1 0 12
ST 3 26 7 0 33 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 22 6 0 28 16 5 0 21

Total 25 412 39 0 451 58 10 0 68 61 2 0 63 293 27 0 320 246 20 0 266

Sikkim
GEN 1 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 4 0 0 4

Total 1 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 4 0 0 4

Cont ...
 4.1.1 Nomina on Summary
NOMINATIONS FILED NOMINATIONS REJECTED NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN CONTESTING CANDIDATES DEPOSIT FORFEITED
State/UT Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Cons tuency Type/ No. Of Seats

Tamil Nadu
GEN 32 1090 101 2 1193 337 52 1 390 49 6 0 55 704 43 1 748 629 39 1 669
SC 7 140 22 0 162 50 9 0 59 5 1 0 6 85 12 0 97 70 9 0 79

Total 39 1230 123 2 1355 387 61 1 449 54 7 0 61 789 55 1 845 699 48 1 748

Tripura
GEN 1 12 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 13 11 1 0 12
ST 1 10 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 12 9 2 0 11

Total 2 22 3 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 3 0 25 20 3 0 23

U ar Pradesh
GEN 63 1429 148 4 1581 372 30 1 403 92 17 0 109 965 101 3 1069 830 79 3 912
SC 17 260 35 0 295 57 6 0 63 9 4 0 13 194 25 0 219 157 18 0 175

Total 80 1689 183 4 1876 429 36 1 466 101 21 0 122 1159 126 3 1288 987 97 3 1087

West Bengal
GEN 30 339 38 0 377 15 1 0 16 6 0 0 6 318 37 0 355 249 23 0 272

389
SC 10 85 10 0 95 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 84 10 0 94 67 4 0 71
ST 2 19 4 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 0 23 15 3 0 18

Total 42 443 52 0 495 16 1 0 17 6 0 0 6 421 51 0 472 331 30 0 361

Chha sgarh
GEN 6 193 19 0 212 13 0 0 13 41 6 0 47 139 13 0 152 129 11 0 140
SC 1 16 2 0 18 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 13 2 0 15 12 1 0 13
ST 4 42 6 0 48 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 38 6 0 44 32 4 0 36

Total 11 251 27 0 278 18 0 0 18 43 6 0 49 190 21 0 211 173 16 0 189

Jharkhand
GEN 8 173 10 0 183 12 0 0 12 4 0 0 4 157 10 0 167 141 10 0 151
SC 1 13 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 13 10 1 0 11
ST 5 62 8 0 70 5 1 0 6 4 0 0 4 53 7 0 60 41 6 0 47

Total 14 248 19 0 267 18 1 0 19 8 0 0 8 222 18 0 240 192 17 0 209

U arakhand
GEN 4 76 9 0 85 13 2 0 15 5 0 0 5 58 7 0 65 52 5 0 57
SC 1 11 0 0 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 7 0 0 7

Total 5 87 9 0 96 15 2 0 17 5 0 0 5 67 7 0 74 59 5 0 64

Cont ...
 4.1.1 Nomina on Summary
NOMINATIONS FILED NOMINATIONS REJECTED NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN CONTESTING CANDIDATES DEPOSIT FORFEITED
State/UT Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total Male Female Others Total

Cons tuency Type/ No. Of Seats

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

GEN 1 19 3 0 22 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 5 13 2 0 15 11 2 0 13

Total 1 19 3 0 22 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 5 13 2 0 15 11 2 0 13

Chandigarh
GEN 1 15 6 0 21 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 12 5 0 17 11 3 0 14

Total 1 15 6 0 21 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 12 5 0 17 11 3 0 14

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

ST 1 13 1 0 14 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 10 1 0 11 8 1 0 9

Total 1 13 1 0 14 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 10 1 0 11 8 1 0 9

Daman & Diu

GEN 1 4 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2

Total 1 4 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2

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NCT OF Delhi
GEN 6 165 22 0 187 35 11 0 46 4 1 0 5 126 10 0 136 112 9 0 121
SC 1 17 3 0 20 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 11 3 0 14 10 2 0 12

Total 7 182 25 0 207 40 11 0 51 5 1 0 6 137 13 0 150 122 11 0 133

Lakshadweep
ST 1 9 0 0 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 6 4 0 0 4

Total 1 9 0 0 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 6 4 0 0 4

Puducherry
GEN 1 38 3 0 41 8 0 0 8 3 0 0 3 27 3 0 30 24 3 0 27

Total 1 38 3 0 41 8 0 0 8 3 0 0 3 27 3 0 30 24 3 0 27

Grand Total 10321 990 9 11320 1662 223 3 1888 1082 99 0 1181 7577 668 6 8251 6469 525 6 7000

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 4.1.2 Reasons for Rejec on of Nomina ons
The Reasons for rejec on of nomina ons have been compiled on the basis of reports received from various states and posi on may
be seen in the table given below. These reasons are only for 1126 rejec ons reported by States and details about 749 candidates have
not been received.

No oath or Affirma on 51
Under age 9
Improper SC/ST cer ficate 11
Not enrolled as an elector 20
Incorrect enrolment details 63
Date of oath or affirma on not being A er Filing Nomina on and before scru ny 19
Oath/affirma on not made in person 10
Inadequate number of eligible proposers 184
Holding office of profit 4
Being disqualified by orunder any law madeby Parliament [Ar cle 102(1)] 1
Due to Statutory disqualifica ons - Persons Convicted for offence under various sec ons of RP Act 1951, 16
protec on of Civil Rights Act, 1955, Customs Act, 1962, Unlawful Ac vi es (Preven on) Act 1967, Foreign
Exchange (Regula on) Act, 1973, Narco c Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Terrorist and
Disrup ve Ac vi es (Preven on) Act, 1987; Religious ins tu ons (Preven on of Misuse) Act,1988; Places of
Worship (Special Provisions) Act. 1991; Preven on of Insults to Na onal Honour Act,1971; The Commission of
Sa (Preven on) Act, 1987; The Preven on of Corrup on Act, 1988;The Preven on of Terrorism Act, 2002 etc.

Convicted for the contraven on of any law providing for the preven on of hoarding or profiteering or of 1
adultera on of food or drugs or any provision of the Dowry Prohibi on Act, 1961

Disqualifica on for dismissal for corrup on or disloyalty to the State 1

Other Reasons 736
Total 1126

A perusal of the reasons for rejec on does not indicate any trend but it seems necessary that candidates and poten al candidates
have to be made aware of the legali es and procedures involved in the process of nomina ons. Some States/ UTs like Bihar, Sikkim,
Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry had setup help desks and facilita on centres for enlightening candidates and poli cal par es
about filling up the nomina ons correctly. This may be replicated in all States and a training programme may be organized in each
district by the DEO during the week star ng with the issue of no fica on for elec ons for this purpose.

Source : Working Group 5 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 4.2.1 Viola ons of Model Code of Conduct
Sl No Name of the state/UT Total No. Of Total No. of No. Of defacement Misuse of vehicle Misuse of places
MCC viola ons cases (wall wri ng, poster, (Beacon light, flag) of worship
on which ac on registered banner, etc.)
taken under R.P. Act,
IPC etc.
Public Private No. of cases FIRs lodged No. of cases FIRs lodged
property property recorded recorded
1 A&N Islands 54 6 476 277 0 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 33647 7383 245139 79986 161 65 10 6
3 Arunanchal Pradesh 60 37 10 6 0 0 0 0
4 Assam 441 342 8014 814 2 2 0 0
5 Bihar 1173 832 345 64 344 129 - -
6 Chandigarh 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 Chha sgarh 1481238 114066 10 11 0 0
8 Dadar Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Delhi 252 177 813 146 7 1 0 0
10 Goa 96 5 116 55 0 0 0 0
11 Gujarat 793 58 100919 13994 1 0 0 0
12 Haryana 101 75 142 83 0 0 0 0
13 Himanchal Pradesh 367 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 J&K 10308 5154 6 6 0 0

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15 Karnataka 1710 1710 57 35 59 59 - -
16 Kerala 70386 3 653877 15728 0 0
17 Lakshadweep 9 1 1 - - - - -
18 Madhya Pradesh 1298 104 111122 31783 22 15 - -
19 Maharastra 957 647 215 0 218 - 5 -
20 Manipur - - - - - - - -
21 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Mizoram 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Nagaland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Orrisa 7709 54 88030 87043 102 9 7 2
25 Puducherry 283 158 35 7 6 3 0 0
26 Punjab 3950 3631 94981 285524 2 2 1 0
27 Rajasthan 780 22 18365 12346 15 3 - -
28 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Tamil Nadu 90334 2383 89374 67713 527 293 0 0
30 Tripura 3077 0 3021 42 0 0
31 UT of Daman & Diu 3 0 310 0 0 0 0
32 U ar Pradesh 27229 3350 9016654 2613080 25966 4692 4 4
33 U arakhand 336 28 5153 1303 16 3 - -
34 West Bengal 3,47,178 3590 3,32,343 14,513 37 31 0 0
Total 241971 24601 11928464 3344030 30522 5366 28 12
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 4.2.1 Viola ons of Model Code of Conduct
Sl No Name of the state/UT Misuse of loudspeaker Mee ng/ speech Inducement/ Misuse of Others
etc. without gra fica on to Government
permission electors/ cash, property/
kind distribu on resource

No. of cases FIRs lodged No. of cases FIRs lodged No. of cases FIRs lodged No. of cases FIRs lodged No. of cases FIRs lodged
recorded recorded recorded recorded recorded

1 A&N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 182 175 389 353 2398 2277 1 1 12564 -
3 Arunanchal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Assam 7 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 11 -
5 Bihar 78 75 69 63 22 22 - - 141 -
6 Chandigarh 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
7 Chha sgarh 5 5 2 0 0 0 131 11 0 0
8 Dadar Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Delhi 5 0 27 4 8 2 0 0 48 -
10 Goa 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Gujarat 1 1 25 19 10 7 0 0 64 0
12 Haryana 5 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 17 -
13 Himanchal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 365 0
14 Jammu & kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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15 Karnataka 11 11 71 71 526 526 - - 951 -
16 Kerala 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lakshadweep - - - - - - - - -
18 Madhya Pradesh 28 16 30 19 9 4 214 50 0
19 Maharastra 34 - 72 - 19 - 0 0 0 0
20 Manipur - - - - - - - -
21 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Orrisa 18 2 24 2 51 10 13 1 38 -
25 Puducherry 3 1 24 16 71 39 0 0 137 57
26 Punjab 48 5 86 0 47 172 0 0 3767 3452
27 Rajasthan 1 0 8 1 159 0 - - - 0
28 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Tamil Nadu 22 16 104 102 246 132 13 7 749 -
30 Tripura 0 0 2 12 1 0 0 0 0
31 UT of Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 U ar Pradesh 25 20 144 129 52 49 4 2 173 -
33 U arakhand 1 1 40 10 9 0 - - 75 8
34 West Bengal 63 40 81 39 9 5 0 0 514 207
Total 538 371 1205 833 3652 3248 376 72 19622 3724

Source : Working Group 4 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

 4.2.2 Sources of Complaints of MCC Viola ons received

Sl No Name of State/ UT Number of Complaints of MCC viola ons received from

Poli cal Par es General Public Media Others

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 A&N Islands 33 17 0 10
2 Andhra Pradesh 247 318 0 487
3 Arunanchal Pradesh 12 0 0 22
4 Assam 134 208 52 168
5 Bihar 321 589 26 18
6 Chandigarh 7 0 0 0
7 Chha sgarh 78 12 0 10
8 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
9 Delhi 0 0 0 0
10 Goa 22 58 1 15
11 Gujarat 123 670 0 0
12 Haryana 43 59 1 22
13 Himachal Pradesh 198 132 4 33
14 J&K 43 93 48 8
15 Karnataka 112 183 9 57
16 Kerala 250 235 10 5
17 Lakshadweep 39 0 0 10
18 Madhya Pradesh 60 49 4 40
19 Maharastra 462 356 211 163
20 Manipur 0 1 1 0
21 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0
22 Mizoram 2 0 0 0
23 Nagaland 3 1 0 1
24 Odisha 208 634 88 657
25 Puducherry 26 83 23 260
26 Punjab 145 1259 7 45
27 Rajasthan 65 430 - 285
28 Sikkim 62 0 0 0
29 Tamil Nadu 1225 10657 39 77749
30 Tripura 3075 2 0 0
31 UT Of Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
32 U ar Pradesh 270 246 11 350
33 U arakhand 16 5 12 123
34 West Bengal 3397 667 144 43534
Total 10678 16964 691 124072
Others : Independent Candidates, BLOs Govt. officials etc.

Source : Working Group 4 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 4.2.3 MCC Viola ons and No ces Issued
STATE/UT Viola on No ces Ac on FIR
Cases Issued Taken Registered

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 209 0 209 0

Andhra Pradesh 49,529 227,490 259,894 4,237

Arunachal Pradesh 60 25 38 37

Assam 1,389 198 1,386 13

Bihar 1,291 297 1,249 1,058

Chandigarh 10 10 2 1

Cha sgarh 198 9 1,630 4

Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0

Daman & Diu 3 0 0 2

Goa 3 0 0 0

Gujarat 30,076 61 30,014 50

Haryana 6,656 133 6,511 83

Himachal Pradesh 106 35 51 1

Jammu & Kashmir 120 107 105 5

Jharkhand 2,932 788 2,598 362

Karnataka 2,720 1,930 961 990

Kerala 192,239 75,416 185,509 1

Lakshadweep 10 0 3 1

Madhya Pradesh 1,297 149 828 74

Maharashtra 1,292 345 1,073 1,053

Manipur 4 2 13 0

Meghalaya 6 2 6 0

Mizoram 0 0 0 0

Nagaland 1 1 1 0

NCT OF Delhi 257 29 245 9

Odisha 4,499 241 4,303 96

Puducherry 35 34 35 27

Punjab 4,176 570 3,386 244

Rajasthan 13,902 96 12,992 15

Sikkim 2 1 2 15

Tamil Nadu 117,285 3,459 117,360 2,735

Tripura 3 4 4 1

U ar Pradesh 28,785 10,062 27,229 1,164

U arakhand 336 312 199 28

West Bengal 345,002 104,271 318,176 3,742

Total 804,433 426,077 976,012 16,048

Note : Ideally this should be summary of Annexure 4.2.1
Source : ECI Dashboard 395
 4.3.1 State and UT wise Observers Deployed

Source : Elec on Observer Division, ECI

396
 4.4.1 Expenditure Sensi ve Areas
Expenditure Sensi ve Expenditure Sensi ve
Name of State/UT
Cons tuencies Areas
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0 0
Andhra Pradesh 113 1727
Arunachal Pradesh 2 23
Assam 6 6
Bihar 13 13
Chandigarh 0 0
Chha sgarh 5 15
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0 0
Daman and Diu 1 1
Goa 2 8
Gujarat - -
Haryana 0 0
Himachal Pradesh 0 0
Jammu and Kashmir 0 0
Jharkhand 6 6
Karnataka 11 11
Kerala 0 0
Lakshadweep 1 2
Madhya Pradesh 11 1348
Maharashtra 3 18
Manipur 0 0
Meghalaya 0 0
Mizoram 0 0
Nagaland 0 0
NCT of Delhi 0 179
Odisha 0 0
Puducherry 1 1
Punjab 5 849
Rajasthan 5 2085
Sikkim 0 0
Tamil Nadu 39 39
Tripura 0 0
U ar Pradesh 16 52

U arakhand 0 0

West Bengal 0 723

TOTAL 240 5322

Source : Working Group 9 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 4.4.2 Search and Seizure Informa on
STATE/UT Licensed Licensed Cash Seized Illegal arms Illegal liquor Drugs seized Persons Persons Persons Persons
arms arms (in Rs.) seized ammuni on seized (in mg) against from from against whom
(in no.) whom whom ac on taken
deposited seized (in Liters) whom
interim final under
(in numbers) cases preven ve
registered bonds bonds
taken laws
taken
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 401 287 0 0 0 370 0 14 0 0 26
Andhra Pradesh 21914 19410 1244175529 196 5224 433672 1022432745 172981 158413 200167 72620
Arunachal Pradesh 31837 13935 37722358 125 59 69816 3400 227 499 49 62
Assam 54551 26784 15113085 544 1146 523054 18655310 9797 3317 1634 3458
Bihar 190194 20763 63697067 655 4243 331815 84186002 359884 177827 55631 75711
Chandigarh 0 1413 4168500 1 12 7643 1627060 165 2 273 0
Cha sgarh 11256 5259 10769114 15 4 3032 137503490 13701 6027 3055 9890
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 0 165 0 0 0 1508188 0 9 0 0 0
Goa 4732 3817 0 0 0 2846 0 268 14 175 27
Gujarat 55668 48448 7150851 181 281 1685974 112788000 178645 114680 170672 57814
Haryana 112425 98139 12036920 189 406 101155 249316654 2515 1978 2244 2285
Himachal Pradesh 100993 32393 8738905 1 3 507232 53423959 1592 395 238 1302
Jammu & Kashmir 62513 9405 1856300 1 6 30 2000 1225 1331 865 242
Jharkhand 30217 9752 14652903 107 1804 137249 29500900 35766 13360 1238 19377

398
Karnataka 89743 78683 205382635 6 33 52398 5098550 16801 7227 5772 5637
Kerala 7090 4200 52461871 532 442 1278 9410080 807 241 7 479
Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 22 20020 21 0 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 272042 246065 5303242 2327 714 146415 672128947 204232 144628 67087 46125
Maharashtra 90540 45866 246358326 822 4751 955363 3503744 98142 52066 10750 78457
Manipur 25585 3092 0 39 75 1352 0 11 235 160 1692
Meghalaya 21360 5122 122910 10 436 830 4640 326 93 56 163
Mizoram 9411 1297 0 11 1336 755 0 0 0 0 56
Nagaland 45979 1173 2357970 16 239 76830 2620 97 103 0 65
NCT OF Delhi 5003 514 4338800 69 212 21856 0 2922 1280 717 12755
Odisha 25310 13005 12561094 201 51 154412 7460851 42483 25596 5485 32657
Puducherry 316 229 2917680 0 0 6780 0 962 0 168 186
Punjab 296875 273197 360065296 125 490 6518971 8453191266 7502 4984 2798 9846
Rajasthan 167573 121184 42845362 907 1315 213531 4303267149 85554 106229 79033 93613
Sikkim 1138 1220 0 1 9 0 0 472 30 267 243
Tamil Nadu 22842 20933 405636549 40 8475 20475 500 19855 3740 1747 8800
Tripura 874 462 69434 3 0 10936 681100 3012 1018 1134 777
U ar Pradesh 1117343 661912 202408217 4940 8352 397429 1595537184 1320988 1499437 1175792 563490
U arakhand 57518 25528 7422655 174 190 15467 24206600 9475 29583 27756 1536
West Bengal 75985 37183 29097231 1261 3528 2277332 286455900 67121 30770 45686 58420
Total State: 3009228 1830835 2999430804 13499 43836 16184508 17070408671 2657572 2385103 1860656 1157811
Source : IT Division, Elec on Commission of India
 4.5.1 Free Air Time To Poli cal Par es

GENERAL FLECTION TO LOK SABHA, 2014

Time available to Na onal Par es on Na onal Channel/Hook-Up of
Doordarshan/All India Radio

S. No. Name of Total Time allo ed in Number of Time

Na onal minutes for Vouchers
Party (5 minutes)

Broadcast Telecast Broadcast Telecast

1 BSP 75 75 15 15
2 BJP 140 140 28 28
3 CPI 50 50 10 10
4 CPI (M) 70 70 14 14
5 INC 190 190 38 38
6 NCP 55 55 11 11
Total 580 580 116 116

GENERAL FLECTION TO LOK SABHA, 2014

Time available to Na onal Par es on Regional Kendras of
Doordarshan/All India Radio

S. No. Name of Total Time allo ed in Number of Time

Na onal minutes for Vouchers
Party (5 minutes)

Broadcast Telecast Broadcast Telecast

1 BSP 115 115 23 23

2 BJP 210 210 42 42
3 CPI 80 80 16 16
4 CPI (M) 110 110 22 22
5 INC 285 285 57 57
6 NCP 80 80 16 16
Total 880 880 176 176

Source : Working Group 6 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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 GENERAL ELECTION OT LOK SABHA, 2014
GENERAL ELECTION TO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
Time available to State Par es on Regional Kendras/State Capital
Kendras of Doordarshan/All India Radio

S.No. Name of Total Time allo ed in Number of Time

Na onal minutes for Vouchers
Party (5 minutes)
Broadcast Telecast Broadcast Telecast
1 TRS 35 35 7 7
2 TD 40 40 8 8
3 AITC 45 45 9 9
4 KJP 35 35 7 7
5 JD (S) 40 40 8 8
6 KC (M) 35 35 7 7
7 IUML 35 35 7 7
8 MNS 35 35 7 7
9 SS 40 40 8 8
10 MSCP 35 35 7 7
11 NPF 55 55 11 11
12 PDA 40 40 8 8
13 UDP 40 40 8 8
14 HSPDP 40 40 8 8
15 NPP 35 35 7 7
16 MNF 40 40 8 8
17 MPC 35 35 7 7
18 ZNP 35 35 7 7
19 LJSP 35 35 7 7
20 BJD 45 45 9 9
21 AIADMK 40 40 8 8
22 AIN.C 35 35 7 7
23 DMK 40 40 8 8
24 PMK 35 35 7 7
25 SAD 45 45 9 9
26 SDF 55 55 11 11
27 DMDK 35 35 7 7
28 RLD 35 35 7 7
29 SP 40 40 8 8
30 AIFB 35 35 7 7
31 RSP 35 35 7 7
32 RJD 35 35 7 7
33 MG 35 35 7 7
34 HJC (BL) 40 40 8 8
35 INLD 40 40 8 8
36 J&KNC 40 40 8 8
37 J&KNPP 35 35 7 7
38 J&K PDP 40 40 8 8
39 JMM 35 35 7 7
40 JVM(P) 35 35 7 7
41 AJSU P 35 35 7 7
42 AAP 35 35 7 7
43 PPA 35 35 7 7
44 AIUDF 35 35 7 7
45 AGP 40 40 8 8
46 BPF 35 35 7 7
47 JD(U) 40 40 8 8
TOTAL 1795 1795 359 359

Source : Working Group 6 report of post-poll CEO Conference, LS -2014

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Cont.....
401
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Odisha

Cont.....
402
 4.6.1 Re - poll Held

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 5.1 – List of Successful Candidates

Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1 Andaman & GEN Bishnu Pada Ray GEN BJP Lotus 7812
Nicobar Islands ( 4.14 %)

Andhra Pradesh
2 Adilabad ST Godam Nagesh ST TRS Car 171290
( 16.65 %)
3 Amalapuram SC Dr Pandula Ravindra Babu SC TDP Bicycle 120576
( 10.82 %)
4 Anakapalli GEN Mu amse Srinivasa GEN TDP Bicycle 47932
Rao (Avanthi) ( 4.21 %)
5 Anantapur GEN J.C. Divakar Reddi GEN TDP Bicycle 61991
(5.15 %)
6 Aruku ST Kothapalli Geetha ST YSRCP Ceiling Fan 91398
(10.23 %)
7 Bapatla SC Malyadri Sriram SC TDP Bicycle 32754
(2.78 %)
8 Bhongir GEN Dr. Boora Narsaiah Goud GEN TRS Car 30544
(2.54 %)
9 Chelvella GEN Konda Vishweshwar Reddy GEN TRS Car 73023
(5.59 %)
10 Chi oor SC Naramalli Sivaprasad SC TDP Bicycle 44138
(3.70 %)
11 Eluru GEN Magan Venkateswara GEN TDP Bicycle 101926
Rao (Babu) (8.54 %)
12 Guntur GEN Jayadev Galla GEN TDP Bicycle 69111
(5.59 %)
13 Hindupur GEN Kristappa Nimmala GEN TDP Bicycle 97325
(8.33 %)
14 Hyderabad GEN Asaduddin Owaisi GEN AIMIM Kite 202454
(20.95 %)
15 Kadapa GEN Y.S. Avinash Reddy GEN YSRCP Ceiling Fan 190323
(15.93 %)
16 Kakinada GEN Thota Narasimham GEN TDP Bicycle 3431
(0.31 %)
17 Karimnagar GEN Vinod Kumar Boinapally GEN TRS Car 204652
(18.28 %)
18 Khammam GEN Pongule Srinivasa Reddy GEN YSRCP Ceiling Fan 12204
(1.04 %)
19 Kurnool GEN Bu a Renuka GEN YSRCP Ceiling Fan 44131
(4.18 %)
20 Machilipatnam GEN Konakalla Narayana Rao GEN TDP Bicycle 81057
(7.15 %)
21 Mahabubabad ST Prof. Azmeera Seetaram Naik ST TRS Car 34992
(3.13 %)
22 Mahbubnagar GEN Ap Jithender Reddy GEN TRS Car 2590
(0.26 %)
23 Malkajgiri GEN Ch.Malla Reddy GEN TDP Bicycle 28166
( 1.75 %)
24 Medak GEN Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao GEN TRS Car 397029
( 33.64 %)
Cont....
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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

