CONTENTS
1.Election Commission of India 1
Former Chief Election Commissioners 2
Election Commissioners
Present Commission 3
2.President of India 4
Presidents of India 5
Schedule of Presidential Elections 6
Electoral Participation in Presidential 7
Elections
Value of votes of 2012 Presidential 8
Elections
3.Vice-President of India 10
Vice-Presidents of India 11
Schedule of Vice Presidential Elections 11
Electoral participation in 12
Vice Presidential Elections
4.Council of States IRajya Sabhal 13
Allocation of Seats in the Council of 15
States to each State / Union Territory
Changes in composition of 16
Rajya Sabha
Women members elected / nominated 16
in Rajya Sabha
5.Delimitation 17
Year of Delimitation Acts 18
Administrative units used for Delimitation 19
Exercise, 2002
Seats Reserved for SC/ST for Lok Sabha 21
over the years
ISC/ST) Seats in Lok Sabha as per last 22
two Delimitation Orders
SC/ST Seats in Legislative Assemblies as 25
per the last two Delimitation Orders
6.Lok Sabha 28
Year Wise Number of Constituencies in States/ UTs in which General Election to Lok Sabha have been held 30
Election Programme 31
A.Graph: Days Of Poll 34
Registration of Political Parties and Symbols 34
B.Graph - Political Parties Registered and Participated over 3 LS Elections 35
Polling Stations 36
Electoral Participation 36
C.Graphs: Electoral Participation in 2014 37
Lok Sabha-Trends
Voter Turnout over Years 41
Contesting Candidates 41
Political Parties Contested and seats won by type of parties 42
D.Graph - Seats won by Political Parties in Lok Sabha Elections 43
Seats won by Political Parties 44
Vote Share by Winners & Runner-Ups 44
E.Graph: Vote Share of Party with Maximum Number of Seats won and of Runner Up Party in
Lok Sabha Elections 46
Participation of Women 47
Lok Sabha Election 2014 48
F..Graph - State-Wise Parliamentary 50
Constituencies-LS 2014
State-Wise Polling Stations and 51
Re-Polls held for 2014 and 2009
Elections
G.Graph-Re-poll Held 53
State-Wise no. of Constituencies with 54
more than 16 candidates and Average
Number of Contestants LS 2014 and 2009 Elections
H.Graph-Constituencies with more 56
than 16 contestants
I.Graph-Average Number of 57
Contestants
State/UT wise voter turnout l%) 58
2014 & 2009 Lok Sabha Elections
J. Graphs - Voter Turnout comparison 60
State-wise Seats Won and Vote 64
Share (%] Lok Sabha 2014 and 2009
K. Graphs for all States/Union Territories - 82
Seats Won and Vote Share l%) by political parties Lok Sabha 2014
Deployment of Resources & 117
Preventive Actions 2014
Elections
Votes Polled for'NOTA 118
L. Graph - NOTA Votes Lok Sabha 119
Elections 2014
M. Map NOTA Votes polled (%) 120
7.Prime Minister of India 121
Prime Ministers after every election 122
Party abbreviations used 124
8.Election Expenditure 125
Election Expenditure by Central Government 125
(Towards States/UTs Having Legislature!
for Lok Sabha Elections
Expenditure Monitoring 126
N. Graph - Disqualification of contesting 127
candidates for failure to lodge expenditure accounts
9.Legislative Councils (Vidhan Parishads) 128
Legislative Councils In India 129
Composition of the Existing Legislative 131
Councils IVidhan Parishads]
10.State Legislative Assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas) 132
Number of Elections held 133
O.Map - LA elections over years 136
Number of Constituencies & Polling Stations 137
Electoral Participation 139
Voter Turnout 139
P. Map - State wise voter turnout of General Elections to Legislative Assemblies 142
Political Parties 143
Vote Share of Winner & Runner Up Political parties 146
Nominations. Contestants, Forfeiture of Deposits 149
Participation of Women 152
Q. Graph - NOTA Votes Polled in State 156
Elections Oct. 2013 to Dec. 2015
11.State Election Commissions and Local Bodies 157
State Election Commissions 158
Rural Local Bodies & Urban Local Bodies 160
Statistical Sources & References 162
Commonly Used Acronyms 163
Electoral Statistics Pocket book 2016 164
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