25 Nagarkurnool SC Yellaiah Nandi SC INC Hand 16676

(1.52 %)
26 Nalgonda GEN Gutha Sukhender Reddy GEN INC Hand 193156
(16.37 %)
27 Nandyal GEN S.P.Y Reddy GEN YSRCP Ceiling Fan 105766
(8.83 %)
28 Narasaraopet GEN Sambasiva Rao Rayapa GEN TDP Bicycle 35280
(2.76 %)
29 Narsapuram GEN Gokaraju Ganga Raju GEN BJP Lotus 85351
(7.90 %)
30 Nellore GEN Mekapa Rajamohan Reddy GEN YSRCP Ceiling Fan 13478
(1.14 %)
31 Nizamabad GEN Kalvakuntla Kavitha GEN TRS Car 167184
(16.28 %)
32 Ongole GEN Y.V.Subba Reddy GEN YSRCP Ceiling Fan 15559
(1.29 %)
33 Peddapalle SC Balka Suman SC TRS Car 291158
(28.63 %)
34 Rajahmundry GEN Murali Mohan Magan GEN TDP Bicycle 167434
(14.60 %)
35 Rajampet GEN P.V.Midhun Reddy GEN YSRCP Ceiling Fan 174762
(15.18 %)
36 Secundrabad GEN Bandaru Da atreya GEN BJP Lotus 254735
(25.55 %)
37 Srikakulam GEN Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu GEN TDP Bicycle 127692
(12.21 %)
38 Tirupa SC Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli SC YSRCP Ceiling Fan 37425
(3.11 %)
39 Vijayawada GEN Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) GEN TDP Bicycle 74714
(6.28 %)
40 Visakhapatnam GEN Kambhampa Hari Babu GEN BJP Lotus 90488
(7.83 %)
41 Vizianagaram GEN Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapa GEN TDP Bicycle 106911
(9.60 %)
42 Warangal SC Kadiyam Srihari SC TRS Car 392574
(33.83 %)
43 Zahirabad GEN B.B. Pa l GEN TRS Car 144631
( 13.35 %)
Arunachal Pradesh
44 Arunachal East GEN Ninong Ering ST INC Hand 12478
(4.86 %)
45 Arunachal West GEN Kiren Rijiju ST BJP Lotus 41738
(12.50 %)
Assam
46 Autonomous ST Biren Singh Eng ST INC Hand 24095
District ( 4.53 %)
47 Barpeta GEN Siraj Uddin Ajmal GEN AIUDF Lock and Key 42341
( 3.53 %)
48 Dhubri GEN Badruddin Ajmal GEN AIUDF Lock and Key 229730
( 16.84 %)
49 Dibrugarh GEN Rameswar Teli GEN BJP Lotus 185347
( 21.20 %)
Cont....
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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

50 Gauha GEN Bijoya Chakravarty GEN BJP Lotus 315784

(20.98 %)
51 Jorhat GEN Kamakhya Prasad Tasa GEN BJP Lotus 102420
(11.17 %)
52 Kaliabor GEN Gourav Gogoi GEN INC Hand 93874
(8.13 %)
53 Karimganj SC Radheshyam Biswas SC AIUDF Lock and Key 102094
(11.57 %)
54 Kokrajhar ST Naba Kumar Sarania (Hira) ST IND Ba ery Torch 355779
(29.51 %)
55 Lakhimpur GEN Sarbananda Sonowal ST BJP Lotus 292138
(26.54 %)
56 Mangaldoi GEN Ramen Deka GEN BJP Lotus 22884
(1.87 %)
57 Nowgong GEN Rajen Gohain GEN BJP Lotus 143559
(11.75 %)
58 Silchar GEN Sushmita Dev GEN INC Hand 35241
(4.43 %)
59 Tezpur GEN Ram Prasad Sarmah GEN BJP Lotus 86020
(8.92 %)
Bihar
60 Araria GEN Tasleem Uddin GEN RJD Hurricane Lamp 146504
(15.27 %)
61 Arrah GEN Raj Kumar Singh GEN BJP Lotus 135870
(15.47 %)
62 Aurangabad GEN Sushil Kumar Singh GEN BJP Lotus 66347
(8.63 %)
63 Banka GEN Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav GEN RJD Hurricane Lamp 10144
(1.14 %)
64 Begusarai GEN Bhola Singh GEN BJP Lotus 58335
(5.55 %)
65 Bhagalpur GEN Shailesh Kumar Urph GEN RJD Hurricane Lamp 9485
Bulo Mandal (0.99 %)
66 Buxar GEN Ashwini Kumar Choubey GEN BJP Lotus 132338
(15.06 %)
67 Darbhanga GEN Kir Azad GEN BJP Lotus 35043
(4.34 %)
68 Gaya (Sc) SC Hari Manjhi SC BJP Lotus 115504
(14.61 %)
69 Gopalganj (Sc) SC Janak Ram SC BJP Lotus 286936
(32.39 %)
70 Hajipur (Sc) SC Ramvilas Paswan SC LJP Bungalow 225500
( 25.35 %)
71 Jahanabad GEN Dr. Arun Kumar GEN BLSP Ceiling Fan 42340
( 5.28 %)
72 Jamui (Sc) SC Chirag Kumar Paswan SC LJP Bungalow 85947
( 11.37 %)
73 Jhanjharpur GEN Birendra Kumar Chaudhary GEN BJP Lotus 55408
(5.94 %)
74 Karakat GEN Upendra Kushwaha GEN BLSP Ceiling Fan 105241
( 13.50 %)
Cont....
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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

75 Ka har GEN Tariq Anwar GEN NCP Clock 114740

( 11.77 %)
76 Khagaria GEN Choudhary Mahboob GEN LJP Bungalow 76003
Ali Kaiser ( 8.71 %)
77 Kishanganj GEN Mohammad Asrarul GEN INC Hand 194612
Haque ( 21.36 %)
78 Madhepura GEN Rajesh Ranjan @ GEN RJD Hurricane Lamp 56209
Pappu Yadav ( 5.55 %)
79 Madhubani GEN Hukm Deo Narayan GEN BJP Lotus 20535
Yadav ( 2.44 %)
80 Maharajganj GEN Janardan Singh GEN BJP Lotus 38415
"sigriwal" ( 4.67 %)
81 Munger GEN Veena Devi GEN LJP Bungalow 109084
( 12.13 %)
82 Muzaffarpur GEN Ajay Nishad GEN BJP Lotus 222422
( 23.68 %)
83 Nalanda GEN Kaushlendra Kumar GEN JD(U) Arrow 9627
( 1.05 %)
84 Nawada GEN Giriraj Singh GEN BJP Lotus 140157
( 15.98 %)
85 Paschim GEN Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal GEN BJP Lotus 110254
Champaran ( 13.19 %)
86 Pataliputra GEN Ram Kripal Yadav GEN BJP Lotus 40322
( 4.14 %)
87 Patna Sahib GEN Shatrughana Sinha GEN BJP Lotus 265805
( 30.39 %)
88 Purnia GEN Santosh Kumar GEN JD(U) Arrow 116669
( 11.60 %)
89 Purvi Champaran GEN Radha Mohan Singh GEN BJP Lotus 192163
( 23.74 %)
90 Samas pur (Sc) SC Ram Chandra Paswan SC LJP Bungalow 6872
( 0.82 %)
91 Saran GEN Rajiv Pratap Rudy GEN BJP Lotus 40948
( 4.85 %)
92 Sasaram (Sc) SC Chhedi Paswan SC BJP Lotus 63327
( 7.60 %)
93 Sheohar GEN Rama Devi GEN BJP Lotus 136239
( 16.39 %)
94 Sitamarhi GEN Ram Kumar Sharma GEN BLSP Ceiling Fan 147965
( 16.54 %)
95 Siwan GEN Om Prakash Yadav GEN BJP Lotus 113847
( 13.20 %)
96 Supaul GEN Ranjeet Ranjan GEN INC Hand 59672
( 6.29 %)
97 Ujiarpur GEN Nityanand Rai GEN BJP Lotus 60469
( 7.09 %)
98 Vaishali GEN Rama Kishore Singh GEN LJP Bungalow 99267
( 10.79 %)
99 Valmiki Nagar GEN Sa sh Chandra Dubey GEN BJP Lotus 117795
( 13.32 %)

Cont....
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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

Chandigarh
100 Chandigarh GEN Kirron Kher GEN BJP Lotus 69642
( 15.46 %)
Chha sgarh
101 Bastar ST Dinesh Kashyap ST BJP Lotus 124359
(17.01 %)
102 Bilaspur GEN Lakhan Lal Sahu GEN BJP Lotus 176436
(16.29 %)
103 Durg GEN Tamradhwaj Sahu GEN INC Hand 16848
(1.35 %)
104 Janjgir - Champa SC Kamla Patle SC BJP Lotus 174961
(16.59 %)
105 Kanker ST Vikram Usendi ST BJP Lotus 35158
(3.57 %)
106 Korba GEN Dr. Banshilal Mahto GEN BJP Lotus 4265
(0.41 %)
107 Mahasamund GEN Chandu Lal Sahu GEN BJP Lotus 1217
(Chandu Bhaiya) (0.11 %)
108 Raigarh ST Vishnu Deo Sai ST BJP Lotus 216750
(17.80 %)
109 Raipur GEN Ramesh Bais GEN BJP Lotus 171646
(13.79 %)
110 Rajnandgaon GEN Abhishek Singh GEN BJP Lotus 235911
(20.59 %)
111 Sarguja ST Kamalbhan Singh ST BJP Lotus 147236
Marabi (12.73 %)

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

112 Dadar & Nagar ST Patel Natubhai Gomanbhai ST BJP Lotus 6214
Haveli (3.83 %)

Daman & Diu

113 Daman & Diu GEN Patel Lalubhai GEN BJP Lotus 9222
Babubhai (10.73 %)

Goa
114 North Goa GEN Shripad Yesso Naik GEN BJP Lotus 105599
( 26.34 %)
115 South Goa GEN Adv. Narendra Keshav GEN BJP Lotus 32330
Sawaikar (7.96 %)

Gujarat
116 Ahmedabad East GEN Paresh Rawal GEN BJP Lotus 326633
( 33.63 %)
117 Ahmedabad West SC Dr. Kirit P Solanki SC BJP Lotus 320311
( 33.79 %)
118 Amreli GEN Kachhadiya Naranbhai GEN BJP Lotus 156232
Bhikhabhai ( 19.78 %)

Cont....
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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

119 Anand GEN Dilip Patel GEN BJP Lotus 63426

( 6.65 %)
120 Banaskantha GEN Chaudhary Haribhai Parthibhai GEN BJP Lotus 202334
( 23.28 %)
121 Bardoli ST Vasava Parbhubhai Nagarbhai ST BJP Lotus 123884
( 10.44 %)
122 Bharuch GEN Vasava Mansukhbhai ST BJP Lotus 153273
Dhanjibhai ( 14.79 %)
123 Bhavnagar GEN Dr. Bhara ben Dhirubhai Shiyal GEN BJP Lotus 295488
( 32.55 %)
124 Chhota Udaipur ST Ramsinh Rathwa ST BJP Lotus 179729
( 16.77 %)
125 Dahod ST Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor ST BJP Lotus 230354
( 26.54 %)
126 Gandhinagar GEN L.K.Advani GEN BJP Lotus 483121
( 43.03 %)
127 Jamnagar GEN Poonamben Hematbhai GEN BJP Lotus 175289
Maadam ( 20.72 %)
128 Junagadh GEN Chudasama GEN BJP Lotus 135832
Rajeshbhai Naranbhai ( 14.69 %)
129 Kachchh SC Chavda Vinod Lakhamashi SC BJP Lotus 254482
( 27.38 %)
130 Kheda GEN Chauhan Devusinh GEN BJP Lotus 232901
Jesingbhai (Chauhan
Devusinh) ( 24.89 %)
131 Mahesana GEN Patel Jayshreeben Kanubhai GEN BJP Lotus 208891
( 21.04 %)
132 Navsari GEN C. R. Pa l GEN BJP Lotus 558116
( 48.47 %)
133 Panchmahal GEN Chauhan Prabhatsinh GEN BJP Lotus 170596
Pratapsinh ( 18.80 %)
134 Patan GEN Liladharbhai Khodaji GEN BJP Lotus 138719
Vaghela ( 14.70 %)
135 Porbandar GEN Radadiya Vithalbhai GEN BJP Lotus 267971
Hansrajbhai ( 33.79 %)
136 Rajkot GEN Kundariya Mohanbhai GEN BJP Lotus 246428
Kalyanjibhai ( 23.72 %)
137 Sabarkantha GEN Rathod Dipsinh Shankarsinh GEN BJP Lotus 84455
( 7.88 %)
138 Surat GEN Darshana Vikram Jardosh GEN BJP Lotus 533190
( 56.90 %)
139 Surendranagar GEN Fatepara Devajibhai GEN BJP Lotus 202907
Govindbhai ( 21.73 %)
140 Vadodara GEN Narendra Modi GEN BJP Lotus 570128
( 49.86 %)
141 Valsad ST Dr. K.C.Patel ST BJP Lotus 208004
( 18.99 %)

Cont....
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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

Haryana
142 Ambala SC Ra an Lal Kataria SC BJP Lotus 340074
(28.08 %)
143 Bhiwani- GEN Dharambir S/O Bhale Ram GEN BJP Lotus 129394
Mahendra garh (12.58 %)
144 Faridabad GEN Krishan Pal GEN BJP Lotus 466873
(41.41 %)
145 Gurgaon GEN Inderjit Singh Rao GEN BJP Lotus 274722
(20.84 %)
146 Hisar GEN Dushyant Chautala GEN INLD Spectacles 31847
(2.76 %)
147 Karnal GEN Ashwini Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 360147
(30.25 %)
148 Kurukshetra GEN Raj Kumar Saini GEN BJP Lotus 129736
(11.45 %)
149 Rohtak GEN Deepender Singh Hooda GEN INC Hand 170627
(16.42 %)
150 Sirsa SC Charanjeet Singh Rori SC INLD Spectacles 115736
(9.08 %)
151 Sonipat GEN Ramesh Chander GEN BJP Lotus 77414
(7.87 %)
Himachal Pradesh
152 Hamirpur GEN Anurag Singh Thakur GEN BJP Lotus 98403
( 11.87 %)
153 Kangra GEN Shanta Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 170072
( 21.51 %)
154 Mandi GEN Ram Swaroop Sharma GEN BJP Lotus 39856
( 5.54 %)
155 Shimla SC Virender Kashyap SC BJP Lotus 84187
( 11.53 %)
Jammu & Kashmir
156 Anantnag GEN Mehbooba Mu i GEN JKPDP Ink Pot & Pen 65417
( 17.71 %)
157 Baramulla GEN Muzaffar Hussain Baig GEN JKPDP Ink Pot & Pen 29219
( 6.33 %)
158 Jammu GEN Jugal Kishore GEN BJP Lotus 257280
( 20.60 %)
159 Ladakh GEN Thupstan Chhewang ST BJP Lotus 36
(0.03 %)
160 Srinagar GEN Tariq Hameed Karra GEN JKPDP Ink Pot & Pen 42280
( 13.76 %)
161 Udhampur GEN Dr. Jitendra Singh GEN BJP Lotus 60976
( 5.91 %)
Jharkhand
162 Chatra GEN Sunil Kumar Singh GEN BJP Lotus 178026
( 25.17 %)

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163 Dhanbad GEN Pashupa Nath Singh GEN BJP Lotus 292954
( 25.78 %)
164 Dumka ST Shibu Soren ST JMM Bow & Arrow 39030
(4.41 %)
165 Giridih GEN Ravindra Kumar Pandey GEN BJP Lotus 40313
(4.18 %)
166 Godda GEN Nishikant Dubey GEN BJP Lotus 60682
(5.85 %)
167 Hazaribagh GEN Jayant Sinha GEN BJP Lotus 159128
( 16.57 %)
168 Jamshedpur GEN Bidyut Baran Mahato GEN BJP Lotus 99876
(9.66 %)
169 Khun ST Karia Munda ST BJP Lotus 92248
(12.94 %)
170 Kodarma GEN Ravindra Kr. Ray GEN BJP Lotus 98654
( 9.69 %)
171 Lohardaga ST Sudarshan Bhagat ST BJP Lotus 6489
( 1.02 %)
172 Palamau SC Vishnu Dayal Ram SC BJP Lotus 263942
( 27.52 %)
173 Rajmahal ST Vijay Kumar Hansdak ST JMM Bow & Arrow 41337
( 4.44 %)
174 Ranchi GEN Ram Tahal Choudhary GEN BJP Lotus 199303
(19.11 %)
175 Singhbhum ST Laxman Giluwa ST BJP Lotus 87524
(11.39 %)
Karnataka
176 Bagalkot GEN Gaddigoudar Parvtagouda GEN BJP Lotus 116560
Chandanagouda (10.91 %)
177 Bangalore Central GEN P.C. Mohan GEN BJP Lotus 137500
( 12.90 %)
178 Bangalore North GEN D.V Sadananda Gowda GEN BJP Lotus 229764
( 17.09 %)
179 Bangalore Rural GEN D K Suresh GEN INC Hand 231480
(16.02 %)
180 Bangalore South GEN Ananth Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 228575
( 20.66 %)
181 Belgaum GEN Angadi Suresh Channabasappa GEN BJP Lotus 75860
(7.11 %)
182 Bellary ST B. Sreeramulu ST BJP Lotus 85144
(8.23 %)
183 Bidar GEN Bhagwanth Khuba GEN BJP Lotus 92222
(9.64 %)
184 Bijapur SC Ramesh Jigajinagi SC BJP Lotus 69819
(7.28 %)
185 Chamarajanagar SC R. Dhruvanarayana SC INC Hand 141182
(12.60 %)
186 Chikkballapur GEN M Veerappa Moily GEN INC Hand 9520
( 0.76 %)
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187 Chikkodi GEN Prakash Babanna Hukkeri GEN INC Hand 3003
( 0.28 %)
188 Chitradurga SC B.N.Chandrappa SC INC Hand 101291
( 9.31 %)
189 Dakshina Kannada GEN Nalin Kumar Kateel GEN BJP Lotus 143709
(11.97 %)
190 Davanagere GEN G M Siddeshwara GEN BJP Lotus 17607
( 1.59 %)
191 Dharwad GEN Pralhad Joshi GEN BJP Lotus 113657
(11.05 %)
192 Gulbarga SC Mallikarjun Kharge SC INC Hand 74733
(7.57 %)
193 Hassan GEN H.D. Devegowda GEN JD(S) A lady farmer 100462
carrying paddy
on her head (8.81 %)
194 Haveri GEN Udasi Shivakumar GEN BJP Lotus 87571
Channabasappa (7.87 %)
195 Kolar SC K.H.Muniyappa SC INC Hand 47850
(4.26 %)
196 Koppal GEN Karadi Sanganna Amarappa GEN BJP Lotus 32414
(3.26 %)
197 Mandya GEN C.S.Pu araju GEN JD(S) A lady farmer 5518
carrying paddy (0.47 %)
on her head
198 Mysore GEN Prathap Simha GEN BJP Lotus 31608
(2.75 %)
199 Raichur ST B.V.Nayak ST INC Hand 1499
(0.16 %)
200 Shimoga GEN B. S. Yeddyurappa GEN BJP Lotus 363305
(32.38 %)
201 Tumkur GEN Muddahanumegowda S.P. GEN INC Hand 74041
(6.80 %)
202 Udupi GEN Shobha Karandlaje GEN BJP Lotus 181643
Chikmagalur (17.70 %)
203 U ara Kannada GEN Anantkumar Hegde GEN BJP Lotus 140700
(14.29 %)
Kerala
204 Alappuzha GEN K C Venugopal GEN INC Hand 19407
(1.97 %)
205 Alathur SC P.K.Biju SC CPM Hammer, Sickle 37312
and Star (4.12 %)
206 A ngal GEN Dr.A .Sampath GEN CPM Hammer, Sickle 69378
and Star (8.14 %)
207 Chalakudy GEN Innocent GEN IND Pot 13884
(1.59 %)
208 Ernakulam GEN Prof. K.V. Thomas GEN INC Hand 87047
( 10.35 %)
209 Idukki GEN Adv.Joice George GEN IND Ba ery Torch 50542
(6.26 %)
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210 Kannur GEN P K Sreemathi Teacher GEN CPM Hammer, Sickle 6566
and Star ( 0.70 %)
211 Kasaragod GEN P Karunakaran GEN CPM Hammer, Sickle 6921
and Star ( 0.71 %)
212 Kollam GEN N.K.Premachandran GEN RSP Spade & Stoker 37649
( 4.32 %)
213 Ko ayam GEN Jose K. Mani GEN KEC(M) Two Leaves 120599
( 14.75 %)
214 Kozhikode GEN M .K Raghavan GEN INC Hand 16883
( 1.80 %)
215 Malappuram GEN E. Ahamed GEN IUML Ladder 194739
( 23.42 %)
216 Mavelikkara SC Kodikunnil Suresh SC INC Hand 32737
( 3.72 %)
217 Palakkad GEN M B Rajesh GEN CPM Hammer, Sickle 105300
and Star ( 11.71 %)
218 Pathanamthi a GEN Anto Antony GEN INC Hand 56191
( 6.59 %)
219 Ponnani GEN E. T. Mohammed Basheer GEN IUML Ladder 25410
(2.94 %)
220 Thiruvanantha- GEN Dr. Shashi Tharoor GEN INC Hand 15470
puram (1.78 %)
221 Thrissur GEN C. N. Jayadevan GEN CPI Ears of Corn 38227
And Sickle (4.20 %)
222 Vadakara GEN Mullappally GEN INC Hand 3306
Ramachandran (0.35 %)
223 Wayanad GEN M I Shanavas GEN INC Hand 20870
(2.31 %)
Lakshadweep
224 Lakshadweep ST Mohammed Faizal P. P. ST NCP Clock 1535
(3.56 %)
Madhya Pradesh
225 Balaghat GEN Bodhsingh Bhagat GEN BJP Lotus 96041
(8.68 %)
226 Betul ST Jyo Dhurve ST BJP Lotus 328614
(32.19 %)
227 Bhind SC Dr. Bhagirath Prasad SC BJP Lotus 159961
(22.11 %)
228 Bhopal GEN Alok Sanjar GEN BJP Lotus 370696
(32.95 %)
229 Chhindwara GEN Kamal Nath GEN INC Hand 116537
( 10.77 %)
230 Damoh GEN Prahalad Singh Patel GEN BJP Lotus 213299
( 23.71 %)
231 Dewas SC Manohar Untwal SC BJP Lotus 260313
( 22.96 %)
232 Dhar ST Savitri Thakur ST BJP Lotus 104328
(9.83 %)

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233 Guna GEN Jyo raditya M Scindia GEN INC Hand 120792
(12.53 %)
234 Gwalior GEN Narendra Singh Tomar GEN BJP Lotus 29699
(3.01 %)
235 Hoshangabad GEN Uday Pratap Singh GEN BJP Lotus 389960
(38.52 %)
236 Indore GEN Sumitra Mahajan (Tai) GEN BJP Lotus 466901
(35.62 %)
237 Jabalpur GEN Rakesh Singh GEN BJP Lotus 208639
(20.98 %)
238 Khajuraho GEN Nagendra Singh GEN BJP Lotus 247490
(28.56 %)
239 Khandwa GEN Nandkumar Singh GEN BJP Lotus 259714
Chouhan (Nandu Bhaiya) (20.94 %)
240 Khargone ST Subhash Patel ST BJP Lotus 257879
(22.81 %)
241 Mandla ST Faggan Singh Kulaste ST BJP Lotus 110469
(9.28 %)
242 Mandsour GEN Sudhir Gupta GEN BJP Lotus 303649
(26.34 %)
243 Morena GEN Anoop Mishra GEN BJP Lotus 132981
(15.65 %)
244 Rajgarh GEN Rodmal Nagar GEN BJP Lotus 228737
(22.86 %)
245 Ratlam ST Dileepsingh Bhuria ST BJP Lotus 108457
(10.31 %)
246 Rewa GEN Janardan Mishra GEN BJP Lotus 168726
( 20.59 %)
247 Sagar GEN Laxmi Narayan Yadav GEN BJP Lotus 120737
( 13.68 %)
248 Satna GEN Ganesh Singh GEN BJP Lotus 8688
(0.96 %)
249 Shahdol ST Dalpat Singh Paraste ST BJP Lotus 241301
(25.48 %)
250 Sidhi GEN Ri Pathak GEN BJP Lotus 108046
(11.12 %)
251 Tikamgarh SC Dr. Virendra Kumar SC BJP Lotus 208731
(27.60 %)
252 Ujjain SC Prof. Chintamani Malviya SC BJP Lotus 309663
(30.84 %)
253 Vidisha GEN Sushma Swaraj GEN BJP Lotus 410698
(38.64 %)
Maharashtra
254 Ahmadnagar GEN Gandhi Dilipkumar Mansukhlal GEN BJP Lotus 209122
( 19.82 %)
255 Akola GEN Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao GEN BJP Lotus 203116
( 20.89 %)
256 Amrava SC Adsul Anandrao Vithoba SC SHS Bow & Arrow 137932
( 13.79 %)

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255 Akola GEN Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao GEN BJP Lotus 203116
(20.89 %)
256 Amrava SC Adsul Anandrao Vithoba SC SHS Bow & Arrow 137932
(13.79 %)
257 Aurangabad GEN Chandrakant Bhaurao Khaire GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 162000
(16.59 %)
258 Barama GEN Supriya Sule GEN NCP Clock 69719
(6.63 %)
259 Beed GEN Munde Gopinathrao GEN BJP Lotus 136454
Pandurang (11.09 %)
260 Bhandara - GEN Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole GEN BJP Lotus 149254
Gondiya ( 12.51 %)
261 Bhiwandi GEN Kapil Moreshwar Pa l GEN BJP Lotus 109450
(12.63 %)
262 Buldhana GEN Jadhav Prataprao GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 159579
Ganpatrao (16.48 %)
263 Chandrapur GEN Ahir Hansraj Gangaram GEN BJP Lotus 236269
(21.45 %)
264 Dhule GEN Dr. Bhamre Subhash Ramrao GEN BJP Lotus 130723
(13.33 %)
265 Dindori ST Chavan Harishchandra ST BJP Lotus 247619
Deoram ( 25.81 %)
266 Gadchiroli-Chimur ST Ashok Mahadeorao Nete ST BJP Lotus 236870
( 23.62 %)
267 Hatkanangle GEN Raju She y GEN SWP Whistle 177810
( 15.08 %)
268 Hingoli GEN Rajeev Shankarrao Satav GEN INC Hand 1632
(0.16 %)
269 Jalgaon GEN A.T. Nana Pa l GEN BJP Lotus 383525
( 38.86 %)
270 Jalna GEN Danve Raosaheb GEN BJP Lotus 206798
Dadarao ( 19.47 %)
271 Kalyan GEN Dr.Shrikant Eknath GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 250749
Shinde ( 30.77 %)
272 Kolhapur GEN Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik GEN NCP Clock 33259
( 2.65 %)
273 Latur SC Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad SC BJP Lotus 253395
( 24.29 %)
274 Madha GEN Mohite Pa l Vijaysinh GEN NCP Clock 25344
Shankarrao ( 2.36 %)
275 Maval GEN Appa Alias Shrirang GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 157397
Chandu Barne ( 13.53 %)
276 Mumbai South GEN Arvind Sawant GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 128564
( 16.69 %)
277 Mumbai North GEN Gopal Chinayya She y GEN BJP Lotus 446582
( 47.62 %)
278 Mumbai North GEN Poonam Mahajan Alias GEN BJP Lotus 186771
Central Poonam Vajendla Rao ( 22.28 %)

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279 Mumbai North GEN Kirit Somaiya GEN BJP Lotus 317122
East ( 37.11 %)
280 Mumbai North GEN Gajanan Chandrakant Kir kar GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 183028
West ( 20.69 %)
281 Mumbai South GEN Rahul Ramesh Shewale GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 138180
Central ( 18.20 %)
282 Nagpur GEN Gadkari Ni n Jairam GEN BJP Lotus 284848
( 26.34 %)
283 Nanded GEN Ashok Shankarrao Chavan GEN INC Hand 81455
( 8.06 %)
284 Nandurbar ST Dr.Gavit Heena Vijaykumar ST BJP Lotus 106905
( 9.76 %)
285 Nashik GEN Godse Hemant Tukaram GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 187336
( 20.18 %)
286 Osmanabad GEN Gaikwad Ravindra Vishwanath GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 234325
( 21.04 %)
287 Palghar ST Adv. Chintaman Navasha Wanga ST BJP Lotus 239520
( 24.67 %)
288 Parbhani GEN Jadhav Sanjay (Bandu) Haribhau GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 127155
( 11.11 %)
289 Pune GEN Anil Shirole GEN BJP Lotus 315769
( 32.00 %)
290 Raigad GEN Anant Geete GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 2110
( 0.22 %)
291 Ramtek SC Krupal Balaji Tumane SC SHS Bow & Arrow 175791
( 16.81 %)
292 Ratnagiri - GEN Vinayak Bhaurao Raut GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 150051
Sindhudurg ( 16.98 %)
293 Raver GEN Khadase Raksha Nikhil GEN BJP Lotus 318068
( 31.65 %)
294 Sangli GEN Sanjaykaka Pa l GEN BJP Lotus 239292
( 23.00 %)
295 Satara GEN Shrimant Chh. Udayanraje GEN NCP Clock 366594
Pratapsinha Bhonsale ( 37.95 %)
296 Shirdi SC Lokhande Sadashiv Kisan SC SHS Bow & Arrow 199922
( 21.67 %)
297 Shirur GEN Adhalrao Shivaji Da atrey GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 301814
( 28.01 %)
298 Solapur SC Sharad Bansode SC BJP Lotus 149674
( 15.97 %)
299 Thane GEN Vichare Rajan Baburao GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 281299
( 27.02 %)
300 Wardha GEN Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas GEN BJP Lotus 215783
( 21.36 %)
301 Yavatmal-Washim GEN Gawali Bhavana Pundlikrao GEN SHS Bow & Arrow 93816
( 9.13 %)
Manipur
302 Inner Manipur GEN Dr. Thokchom Meinya GEN INC Hand 94674
( 14.90 %)

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303 Outer Manipur ST Thangso Baite ST INC Hand 15637

(2.03 %)
Meghalaya
304 Shillong ST Vincent H. Pala ST INC Hand 40379
(6.63 %)
305 Tura ST Purno Agitok Sangma ST NPEP Book 39716
( 9.05 %)
Mizoram
306 Mizoram ST C. L. Ruala ST INC Hand 6154
( 1.44 %)
Nagaland
307 Nagaland GEN Neiphiu Rio ST NPF Cock 400225
( 38.62 %)
NCT of Delhi
308 Chandni Chowk GEN Dr. Harsh Vardhan GEN BJP Lotus 136320
(13.95 %)
309 East Delhi GEN Maheish Girri GEN BJP Lotus 190463
( 15.99 %)
310 New Delhi GEN Meenakashi Lekhi GEN BJP Lotus 162708
( 16.87 %)
311 North East Delhi GEN Manoj Tiwari GEN BJP Lotus 144084
( 10.97 %)
312 North West Delhi SC Udit Raj SC BJP Lotus 106802
( 7.93 %)
313 South Delhi GEN Ramesh Bidhuri GEN BJP Lotus 107000
( 9.74 %)
314 West Delhi GEN Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma GEN BJP Lotus 268586
( 20.04 %)
Odisha
315 Aska GEN Ladu Kishore Swain GEN BJD Conch 311997
( 35.42 %)
316 Balasore GEN Rabindra Kumar Jena GEN BJD Conch 141825
( 13.61 %)
317 Bargarh GEN Prabhas Kumar Singh GEN BJD Conch 11178
( 1.01 %)
318 Berhampur GEN Sidhant Mohapatra GEN BJD Conch 127720
( 14.31 %)
319 Bhadrak SC Arjun Charan Sethi SC BJD Conch 179359
( 16.69 %)
320 Bhubaneswar GEN Prasanna Kumar GEN BJD Conch 189477
Patasani ( 21.44 %)
321 Bolangir GEN Kalikesh Narayan GEN BJD Conch 104299
Singh Deo ( 9.07 %)
322 Cu ack GEN Bhartruhari Mahatab GEN BJD Conch 306762
( 31.63 %)
323 Dhenkanal GEN Tathagata Satpathy GEN BJD Conch 137340
( 13.35 %)
324 Jagatsinghpur SC Kulamani Samal SC BJD Conch 276394
( 24.58 %)

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325 Jajpur SC Rita Tarai SC BJD Conch 320271

(32.96 %)
326 Kalahandi GEN Arka Keshari Deo GEN BJD Conch 56347
( 5.14 %)
327 Kandhamal GEN Hemendra Chandra GEN BJD Conch 181017
Singh ( 21.93 %)
328 Kendrapara GEN Baijayant Panda GEN BJD Conch 209300
(18.52 %)
329 Keonjhar ST Sakuntala Laguri ST BJD Conch 157317
( 14.87 %)
330 Koraput ST Jhina Hikaka ST BJD Conch 19328
( 2.02 %)
331 Mayurbhanj ST Rama Chandra ST BJD Conch 122866
Hansdah ( 11.93 %)
332 Nabarangpur ST Balabhadra Majhi ST BJD Conch 2042
( 0.21 %)
333 Puri GEN Pinaki Misra GEN BJD Conch 263361
( 25.56 %)
334 Sambalpur GEN Nagendra Kumar GEN BJD Conch 30576
Pradhan ( 3.15 %)
335 Sundargarh ST Jual @ Juel Oram ST BJP Lotus 18829
( 1.89 %)
Puducherry
336 Puducherry GEN R. Radhakrishnan GEN AINRC Jug 60854
( 8.48 %)
Punjab
337 Amritsar GEN Captain Amarinder Singh GEN INC Hand 102770
( 10.23 %)
338 Anandpur Sahib GEN Prem Singh Chandumajra GEN SAD Scales 23697
(2.19 %)
339 Bathinda GEN Harsimrat Kaur Badal GEN SAD Scales 19395
(1.65 %)
340 Faridkot SC Prof. Sadhu Singh SC AAAP Broom 172516
( 16.78 %)
341 Fatehgarh Sahib SC Harinder Singh Khalsa SC AAAP Broom 54144
(5.27 %)
342 Firozpur GEN Sher Singh Ghubaya SC SAD Scales 31420
(2.86 %)
343 Gurdaspur GEN Vinod Khanna GEN BJP Lotus 136065
( 13.11 %)
344 Hoshiarpur SC Vijay Sampla SC BJP Lotus 13582
(1.42 %)
345 Jalandhar SC Santokh Singh Chaudhary SC INC Hand 70981
(6.86 %)
346 Khadoor Sahib GEN Ranjit Singh Brahmpura GEN SAD Scales 100569
(9.72 %)
347 Ludhiana GEN Ravneet Singh Bi u GEN INC Hand 19709
(1.80 %)

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348 Pa ala GEN Dr. Dharam Vira GEN AAAP Broom 20942
Gandhi ( 1.87 %)
349 Sangrur GEN Bhagwant Mann GEN AAAP Broom 211721
( 19.30 %)
Rajasthan
350 Ajmer GEN Sanwar Lal Jat GEN BJP Lotus 171983
( 15.04 %)
351 Alwar GEN Chand Nath GEN BJP Lotus 283895
( 26.79 %)
352 Banswara ST Manshankar Ninama ST BJP Lotus 91916
( 8.09 %)
353 Barmer GEN Col. Sona Ram GEN BJP Lotus 87461
( 7.27 %)
354 Bharatpur SC Bahadur Singh Koli SC BJP Lotus 245468
( 25.66 %)
355 Bhilwara GEN Subhash Baheria GEN BJP Lotus 246264
( 22.71 %)
356 Bikaner SC Arjun Ram Meghwal SC BJP Lotus 308079
( 33.62 %)
357 Chi orgarh GEN Chandra Prakash Joshi GEN BJP Lotus 316857
( 27.49 %)
358 Churu GEN Rahul Kaswan GEN BJP Lotus 294739
( 26.32 %)
359 Dausa ST Harish Chandra Meena ST BJP Lotus 45404
( 4.92 %)
360 Ganganagar SC Nihalchand SC BJP Lotus 291741
( 23.34 %)
361 Jaipur GEN Ramcharan Bohara GEN BJP Lotus 539345
( 41.86 %)
362 Jaipur Rural GEN Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore GEN BJP Lotus 332896
( 33.22 %)
363 Jalore GEN Devji Patel GEN BJP Lotus 381145
( 35.42 %)
364 Jhalawar-Baran GEN Dushyant Singh GEN BJP Lotus 281546
( 24.98 %)
365 Jhunjhunu GEN Santosh Ahlawat GEN BJP Lotus 233835
( 23.42 %)
366 Jodhpur GEN Gajendrasingh Shekhawat GEN BJP Lotus 410051
( 38.56 %)
367 Karauli-Dholpur SC Manoj Rajoriya SC BJP Lotus 27216
( 3.24 %)
368 Kota GEN Om Birla GEN BJP Lotus 200782
( 17.58 %)
369 Nagaur GEN C R Choudhary GEN BJP Lotus 75218
( 7.58 %)
370 Pali GEN P P Chaudhary GEN BJP Lotus 399039
( 37.02 %)
371 Rajsamand GEN Hariom Singh Rathore GEN BJP Lotus 395705
( 41.01 %)

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372 Sikar GEN Sumedhanand Saraswa GEN BJP Lotus 239196

( 22.60 %)
373 Tonk-Sawai GEN Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria GEN BJP Lotus 135506
Madhopur ( 13.03 %)
374 Udaipur ST Arjunlal Meena ST BJP Lotus 236762
( 20.30 %)
Sikkim
375 Sikkim GEN Prem Das Rai GEN SDF Umbrella 41742
( 13.70 %)
Tamil Nadu
376 Arakkonam GEN Hari, G. GEN ADMK Two Leaves 240766
( 22.32 %)
377 Arani GEN V.Elumalai GEN ADMK Two Leaves 243844
( 22.44 %)
378 Chennai Central GEN S.R. Vijayakumar GEN ADMK Two Leaves 45841
( 5.78 %)
379 Chennai North GEN Venkatesh Babu .T.G GEN ADMK Two Leaves 99704
( 11.17 %)
380 Chennai South GEN Dr. J. Jayavardhan GEN ADMK Two Leaves 135575
( 12.90 %)
381 Chidambaram SC Chandrakasi, M SC ADMK Two Leaves 128495
( 11.94 %)
382 Coimbatore GEN Nagarajan, P. GEN ADMK Two Leaves 42016
( 3.62 %)
383 Cuddalore GEN Arunmozhithevan.A GEN ADMK Two Leaves 203125
( 20.85 %)
384 Dharmapuri GEN Anbumani Ramadoss GEN PMK Mango 77146
( 7.09 %)
385 Dindigul GEN Udhaya Kumar .M GEN ADMK Two Leaves 127845
( 11.92 %)
386 Erode GEN Selvakumara Chinnayan S GEN ADMK Two Leaves 211563
( 21.32 %)
387 Kallakurichi GEN Kamaraj. K GEN ADMK Two Leaves 223507
( 20.39 %)
388 Kancheepuram SC Maragatham K SC ADMK Two Leaves 146866
( 13.22 %)
389 Kanniyakumari GEN Radhakrishnan P. GEN BJP Lotus 128662
( 13.04 %)
390 Karur GEN Thambidurai,M. GEN ADMK Two Leaves 195247
( 18.91 %)
391 Krishnagiri GEN Ashok Kumar.K GEN ADMK Two Leaves 206591
( 19.63 %)
392 Madurai GEN R.Gopalakrishnan GEN ADMK Two Leaves 199424
( 20.88 %)
393 Mayiladuthurai GEN Bharathi Mohan R.K GEN ADMK Two Leaves 277050
( 27.37 %)
394 Nagapa nam SC Gopal. Dr. K SC ADMK Two Leaves 106079
( 11.45 %)
395 Namakkal GEN Sundaram P.R GEN ADMK Two Leaves 294374
( 28.23 %)
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396 Nilgiris SC Gopalakrishnan, C. SC ADMK Two Leaves 104940

( 11.84 %)
397 Perambalur GEN Marutharajaa, R.P. GEN ADMK Two Leaves 213048
( 20.90 %)
398 Pollachi GEN Mahendran.C GEN ADMK Two Leaves 140974
( 14.10 %)
399 Ramanathapuram GEN Anwar Raajhaa. A GEN ADMK Two Leaves 119324
( 12.00 %)
400 Salem GEN Pannerselvam.V GEN ADMK Two Leaves 267610
( 23.69 %)
401 Sivaganga GEN Senthilnathan Pr GEN ADMK Two Leaves 229385
( 22.51 %)
402 Sriperumbudur GEN Ramachandran, K.N. Thiru GEN ADMK Two Leaves 102646
( 8.15 %)
403 Tenkasi SC Vasanthi.M SC ADMK Two Leaves 161774
( 16.12 %)
404 Thanjavur GEN Parasuraman.K GEN ADMK Two Leaves 144119
( 14.41 %)
405 Theni GEN Parthipan, R. GEN ADMK Two Leaves 314532
( 29.53 %)
406 Thiruvallur SC Venugopal.P.(Dr) SC ADMK Two Leaves 323430
( 26.28 %)
407 Thoothukkudi GEN Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj GEN ADMK Two Leaves 124002
Na erjee. J ( 13.70 %)
408 Tiruchirappalli GEN Kumar.P GEN ADMK Two Leaves 150476
( 15.59 %)
409 Tirunelveli GEN Prabakaran.K. R. P GEN ADMK Two Leaves 126099
( 13.28 %)
410 Tiruppur GEN V.Sathyabama GEN ADMK Two Leaves 179315
( 17.30 %)
411 Tiruvannamalai GEN Vanaroja R GEN ADMK Two Leaves 168606
( 15.94 %)
412 Vellore GEN Sengu uvan, B. GEN ADMK Two Leaves 59393
( 6.14 %)
413 Viluppuram SC Rajendran S SC ADMK Two Leaves 193367
( 18.31 %)
414 Virudhunagar GEN Radhakrishnan T GEN ADMK Two Leaves 145551
( 14.57 %)
Tripura
415 Tripura East ST Jitendra Chaudhury ST CPM Hammer, Sickle 484358
and Star ( 51.53 %)
416 Tripura West GEN Sankar Prasad Da a GEN CPM Hammer, Sickle 503486
and Star ( 47.50 %)
U ar Pradesh
417 Agra SC Dr. Ram Shankar SC BJP Lotus 300263
Katheria ( 28.19 %)
418 Akbarpur GEN Devendra Singh @ GEN BJP Lotus 278997
Bhole Singh ( 28.84 %)

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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

419 Aligarh GEN Sa sh Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 286736

( 27.10 %)
420 Allahabad GEN Shyama Charan Gupta GEN BJP Lotus 62009
( 6.98 %)
421 Ambedkar Nagar GEN Hari Om Pandey GEN BJP Lotus 139429
( 13.58 %)
422 Amethi GEN Rahul Gandhi GEN INC Hand 107903
( 12.36 %)
423 Amroha GEN Kanwar Singh Tanwar GEN BJP Lotus 158214
( 14.54 %)
424 Aonla GEN Dharmendra Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 138429
( 14.05 %)
425 Azamgarh GEN Mulayam Singh Yadav GEN SP Bicycle 63204
( 6.62 %)
426 Badaun GEN Dharmendra Yadav GEN SP Bicycle 166347
( 16.29 %)
427 Baghpat GEN Dr. Satya Pal Singh GEN BJP Lotus 209866
( 20.98 %)
428 Bahraich SC Sadhvi Savitri Bai SC BJP Lotus 95645
Foole ( 10.39 %)
429 Ballia GEN Bharat Singh GEN BJP Lotus 139434
( 14.90 %)
430 Banda GEN Bhairon Prasad Mishra GEN BJP Lotus 115788
( 13.71 %)
431 Bansgaon SC Kamlesh Paswan SC BJP Lotus 189516
( 21.93 %)
432 Barabanki SC Priyanka Singh Rawat SC BJP Lotus 211878
( 20.00 %)
433 Bareilly GEN Santosh Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 240685
Gangwar ( 23.80 %)
434 Bas GEN Harish Chandra Alias GEN BJP Lotus 33562
Harish Dwivedi ( 3.23 %)
435 Bhadohi GEN Virendra Singh GEN BJP Lotus 158141
( 16.25 %)
436 Bijnor GEN Kunwar Bhartendra GEN BJP Lotus 205774
( 19.51 %)
437 Bulandshahr SC Bhola Singh SC BJP Lotus 421973
( 42.08 %)
438 Chandauli GEN Dr Mahendra Nath GEN BJP Lotus 156756
Pandey ( 16.04 %)
439 Deoria GEN Kalraj Mishra GEN BJP Lotus 265386
( 27.67 %)
440 Dhaurahra GEN Rekha GEN BJP Lotus 125675
( 11.94 %)
441 Domariyaganj GEN Jagdambika Pal GEN BJP Lotus 103588
( 11.16 %)
442 Etah GEN Rajveer Singh (Raju GEN BJP Lotus 201001
Bhaiya) ( 21.85 %)

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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

443 Etawah SC Ashok Kumar Doharey SC BJP Lotus 172946

( 18.53 %)
444 Faizabad GEN Lallu Singh GEN BJP Lotus 282775
( 27.96 %)
445 Farrukhabad GEN Mukesh Rajput GEN BJP Lotus 150502
( 15.54 %)
446 Fatehpur GEN Niranjan Jyo GEN BJP Lotus 187206
( 17.91 %)
447 Fatehpur Sikri GEN Babulal GEN BJP Lotus 173106
( 17.93 %)
448 Firozabad GEN Akshay Yadav GEN SP Bicycle 114059
( 10.37 %)
449 Gautam Buddha GEN Dr.Mahesh Sharma GEN BJP Lotus 280212
Nagar ( 23.44 %)
450 Ghaziabad GEN Vijay Kumar Singh GEN BJP Lotus 567260
( 42.46 %)
451 Ghazipur GEN Manoj Sinha GEN BJP Lotus 32452
( 3.31 %)
452 Ghosi GEN Harinarayan Rajbhar GEN BJP Lotus 146015
( 14.11 %)
453 Gonda GEN Kir Vardhan Singh GEN BJP Lotus 160412
( 18.53 %)
454 Gorakhpur GEN Adityanath GEN BJP Lotus 312783
( 30.31 %)
455 Hamirpur GEN Kunwar Pushpendra GEN BJP Lotus 266788
Singh Chandel ( 27.65 %)
456 Hardoi SC Anshul Verma SC BJP Lotus 81343
( 8.43 %)
457 Hathras SC Rajesh Kumar Diwaker SC BJP Lotus 326386
( 31.27 %)
458 Jalaun SC Bhanu Pratap Singh SC BJP Lotus 287202
Verma ( 26.14 %)
459 Jaunpur GEN Krishna Pratap GEN BJP Lotus 146310
''''''''K.P.'''''''' ( 14.56 %)
460 Jhansi GEN Uma Bhara GEN BJP Lotus 190467
( 14.57 %)
461 Kairana GEN Hukum Singh GEN BJP Lotus 236828
( 21.23 %)
462 Kaiserganj GEN Brij Bhusan Sharan GEN BJP Lotus 78218
Singh ( 8.40 %)
463 Kannauj GEN Dimple Yadav GEN SP Bicycle 19907
( 1.80 %)
464 Kanpur GEN Dr.Murli Manohar Joshi GEN BJP Lotus 222946
( 26.77 %)
465 Kaushambi SC Vinod Kumar Sonkar SC BJP Lotus 42900
( 4.79 %)
466 Kheri GEN Ajay Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 110274
( 10.35 %)

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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

467 Kushi Nagar GEN Rajesh Pandey Urf Guddu GEN BJP Lotus 85540
( 9.10 %)
468 Lalganj SC Neelam Sonkar SC BJP Lotus 63086
( 7.08 %)
469 Lucknow GEN Raj Nath Singh GEN BJP Lotus 272749
( 26.50 %)
470 Machhlishahr SC Ram Charitra Nishad SC BJP Lotus 172155
( 17.40 %)
471 Maharajganj GEN Pankaj GEN BJP Lotus 240458
( 22.87 %)
472 Mainpuri GEN Mulayam Singh Yadav GEN SP Bicycle 364666
( 36.73 %)
473 Mathura GEN Hema Malini GEN BJP Lotus 330743
( 30.77 %)
474 Meerut GEN Rajendra Agarwal GEN BJP Lotus 232326
( 20.96 %)
475 Mirzapur GEN Anupriya Singh Patel GEN AD Cup & Saucer 219079
( 21.84 %)
476 Misrikh SC Anju Bala SC BJP Lotus 87363
( 8.84 %)
477 Mohanlalganj SC Kaushal Kishore SC BJP Lotus 145416
( 13.08 %)
478 Moradabad GEN Kunwer Sarvesh Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 87504(7.79 %)

479 Muzaffarnagar GEN (Dr.) Sanjeev Kumar GEN BJP Lotus 401150
Balyan ( 36.38 %)
480 Nagina SC Yashwant Singh SC BJP Lotus 92390
( 9.87 %)
481 Phulpur GEN Keshav Prasad Maurya GEN BJP Lotus 308308
( 32.39 %)
482 Pilibhit GEN Maneka Sanjay Gandhi GEN BJP Lotus 307052
( 29.55 %)
483 Pratapgarh GEN Kuwar Harivansh Singh GEN AD Scissors 168222
( 19.00 %)
484 Rae Bareli GEN Sonia Gandhi GEN INC Hand 352713
( 43.03 %)
485 Rampur GEN Dr. Nepal Singh GEN BJP Lotus 23435
( 2.47 %)
486 Robertsganj SC Chhotelal SC BJP Lotus 190486
( 21.96 %)
487 Saharanpur GEN Raghav Lakhanpal GEN BJP Lotus 65090
( 5.48 %)
488 Salempur GEN Ravindra Kushawaha GEN BJP Lotus 232342
( 27.45 %)
489 Sambhal GEN Satyapal Singh GEN BJP Lotus 5174
( 0.49 %)
490 Sant Kabir Nagar GEN Sharad Tripathi GEN BJP Lotus 97978
( 9.73 %)

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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

491 Shahjahanpur SC Krishna Raj SC BJP Lotus 235529

( 21.03 %)
492 Shrawas GEN Daddan Mishra GEN BJP Lotus 85913
( 8.90 %)
493 Sitapur GEN Rajesh Verma GEN BJP Lotus 51027
( 5.03 %)
494 Sultanpur GEN Feroze Varun Gandhi GEN BJP Lotus 178902
( 18.64 %)
495 Unnao GEN Sakshi Maharaj GEN BJP Lotus 310173
( 25.91 %)
496 Varanasi GEN Narendra Modi GEN BJP Lotus 371784
( 36.14 %)
U arakhand
497 Almora SC Ajay Tamta SC BJP Lotus 95690
( 14.92 %)
498 Garhwal GEN (Maj Gen (Retd.) ) GEN BJP Lotus 184526
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
(Avsm) ( 27.40 %)
499 Hardwar GEN Ramesh Pokhriyal GEN BJP Lotus 177822
Nishank ( 15.16 %)
500 Nainital- GEN Bhagat Singh Koshyari GEN BJP Lotus 284717
Udhamsingh Nagar ( 26.09 %)
501 Tehri Garhwal GEN Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah GEN BJP Lotus 192503
( 25.15 %)
West Bengal
502 Alipurduars ST Dasrath Tirkey ST AITC Flowers and 21397
Grass ( 1.78 %)
503 Arambagh SC Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) SC AITC Flowers and 346845
Grass ( 25.81 %)
504 Asansol GEN Babul Supriya Baral GEN BJP Lotus 70480
(Babul Supriyo) ( 6.23 %)
505 Baharampur GEN Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury GEN INC Hand 356567
( 31.18 %)
506 Balurghat GEN Arpita Ghosh GEN AITC Flowers and 106964
Grass ( 10.17 %)
507 Bangaon SC Kapil Krishna Thakur SC AITC Flowers and 146601
Grass ( 11.51 %)
508 Bankura GEN Sreema Dev Varma GEN AITC Flowers and 98506
(Moon Moon Sen) Grass ( 8.12 %)
509 Barasat GEN Dr. Kakali Ghoshdos dar GEN AITC Flowers and 173141
Grass ( 13.78 %)
510 Bardhaman Purba SC Sunil Kumar Mondal SC AITC Flowers and 114379
Grass ( 8.75 %)
511 Barrackpore GEN Dinesh Trivedi GEN AITC Flowers and 206773
Grass ( 19.88 %)
512 Basirhat GEN Idris Ali GEN AITC Flowers and 109659
Grass ( 8.68 %)
513 Birbhum GEN Satabdi Roy GEN AITC Flowers and 67263
Grass ( 5.33 %)
514 Bishnupur SC Khan Saumitra SC AITC Flowers and 149685
Grass ( 11.96 %)
515 Bolpur SC Anupam Hazra SC AITC Flowers and 236112
Grass ( 18.34 %)
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Sr. No. Cons tuency Category Winner Social Category Party Party Symbol Margin

516 Burdwan - GEN Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita GEN AITC Flowers and 107331
Durgapur Grass ( 8.17 %)
517 Cooch Behar SC Renuka Sinha SC AITC Flowers and 87107
Grass ( 6.59 %)
518 Darjeeling GEN S.S.Ahluwalia GEN BJP Lotus 197239
( 17.55 %)
519 Diamond Harbour GEN Abhishek Banerjee GEN AITC Flowers and 71298
Grass ( 5.70 %)
520 Dum Dum GEN Saugata Roy GEN AITC Flowers and 154934
Grass ( 13.89 %)
521 Ghatal GEN Adhikari Deepak (Dev) GEN AITC Flowers and 260891
Grass ( 19.29 %)
522 Hooghly GEN Dr. Ratna De (Nag) GEN AITC Flowers and 189084
Grass ( 14.19 %)
523 Howrah GEN Prasun Banerjee GEN AITC Flowers and 196956
Grass ( 17.66 %)
524 Jadavpur GEN Sugata Bose GEN AITC Flowers and 125203
Grass ( 9.96 %)
525 Jalpaiguri SC Bijoy Chandra Barman SC AITC Flowers and 69606
Grass (5.41 %)
526 Jangipur GEN Abhijit Mukherjee GEN INC Hand 8161
( 0.74 %)
527 Jhargram ST Uma Saren ST AITC Flowers and 347883
Grass ( 28.18 %)
528 Joynagar SC Pra ma Mondal SC AITC Flowers and 108384
Grass ( 9.18 %)
529 Kanthi GEN Adhikari Sisir Kumar GEN AITC Flowers and 229490
Grass ( 17.91 %)
530 Kolkata Dakshin GEN Subrata Bakshi GEN AITC Flowers and 136339
Grass ( 11.87 %)
531 Kolkata U ar GEN Sudip Bandyopadhyay GEN AITC Flowers and 96226
Grass ( 10.16 %)
532 Krishnanagar GEN Tapas Paul GEN AITC Flowers and 71255
Grass ( 5.75 %)
533 Maldaha Dakshin GEN Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury GEN INC Hand 164111
( 15.14 %)
534 Maldaha U ar GEN Mausam Noor GEN INC Hand 65705
( 5.70 %)
535 Mathurapur SC Choudhury Mohan Jatua SC AITC Flowers and 138768
Grass ( 11.00 %)
536 Medinipur GEN Sandhya Roy GEN AITC Flowers and 185128
Grass ( 14.84 %)
537 Murshidabad GEN Badaruddoza Khan GEN CPM Hammer, Sickle 18453
and Star ( 1.44 %)
538 Purulia GEN Dr. Mriganka Mahato GEN AITC Flowers and 153877
Grass ( 12.95 %)
539 Raiganj GEN Md. Salim GEN CPM Hammer, Sickle 1634
and Star ( 0.15 %)
540 Ranaghat SC Tapas Mandal SC AITC Flowers and 201767
Grass ( 15.07 %)
541 Srerampur GEN Kalyan Banerjee GEN AITC Flowers and 152526
Grass ( 11.96 %)
542 Tamluk GEN Adhikari Suvendu GEN AITC Flowers and 246481
Grass ( 18.59 %)
543 Uluberia GEN Sultan Ahmed GEN AITC Flowers and 201222
Grass ( 17.09 %)
Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 5.2.1 – State and UT wise Voter Turn out
Electors Voters
Voters
Sl.No. State/UT General Trun
(Including Out (%)
Service EVM Postal
NRIs)
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 268940 420 190213 133 70.67
2 Andhra Pradesh 64887809 46329 48163703 304018 74.64
3 Arunachal Pradesh 757493 1851 581748 19080 79.12
4 Assam 18804981 32732 15083544 8843 80.12

5 Bihar 63723810 76350 35873132 19327 56.26

6 Chandigarh 613939 1275 453324 138 73.71

7 Cha sgarh 17657867 6653 12254339 2623 69.39

8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 196577 20 165286 38 84.09

9 Daman & Diu 111817 10 87228 5 78.01
10 Goa 1059953 824 814647 2793 77.06
11 Gujarat 40578577 24527 25703177 146478 63.66
12 Haryana 15995014 102219 11493217 8034 71.45
13 Himachal Pradesh 4744215 65856 3092923 7276 64.45
14 Jammu & Kashmir 7123277 59852 3564418 7119 49.72

15 Jharkhand 20336193 13603 12982533 4092 63.82

16 Karnataka 46171176 38637 31025019 28564 67.20

17 Kerala 24251942 74708 17951637 35487 73.94
18 Lakshadweep 49821 101 43239 3 86.62

19 Madhya Pradesh 48090968 30333 29621413 26692 61.61

20 Maharashtra 80651094 147729 48669154 71249 60.32

21 Manipur 1764794 9575 1414487 644 79.75

22 Meghalaya 1565820 1421 1077986 309 68.80

23 Mizoram 697867 4303 426150 8812 61.95

24 Nagaland 1177596 5376 1039224 738 87.91

25 NCT of Delhi 12706375 4789 8257636 17510 65.10

26 Odisha 29152514 43531 21503645 39079 73.79

27 Puducherry 900874 483 739750 303 82.10
28 Punjab 19527114 81047 13844306 5190 70.63
29 Rajasthan 42895854 98803 27034158 99618 63.11
30 Sikkim 370066 704 299567 10528 83.64
31 Tamil Nadu 55042876 71991 40555458 88824 73.74
32 Tripura 2385559 3263 2011740 16967 84.92
33 U ar Pradesh 138672171 138386 81052079 66536 58.44
34 U arakhand 7041765 85292 4377071 18490 61.67
35 West Bengal 62740481 92632 51573497 89067 82.22

TOTAL: 832717189 1365625 553020648 1154607 66.44

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 5.2.2 State and UT wise voter informa on
Cons tuency Electors Voters Rejected Votes not Nota Valid Tendered
Votes Retrieved Votes Votes Votes
State/UT Type Seats Male Female Others Total NRIs Service Male Female Others Postal Total NRIs Poll % (Postal) from EVM Polled

Andhra Pradesh GEN 32 25564356 25102236 4357 50670949 4 34704 18709164 18391957 148 230661 37331930 0 73.68 47136 20752 240478 37023564 50
SC 7 5114047 5102339 893 10217279 1 9861 4026261 3964370 121 48990 8039742 0 78.69 11564 4857 59756 7963565 3
ST 3 1997863 2047743 304 4045910 0 1764 1528962 1542690 30 24367 3096049 0 76.52 6608 9616 40320 3039505 1

State Total 42 32676266 32252318 5554 64934138 5 46329 24264387 23899017 299 304018 48467721 0 74.64 65308 35225 340554 48026634 54

Arunachal GEN 2 379566 379778 0 759344 0 1851 282511 299237 0 19080 600828 0 79.12 2888 984 6321 590635 0
Pradesh

State Total 2 379566 379778 0 759344 0 1851 282511 299237 0 19080 600828 0 79.12 2888 984 6321 590635 0

Assam GEN 11 8013214 7450713 87 15464014 0 27299 6477030 5953376 0 6239 12436645 0 80.42 2551 2280 112861 12318953 56
SC 1 615198 550799 0 1165997 0 1766 481673 404641 0 1468 887782 0 76.14 252 610 4266 882654 0
ST 2 1135209 1072479 14 2207702 0 3667 915924 850900 0 1136 1767960 0 80.08 163 648 29930 1737219 20

State Total 14 9763621 9073991 101 18837713 0 32732 7874627 7208917 0 8843 15092387 0 80.12 2966 3538 147057 14938826 76

Bihar GEN 33 28267972 24565627 2076 52835675 0 66903 15680169 14264704 18 12929 29957820 0 56.67 2915 1208 445836 29507861 8
GEN 1 797254 698177 14 1495445 0 549 407516 421741 0 32 829289 0 56.67 15 0 21103 807239 0

428
SC 6 5056070 4412772 198 9469040 0 8898 2661034 2437950 0 6366 5105350 0 53.92 1504 553 114025 4989268 0

State Total 40 34121296 29676576 2288 63800160 0 76350 18748719 17124395 18 19327 35892459 0 56.26 4434 1761 580964 35304368 8

Goa GEN 2 528308 532469 0 1060777 27 824 394617 420030 0 2793 817440 0 77.06 440 0 10103 806897 9

State Total 2 528308 532469 0 1060777 27 824 394617 420030 0 2793 817440 0 77.06 440 0 10103 806897 9

Gujarat GEN 20 16506749 14953672 264 31460685 7 21608 10865201 8621853 73 113594 19600721 0 62.30 16872 0 313718 19270131 54
SC 2 1607276 1460901 5 3068182 4 1694 1050803 852237 2 10043 1913085 4 62.35 1852 384 33450 1877399 8
ST 4 3115064 2959157 16 6074237 0 1225 2273919 2039088 1 22841 4335849 0 71.38 3885 2659 107717 4221588 0

State Total 26 21229089 19373730 285 40603104 11 24527 14189923 11513178 76 146478 25849655 4 63.66 22609 3043 454885 25369118 62

Haryana GEN 8 6920603 5823649 0 12744252 2 93194 4989822 4004938 0 7095 9001855 0 70.63 3744 1060 22371 8974680 111
SC 2 1795944 1557037 0 3352981 1 9025 1360477 1137980 0 939 2499396 0 74.54 425 871 11849 2486251 42

State Total 10 8716547 7380686 0 16097233 3 102219 6350299 5142918 0 8034 11501251 0 71.45 4169 1931 34220 11460931 153

Himachal GEN 3 1867293 1789414 1 3656708 2 57521 1161288 1194858 0 6006 2362152 0 64.60 1408 0 21368 2339376 3
Pradesh SC 1 607137 546225 1 1153363 0 8335 403062 333715 0 1270 738047 0 63.99 291 0 7787 729969 2

State Total 4 2474430 2335639 2 4810071 2 65856 1564350 1528573 0 7276 3100199 0 64.45 1699 0 29155 3069345 5

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 5.2.2 State and UT wise voter informa on
Cons tuency Electors Voters Rejected Votes not Nota Valid Tendered
Votes Retrieved Votes Votes Votes
State/UT Type Seats Male Female Others Total NRIs Service Male Female Others Postal Total NRIs Poll % (Postal) from EVM Polled

Jammu & GEN 6 3791735 3391301 93 7183129 0 59852 1925713 1638704 1 7119 3571537 0 49.72 3504 1170 31550 3535313 17
Kashmir
State Total 6 3791735 3391301 93 7183129 0 59852 1925713 1638704 1 7119 3571537 0 49.72 3504 1170 31550 3535313 17

Karnataka GEN 21 17882255 17120615 2732 35005602 0 33990 12322096 11369627 135 23550 23715408 0 67.75 7493 4953 188521 23514441 154
SC 5 4115829 3938136 695 8054660 0 4119 2783422 2535755 23 4015 5323215 0 66.09 1143 834 44864 5276374 8
ST 2 1586758 1562330 463 3149551 0 528 1043027 970925 9 999 2014960 0 63.98 299 0 24496 1990165 3

State Total 28 23584842 22621081 3890 46209813 0 38637 16148545 14876307 167 28564 31053583 0 67.20 8935 5787 257881 30780980 165

Kerala GEN 18 10549623 11308008 0 21857631 12142 62458 7799200 8337950 0 32049 16169199 0 73.98 2545 7047 179687 15979920 256
SC 2 1184652 1284367 0 2469019 443 12250 869116 945371 0 3438 1817925 0 73.63 480 1157 30876 1785412 15

State Total 20 11734275 12592375 0 24326650 12585 74708 8668316 9283321 0 35487 17987124 0 73.94 3025 8204 210563 17765332 271

Madhya GEN 19 16809660 14971446 765 31781871 5 22938 11049416 8377060 86 16271 19442833 0 61.18 2780 2812 209320 19227921 89

429
Pradesh SC 4 3347260 2924228 104 6271592 0 3762 2161073 1493316 11 2411 3656811 0 58.31 391 640 38167 3617613 21
ST 6 5155680 4911955 203 10067838 0 3633 3512794 3027630 27 8010 6548461 0 65.04 1373 302 144350 6402436 30

State Total 29 25312600 22807629 1072 48121301 5 30333 16723283 12898006 124 26692 29648105 0 61.61 4544 3754 391837 29247970 140

Maharashtra GEN 39 35227883 31178489 746 66407118 0 127890 21668516 17909727 215 56209 39634667 0 59.68 10883 8349 308203 39307232 1737
SC 5 4299530 3842382 56 8141968 0 14424 2754038 2232841 0 10285 4997164 0 61.38 1785 0 46608 4948771 82
ST 4 3243578 3006043 116 6249737 0 5415 2199626 1904152 39 4755 4108572 0 65.74 856 1111 78360 4028245 103

State Total 48 42770991 38026914 918 80798823 0 147729 26622180 22046720 254 71249 48740403 0 60.32 13524 9460 433171 48284248 1922

Manipur GEN 1 417103 438257 0 855360 0 2269 307043 334205 0 66 641314 0 74.98 24 420 5298 635572 20
ST 1 454314 464695 0 919009 0 7306 379493 393746 0 578 773817 0 84.20 380 277 2206 769560 0

State Total 2 871417 902952 0 1774369 0 9575 686536 727951 0 644 1415131 0 79.75 404 697 7504 1405132 20

Meghalaya ST 2 777639 789602 0 1567241 0 1421 525328 552658 0 309 1078295 0 68.8 106 131 30145 1047913 3

State Total 2 777639 789602 0 1567241 0 1421 525328 552658 0 309 1078295 0 68.8 106 131 30145 1047913 3

Mizoram ST 1 346219 355951 0 702170 0 4303 212673 213477 0 8812 434962 0 61.95 1312 449 6495 426706 5

State Total 1 346219 355951 0 702170 0 4303 212673 213477 0 8812 434962 0 61.95 1312 449 6495 426706 5

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 5.2.2 State and UT wise voter informa on
Cons tuency Electors Voters Rejected Votes not Nota Valid Tendered
Votes Retrieved Votes Votes Votes
State/UT Type Seats Male Female Others Total NRIs Service Male Female Others Postal Total NRIs Poll % (Postal) from EVM Polled

Nagaland GEN 1 600518 582454 0 1182972 0 5376 528703 510521 0 738 1039962 0 87.91 189 863 2696 1036214 2

State Total 1 600518 582454 0 1182972 0 5376 528703 510521 0 738 1039962 0 87.91 189 863 2696 1036214 2

Odisha GEN 12 8838217 8030121 769 16869107 0 26204 6318233 5863324 74 21225 12202856 0 72.27 4264 1614 157791 12039187 34
GEN 1 731912 639680 25 1371617 0 3209 522746 455864 0 1946 980556 0 72.27 955 0 8889 969715 6
SC 3 2268874 2003910 120 4272904 0 9403 1647245 1542754 3 6617 3196619 0 74.81 1524 1389 23029 3170677 15
ST 5 3355301 3326845 271 6682417 0 4715 2585067 2568334 1 9291 5162693 0 77.26 2448 650 143057 5016538 9

State Total 21 15194304 14000556 1185 29196045 0 43531 11073291 10430276 78 39079 21542724 0 73.79 9191 3653 332766 21196117 64

Punjab GEN 9 7247997 6471175 174 13719346 76 58171 5156207 4624303 0 3271 9783781 0 71.31 1294 2475 39521 9740491 23
SC 4 3079191 2809563 61 5888815 93 22876 2103461 1960335 0 1919 4065715 0 69.04 595 0 19233 4045887 4

State Total 13 10327188 9280738 235 19608161 169 81047 7259668 6584638 0 5190 13849496 0 70.63 1889 2475 58754 13786378 27

Rajasthan GEN 17 15616084 14087023 17 29703124 4 81293 10097600 8655116 1 70460 18823177 1 63.18 11797 4241 214600 18592539 384
GEN 1 906858 793449 0 1700307 1 3532 556476 452621 0 7133 1016230 0 63.18 1553 971 11533 1002158 3

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SC 3 2668465 2333008 1 5001474 1 7379 1751632 1388603 0 11567 3151802 0 61.03 1629 1184 26345 3122644 24
SC 1 845548 703920 0 1549468 0 4592 491202 353973 0 1168 846343 0 61.03 304 0 5934 840007 0
ST 3 2611096 2429180 8 5040284 0 2007 1696464 1590470 0 9290 3296224 0 65.4 1342 0 69499 3225383 76

State Total 25 22648051 20346580 26 42994657 6 98803 14593374 12440783 1 99618 27133776 1 63.11 16625 6396 327911 26782731 487

Sikkim GEN 1 191017 179753 0 370770 1 704 153370 146197 0 10528 310095 0 83.64 1128 0 4332 304635 0

State Total 1 191017 179753 0 370770 1 704 153370 146197 0 10528 310095 0 83.64 1128 0 4332 304635 0

Tamil Nadu GEN 32 22675407 22638755 2672 45316834 115 62799 16525971 16610932 392 70237 33207532 0 73.28 13906 18596 440157 32734873 96
SC 7 4896585 4900779 669 9798033 10 9192 3697828 3720291 44 18587 7436750 0 75.9 4171 460 141625 7290494 23

State Total 39 27571992 27539534 3341 55114867 125 71991 20223799 20331223 436 88824 40644282 0 73.74 18077 19056 581782 40025367 119

Tripura GEN 1 635974 612572 0 1248546 0 1752 543278 523020 0 9634 1075932 0 86.17 989 2194 12699 1060050 2
ST 1 581604 558672 0 1140276 0 1511 486129 459313 0 7333 952775 0 83.56 955 740 11084 939996 5

State Total 2 1217578 1171244 0 2388822 0 3263 1029407 982333 0 16967 2028707 0 84.92 1944 2934 23783 2000046 7

U ar Pradesh GEN 63 59724090 49374421 5604 109104115 1 114144 35562234 28588303 235 53528 64204300 0 58.85 8368 13952 434127 63747853 25
SC 17 16237739 13467196 1507 29706442 0 24242 9407750 7493515 42 13008 16914315 0 56.94 2060 1115 158204 16752936 1

State Total 80 75961829 62841617 7111 138810557 1 138386 44969984 36081818 277 66536 81118615 0 58.44 10428 15067 592331 80500789 26

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 5.2.2 State and UT wise voter informa on
Cons tuency Electors Voters Rejected Votes not Nota Valid Tendered
Votes Retrieved Votes Votes Votes
State/UT Type Seats Male Female Others Total NRIs Service Male Female Others Postal Total NRIs Poll % (Postal) from EVM Polled

West Bengal GEN 30 23190513 21322371 384 44513268 4 65521 18862424 17258168 63 62348 36183003 0 81.29 13353 10026 387734 35771890 426
SC 10 7989361 7384356 105 15373822 2 23818 6741272 6232800 1 22606 12996679 1 84.54 3156 2498 140740 12850285 122
ST 2 1509606 1436407 10 2946023 0 3293 1265301 1213468 0 4113 2482882 0 84.28 540 1163 42820 2438359 20

State Total 42 32689480 30143134 499 62833113 6 92632 26868997 24704436 64 89067 51662564 1 82.22 17049 13687 571294 51060534 568

Chha sgarh GEN 6 5104956 4918243 691 10023890 0 3294 3618676 3342373 0 1946 6962995 0 69.46 338 788 76178 6885691 89
SC 1 895884 848077 240 1744201 0 470 558932 514393 0 42 1073367 0 61.54 20 0 18438 1054909 0
ST 4 2945907 2950468 54 5896429 0 2889 2144186 2075779 0 635 4220600 0 71.58 237 0 130273 4090090 25

State Total 11 8946747 8716788 985 17664520 0 6653 6321794 5932545 0 2623 12256962 0 69.39 595 788 224889 12030690 114

Jharkhand GEN 8 6743239 5950436 16 12693691 1 7112 4268440 3699649 0 958 7969047 0 62.78 364 1390 66823 7900470 1
SC 1 889932 756024 1 1645957 0 882 523108 453494 0 1557 978159 0 59.43 301 535 18287 959036 0
ST 5 3077473 2932666 9 6010148 0 5609 2068153 1969689 0 1577 4039419 0 67.21 545 550 105817 3932507 0

State Total 14 10710644 9639126 26 20349796 1 13603 6859701 6122832 0 4092 12986625 0 63.82 1210 2475 190927 12792013 1

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U arakhand GEN 4 3109649 2763827 40 5873516 0 62153 1947911 1773655 1 17060 3738627 0 63.65 3262 0 32798 3702567 101
SC 1 639362 614162 17 1253541 0 23139 316094 339409 1 1430 656934 0 52.41 409 0 15245 641280 1

State Total 5 3749011 3377989 57 7127057 0 85292 2264005 2113064 2 18490 4395561 0 61.67 3671 0 48043 4343847 102

Andaman & GEN 1 142783 126577 0 269360 0 420 101129 89084 0 133 190346 0 70.67 18 0 1564 188764 1
Nicobar Islands
State Total 1 142783 126577 0 269360 0 420 101129 89084 0 133 190346 0 70.67 18 0 1564 188764 1

Chandigarh GEN 1 333621 281593 0 615214 9 1275 244908 208416 0 138 453462 2 73.71 7 0 3106 450349 2

State Total 1 333621 281593 0 615214 9 1275 244908 208416 0 138 453462 2 73.71 7 0 3106 450349 2

Dadra & ST 1 106203 90394 0 196597 0 20 87792 77494 0 38 165324 0 84.09 38 0 2962 162324 7
Nagar Haveli
State Total 1 106203 90394 0 196597 0 20 87792 77494 0 38 165324 0 84.09 38 0 2962 162324 7

Daman & Diu GEN 1 57011 54816 0 111827 9 10 42355 44873 0 5 87233 0 78.01 0 0 1316 85917 0

State Total 1 57011 54816 0 111827 9 10 42355 44873 0 5 87233 0 78.01 0 0 1316 85917 0

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 5.2.2 State and UT wise voter informa on
Cons tuency Electors Voters Rejected Votes not Nota Valid Tendered
Votes Retrieved Votes Votes Votes
State/UT Type Seats Male Female Others Total NRIs Service Male Female Others Postal Total NRIs Poll % (Postal) from EVM Polled

NCT OF Delhi GEN 6 5838557 4677619 645 10516821 9 3873 3891219 3013124 112 14287 6918742 0 65.79 2967 45 30864 6884866 27
SC 1 1212516 981633 194 2194343 0 916 757777 595362 42 3223 1356404 0 61.81 368 0 8826 1347210 6

State Total 7 7051073 5659252 839 12711164 9 4789 4648996 3608486 154 17510 8275146 0 65.1 3335 45 39690 8232076 33

Lakshadweep ST 1 25433 24489 0 49922 0 101 21584 21655 0 3 43242 0 86.62 3 0 123 43116 0

State Total 1 25433 24489 0 49922 0 101 21584 21655 0 3 43242 0 86.62 3 0 123 43116 0

Puducherry GEN 1 432048 469289 20 901357 65 483 351544 388189 17 303 740053 0 82.1 36 0 22268 717749 12

State Total 1 432048 469289 20 901357 65 483 351544 388189 17 303 740053 0 82.1 36 0 22268 717749 12

Grand Total: 543 437035372 397018915 28527 834082814 13039 1365625 292826408 260192272 1968 1154607 554175255 8 66.44 225300 143573 6002942 547800004 4482

432
Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014
 5.3.1 - State and UT wise list of candidates per cons tuency
Cons tuencies with candidates numbering Candidates in a Cons tuency
State/UT No.of Total
1 <=15+NOTA >15<=31 >31<=47 >47<=63 >63 Candidates Min Max Avg
Seats

Andhra Pradesh 42 0 31 11 0 0 0 598 6 30 14

Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 3 8 5
Assam 14 0 12 2 0 0 0 162 5 18 11
Bihar 40 0 26 14 0 0 0 607 10 29 15
Goa 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 19 7 12 9
Gujarat 26 0 21 5 0 0 0 334 4 25 12
Haryana 10 0 2 7 1 0 0 230 14 41 23
Himachal Pradesh 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 38 7 12 9
Jammu & Kashmir 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 77 4 19 12
Karnataka 28 0 17 11 0 0 0 434 8 26 15
Kerala 20 0 15 5 0 0 0 269 9 20 13
Madhya Pradesh 29 0 23 6 0 0 0 378 6 28 13
Maharashtra 48 0 16 30 2 0 0 897 7 39 18
Manipur 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 18 8 10 9
Meghalaya 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 2 8 5
Mizoram 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3

433
Nagaland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
Odisha 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 196 7 15 9
Punjab 13 0 3 10 0 0 0 253 13 29 19
Rajasthan 25 0 20 5 0 0 0 320 6 22 12
Sikkim 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6
Tamil Nadu 39 0 10 27 2 0 0 845 9 42 21
Tripura 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 25 12 13 12
U ar Pradesh 80 0 55 23 2 0 0 1288 9 42 16
West Bengal 42 0 39 3 0 0 0 472 5 18 11
Cha sgarh 11 0 6 4 1 0 0 211 8 36 19
Jharkhand 14 0 7 7 0 0 0 240 9 31 17
U arakhand 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 74 9 24 14
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 15 15 15
Chandigarh 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 17 17 17
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 11 11 11
Daman & Diu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4
NCT of Delhi 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 150 14 29 21
Lakshadweep 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6
Puducherry 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 30 30 30
Grand Total 543 0 354 181 8 0 0 8251 2 42 15.20

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Andhra Pradesh N Bhara ya Janata Party 48026634 64934138 3 4091908 8.52

Andhra Pradesh N Bahujan Samaj Party 48026634 64934138 0 397567 0.83

Andhra Pradesh N Communist Party of India 48026634 64934138 0 187702 0.39

Andhra Pradesh N Communist Party of India 48026634 64934138 0 158524 0.33

(Marxist)

Andhra Pradesh N Indian Na onal Congress 48026634 64934138 2 5578329 11.62

Andhra Pradesh N Na onalist Congress Party 48026634 64934138 0 4769 0.01

434
Andhra Pradesh S Telugu Desam 48026634 64934138 16 14099230 29.36

Andhra Pradesh S Telangana Rashtra Samithi 48026634 64934138 1 6736270 14.03

Andhra Pradesh U Unrecognised 48026634 64934138 10 15697868 0.73

Andhra Pradesh Z Independent 48026634 64934138 0 949666 1.98

Arunachal Pradesh N Bhara ya Janata Party 590635 759344 1 275344 46.62

Arunachal Pradesh N Indian Na onal Congress 590635 759344 1 246084 41.66

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Arunachal Pradesh N Na onalist Congress Party 590635 759344 0 6065 1.03

All India Trinamool

Arunachal Pradesh S 590635 759344 0 9135 1.55
Congress

Arunachal Pradesh S People's Party of Arunachal 590635 759344 0 47018 7.96

Arunachal Pradesh U Unrecognised 590635 759344 0 980 0.17

Arunachal Pradesh Z Independent 590635 759344 0 2362 0.40

Assam N Bhara ya Janata Party 14938826 18837713 7 5507152 36.86

435
Assam N Communist Party of India 14938826 18837713 0 28930 0.19

Assam N Communist Party of India 14938826 18837713 0 64945 0.43

(Marxist)

Assam N Indian Na onal Congress 14938826 18837713 3 4467295 29.90

Assam S Asom Gana Parishad 14938826 18837713 0 577730 3.87

S All India United Democra c

Assam 14938826 18837713 3 2237612 14.98
Front

Assam S Bodol and Peoples Front 14938826 18837713 0 330106 2.21

Assam U Unrecognised 14938826 18837713 0 95013 0.16

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Assam Z Independent 14938826 18837713 1 1436900 9.62

Bihar N Bhara ya Janata Party 35304368 63800160 22 10543025 29.86

Bihar N Bahujan Samaj Party 35304368 63800160 0 765758 2.17

Bihar N Communist Party of India 35304368 63800160 0 413347 1.17

Bihar N Communist Party of India 35304368 63800160 0 106297 0.30

(Marxist)

Bihar N 35304368 63800160 2 3021065 8.56

Indian Na onal Congress

436
Bihar N Na onalist Congress Party 35304368 63800160 1 431292 1.22

Bihar S Janata Dal (United) 35304368 63800160 2 5662444 16.04

Bihar S LokJan Shak Party 35304368 63800160 6 2295929 6.50

Bihar S Rashtriya Janata Dal 35304368 63800160 4 7224893 20.46

Bihar U Unrecognised 35304368 63800160 3 2460537 0.12

Bihar Z Independent 35304368 63800160 0 1533264 4.34

Goa N Bhara yaJanataParty 806897 1060777 2 436679 54.12

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Goa N Communist Party of India 806897 1060777 0 10077 1.25

Goa N Indian Na onal Congress 806897 1060777 0 298750 37.02

Goa U Unrecognised 806897 1060777 0 5195 0.16

Goa Z Independent 806897 1060777 0 17152 2.13

Gujarat Bhara ya Janata Party

N 25369118 40603104 26 15249243 60.11

Gujarat Bahujan Samaj Party

N 25369118 40603104 0 243949 0.96

437
Gujarat Communist PartyofIndia
N 25369118 40603104 0 13270 0.05

Gujarat Communist Party of India

N (Marxist) 25369118 40603104 0 28958 0.11

Gujarat N 25369118 40603104 0 8486083 33.45

Indian Na onal Congress

Gujarat N Na onalist Congress Party 25369118 40603104 0 240466 0.95

Gujarat U Unrecognised 25369118 40603104 0 137196 0.02

Gujarat Z Independent 25369118 40603104 0 542006 2.14

Haryana N Bhara ya Janata Party 11460931 16097233 7 3993527 34.84

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Haryana N Bahujan Samaj Party 11460931 16097233 0 527013 4.60

Haryana N Communist Party of India 11460931 16097233 0 22068 0.19

Communist Party of India

Haryana N 11460931 16097233 0 21168 0.18
(Marxist)

Haryana N Indian Na onal Congress 11460931 16097233 1 2634905 22.99

Haryana Janhit Congress

Haryana S 11460931 16097233 0 703698 6.14
(BL)

Haryana S Indian Na onal Lok Dal 11460931 16097233 2 2799899 24.43

438
Haryana U Unrecognised 11460931 16097233 0 65305 0.02

Haryana Z Independent 11460931 16097233 0 191278 1.67

Himachal Pradesh N Bhara ya Janata Party 3069345 4810071 4 1652995 53.85

Himachal Pradesh N Bahujan Samaj Party 3069345 4810071 0 22928 0.75

Communist Party of India

Himachal Pradesh N 3069345 4810071 0 25399 0.83
(Marxist)

Himachal Pradesh N Indian Na onal Congress 3069345 4810071 0 1260477 41.07

Himachal Pradesh U Unrecognised 3069345 4810071 0 2535 0.04

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Himachal Pradesh Z Independent 3069345 4810071 0 28507 0.93

Himachal Pradesh N Bhara ya Janata Party 3535313 7183129 3 1154220 32.65

Jammu & Kashmir N Bahujan Samaj Party 3535313 7183129 0 54091 1.53

Jammu & Kashmir N Indian Na onal Congress 3535313 7183129 0 815510 23.07

Jammu & Kashmir Na onal

Jammu & Kashmir S 3535313 7183129 0 396713 11.22
Conference

Jammu & Kashmir Na onal

Jammu & Kashmir S 3535313 7183129 0 43452 1.23
Panthers Party

439
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples
Jammu & Kashmir S Democra c Party 3535313 7183129 3 732644 20.72

Jammu & Kashmir U Unrecognised 3535313 7183129 0 101016 0.29

Jammu & Kashmir Z Independent 3535313 7183129 0 223498 6.32

Karnataka N Bhara ya Janata Party 30780980 46209813 17 13350285 43.37

Karnataka N Bahujan Samaj Party 30780980 46209813 0 265006 0.86

Karnataka N Communist Party of India 30780980 46209813 0 28203 0.09

Karnataka N Communist Party of India 30780980 46209813 0 35465 0.12

(Marxist)
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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Karnataka N Indian Na onal Congress 30780980 46209813 9 12666530 41.15

Karnataka N Na onalist Congress Party 30780980 46209813 0 42738 0.14

Karnataka S Janata Dal (Secular) 30780980 46209813 2 3406465 11.07

Karnataka U Unrecognised 30780980 46209813 0 215963 0.03

Karnataka Z Independent 30780980 46209813 0 483513 1.57

Bhara ya Janata Party

Kerala N 17765332 24326650 0 1856796 10.45

440
Bahujan Samaj Party
Kerala N 17765332 24326650 0 71316 0.40

Communist Party of India

Kerala N 17765332 24326650 1 1364010 7.68

Communist Party of India

Kerala N (Marxist) 17765332 24326650 5 3880655 21.84

Kerala N Indian Na onal Congress 17765332 24326650 8 5590285 31.47

Kerala S Indian Union Muslim League 17765332 24326650 2 816226 4.59

Kerala S Janata Dal (Secular) 17765332 24326650 0 303595 1.71

Kerala S Kerala Congress (M) 17765332 24326650 1 424194 2.39

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Kerala U Unrecognised 17765332 24326650 0 731054 0.37

Kerala Z Independent 17765332 24326650 2 2043666 11.50

Madhya Pradesh N Bhara ya Janata Party 29247970 48121301 27 16015695 54.76

Madhya Pradesh N Bahujan Samaj Party 29247970 48121301 0 1124772 3.85

Madhya Pradesh N Communist Party of India 29247970 48121301 0 96683 0.33

Communist Party of India 48121301 0 16375 0.06

Madhya Pradesh N 29247970
(Marxist)

441
Madhya Pradesh N 29247970 48121301 2 10340274 35.35
Indian Na onal Congress

U Unrecognised 29247970 48121301 0 480654 0.04

Madhya Pradesh

Z Independent 29247970 48121301 0 548867 1.88

Madhya Pradesh

Bhara ya Janata Party 80798823 23 13308961 27.56

Maharashtra N 48284248

Bahujan Samaj Party 80798823 0 1271680 2.63

Maharashtra N 48284248

80798823 0 55533 0.12

Maharashtra N Communist Party of India 48284248

Communist Party of India 80798823 0 181629 0.38

Maharashtra N 48284248
(Marxist)

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Maharashtra N Indian Na onal Congress 48284248 80798823 2 8830190 18.29

Maharashtra N Na onalist Congress Party 48284248 80798823 4 7782275 16.12

Maharashtra S Maharashtra 48284248 80798823 0 708010 1.47

Navnirmansena

Maharashtra S 48284248 80798823 18 10050652 20.82

Shivsena

Maharashtra U Unrecognised 48284248 80798823 1 3294944 0.14

Maharashtra Z Independent 48284248 80798823 0 1577114 3.27

442
Manipur N Bhara ya Janata Party 1405132 1774369 0 168272 11.98

Manipur N Communist Party of India 1405132 1774369 0 197428 14.05

Manipur Indian Na onal Congress

N 1405132 1774369 2 588872 41.91

Manipur Na onalist Congress Party

N 1405132 1774369 0 61662 4.39

AllIndia Trinamool
Manipur S Congress 1405132 1774369 0 52655 3.75

Manipur S Naga Peoples Front 1405132 1774369 0 281133 20.01

Manipur U Unrecognised 1405132 1774369 0 3408 0.12

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Manipur Z Independent 1405132 1774369 0 43013 3.06

Meghalaya N Bhara ya Janata Party 1047913 1567241 0 95979 9.16

Meghalaya N Communist Party of India 1047913 1567241 0 7418 0.71

Meghalaya N Indian Na onal Congress 1047913 1567241 1 408925 39.02

Meghalaya S Na onal Peoples Party 1047913 1567241 1 239301 22.84

Meghalaya S United Democra c Party 1047913 1567241 0 106817 10.19

443
Meghalaya Z Independent 1047913 1567241 0 180658 17.24

Mizoram N Indian Na onal Congress 426706 702170 1 210485 49.33

Mizoram Z Independent 426706 702170 0 204331 47.89

Nagaland N Indian Na onal Congress 1036214 1182972 0 313147 30.22

Nagaland S Naga Peoples Front 1036214 1182972 1 713372 68.84

Nagaland U Unrecognised 1036214 1182972 0 9695 0.94

Odisha N Bhara ya Janata Party 21196117 29196045 1 4638565 21.88

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Odisha N Bahujan Samaj Party 21196117 29196045 0 218403 1.03

Odisha N Communist Party of India 21196117 29196045 0 65667 0.31

Odisha N Communist Party of India 21196117 29196045 0 35968 0.17

(Marxist)

Odisha N 21196117 29196045 0 5591380 26.38

Indian Na onal Congress

Odisha S 21196117 29196045 20 9489946 44.77

Biju Janata Dal

Odisha U 21196117 29196045 0 443737 0.14

Unrecognised

444
Odisha Independent
Z 21196117 29196045 0 333196 1.57

Punjab Bhara ya Janata Party

N 13786378 19608161 2 1209004 8.77

Punjab Bahujan Samaj Party

N 13786378 19608161 0 263227 1.91

Punjab Communist Party of India

N 13786378 19608161 0 54785 0.40

Punjab Communist Party of India

N (Marxist) 13786378 19608161 0 17965 0.13

Punjab N Indian Na onal Congress 13786378 19608161 3 4575879 33.19

Punjab N Na onalist Congress Party 13786378 19608161 0 2149 0.02

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Punjab S Shiromani Akali Dal 13786378 19608161 4 3636148 26.37

Punjab U Unrecognised 13786378 19608161 0 128832 0.04

Punjab Z Independent 13786378 19608161 0 498039 3.61

Rajasthan N Bhara ya Janata Party 26782731 42994657 25 14895106 55.61

Bahujan Samaj Party

Rajasthan N 26782731 42994657 0 633786 2.37

Communist Party of India

Rajasthan N 26782731 42994657 0 70933 0.26

445
Communist Party of India
Rajasthan N 26782731 42994657 0 78856 0.29
(Marxist)

Rajasthan N Indian Na onal Congress 26782731 42994657 0 8230164 30.73

Rajasthan N Na onalist Congress Party 26782731 42994657 0 12149 0.05

Rajasthan U Unrecognised 26782731 42994657 0 387630 0.05

Rajasthan Z Independent 26782731 42994657 0 1806700 6.75

Sikkim N Bhara ya Janata Party 304635 370770 0 7279 2.39

Sikkim N Indian Na onal Congress 304635 370770 0 7189 2.36

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Sikkim S Sikkim Democra c Front 304635 370770 1 163698 53.74

Sikkim U Unrecognised 304635 370770 0 121956 40.03

Tamil Nadu N Bhara ya Janata Party 40025367 55114867 1 2223566 5.56

Tamil Nadu N Bahujan Samaj Party 40025367 55114867 0 155951 0.39

Tamil Nadu N Communist Party of India 40025367 55114867 0 219866 0.55

Tamil Nadu N Communist Party of India 40025367 55114867 0 220632 0.55

(Marxist)

446
Tamil Nadu N Indian Na onal Congress 40025367 55114867 0 1750990 4.37

Tamil Nadu S AllIndia Anna Dravida 40025367 55114867 37 17978922 44.92

Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu S Desiya Murpokku Dravida 40025367 55114867 0 2078843 5.19

Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu S Dravida Munnetra 40025367 55114867 0 9570666 23.91

Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu U Unrecognised 40025367 55114867 0 2723146 0.22

Tamil Nadu Z Independent 40025367 55114867 0 866317 2.16

Tripura N Bhara ya Janata Party 2000046 2388822 0 115319 5.77

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Tripura N Communist Party of India 2000046 2388822 2 1295436 64.77

(Marxist)

Tripura N 2000046 2388822 0 307592 15.38

Indian Na onal Congress

Tripura U 2000046 2388822 0 59328 0.49

Unrecognised

Tripura Z Independent 2000046 2388822 0 17764 0.89

U ar Pradesh N Bhara ya Janata Party 80500789 138810557 71 34318854 42.63

U ar Pradesh Bahujan Samaj Party 80500789 138810557 0 15914194 19.77

N

447
U ar Pradesh Communist Party of India 80500789 138810557 0 129471 0.16
N

Communist Party of India 80500789 138810557 0 5637 0.01

U ar Pradesh
N (Marxist)

U ar Pradesh 80500789 138810557 2 6061267 7.53

N Indian Na onal Congress

U ar Pradesh Na onalist Congress Party 80500789 138810557 0 27566 0.03

N

U ar Pradesh Rashtriya Lok Dal 80500789 138810557 0 689409 0.86

S

U ar Pradesh Samajwadi Party 80500789 138810557 5 17988967 22.35

S

U ar Pradesh U Unrecognised 80500789 138810557 2 2944443 0.02

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State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

U ar Pradesh Z Independent 80500789 138810557 0 1414869 1.76

West Bengal N Bhara ya Janata Party 51060534 62833113 2 8692297 17.02

West Bengal N Bahujan Samaj Party 51060534 62833113 0 252594 0.49

West Bengal N Communist Party of India

51060534 62833113 0 1202785 2.36

West Bengal Communist Party of India

N 51060534 62833113 2 11723166 22.96
(Marxist)

West Bengal N Indian Na onal Congress 51060534 62833113 4 4946911 9.69

448
West Bengal S AllIndia Forward Bloc 51060534 62833113 0 1106038 2.17

West Bengal S AllIndia Trinamool 51060534 62833113 34 20316262 39.79

Congress

West Bengal S 51060534 62833113 0 1255794 2.46

Revolu onary Socialist Party

West Bengal U 51060534 62833113 0 827276 0.06

Unrecognised

West Bengal Z Independent 51060534 62833113 0 473000 0.93

Chha sgarh N Bhara ya Janata Party 24061380 35329040 10 5973904 24.83

Chha sgarh N Bahujan Samaj Party 12030690 17664520 0 293910 2.44

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Chha sgarh N Communist Party of India 12030690 17664520 0 57365 0.48

N Communist Party of India 12030690 17664520 0 14849 0.12

Chha sgarh
(Marxist)

Chha sgarh N 24061380 35329040 1 4702813 19.55

Indian Na onal Congress

Chha sgarh U 12030690 17664520 0 286870 0.14

Unrecognised

Chha sgarh Z Independent 12030690 17664520 0 516430 4.29

N Bhara ya Janata Party 12792013 20349796 12 5207439 40.71

Jharkhand

449
N Bahujan Samaj Party 12792013 20349796 0 140141 1.10
Jharkhand

N Communist Party of India 12792013 20349796 0 78029 0.61

Jharkhand

N Communist Party of India 12792013 20349796 0 68212 0.53

Jharkhand (Marxist)

Jharkhand N Indian Na onal Congress 12792013 20349796 0 1724740 13.48

Jharkhand S AJSU Party 12792013 20349796 0 481667 3.77

Jharkhand S Jharkhand Muk Morcha 12792013 20349796 2 1205031 9.42

Jharkhand S Jharkhand Vikas Morcha 12792013 20349796 0 1567655 12.25

(Prajatantrik)

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Jharkhand S Rashtriya Janata Dal 12792013 20349796 0 212571 1.66

Jharkhand U Unrecognised 12792013 20349796 0 1087761 0.35

Jharkhand Z Independent 12792013 20349796 0 426224 3.33

U arakhand N Bhara ya Janata Party 4343847 7127057 5 2429698 55.93

U arakhand N Bahujan Samaj Party 4343847 7127057 0 207846 4.78

U arakhand N Communist Party of India 4343847 7127057 0 6525 0.15

450
Communist Party of India
U arakhand N 4343847 7127057 0 6577 0.15
(Marxist)

U arakhand N Indian Na onal Congress 4343847 7127057 0 1494440 34.40

U arakhand U Unrecognised 4343847 7127057 0 31833 0.05

U arakhand Z Independent 4343847 7127057 0 76158 1.75

Andaman & Nicobar Bhara ya Janata Party 188764 269360 48.19

N 1 90969
Islands

Andaman & Nicobar Bahujan Samaj Party 0

N 188764 269360 1139 0.60
Islands

Andaman & Nicobar Communist Party of India

N 188764 269360 0 1777 0.94
Islands (Marxist)

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Andaman & Nicobar 0

N Indian Na onal Congress 188764 269360 83157 44.05
Islands

Andaman & Nicobar 0

N Na onalist Congress Party 188764 269360 1151 0.61
Islands

Andaman & Nicobar 0

U Unrecognised 188764 269360 436 0.23
Islands

Andaman & Nicobar 0

Z Independent 188764 269360 3511 1.86
Islands

Chandigarh N Bhara ya Janata Party 450349 615214 1 191362 42.49

0
Chandigarh N Bahujan Samaj Party 450349 615214 15934 3.54

451
0
Chandigarh N Indian Na onal Congress 450349 615214 121720 27.03

0
Chandigarh U Unrecognised 450349 615214 3724 0.21

0
Chandigarh Z Independent 450349 615214 8496 1.89

1
Dadra & Nagar Bhara ya Janata Party
N 162324 196597 80790 49.77
Haveli

Dadra & Nagar 0

N Bahujan Samaj Party 162324 196597 982 0.60
Haveli
0
Dadra & Nagar N Indian Na onal Congress 162324 196597 74576 45.94
Haveli

Dadra & Nagar N Na onalist Congress Party 162324 196597 0 1611 0.99
Haveli
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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Dadra & Nagar U Unrecognised 162324 196597 0 348 0.21

Haveli

Dadra & Nagar Z Independent 162324 196597 0 2786 1.72

Haveli

Daman & Diu N Bhara ya Janata Party 85917 111827 1 46960 54.66

Daman & Diu N Bahujan Samaj Party 85917 111827 0 490 0.57

Daman & Diu N Indian Na onal Congress 85917 111827 0 37738 43.92

NCT OF Delhi N Bhara ya Janata Party 8232076 12711164 7 3838850 46.63

452
NCT OF Delhi N Bahujan Samaj Party 8232076 12711164 0 101609 1.23

NCT OF Delhi N Communist Party of India 8232076 12711164 0 4475 0.05

NCT OF Delhi N Indian Na onal Congress 8232076 12711164 0 1253078 15.22

NCT OF Delhi S Aam Aadmi Party 8232076 12711164 0 2722887 33.08

NCT OF Delhi U Unrecognised 8232076 12711164 0 34419 0.01

NCT OF Delhi Z Independent 8232076 12711164 0 261664 3.18

Lakshadweep N Bhara ya Janata Party 43116 49922 0 187 0.43

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 5.3.2 - State and UT wise seats won by poli cal par es

State Name Party Type Party Name Total Valid Votes Total Electors Seats Total Valid Votes % Valid Votes
Polledin the State in the State Won Polled by Party Polled by Party

Lakshadweep N Communist Party of India 43116 49922 0 181 0.42

Lakshadweep N Communist Party of India 43116 49922 0 465 1.08

(Marxist)

Lakshadweep N 43116 49922 0 20130 46.69

Indian National Congress

Lakshadweep N Nationalist Congress Party 43116 49922 1 21665 50.25

Puducherry N Bahujan Samaj Party 717749 901357 0 2060 0.29

Puducherry N Communist Party of India 717749 901357 0 12709 1.77

453
Puducherry N Indian National Congress
717749 901357 0 194972 27.16

All India Anna Dravida

Puducherry S Munnetra Kazhagam 717749 901357 0 132657 18.48

Puducherry S All India N.R. Congress 717749 901357 1 255826 35.64

Puducherry S Dravida Munnetra 717749 901357 0 60580 8.44

Kazhagam

Puducherry S 717749 901357 0 22754 3.17

Pattali Makkal Katchi

Puducherry U Unrecognised 717749 901357 0 804 0.06

Puducherry Z Independent 717749 901357 0 26771 3.73

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 5.3.3 Performance of Na onal Poli cal Par es
Candidates Votes % of votes secured
Secured by
Over total Over total valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party
electors votes polled

Bhara ya Janata Party 428 282 62 171660230 20.58 31.34

Bahujan Samaj Party 503 0 447 22946346 2.75 4.19
Communist Party of India 67 1 57 4327460 0.52 0.79
Communist Party of India 93 9 50 17988955 2.16 3.28
(Marxist)
Indian Na onal Congress 464 44 178 106935942 12.82 19.52
Na onalist Congress Party 36 6 13 8635558 1.04 1.58

GrandTotal 1591 342 807 332494491 39.86 60.70

TOTAL ELECTORS IN THE COUNTRY (INCLUDING SERVICE - ELECTORS ) 834082814

TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED IN THE COUNTRY ( INCLUDING SERVICE - VOTES 547800004

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

454
 5.3.4 - Performance of State Poli cal Par es
Candidates % of votes secured

State in which
the party is Votes Secured Over total Over total Validele
Party Name recognised Contested Won DF by Party the state the state

AAAP Aam Aadmi Party

NCT OF Delhi 7 0 0 2722887 21.42 33.08

Party Total 7 0 0 2722887 21.42 33.08

ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu
Puducherry 39 37 0 17978922 32.62 44.92
1 0 0 132657 14.72 18.48
Party Total 40 37 0 18111579 32.33 44.45
AGP Asom Gana Parishad
Assam 12 0 12 577730 3.07 3.87
Party Total 12 0 12 577730 3.07 3.87

455
AIFB All India Forward Bloc
West Bengal 3 0 0 1106038 1.76 2.17
Party Total 3 0 0 1106038 1.76 2.17

AINRC All India N.R. Congress

Puducherry 1 1 0 255826 28.38 35.64
Party Total 1 1 0 255826 28.38 35.64

AITC All India Trinamool Congress

Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 1 9135 1.20 1.55
Manipur 2 0 2 52655 2.97 3.75
West Bengal 42 34 0 20316262 32.33 39.79
Party Total 45 34 3 20378052 31.17 38.41
AIUDF All India United Democra c Front
Assam 10 3 5 2237612 11.88 14.98
Party Total 10 3 5 2237612 11.88 14.98

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 5.3.4 - Performance of State Poli cal Par es
Candidates % of votes secured

State in which
the party is Votes Secured Over total Over total Validele
Party Name recognised Contested Won DF by Party the state the state

AJSUP AJSU Party

Jharkhand 9 0 9 481667 2.37 3.77
Party Total 9 0 9 481667 2.37 3.77
BJD Biju Janata Dal
Odisha 21 20 0 9489946 32.50 44.77
Party Total 21 20 0 9489946 32.50 44.77
BOPF Bodoland Peoples Front
Assam 2 0 1 330106 1.75 2.21
Party Total 2 0 1 330106 1.75 2.21
DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu 14 0 1 2078843 3.77 5.19

456
Party Total 14 0 1 2078843 3.77 5.19
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu 34 0 2 9570666 17.36 23.91
Puducherry 1 0 1 60580 6.72 8.44
Party Total 35 0 3 9631246 17.19 23.64

HJCBL Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)

Haryana 2 0 0 703698 4.37 6.14
Party Total 2 0 0 703698 4.37 6.14

INLD Indian Na onal Lok Dal

Haryana 10 2 4 2799899 17.39 24.43
Party Total 10 2 4 2799899 17.39 24.43

IUML Indian Union Muslim League

Kerala 2 2 0 816226 3.36 4.59
Party Total 2 2 0 816226 3.36 4.59

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 5.3.4 - Performance of State Poli cal Par es
Candidates % of votes secured

State in which
the party is Votes Secured Over total Over total Validele
Party Name recognised Contested Won DF by Party the state the state

JD(S) Janata Dal (Secular)

Karnataka 25 2 17 3406465 7.37 11.07
Kerala 1 0 0 303595 1.25 1.71
Party Total 26 2 17 3710060 5.26 7.64

JD(U) Janata Dal (United)

Bihar 38 2 23 5662444 8.88 16.04
Party Total 38 2 23 5662444 8.88 16.04
JKN Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Conference
Jammu & Kashmir 3 0 0 396713 5.52 1.22
1
Party Total 3 0 0 396713 5.52 1
1.22

JKNPP Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Panthers Party

457
Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 5 43452 0.60 1.23
Party Total 5 0 5 43452 0.60 1.23

JKPDP Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democra c Party

Jammu & Kashmir 5 3 2 732644 10.20 20.72
Party Total 5 3 2 732644 10.20 20.72

JMM Jharkhand Muk Morcha

Jharkhand 4 2 1 1205031 5.92 9.42
Party Total 4 2 1 1205031 5.92 9.42

JVM Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

Jharkhand 14 0 1 1567655 7.70 12.25
Party Total 14 0 1 1567655 7.70 12.25

KEC(M) Kerala Congress (M)

Kerala 1 1 0 424194 1.74 2.39
Party Total 1 1 0 424194 1.74 2.39

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 5.3.4 - Performance of State Poli cal Par es
Candidates % of votes secured

State in which
the party is Votes Secured Over total Over total Validele
Party Name recognised Contested Won DF by Party the state the state

LJP Lok Jan Shak Party

Bihar 7 6 0 2295929 3.60 6.50
Party Total 7 6 0 2295929 3.60 6.50
MNS Maharashtra Navnirman sena
Maharashtra 10 0 10 708010 0.88 1.47
Party Total 10 0 10 708010 0.88 1.47
NPEP Na onal Peoples Party
Meghalaya 1 1 0 239301 15.27 22.84
Party Total 1 1 0 239301 15.27 22.84
NPF Naga Peoples Front
Manipur 1 0 0 281133 15.84 20.01

458
Nagaland 1 1 0 713372 60.30 68.84
Party Total 2 1 0 994505 33.63 40.74
PMK Pa ali Makkal Katchi
Puducherry 1 0 1 22754 2.52 3.17
Party Total 1 0 1 22754 2.52 3.17
PPA People's Party of Arunachal
Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 2 47018 6.19 7.96
Party Total 2 0 2 47018 6.19 7.96
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bihar 27 4 1 7224893 11.32 20.46
Jharkhand 1 0 0 212571 1.04 1.66
Party Total 28 4 1 7437464 8.84 15.46
RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal
U ar Pradesh 8 0 6 689409 0.50 0.86
Party Total 8 0 6 689409 0.50 0.86

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 5.3.4 - Performance of State Poli cal Par es
Candidates % of votes secured

State in which
the party is Votes Secured Over total Over total Validele
Party Name recognised Contested Won DF by Party the state the state

RSP Revolu onary Socialist Party

West Bengal 4 0 0 1255794 2.00 2.46
Party Total 4 0 0 1255794 2.00 2.46
SAD Shiromani Akali Dal
Punjab 10 4 0 3636148 18.54 26.37
Party Total 10 4 0 3636148 18.54 26.37
SDF Sikkim Democra c Front
Sikkim 1 1 0 163698 44.15 53.74
Party Total 1 1 0 163698 44.15 53.74
SHS Shivsena
Maharashtra 20 18 0 10050652 12.44 20.82

459
Party Total 20 18 0 10050652 12.44 20.82
SP Samajwadi Party
U ar Pradesh 78 5 21 17988967 12.96 22.35
Party Total 78 5 21 17988967 12.96 22.35
TDP Telugu Desam
Andhra Pradesh 30 16 2 14099230 21.71 29.36
Party Total 30 16 2 14099230 21.71 29.36
TRS Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Andhra Pradesh 17 11 3 6736270 10.37 14.03
Party Total 17 11 3 6736270 10.37 14.03
UDP United Democra c Party
Meghalaya 1 0 0 106817 6.82 10.19
Party Total 1 0 0 106817 6.82 10.19
Grand Total 529 176 153 151935514 10.13 15.20

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Aadijan Muk Sena 1 0 1 8544 0.02 0.03
Aadivasi Sena Party 2 0 2 11362 0.03 0.04
Aam Aadmi Party* 432 4 413 11325387 1.36 2.07
Aam Janata Party 1 0 1 9371 0.01 0.01
Aama Odisha Party 9 0 9 155900 0.53 0.74
Aarakshan Virodhi Party 3 0 3 5861 0.01 0.02
Aazadi Ka An m Aandolan Dal 1 0 1 937 0.01 0.01
Adarsh Manavtawadi Party 1 0 1 1920 0.00 0.00
Adarsh Rashtriya Vikas Party 7 0 7 12037 0.01 0.01

460
Adarsh Samaj Party 1 0 1 557 0.00 0.00
Agar Jan Party 2 0 2 5228 0.00 0.01
AJSU Party* 10 0 1 488719 0.99 1.44
Akhand Bharat Samaj Party 1 0 1 651 0.01 0.01
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 8 0 8 29483 0.01 0.01
Akhil Bhara ya Ashok Sena 1 0 1 296 0.00 0.00
Akhil Bhara ya Congress Dal (Ambedkar) 2 0 2 1461 0.00 0.00
Akhil Bhara ya Hind Kran Party 1 0 1 685 0.00 0.01
Akhil Bhara ya Jan Sangh 4 0 4 20902 0.01 0.02
Akhil Bhara ya Manavata Paksha 1 0 1 1077 0.00 0.00
Akhil Bhara ya Muslim League (Secular) 5 0 5 59735 0.03 0.04
Akhil Bhara ya Rajarya Sabha 1 0 1 683 0.00 0.00
Akhil Bhara ya Samajwadi Congress 1 0 1 2530 0.00 0.00
Akhil Bhara ya Shivsena Rashtrawadi 1 0 1 4380 0.02 0.03
Akhil Bhar ya Aamjan Party 1 0 1 1040 0.00 0.00
Akhil Bhar ya Jharkhand Party 3 0 3 16616 0.02 0.03
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 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Akhil Bhar ya Mithila Party 2 0 2 11221 0.02 0.03
Akhil Bhar ya Vikas Congress Party 1 0 1 2255 0.00 0.01
Akhil Rashtrawadi Party 1 0 1 2029 0.00 0.00
AI-Hind Party 4 0 4 5977 0.00 0.01
All India Azaad Congress Party 1 0 1 1593 0.00 0.00
All India Forward Bloc* 39 0 36 1211418 0.19 0.29
All India Majlis-E-I ehadul Muslimeen 5 1 4 685730 1.06 1.43
All India Mazdoor Party (Rangreta) 1 0 1 1182 0.01 0.01
All India Minori es Front 5 0 5 9938 0.00 0.01
All India Peoples' Front (Radical) 3 3

461
0 7630 0.00 0.01
All India Ravidas Samata Party 1 0 1 543 0.00 0.00
All India TrinamoolCongress* 131 34 85 21262665 3.38 5.24
All India United Democra c Front* 18 3 8 2333040 2.86 3.53
All J&K Kisan Majdoor Party 2 0 2 4392 0.06 0.12
All Jammu and Kashmir Republican Party 1 0 1 1568 0.02 0.04
Ambedkar Na onal Congress 10 0 10 19863 0.01 0.01
Ambedkar People's Movement 1 0 1 372 0.00 0.00
Ambedkar Samaj Party 7 0 7 27589 0.01 0.02
Ambedkarist Republican Party 4 0 4 16461 0.02 0.03
Ambedkarite Party of India 34 0 34 185095 0.08 0.13
Amra Bangalee 16 0 16 74626 0.09 0.11
Anaith india Dravidar Samudaya 1 0 1 2372 0.00 0.01
Munnetra Kazhagam
Andhra Pradesh Rashtra 2 0 2 2743 0.00 0.01
Samaikya Samithi Party

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 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Andhra Rastra Praja Samithi 3 0 3 12042 0.02 0.03
Apna Dal 7 2 5 821820 0.40 0.67
Apna Dal United Party 2 0 2 9265 0.01 0.01
Apna Desh Party 4 0 4 5579 0.00 0.01
Asankhya Samaj Party 2 0 2 3482 0.00 0.00
A Piccharaparty 1 0 1 15370 0.02 0.04
Atulya Bharat Party 2 0 2 2135 0.02 0.03
awamiaamjanparty 2 0 2 4380 0.01 0.02
Awami Samta Party 1 0 1 1617 0.00 0.00
Awami Vikas Party 4 0 4 3747 0.00 0.01
B.C. United Front 2 0 2 7036 0.01 0.01

462
B.C. Bharata Desam Party 1 0 1 596 0.00 0.00
Bahujan Kran Party (Marxwad Ambedkarwad) 1 0 1 1174 0.00 0.00
Bahujan M 233 0 233 791951 0.11 0.17
Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) 5 0 5 11104 0.06 0.08
Bahujan Sangharsh Party (Kanshiram) 2 0 2 5416 0.00 0.01
Bahujan Sangharshh Dal 9 0 9 59815 0.05 0.09
Bahujan Suraksha Dal 2 0 2 1723 0.00 0.01
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi 1 0 0 293681 0.36 0.61
Bajji kanchal Vikas Party 6 0 6 21524 0.03 0.06
Bharat Bhrashtachar Mitao Party 2 0 2 10160 0.02 0.03
Bharat Ki Lok Jimmedar Party 1 0 1 3392 0.05 0.08
Bharat Nav Nirman Party 2 0 2 2533 0.01 0.01
Bharat Nirman Party 1 0 1 2000 0.00 0.00
Bharat Vikas Morcha 8 0 8 45667 0.07 0.13
Bharat Vishal Party 1 0 1 161 0.00 0.00
Bhara ya Bahujan Congress 2 0 2 7197 0.01 0.01
Bhara ya Bahujan Party 4 0 4 4653 0.02 0.04
Bhara ya Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Janta Party 6 0 6 9481 0.01 0.01

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 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Bhara ya Ekta Dal 7 0 7 90314 0.04 0.08
Bhara ya Gaon Taj Dal 5 0 5 5761 0.02 0.03
Bhara yaInqalab Party 2 0 2 5362 0.01 0.01
Bhara ya Jan Kran Dal (Democra c) 3 0 3 14685 0.01 0.01
Bhara ya Jawala Shak Paksha 1 0 1 1337 0.00 0.00
Bhara ya Kisan Parivartan Party 2 0 2 7342 0.01 0.01
Bhara ya Kisan Sena Loktantrik 2 0 2 3826 0.00 0.00
Bhara yaMinori esSuraksha Mahasangh 1 0 1 3441 0.01 0.01
Bhara yaMominFront 4 0 4 16182 0.01 0.01

463
Bhara ya Mool Niwasi Samaj Party 1 0 1 877 0.01 0.02
Bhara ya Na onal Janta Dal 4 0 4 20209 0.05 0.08
Bhara ya Nav Kran Party 1 0 1 502 0.00 0.00
Bhara ya Navyuvak Party 1 0 1 1408 0.00 0.00
Bhara ya Peoples Party 2 0 2 4291 0.01 0.01
Bhara ya Rashtriya Bahujan Samaj Vikas Party 1 0 1 3238 0.00 0.00
Bhara ya Rashtriya Mazdoor Dal 1 0 1 1607 0.00 0.01
Bhara ya Republican Paksha 4 0 4 8226 0.01 0.01
Bhara ya Samaj Dal 1 0 1 1096 0.00 0.00
Bhara ya Sant Mat Party 7 0 7 15940 0.02 0.03
Bhara ya Sarvodaya Kran Party 2 0 2 2409 0.00 0.00
Bhara ya Yuva shak 6 0 6 38633 0.09 0.14
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 23 0 22 360854 0.45 0.75
Bhar Jan Suraksha Party 2 0 2 3336 0.02 0.02
Bhar ya Sarvjan Party 2 0 2 5845 0.00 0.01
Bhar ya Chaitanya Party 1 0 1 802 0.01 0.02
Bhar ya Ekta Manch Party 2 0 2 8729 0.01 0.02
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 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Bhar ya Jan Manch 1 0 1 325 0.00 0.00
Bhar ya Jan Yug Party 2 0 2 2000 0.00 0.01
Bhar ya Janta Dal (Integrated) 3 0 3 1118 0.01 0.01
Bhar ya Jantantrik Janata Dal 1 0 1 4664 0.01 0.01
Bhar ya Krishak Dal 4 0 4 4250 0.00 0.01
Bhar ya Naujawan Inqlab Party 1 0 1 1440 0.00 0.00
Bhar ya Navjawan Sena (Paksha) 2 0 2 1862 0.00 0.00
Bhar ya Party 1 0 1 1635 0.00 0.01
Bhar ya Praga sheel Congress 3 0 3 2571 0.02 0.03
Bhartiya Republican Party (Insan) 1 0 1 2138 0.00 0.00

464
Bhartiya Samajik Kranti Dal 1 0 1 1423 0.00 0.00
Bhartiya Satya Sangharsh Party 1 0 1 4956 0.01 0.02
Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party 30 0 30 79359 0.04 0.06
Bhartiya Shramik Dal Socialist 1 0 1 924 0.00 0.00
Bhartiya Vanchitsamaj Party 2 0 2 4142 0.00 0.01
Bhartiya Vikas Party 1 0 1 1152 0.00 0.00
Bhrashtachar Mukti Morcha 1 0 1 1413 0.01 0.01
Bihar Janta Party 1 0 1 6765 0.01 0.02
Braj Vikas Party 2 0 2 4411 0.00 0.00
Brihattar Bharat Prajatantra Sewa Party 1 0 1 1679 0.00 0.01
Bundelkhand Congress 2 0 2 5371 0.00 0.00
Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch 10 0 10 41908 0.06 0.10
Chhattisgarhiya Party 1 0 1 4265 0.02 0.04
Communist Party of India (Marxist leninist) 82 0 81 1007275 0.16 0.24
Communist Party of India (Marxist leninist) 47 0 47 114323 0.02 0.03
Dalit Vikas Party (Bharat) 1 0 1 950 0.00 0.00

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 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Dalita Bahujana Party 2 0 2 7746 0.01 0.02
Democra c Bhara ya Samaj Party 5 0 5 5240 0.03 0.04
Democra c Congress Party 1 0 1 833 0.00 0.01
Democra c Prajakranthi Party Secularist 1 0 1 1342 0.00 0.00
Democra c Secular Party 1 0 1 1262 0.00 0.00
Deshbhakt Nirman Party 1 0 1 5485 0.00 0.01
Desiya Forward Bloc 4 0 4 17465 0.03 0.04
Dharam Nirpeksh Dal 1 0 1 4130 0.00 0.01
Dharmarajya Paksha 1 0 1 2175 0.00 0.00
Dr. Ambedkar Samajvadi 1 0 1 1949 0.00 0.01

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Democra c Party 2 0 2 5341 0.00 0.01
Eklavya Samaj Party 1 0 1 2988 0.00 0.00
Ex-Sainik Kissan Party 1 0 1 3023 0.01 0.01
Ezhuchi Tamilargal Munnetra Kazhagam 9 0 9 23505 0.01 0.01
Gareeb Aadmi Party 1 0 1 783 0.07 0.10
Goa Su-Raj Party 1 0 1 530 0.05 0.07
Goemcarancho Otrec Astro 27 0 27 301366 0.09 0.15
Gondvana Gantantra Party 1 0 1 2906 0.00 0.01
Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
1 0 1 2594 0.00 0.01
GreatIndia Party
1 0 1 997 0.02 0.03
Himachal Swabhiman Party
1 0 1 566 0.09 0.13
Hindustan Ekta Party
15 0 15 46761 0.02 0.03
Hindustan Janta Party
1 0 1 2761 0.02 0.02
Hindustan Kran Dal
3 0 3 6703 0.00 0.00
Hindustan Kran kari Dal
Hindustan Swaraj Congress Party 1 0 1 888 0.00 0.00
Hindustan Vikas Dal 2 0 2 7921 0.01 0.02
Hindusthan Nirman Dal 6 0 6 8889 0.01 0.01

Cont...
 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Hindusthan Praja Paksha 1 0 1 8853 0.01 0.02
Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party 1 0 1 1059 0.00 0.00
2 0 2
Indian Bahujan Sandesh Party (Kanshiram) 6 0 6 1952 0.01 0.02
Indian Chris an Secular Party 1 0 1 14360 0.01 0.02
Indian Gandhiyan Party 1 0 1 546 0.00 0.00
Indian Jus ce Party 2 0 2 1103 0.00 0.00
Indian Kran kari Lehar 2 0 2 5084 0.03 0.04
Indian Labour Party Ambedkar Phule 6390 0.01 0.01
4 0 4
Indian Na onal League Party 11924 0.01 0.01
1 0 1
Indian Oceanic Party 649 0.00 0.00
1 0 1
Indian Peace Party 3 3 2155 0.00 0.00
0

466
Indian Peoples Green Party 4 4 3488 0.01 0.01
0
Indian Savarn Samaj Party 25 22 16903 0.01 0.02
2
Indian Union Muslim League* 3 3 1100096 0.18 0.28
0
Indian Unity Centre 1 1 13527 0.02 0.03
0
Indians Victory Party 2 2 398 0.00 0.00
0
Indigenousn People's Front Of Tripura 21326 0.89 1.07
2 0 2
Inqalab VikasDal 2570 0.01 0.02
7 0 7
Jago Party 27624 0.06 0.10
1 0 0
Jai Bharat Samanta Party 215607 1.06 1.69
1 0 1
Jai Hind Party 14754 0.02 0.04
5 0 5
Jai Hind Samaj Party 27122 0.02 0.03
27 0 27
Jai Maha Bharath Party 57988 0.01 0.02
5 0 5
Jai Prakash Janata Dal 27619 0.04 0.08
27 0 27
Jai Samaikyandhra Party 204260 0.31 0.43
2 0 2
Jai Vijaya Bharathi Party 4270 0.01 0.01
3 0 3
Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim 10564 0.02 0.02
13 0 8
Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Panthers Party 57103 0.06 0.09
Jammu & Kashmir People Conference 1 0 1 71154 0.99 2.01
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 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Jan Morcha 1 0 1 2901 0.02 0.03
Jan Raajya Party 1 0 1 2543 0.00 0.00
Jan Raksha Party 1 0 1 1318 0.00 0.00
Jan Samanta Party 1 0 1 357 0.00 0.00
Jan Sevak Party 1 0 1 4489 0.00 0.01
Jan Shak Ekta Party 3 0 3 6636 0.00 0.01
Janata Dal (Secular)* 34 2 8 3731481 1.37 2.02
Janata Dal (United)* 93 2 55 5992281 0.80 1.23
Jan-Nyay Dal 1 0 1 4719 0.01 0.02
Janral Samaj Party 1 0 1 944 0.00 0.01
Janta Dal Rashtravadi 9 0 9 53864 0.08 0.15

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Janta Raj Party 2 0 2 3846 0.00 0.00
Jantantra Party 2 0 2 2249 0.00 0.00
Janvadi Party (Socialist) 12 0 12 47696 0.02 0.04
Jawan Kisan Morcha 1 0 1 2711 0.00 0.00
Jebamani Janata 1 0 1 1517 0.00 0.00
Jharkhand Anushilan Party 3 0 3 12240 0.02 0.02
Jharkhand Disom Party 19 0 19 109843 0.06 0.09
Jharkhand Muk Morcha (Ulgulan) 1 0 1 3512 0.01 0.01
Jharkhand Muk Morcha* 21 2 16 1637994 0.84 1.21
Jharkhand Party 4 0 3 203869 1.00 1.59
Jharkhand Party (Naren) 3 0 3 16670 0.02 0.03
Jharkhand Vikas Dal 2 0 2 10870 0.05 0.08
Jharkhand VikasMorcha (Prajatantrik)* 16 0 2 1579772 1.90 2.47
Kalinga Sena 3 0 3 21143 0.02 0.04
Kalyankari Jantantrik Party 4 0 4 4839 0.00 0.01
Kamarajar Deseeya Congress 1 0 1 1345 0.00 0.00
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha 1 0 1 707 0.00 0.00
Karunaadu Party 10 0 10 33172 0.07 0.11
Kisan Majdoor Berojgar Sangh 2 0 2 7839 0.01 0.01
Cont...
 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Kosal Kran Dal 1 0 1 8448 0.03 0.04
Kran kari Vikas Dal 3 0 3 7541 0.01 0.02
Labour Party of India (V.V.Prasad) 1 0 1 1993 0.00 0.00
Lok Bhara 8 0 8 13399 0.01 0.02
Lok Dal 21 0 21 48202 0.02 0.03
Lok Parivartan Party(DC) 3 0 3 4396 0.03 0.04
Lok Sa a Party 7 0 7 165670 0.10 0.14
Lok Shak 1 0 1 3722 0.01 0.01
Lokpriya Samaj Party 3 0 3 13304 0.01 0.01
Loktantrik Janata Party (Secular) 3 0 3 10026 0.02 0.03
Loktantrik Rashrtavadi Party 2 0 2 1491 0.00 0.01

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Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 2 0 2 2820 0.00 0.01
MahajanaSocialistParty 4 0 4 22022 0.03 0.05
Mahamuk Dal 1 0 1 2482 0.00 0.01
Mahan Dal 3 0 3 22774 0.02 0.03
Mahanwadi Party 1 0 1 2101 0.00 0.01
Maharashtra Parivartan Sena (T) 10 0 10 13339 0.02 0.03
Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi 3 0 3 3715 0.00 0.01
Mahila Swabhiman Party 1 0 1 2425 0.00 0.00
Majdoor Kisan Union Party 1 0 1 360 0.00 0.00
Majlis Bachao Tahreek 4 0 4 11347 0.01 0.01
Majlis Markaz-e-Siyasee Party 1 0 1 959 0.00 0.00
MakkalManaduKatchi 7 0 7 8468 0.02 0.02
Manav Muk Morcha 1 0 1 4409 0.02 0.03
Manavadhikar Janshak Party 1 0 1 997 0.00 0.00
Manavtawadi Samaj Party 7 0 7 17890 0.01 0.02
Manipur Democra c Peoples's Front 1 0 1 2005 0.11 0.14
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi 1 0 0 236679 0.43 0.59
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7 0 2 1417535 2.57 3.54
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 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Marxist Communist Party of India(United) 5 0 5 13019 0.02 0.03
Marxist Co-Ordina on 1 0 1 110185 0.54 0.86
Megh Desham Party 3 0 3 10490 0.02 0.03
Minori es Democra c Party 6 0 6 11225 0.01 0.01
Moderate Party 1 0 1 5406 0.00 0.01
Moolniwasi Samaj Party 2 0 2 4986 0.00 0.00
Most Backward Classes of India 9 0 9 19417 0.01 0.02
Moulik Adhikar Party 3 0 3 15742 0.01 0.02
Nagrik Ekta Party 3 0 3 2917 0.00 0.00
Nai k Party 17 0 17 36181 0.03 0.04
Namadhu Makkal Katchi 1 0 1 2511 0.00 0.01
Narayani Sena 1 0 1 1725 0.00 0.00

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Na onal Development Party 1 0 1 3618 0.01 0.01
Na onal Janhit Congress (AB) 2 0 2 2196 0.01 0.02
Na onal Lokmat Party 1 0 1 3072 0.00 0.01
Na onalLoktantrikParty 7 0 7 11174 0.00 0.01
Na onal Organisa on Congress 2 0 2 1198 0.00 0.00
Na onal Party 1 0 1 791 0.00 0.00
Na onal Peoples Party* 7 1 5 576448 0.62 1.01
Na onal Tiger Party 1 0 1 3251 0.01 0.01
Na onal Unionist Zamindara Party 3 0 3 124990 0.29 0.47
Na onal Youth Party 2 0 2 1176 0.00 0.00
Nav Bharat Democra c Party 9 0 9 16153 0.01 0.02
Nava Bharat Na onal Party 1 0 1 485 0.00 0.00
Navbharat Nirman Party 1 0 1 441 0.00 0.00
Navodyam Party 1 0 1 1455 0.00 0.00
Naya Daur Party 12 0 12 15967 0.01 0.01
Nehru Janhit Congress 1 0 1 1463 0.00 0.00
New All India Congress Party 3 0 3 3778 0.00 0.00
New India Party 2 0 2 5082 0.01 0.01
Nirja ta Samaj Biplabi Party 1 0 1 3829 0.01 0.01
Odisha Jan Morcha 3 0 3 44397 0.15 0.21
Cont...
 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Parcham Party of India 1 0 1 4082 0.00 0.01
Parivartan Samaj Party 1 0 1 433 0.00 0.00
Party for Democra c Socialism 7 0 7 22284 0.04 0.04
Paschimanchal Vikas Party 2 0 2 28775 0.10 0.14
Pa ali Makkal Katchi* 9 1 3 1827566 3.26 4.49
Peace Party 51 0 51 518724 0.15 0.25
Peasants And Workers Party of India 3 0 2 497721 0.62 1.03
People's Guardian Party 1 0 1 7222 0.01 0.01
People's Party of India Secular 1 0 1 331 0.00 0.00
Poorvanchal Rashtriya Congress 4 0 4 4852 0.01 0.01
Prabuddha Republican Party 11 0 11 19470 0.02 0.03
Praga sheel Magahi Samaj 1 0 1 3076 0.02 0.02

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Praga sheel Manav Samaj Party 9 0 9 39039 0.02 0.03
Praga sheel Samaj Party 2 0 2 4052 0.00 0.01
Prajatantra Aadhar Party 1 0 1 698 0.00 0.00
Prajatantrik Samadhan Party 5 0 5 21284 0.04 0.07
Prem Janata Dal 3 0 3 28671 0.04 0.06
Prism 1 0 1 2694 0.04 0.08
Prou st Bloc,India 3 0 3 6509 0.01 0.01
Prou st Sarva Samaj 4 0 4 15368 0.01 0.02
Punjab Labour Party 1 0 1 1386 0.01 0.01
Puthiya Tamilagam 1 0 0 262812 0.48 0.66
Pyramid Party of India 38 0 38 185478 0.17 0.24
Qaumi Ekta Dal 9 0 8 354577 0.26 0.44
Rajasthan Vikas Party 3 0 3 8152 0.02 0.03
Rajnai k Vikalp Party 6 0 6 38992 0.06 0.11
Rajyadhikara Party 1 0 1 4112 0.01 0.01
Rani Chennamma Party 2 0 2 2803 0.01 0.01
Rashtra Sewa Dal 1 0 1 6994 0.01 0.02
Rashtravadi Janata Party 5 0 5 8713 0.00 0.00
Rashtrawadi Parivartan Party (L.B) 1 0 1 1195 0.01 0.01
Cont...
 5.3.5 Performance of Registered Unrecognized
Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Rashtrawadi Samaj Party 2 0 2 2181 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Aam Party 2 0 2 3408 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch 7 0 7 13185 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Ambedkar Dal 1 0 1 4327 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Apna Dal 3 0 3 12366 0.01 0.01
Rashtriya Bahujan Congress Party 2 0 2 5801 0.01 0.01
Rashtriya Bahujan Hitay Party 3 0 3 1842 0.01 0.01
Rashtriya Bandhutwa Party 1 0 1 1521 0.00 0.00
RashtriyaCongress (Babu Jagjivanram) 2 0 2 4527 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Congress (J) Party
1 0 1 7650 0.01 0.01
Rashtriya Deshaj Party
4 0 4 38322 0.19 0.30

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Rashtriya Ekta Party
1 0 1 601 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Garib Dal
1 0 1 1111 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Gondvana Party
2 0 2 10142 0.06 0.08
Rashtriya Indepndent Morcha
1 0 1 16299 0.06 0.08
Rashtriya Janadhikar Party
Rashtriya Janadhikar 1 0 1 415 0.00 0.01
Suraksha Party 8 0 8 32514 0.05 0.06
Rashtriya Janasachetan Party (R.J.P.) 7 0 7 18210 0.03 0.04
Rashtriya Janata Dal* 29 4 1 7440937 4.99 7.74
Rashtriya Jan-JagramMorcha 1 0 1 7147 0.01 0.02
Rashtriya Jankran Morcha 1 0 1 4647 0.02 0.04
Rashtriya Jankran Party 1 0 1 217 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Janmorcha 2 0 2 1145 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Janpriya Party 1 0 1 4117 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Janshak Party (Eklavya) 1 0 1 2654 0.02 0.02
Rashtriya Janshan Party 1 0 1 1571 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Janta Party 1 0 1 1526 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Janwadi Party (Kran kari) 5 0 5 10797 0.01 0.01
Rashtriya Ja gat Aarakshan Virodhi Party 1 0 1 259 0.00 0.00
Cont...
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Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Rashtriya Karmyog Party 2 0 2 2096 0.01 0.02
Rashtriya Komi Ekta Party 1 0 1 1254 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Kran Party 4 0 4 4112 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Kran kari Samajwadi Party 9 0 9 46756 0.02 0.03
Rashtriya Lok Dal* 10 0 2 696918 0.33 0.52
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 4 3 1 1078473 1.69 3.05
Rashtriyamahan Gantanta Party 3 0 3 2872 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Manavsamman Party 1 0 1 1572 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Morcha Party 1 0 1 923 0.01 0.01
Rashtriya Naujawan Dal 2 0 2 6192 0.00 0.01

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Rashtriya Parivartan Dal 2 0 2 95644 0.07 0.12
Rashtriya Praja Congress (Secular) 2 0 2 2025 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party 1 0 1 2225 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 5 0 4 458580 0.13 0.20
Rashtriya Samanta Dal 8 0 8 30888 0.01 0.02
Rashtriya Sant Sandesh Party 1 0 1 3283 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Sarvajan Party 1 0 1 4215 0.00 0.01
Rashtriya Sawarn Dal 1 0 1 665 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party 1 0 1 1054 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Ulama Council 8 0 8 56324 0.03 0.05
Rashtriya U arakhand Party 1 0 1 1629 0.02 0.04
Rashtriya Vikas Manch Party 1 0 1 1434 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya VikasParty 1 0 1 2396 0.00 0.00
Rashtriya Viklang Party 2 0 2 2958 0.00 0.00
Rastriya Insaaf Party 2 0 2 4219 0.00 0.01
Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi 1 0 1 4521 0.01 0.01
Regional Democra c Secular Congress 2 0 2 10800 0.06 0.07
Cont...
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Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Republican Backward Congress 1 0 1 6265 0.04 0.05
Republican Bahujan Sena 2 0 2 2910 0.00 0.01
Republican Paksha (Khoripa) 8 0 8 70924 0.04 0.07
Republican Party of India 15 0 15 87952 0.03 0.05
Republican Party of India (A) 45 0 45 206689 0.03 0.05
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 8 0 8 23110 0.01 0.02
Republican Party of India Ektavadi 1 0 1 910 0.00 0.00
Revolu onary Socialist Party* 6 1 1 1666380 1.10 1.43
Revolu onary Socialist Party of 1 0 1 43051 0.18 0.24
Kerala Bolshevik Rsp Bsa 1 0 1 6542 0.01 0.01
Maikya Telugu Rajyam

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2 0 2 4870 0.01 0.01
Samaikyandhra Parirakshana Samithi
2 0 2 10008 0.01 0.01
Samajwadi Jan Parishad
13 0 13 59756 0.08 0.13
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
197 5 119 18673089 2.59 4.02
Samajwadi Party*
1 0 1 4947 0.00 0.01
Samajwadi Samaj Party
5 0 5 20910 0.07 0.10
Samata Kran Dal
10 0 10 21631 0.02 0.03
Samata Party
6 0 6 16501 0.03 0.06
Samata Samadhan Party
2 0 2 9794 0.03 0.05
Samruddha Odisha
Samta Vikas Party 1 0 1 763 0.00 0.00
Samtawadi Republican Party 5 0 5 9561 0.01 0.01
Samyak Parivartan Party 10 0 10 30805 0.02 0.03
Sanatan Sanskri Raksha Dal 4 0 4 7115 0.01 0.01
Sankhyanupa Bhagidari Party 5 0 5 16078 0.03 0.05
Sanyukt Samajwadi Dal 2 0 2 6788 0.00 0.01
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Party 1 0 1 394 0.00 0.00
Sarva Janata Party 7 0 7 15474 0.03 0.05

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Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State
Sarva Samaj Kalyan Party 4 0 4 10239 0.01 0.01
Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party 4 0 4 19253 0.03 0.05
Sarvajan Samaj Party (D) 3 0 3 6681 0.03 0.05
Sarvshreshth Dal 1 0 1 2329 0.00 0.00
Shak Sena (Bharat Desh) 2 0 2 4466 0.03 0.04
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 9 0 9 35516 0.18 0.26
Simranjit Singh Mann) Shivrajya Party 1 0 1 944 0.00 0.00
Shivsena* 58 18 38 10262544 2.12 3.38
Shoshit Samaj Dal 4 0 4 16446 0.01 0.01
Shoshit Sandesh Party 1 0 1 2982 0.00 0.00
Shramajeevi Party

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1 0 1 7953 0.01 0.02
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha 1 0 0 121956 32.89 40.03
Social Action Party 1 0 1 682 0.00 0.00
Socialdemocrtic Party of India 29 0 29 396524 0.17 0.23
Socialist Janata (Democratic) 1 0 0 307597 1.26 1.73
Socialist Party (India) 16 0 16 41518 0.01 0.02
Socialist Party (Lohia) 1 0 1 1997 0.01 0.02
Socialist Republican Party 2 0 2 6512 0.03 0.04
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 80 0 80 520972 0.08 0.12
Socialistic Democratic Party 2 0 2 17435 0.02 0.03
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party 13 0 13 118947 0.06 0.10
Swabhimani Paksha 2 1 0 1105073 1.37 2.29
Swaraj (J) 3 0 3 14152 0.01 0.02
Swarajya Party of India 4 0 4 11361 0.01 0.01
Swatantra Samaj Party 1 0 1 4016 0.01 0.01
Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress 10 0 10 49024 0.09 0.12
Telangana Communist Partyof India 1 0 1 2311 0.00 0.00
Telangana Loksatta Party 2 0 2 2567 0.00 0.01

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Poli cal Par es
*(INCLUDING STATE PARTIES IN OTHER STATES)
Candidates % of votes secured
Votes
Secured by Over Total Over Total Valid
Party Name Contested Won DF Party Electors in State Votes Polled in State

The Lok Party of India 4 0 4 5804 0.01 0.01

The Religion of Man Revolving 1 0 1 1071 0.00 0.00
Political Party of India Trinamool -
Tamil Nadu Congress 1 0 1 474 0.00 0.00
Tripura Pragatishil Gramin Congress 2 0 2 8952 0.37 0.45
Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy 8 0 8 9194 0.02 0.02
Union Party of India 1 0 1 944 0.00 0.00
United Communist Party of India 3 0 3 6472 0.01 0.02
Uttar Pradesh Republican Party 1 0 1 542 0.00 0.00
Uttarakhand Parivartan Party 1 0 1 2045 0.03 0.05

475
Vanchit Jamat Party 1 0 1 350 0.00 0.00
Vanchit Samaj Insaaf Party 8 0 8 23991 0.01 0.02
Vichara Jagruthi Congress Paksha 1 0 1 3972 0.01 0.01
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 2 0 0 606110 1.10 1.51
Vishva Hindustani Sangathan 3 0 3 2880 0.01 0.01
Vishva Shakti Party 1 0 1 263 0.00 0.00
Voters Party 1 0 1 1089 0.00 0.00
Welfare Party of India 25 0 25 228645 0.08 0.12
Yuva Sarkar 2 0 2 4578 0.01 0.02
uvajana Sramika Rythu 38 9 12 13995435 21.55 29.14
Congress Party Independen 3234 3 3218 16737720 2.01 3.06

Grand Total 6434 98 6040 140985464 0.28 0.45

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 Elec on Commission of India, General Elec ons, 2014 (16th LOK SABHA)
5.4.1 - Performance of Women Candidates in Na onal Par es

Votes secured % of votes secured

Candidates
Percentage by Women Over votes
Over total Over total
Party Name Candidate secured
Contested Won DF electors ValidVotes by the party

BJP 38 78.95 5.26 18122566 2.17 3.31 10.56

BSP 27 0.00 81.48 1804570 0.22 0.33 7.86
CPI 6 0.00 100.00 133430 0.02 0.02 3.08
CPM 11 9.09 27.27 2779913 0.33 0.51 15.45
INC 60 6.67 40.00 13895006 1.67 2.54 12.99
NCP 4 25.00 25.00 1147158 0.14 0.21 13.28

TOTAL: 146 24.66 39.73 37882643 4.54 6.92 11.39

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 5.4.2 - Performance of Women Candidates in State Par es
% of votes secured
Candidates Percentage Votes secured Votes secured Over total Over total Over Votes secured
by women by party electors valid votes by the party in
State Contested Won DF Won DF candidates in State in the State in the State State
AAAP
NCTOFDelhi 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 523058 2722887 4.11 6.35 19.21
Party Total 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 523058 2722887 4.11 6.35 19.21
ADMK
TamilNadu 4 4 0 100.00 0.00 1867510 17978922 3.39 4.67 10.39
Party Total 4 4 0 100.00 0.00 1867510 17978922 3.39 4.67 10.39
AGP
Assam 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 35142 577730 0.19 0.24 6.08
Party Total 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 35142 577730 0.19 0.24 6.08
AITC
Manipur 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 12752 52655 0.72 0.91 24.22
WestBengal 12 1 0 91.67 0.00 6422341 20316262 10.22 12.58 31.61
Party Total 13 1 1 84.62 7.69 6435093 20368917 9.96 12.27 31.59

477
AJSUP
Jharkhand 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 21277 481667 0.10 0.17 4.42
Party Total 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 21277 481667 0.10 0.17 4.42
BJD
Odisha 2 2 0 100.00 0.00 975820 9489946 3.34 4.60 10.28
Party Total 2 2 0 100.00 0.00 975820 9489946 3.34 4.60 10.28
DMK
TamilNadu 2 0 0 0.00 0.00 506196 9570666 0.92 1.26 5.29
Party Total 2 0 0 0.00 0.00 506196 9570666 0.92 1.26 5.29
INLD
Haryana 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 129571 2799899 0.80 1.13 4.63
Party Total 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 129571 2799899 0.80 1.13 4.63
JD(S)
Karnataka 3 0 2 0.00 66.67 286700 3406465 0.62 0.93 8.42
Party Total 3 0 2 0.00 66.67 286700 3406465 0.62 0.93 8.42
JD(U)
Bihar 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 195631 5662444 0.31 0.55 3.45
Party Total 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 195631 5662444 0.31 0.55 3.45
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 5.4.2 - Performance of Women Candidates in State Par es
% of votes secured
Candidates Percentage Votes secured Votes secured Over total Over total Over Votes secured
by women by party electors valid votes by the party in
State Contested Won DF Won DF candidates in State in the State in the State State
JKPDP
Jammu&Kashmir 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 200429 732644 2.79 5.67 27.36
Party Total 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 200429 732644 2.79 5.67 27.36
JVM
Jharkhand 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 104176 1567655 0.51 0.81 6.65
Party Total 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 104176 1567655 0.51 0.81 6.65
LJP
Bihar 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 352911 2295929 0.55 1.00 15.37
Party Total 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 352911 2295929 0.55 1.00 15.37
RJD
Bihar 5 0 0 0.00 0.00 1387389 7224893 2.17 3.93 19.20
Party Total 5 0 0 0.00 0.00 1387389 7224893 2.17 3.93 19.20
RLD
UttarPradesh 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 83464 689409 0.06 0.10 12.11

478
PartyTotal 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 83464 689409 0.06 0.10 12. 11
SAD
Punjab 2 1 0 50.00 0.00 792962 3636148 4.04 5.75 21.81
PartyTotal 2 1 0 50.00 0.00 792962 3636148 4.04 5.75 21.81

SHS
Maharashtra 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 477905 10050652 0.59 0.99 4.75
PartyTotal 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 477905 10050652 0.59 0.99 4.75
SP
UttarPradesh 1 1 1 9.09 9.09 2967753 17988967 2.14 3.69 16.50
PartyTotal 1 1 1 9.09 9.09 2967753 17988967 2.14 3.69 16.50

TDP
AndhraPradesh 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 321793 14099230 0.50 0.67 2.28
PartyTotal 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 321793 14099230 0.50 0.67 2.28

TRS
AndhraPradesh 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 439307 6736270 0.68 0.91 6.52
PartyTotal 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 439307 6736270 0.68 0.91 6.52
GrandTotal: 56 23 12 41.07 21.43 18104087 138081340 1.73 2.69 13.11

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 5.4.3 - Performance of Women candidates in Registered
(Unrecognized) Par es
% of Votes Secured
Votes Secured Over Total Over Total Over Votes
Party Name Candidates Percentage
by Party Electors In Valid Votes Secured By
The State In The State The Party
Contested Won DF Won DF

AAAP 58 0 55 0.00 94.83 1412475 0.17 0.26 16.42

ABJS 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 4795 0.00 0.00 22.94
ABSC 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2530 0.00 0.00 100.00
ABSR 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 4380 0.02 0.03 100.00
AD 1 1 0 100.00 0.00 436536 0.21 0.36 53.12
AIMF 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 4473 0.00 0.00 45.01
AIPF 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 620 0.00 0.00 8.13
AITC 12 0 12 0.00 100.00 47813 0.01 0.01 5.40
ALHP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1067 0.00 0.00 17.85
AMB 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 4152 0.00 0.01 5.56
ANC 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1038 0.00 0.00 5.23

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AOP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 7741 0.03 0.04 4.97
APoI 4 0 4 0.00 100.00 24153 0.01 0.02 13.05
BaVaP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2766 0.00 0.00 66.78
BBM 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1955 0.00 0.00 0.54
BC 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1936 0.00 0.00 36.05
BCP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 802 0.01 0.02 100.00
BGTD 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2178 0.01 0.01 37.81
BMSM 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 3441 0.01 0.01 100.00
BMUP 9 0 9 0.00 100.00 29374 0.00 0.01 3.71
BPC 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 538 0.00 0.01 20.93
BSCP 7 0 7 0.00 100.00 11818 0.01 0.01 14.89
BSP(K) 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1884 0.00 0.00 34.79
BVM 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 11121 0.02 0.03 24.35
CPI (ML) (L) 10 0 10 0.00 100.00 83475 0.01 0.02 8.29
CPIM 8 0 8 0.00 100.00 12622 0.00 0.00 11.04
CSM 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 14837 0.02 0.04 35.40
DABAP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2240 0.00 0.00 28.92
ESKP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2988 0.00 0.00 100.00
GGP 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 18891 0.01 0.01 6.27

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 5.4.3 - Performance of Women candidates in Registered
(Unrecognized) Par es
% of Votes Secured
Votes Secured Over Total Over Total Over Votes
Party Name Candidates Percentage
by Party Electors In Valid Votes Secured By
The State In The State The Party
Contested Won DF Won DF

HKRD 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 3348 0.00 0.00 49.95

HND 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 4126 0.00 0.01 46.42
IBSPK 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1534 0.01 0.01 78.59
JAP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 873 0.00 0.00 38.82
JaSPa 3 0 3 0.00 100.00 17276 0.03 0.04 8.46
JBSP 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 215607 1.06 1.69 100.00
JD(U) 3 0 3 0.00 100.00 2234 0.00 0.00 0.68
JDP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 5909 0.00 0.00 5.38
JKNPP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 528 0.00 0.00 3.87
JKP(N) 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 7608 0.01 0.01 45.64
JPJD 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 3152 0.00 0.01 11.41

480
JPS 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 4002 0.00 0.00 8.39
KAP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 3726 0.01 0.01 11.23
KVD 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2826 0.00 0.01 37.48
LD 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 3135 0.00 0.00 6.50
MaSPa 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2425 0.00 0.00 100.00
MEDP 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 9226 0.01 0.02 87.95
MPS(T) 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1579 0.00 0.00 11.84
MVA 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 849 0.00 0.00 22.85
NAP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1782 0.00 0.00 4.93
NRSN 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1725 0.00 0.00 100.00
nuzp 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 108151 0.25 0.40 86.53
ojm 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 12236 0.04 0.06 27.56
PBI 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2271 0.00 0.00 34.89
PCHVP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2559 0.01 0.01 8.89
PECP 3 0 3 0.00 100.00 17002 0.00 0.01 3.28
PHRC 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 205 0.00 0.00 4.23
pjdl 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 27743 0.04 0.06 96.76
PMK 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 279016 0.50 0.68 15.46
PMSP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1345 0.00 0.00 3.45
Cont...
 5.4.3 - Performance of Women candidates in Registered
(Unrecognized) Par es
% of Votes Secured
Votes Secured Over Total Over Total Over Votes
Party Name Candidates Percentage
by Party Electors In Valid Votes Secured By
The State In The State The Party
Contested Won DF Won DF

PPOI 8 0 8 0.00 100.00 24751 0.02 0.03 13.34

PRCP 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 3141 0.00 0.00 16.13
QED 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 5307 0.00 0.01 1.50
RAHM 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 579 0.00 0.00 4.39
RaJSP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 5961 0.01 0.01 18.33
RAPa 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2006 0.00 0.00 58.86
RBS 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1229 0.00 0.00 42.23
RGOP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2768 0.02 0.02 27.29
RJ 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 592 0.00 0.00 51.70
RJNP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 3766 0.01 0.01 20.68
RJVP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1240 0.00 0.00 15.21

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RND 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 977 0.00 0.00 15.78
RPI 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 292 0.00 0.00 0.33
RPI(A) 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 3645 0.00 0.00 1.76
RPI(KH) 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 6836 0.00 0.00 29.58
RPP(LB) 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1195 0.01 0.01 100.00
RsAD 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 10037 0.01 0.01 81.17
RSMD 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 8621 0.00 0.01 27.91
RUC 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2678 0.00 0.00 4.75
SAP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1454 0.00 0.00 6.72
SARP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 2440 0.00 0.00 25.52
SDPI 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 6894 0.00 0.00 1.74
SHS 3 0 3 0.00 100.00 37487 0.01 0.01 17.69
SJP(R) 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 6376 0.01 0.01 10.67
SP 18 0 18 0.00 100.00 244761 0.03 0.05 35.78
SP(I) 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 1515 0.00 0.00 3.65
SSAD 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1565 0.00 0.00 23.06
SSD 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 4608 0.00 0.00 28.02
SSKP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 3376 0.00 0.00 32.97
SUCI 13 0 13 0.00 100.00 55002 0.01 0.01 10.56
Cont...
 5.4.3 - Performance of Women candidates in Registered
(Unrecognized) Par es
% of Votes Secured
Votes Secured Over Total Over Total Over Votes
Party Name Candidates Percentage
by Party Electors In Valid Votes Secured By
The State In The State The Party
Contested Won DF Won DF

TNMC 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1289 0.00 0.00 2.63

UMK 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 3164 0.01 0.01 34.41
UPI 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 944 0.00 0.00 100.00
VIP 2 0 2 0.00 100.00 2694 0.00 0.00 11.23
VoP 1 0 1 0.00 100.00 1089 0.00 0.00 100.00
WPOI 3 0 3 0.00 100.00 20779 0.01 0.01 9.09
YSRCP 5 2 0 40.00 0.00 2341894 3.61 4.88 16.73
TOTAL : 260 3 249 1.15 95.77 5721589 0.69 1.04

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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5.4.4 - Performance of Women Candidates as Independents

% of Votes Secured
Votes
Party Name Candidates Percentage Secured by Over Total Over Total
Women Electors Valid Votes
Contested Won DF Won DF Candidates in Country in Country

IND 206 0 206 0.00 100.00 861347 0.10 0.16

TOTAL : 206 0 206 0.00 100.00 861347 0.10 0.16

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 5.4.5 - Performance of Women Electors
%OF WOMEN % OF WOMEN % OF WOMEN TOTAL POLL
NO. OF TOTAL WOMEN ELECTORS OVER TOTAL WOMEN VOTERS OVER VOTERS OVER % IN THE
STATE/UT SEATS ELECTORS ELECTORS TOTAL ELECTORS VOTERS VOTERS VOTERS WOMEN ELECTORS STATE/UT

1. Andhra Pradesh 42 64934138 32252318 49.67 48467721 23899017 49.31 74.10 74.64
2. Arunachal Pradesh 2 759344 379778 50.01 600828 299237 49.80 78.79 79.12
3. Assam 14 18837713 9073991 48.17 15092387 7208917 47.77 79.45 80.12
4. Bihar 40 63800160 29676576 46.51 35892459 17124395 47.71 57.70 56.26
5. Goa 2 1060777 532469 50.20 817440 420030 51.38 78.88 77.06
6. Gujarat 26 40603104 19373730 47.71 25849655 11513178 44.54 59.43 63.66
7. Haryana 10 16097233 7380686 45.85 11501251 5142918 44.72 69.68 71.45
8. Himachal Pradesh 4 4810071 2335639 48.56 3100199 1528573 49.31 65.45 64.45
9. Jammu & Kashmir 6 7183129 3391301 47.21 3571537 1638704 45.88 48.32 49.72
10. Karnataka 28 46209813 22621081 48.95 31053583 14876307 47.91 65.76 67.20
1. Kerala 20 24326650 12592375 51.76 17987124 9283321 51.61 73.72 73.94
12. Madhya Pradesh 29 48121301 22807629 47.40 29648105 12898006 43.50 56.55 61.61
13. Maharashtra 48 80798823 38026914 47.06 48740403 22046720 45.23 57.98 60.32
14. Manipur 2 1774369 902952 50.89 1415131 727951 51.44 80.62 79.75
15. Meghalaya 2 1567241 789602 50.38 1078295 552658 51.25 69.99 68.80
16. Mizoram 1 702170 355951 50.69 434962 213477 49.08 59.97 61.95

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17. Nagaland 1 1182972 582454 49.24 1039962 510521 49.09 87.65 87.91
18. Odisha 21 29196045 14000556 47.95 21542724 10430276 48.42 74.50 73.79
19. Punjab 13 19608161 9280738 47.33 13849496 6584638 47.54 70.95 70.63
20. Rajasthan 25 42994657 20346580 47.32 27133776 12440783 45.85 61.14 63.11
21. Sikkim 1 370770 179753 48.48 310095 146197 47.15 81.33 83.64
22. Tamil Nadu 39 55114867 27539534 49.97 40644282 20331223 50.02 73.83 73.74
23. Tripura 2 2388822 1171244 49.03 2028707 982333 48.42 83.87 84.92
24. U ar Pradesh 80 138810557 62841617 45.27 81118615 36081818 44.48 57.42 58.44
25. West Bengal 42 62833113 30143134 47.97 51662564 24704436 47.82 81.96 82.22
26. Cha sgarh 11 17664520 8716788 49.35 12256962 5932545 48.40 68.06 69.39
27. Jharkhand 14 20349796 9639126 47.37 12986625 6122832 47.15 63.52 63.82
28. U arakhand 5 7127057 3377989 47.40 4395561 2113064 48.07 62.55 61.67
29. Andaman & Nicobar Island 1 269360 126577 46.99 190346 89084 46.80 70.38 70.67
30. Chandigarh 1 615214 281593 45.77 453462 208416 45.96 74.01 73.71
31. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 196597 90394 45.98 165324 77494 46.87 85.73 84.09
32. Daman & Diu 1 111827 54816 49.02 87233 44873 51.44 81.86 78.01
33. NCT of Delhi 7 12711164 5659252 44.52 8275146 3608486 43.61 63.76 65.10
34. Lakshadweep 1 49922 24489 49.05 43242 21655 50.08 88.43 86.62
35. Puducherry 1 901357 469289 52.06 740053 388189 52.45 82.72 82.10

TOTAL 543 834082814 397018915 47.60 554175255 260192272 46.95 65.54 66.44

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

 5.4.6 – State and Category wise par cipa on of women

State /UT No. Of Women % of elected women

Seats Contestants Elected Diposits over total women over total
Forfeited candidates in the state seats in
State/UT
Andhra Pradesh 42 GEN 24 2 19 4.65 4.76
SC 10 0 9 0.00 0.00
ST 9 1 7 2.33 2.38
State Total 43 3 35 6.98 7.14
Arunachal Pradesh 2 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

Assam 14 GEN 15 2 11 12.50 14.29

SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
State Total 16 2 12 12.50 14.29
Bihar 40 GEN 37 3 28 6.38 7.50
SC 9 0 7 0.00 0.00
ST 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
State Total 47 3 36 6.38 7.50
Goa 2 GEN 2 0 2 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 2 0 2 0.00 0.00

Gujarat 26 GEN 11 4 7 25.00 15.38

SC 2 0 2 0.00 0.00
ST 3 0 2 0.00 0.00
State Total 16 4 11 25.00 15.38
Haryana 10 GEN 7 0 6 0.00 0.00
SC 4 0 4 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 11 0 10 0.00 0.00
Himachal Pradesh 4 GEN 5 0 4 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 5 0 4 0.00 0.00
Jammu & Kashmir 6 GEN 2 1 1 33.33 16.67
SC 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 3 1 2 33.33 16.67
Karnataka 28 GEN 18 1 14 5.00 3.57
SC 2 0 2 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 20 1 16 5.00 3.57
Kerala 20 GEN 21 1 18 3.70 5.00
SC 6 0 5 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 27 1 23 3.70 5.00
Madhya Pradesh 29 GEN 23 3 18 8.11 10.34
SC 5 0 4 0.00 0.00
ST 9 2 6 5.41 6.90
State Total 37 5 28 13.51 17.24
Cont...

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 5.4.6 – State and Category wise par cipa on of women

State /UT No. Of Women % of elected women

Seats Contestants Elected Diposits over total women over total
Forfeited candidates in the state seats in
State/UT
Maharashtra 48 GEN 41 4 36 5.80 8.33
SC 25 0 24 0.00 0.00
ST 3 1 1 1.45 2.08
State Total 69 5 61 2.25 10.42
Manipur 2 GEN 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
State Total 2 0 2 0.00 0.00

Meghalaya 2 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
State Total 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
Mizoram 1 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Nagaland 1 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

Odisha 21 GEN 7 0 4 0.00 0.00

SC 5 1 4 5.88 4.76
ST 5 1 4 5.88 4.76
State Total 17 2 12 11.76 9.52
Punjab 13 GEN 8 1 5 5.00 7.69
SC 12 0 9 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 20 1 14 5.00 7.69
Rajasthan 25 GEN 14 1 8 3.70 4.00
SC 7 0 7 0.00 0.00
ST 6 0 5 0.00 0.00
State Total 27 1 20 3.70 4.00
Sikkim 1 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Tamil Nadu 39 GEN 35 2 31 3.64 5.13
SC 20 2 17 3.64 5.13
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 55 4 48 7.27 10.26
Tripura 2 GEN 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 2 0 2 0.00 0.00
State Total 3 0 3 0.00 0.00
U ar Pradesh 80 GEN 95 8 73 6.35 10.00
SC 31 5 24 3.97 6.25
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 126 13 97 10.32 16.25
Cont...

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 5.4.6 – State and Category wise par cipa on of women

State /UT No. Of Women % of elected women

Seats Contestants Elected Diposits over total women over total
Forfeited candidates in the state seats in
State/UT
West Bengal 42 GEN 31 8 17 15.69 19.05
SC 15 3 9 5.88 7.14
ST 5 1 4 1.96 2.38
State Total 51 12 30 23.53 28.57
Cha sgarh 11 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

Jharkhand 14 GEN 10 0 10 0.00 0.00

SC 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
ST 7 0 6 0.00 0.00
State Total 18 0 17 0.00 0.00
U arakhand 40 GEN 7 1 5 14.29 20.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 7 1 5 14.29 20.00
Andaman & 1 GEN 2 0 2 0.00 0.00
Nicobar Islands SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 2 0 2 0.00 0.00

Chandigarh 1 GEN 5 1 3 20.00 100.00

SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 5 1 3 20.00 100.00
Dadra & 10 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Nagar Haveli SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
State Total 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
Daman & Diu 1 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
NCT of Delhi 7 GEN 10 1 9 7.69 14.29
SC 3 0 2 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 13 1 11 7.69 14.29
Lakshadweep 1 GEN 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
SC 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Puducherry 1 GEN 2 0 2 0.00 0.00
SC 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
ST 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
State Total 3 0 3 0.00 0.00
Grand Total 543 668 62 525 3.09 11.42

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 5.5.1 State and UT wise NOTA and Tendered Votes
State Name Total Votes NOTA % votes to NOTA Tendered Percentage of
out of Total Votes Votes Tendered Votes
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 190346 1564 0.82 1 0.00053
Andhra Pradesh 48467721 340554 0.70 54 0.00011
Arunachal Pradesh 600828 6321 1.05 15 0.00250
Assam 15092387 147057 0.97 76 0.00050
Bihar 35892459 580964 1.62 8 0.00002
Chandigarh 453462 3106 0.68 2 0.00044
Chha sgarh 12256962 224889 1.83 114 0.00093
Dadar & Nagar Haveli 165324 2962 1.79 7 0.00423
Daman & Diu 87233 1316 1.51 0 0.00000
Goa 817440 10103 1.24 9 0.00110
Gujarat 25849655 454885 1.76 62 0.00024
Haryana 11501251 34220 0.30 153 0.00133
Himachal Pradesh 3100199 29155 0.94 5 0.00016
Jammu and Kashmir 3571537 31550 0.88 17 0.00048
Jharkhand 12986625 190927 1.47 1 0.00001
Karnataka 31053583 257881 0.83 165 0.00053
Kerala 17987124 210563 1.17 271 0.00151
Lakshadweep 43242 123 0.28 0 0.00000
Madhya Pradesh 29648105 391837 1.32 140 0.00047
Maharashtra 48740403 433171 0.89 1922 0.00394
Manipur 1415131 7504 0.53 20 0.00141
Meghalaya 1078295 30145 2.80 3 0.00028
Mizoram 434962 6495 1.49 5 0.00115
Nagaland 1039962 2696 0.26 2 0.00019
NCT of Delhi 8275146 39690 0.48 33 0.00040
Odisha 21542724 332766 1.54 64 0.00030
Puducherry 740053 22268 3.01 12 0.00162
Punjab 13849496 58754 0.42 27 0.00019
Rajasthan 27133776 327911 1.21 487 0.00179
Sikkim 310095 4332 1.40 0 0.00000
Tamil Nadu 40644282 581782 1.43 119 0.00029
Tripura 2028707 23783 1.17 7 0.00035
U ar Pradesh 81118615 592331 0.73 26 0.00003
U arakhand 4395561 48043 1.09 102 0.00232
West Bengal 51662564 571294 1.11 568 0.00110
Total 554175255 6002942 1.08 4497 0.00081

Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014

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 5.5.2 - Poli cal Party Wise Deposit Forfeited
Total No.Of Candidates Total No.Of Elected Candidates Total No.Of Candidates With Forfeiture of Deposit
No. of
State/UT Seats N S U I TOT N S U I TOT N S U I TOT

Andhra Pradesh 42 99 47 219 233 598 5 27 10 0 42 76 5 192 233 506

Arunachal Pradesh 2 5 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 7
Assam 14 30 24 50 58 162 10 3 0 1 14 4 18 50 55 127
Bihar 40 89 72 277 169 607 25 12 3 0 40 45 24 274 169 512
Goa 2 6 0 7 6 19 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 6 15
Gujarat 26 78 0 98 158 334 26 0 0 0 26 26 0 98 158 282
Haryana 10 33 12 64 121 230 8 2 0 0 10 18 4 64 121 207
Himachal Pradesh 4 14 0 13 11 38 4 0 0 0 4 6 0 13 1 30
Jammu & Kashmir 6 13 13 18 33 77 3 3 0 0 6 7 7 18 31 63
Karnataka 28 90 25 123 196 434 26 2 0 0 28 36 17 123 196 372
Kerala 20 67 4 75 123 269 14 3 1 2 20 36 0 73 118 227
Madhya Pradesh 29 94 0 158 126 378 29 0 0 0 29 34 0 158 126 318
Maharashtra 48 127 30 296 444 897 29 18 1 0 48 57 10 289 444 800

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Manipur 2 6 3 5 4 18 2 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 4 14
Meghalaya 2 4 2 1 3 10 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 5
Mizoram 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Nagaland 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Odisha 21 68 21 75 32 196 1 20 0 0 21 36 0 74 32 142
Punjab 13 38 10 87 118 253 5 4 4 0 13 23 0 78 117 218
Rajasthan 25 80 0 123 117 320 25 0 0 0 25 30 0 122 114 266
Sikkim 1 2 1 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 4
Tamil Nadu 39 104 87 137 517 845 1 37 1 0 39 96 13 122 517 748
Tripura 2 6 0 15 4 25 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 15 4 23
U ar Pradesh 80 239 86 590 373 1288 73 5 2 0 80 101 27 586 373 1087
West Bengal 42 157 49 183 83 472 8 34 0 0 42 95 0 183 83 361
Cha sgarh 11 36 0 69 106 211 11 0 0 0 1 14 0 69 106 189
Jharkhand 14 42 28 93 77 240 12 2 0 0 14 22 21 89 77 209
U arakhand 5 17 0 30 27 74 5 0 0 0 5 7 0 30 27 64
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 5 0 5 5 15 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 5 13
Chandigarh 1 3 0 6 8 17 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 8 14
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 4 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 3 9
Cont...
 5.5.2 - Poli cal Party Wise Deposit Forfeited
Total No.Of Candidates Total No.Of Elected Candidates Total No.Of Candidates With Forfeiture of Deposit
No. of
State/UT Seats N S U I TOT N S U I TOT N S U I TOT

Daman & Diu 1 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2

NCT OF Delhi 7 22 7 63 58 150 7 0 0 0 7 12 0 63 58 133
Lakshadweep 1 5 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4
Puducherry 1 3 4 4 19 30 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 4 19 27

Grand Total 543 1591 529 2897 3234 8251 342 176 22 3 543 807 153 2822 3218 7000

N : Na onal Par es
S : State Par es
U : Registered (Unrecognised) Par es
I : Independents
TOT : Total
Remarks : Nota Votes Not In Cludedin The Total Valid Votes Polled For Candidates

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Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014
 5.5.3 Amount of Security Deposits Forfeited
Name of State/ UT Total No. of Candidates with Forfeited Deposits in Amount Forfeited Category-wise in Rupees Total Amount
Forfeited Various Categories ( ) Forfeited in
Deposits General SC ST General SC ST Rupees ( )

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 13 13 325,000 - - 325,000

Andhra Pradesh 506 336 128 8,400,000 1,600,000 525,000 10,525,000
42
Arunachal Pradesh 7 - - 87,500 87,500
7
Assam 127 95 24 2,375,000 300,000 100,000 2,775,000
8
Bihar 512 394 109 9,850,000 1,362,500 112,500 11,325,000
9
Chandigarh 14 12 2 300,000 25,000 - 325,000
Chha sgarh 189 98 42 2,450,000 525,000 612,500 3,587,500
49
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 9 - - - - 112,500 112,500
9
Daman & Diu 2 2 - 50,000 - - 50,000
-
Goa 15 15 - 375,000 - - 375,000
-
Gujarat 282 183 62 4,575,000 775,000 462,500 5,812,500
37
Haryana 207 159 47 3,975,000 587,500 12,500 4,575,000
1
Himachal Pradesh 30 21 7 525,000 87,500 25,000 637,500
2

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Jammu & Kashmir 63 53 7 1,325,000 87,500 37,500 1,450,000
3
Jharkhand 209 128 16 3,200,000 200,000 812,500 4,212,500
65
Karnataka 372 235 113 5,875,000 1,412,500 300,000 7,587,500
24
Kerala 227 186 40 4,650,000 500,000 12,500 5,162,500
1
Lakshadweep 4 - - - - 50,000 50,000
4
Madhya Pradesh 318 181 80 4,525,000 1,000,000 712,500 6,237,500
57
Maharashtra 800 531 228 13,275,000 2,850,000 512,500 16,637,500
41
Manipur 14 6 - 150,000 - 100,000 250,000
8
Meghalaya 5 - - - - 62,500 62,500
5
Mizoram 1 - - - - 12,500 12,500
1
Nagaland 1 - - - - 12,500 12,500
1
NCT OF Delhi 133 103 30 2,575,000 375,000 - 2,950,000
Odisha 142 75 32 1,875,000 400,000 437,500 2,712,500
35
Puducherry 27 20 7 500,000 87,500 - 587,500
Punjab 218 104 114 2,600,000 1,425,000 - 4,025,000
Rajasthan 266 141 95 3,525,000 1,187,500 375,000 5,087,500
30
Sikkim 4 4 100,000 - - 100,000
Cont...
 5.5.3 Amount of Security Deposits Forfeited
Name of State/ UT Total No. of Candidates with Forfeited Deposits in Amount Forfeited Category-wise in Rupees Total Amount
Forfeited Various Categories ( )
SC` Forfeited in
Deposits General SC ST General SC ST Rupees SC`
( )

Tamil Nadu 748 520 226 2 13,000,000 2,825,000 25,000 15,850,000

Tripura 23 10 13 250,000 - 162,500 412,500
U ar Pradesh 1,087 789 297 1 19,725,000 3,712,500 12,500 23,450,000
U arakhand 64 51 13 1,275,000 162,500 - 1,437,500
West Bengal 361 196 128 37 4,900,000 1,600,000 462,500 6,962,500
Grand Total 7,000 4,661 1,847 492 116,525,000 23,087,500 6,150,000 145,762,500

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Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014
 5.6.1 – Winning Candidates Analysis over total voters
Name of State/UT No. Of No. Of Candidates Secured The % Of Votes Over The Total Electors In The Cons tuency
Seats
inner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with >
<=10% >10% to <=20% >20% to <=30% >30% to <=40% > 40% to <=50% >50% to <= 60% >60% to <=70% 70%
Andhra Pradesh 42 0 2 7 18 15 0 0 0
Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Assam 14 0 0 1 10 3 0 0 0
Bihar 40 0 7 31 2 0 0 0 0
Goa 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gujarat 26 0 0 1 19 5 1 0 0
Haryana 10 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0
Himachal Pradesh 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Jammu & Kashmir 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
Karnataka 28 0 0 12 14 2 0 0 0
Kerala 20 0 0 2 18 0 0 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 29 0 0 9 12 8 0 0 0
Maharashtra 48 0 0 17 31 0 0 0 0
Manipur 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Meghalaya 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

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Mizoram 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nagaland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Odisha 21 0 0 9 10 2 0 0 0
Punjab 13 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0
Rajasthan 25 0 0 6 16 3 0 0 0
Sikkim 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tamil Nadu 39 0 0 10 27 2 0 0 0
Tripura 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
U ar Pradesh 80 0 9 53 17 1 0 0 0
West Bengal 42 0 0 10 24 8 0 0 0
Cha sgarh 11 0 0 2 7 2 0 0 0
Jharkhand 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
U arakhand 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chandigarh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
NCT OF Delhi 7 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0
Lakshadweep 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Puducherry 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total Seats 543 0 23 199 260 57 3 1 0
Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014
 5.6.2 – Winning Candidates Analysis over total voters
Name of State/UT No. Of No. Of Candidates Secured The % Of Votes Over The Total Valid Votes In The Cons tuency
Seats
inner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with Winner with >
<=10% >10% to <=20% >20% to <=30% >30% to <=40% > 40% to <=50% >50% to <= 60% >60% to <=70% 70%
Andhra Pradesh 42 0 0 1 7 20 14 0 0
Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Assam 14 0 0 0 3 7 4 0 0
Bihar 40 0 0 0 16 20 4 0 0
Goa 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Gujarat 26 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 3
Haryana 10 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 0
Himachal Pradesh 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jammu & Kashmir 6 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0
Karnataka 28 0 0 0 3 11 14 0 0
Kerala 20 0 0 0 2 16 2 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 29 0 0 0 0 7 15 7 0
Maharashtra 48 0 0 0 0 14 30 3 1
Manipur 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Meghalaya 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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Mizoram 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nagaland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Odisha 21 0 0 0 7 7 6 1 0
Punjab 13 0 0 1 5 7 0 0 0
Rajasthan 25 0 0 0 1 5 10 9 0
Sikkim 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tamil Nadu 39 0 0 0 4 28 7 0 0
Tripura 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
U ar Pradesh 80 0 0 0 20 41 16 3 0
West Bengal 42 0 0 1 16 19 6 0 0
Cha sgarh 11 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0
Jharkhand 14 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 0
U arakhand 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chandigarh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NCT OF Delhi 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Lakshadweep 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Puducherry 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total Seats 543 0 0 4 98 235 168 34 4
Source : Index Cards received from States/UTs, LS-2014
 5.7.1 Expenditure Statement of Na onal Poli cal Par es
Name of the party Date of filing Total expenditure
shown (in Rs.)
Bahujan Samaj Party 08.08.14 300584822
Bhara ya Janata Party 12.01.2015 7142857813
Communist Party of India 22.12.15 422917660
Communist Party of India (Contd...) 01.01.16
Communist Party of India (Andhra Pradesh)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 25.08.14 186918169
Indian Na onal Congress 22.12.14 5160236785
Na onalist Congress Party 22.08.14 513444854

Source : Expenditure Division, Elec on Commission of India

5.7.2 Expenditure Statement of State Poli cal Par es

Sr. No. Name of the State (Having Name of the party Date of filing Total expenditure
the headquarters /postal shown (in Rs.)
address of the state
recognized par es)
1 Andhra Pradesh Telangana Rashtra Samithi 23.02.15 14,00,24,240
Telugu Desam 16.08.14 1034,41,314
2 Arunachal Pradesh People's Party of Arunachal 04.06.15 Nil
3 Assam All India United Democra c Front 11.09.14 90,54,357
Asom Gana Parishad 24.12.14 16,46,202
Bodoland Peoples Front 04.08.15 3,34,470
4 Goa Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 31.12.14 Nil
5 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Conference 09.10.15 17434076
Jammu & Kashmir Na onal Panthers Party 08.11.14 Nil
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democra c Party 04.08.14 86,78,478
6 Jharkhand AJSU Party 07.09.15 24,13,389
Jharkhand Muk Morcha 09.04.15 267,42,285
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 22.08.14 398,85,895
7 Karnataka Karnataka Jantha Paksha Not contested
8 Kerala Kerala Congress (M) 09.04.15 21,00,000
9 Maharashtra Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 20.08.14 192,65,395
Shiv Sena 28.08.14 831,15,984.54
10 Manipur Manipur State Congress Party Not contested
People's Democra c Alliance Not contested
Na onal People's Party 14.08.15 NIL
11 Meghalaya United Democra c Party 19.12.14 22,20,000
Hill State People's Democra c Party Not contested
12 Mizoram Mizo Na onal Front 10.12.14 Nil
Mizoram People's Conference 12.11.14 Nil
Zoram Na onalist Party Not contested
13 Nagaland Naga People's Front 17.09.14 59,67,496
14 N.C.T. of Delhi Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) 24.03.15 17,57,980
Indian Na onal Lok Dal 23.12.14 153,81,614
Janata Dal (Secular) 29.09.14 *
Janata Dal (United) 18.10.14 985,13,280
Lok Jan Shak Party 03.09.14 177,74,622

Cont...
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 Rashtriya Janata Dal 07.11.14 *
Rashtriya Lok Dal 19.08.14 248,22,308
Samajwadi Party 13.01.16 6411,58,351
15 Odisha Biju Janata Dal 31.07.14 1262,73,784
16 Puducherry All India N.R. Congress 15.12.14 5,10,526
17 Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal 19.08.14 2198,15,134
18 Sikkim Sikkim Democra c Front 16.08.14 392,31,886
19 Tamil Nadu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11.08.14 3219,48,396
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19.08.14 4151,33,918
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 20.08.14 180,86,261
Indian Union Muslim League 31.10.14 *
Pa ali Makkal Katchi 03.11.15 25,00,000
20 U ar Pradesh Aam Aadmi Party (Loksabha) 06.04.15 3635,01,182
(AP, Telangana & Odisha)
21 West Bengal All India Forward Bloc 10.12.14 65,04,619
All India Trinamool Congress 19.08.14 2347,83,617
Revolu onary Socialist Party 04.03.15 79,31,825

Source : Expenditure Division, Elec on Commission of India

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Elec on Commission of India
25. Press Council of India Report on paid News dt. 30.7.2010.
26. Compendium of Instruc ons on Paid News and Related Ma ers, 2014.
27. Media Division, Elec on Commission of India
28. Provision of Voter Assistance Booth (ECI le er No.23/Locator/2007-ERS dated 5th November, 2007.
29. Press Release Number ECI/PN/21/2014 dated 15th April, 2014.
30. Returning Officers Handbook, 2014 Chapter XV Coun ng of Votes.
31. Reference and Court Cases Sec on, Elec on Commission of India.
32. Poli cal Party Expenditure Monitoring Sec on, Elec on Commission of India
33. Internal Finance Division, Elec on Commission of India
34. Working Group 8 Report on Sta s cs, Training, Coun ng and Official Languages for General Elec on to
Lok Sabha, 2014, Elec on Commission of India.

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