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GENERAL
ELECTIONS 2014
BACKGROUNDER-17
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Elections
to the Lok Sabha are carried out using the first-past-the-post electoral
system. Under this system, the candidate securing the majority votes of the
total votes polled is declared elected, irrespective of percentage of total
votes polled or the total number of eligible voters.
In
the General Elections 2009, out of 543 Lok Sabha seats, 120 seats were won by
the candidates who secured 50% or more of the total votes polled in their
respective constituencies. This meant that on remaining 423 seats (nearly 78 %
of total 543 seats), the winning candidates could not
secure 50% of total votes polled.
Out
of 42 Lok Sabha Seats in West Bengal, half of the seats were won by candidates
securing 50% or more of the total votes polled, number-wise the highest among
all states. Rajasthan had 15 such
winners out of 25 Lok Sabha seats, which meant every third out of five successful
candidates from the state got 50% or more of the votes polled. Not far behind
was the state of Maharashtra, where 10 successful contestants got 50% or more
of total votes polled.
Uttar
Pradesh though came fourth with nine such winners, percentage wise only one out
of ten successful candidates got victory with this margin, given the total
number of Lok Sabha seats in the state is 80. Following Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat
and Kerala both had 8 winners who got 50% or more of the total votes. Out of 42
seats in Andhra Pradesh, only one winner could get as many votes to win with
such margin.
Amid
states with ten or more Lok Sabha seats, Jharkhand was the only state where
none of the winners could get 50% or more of total votes polled. Apart from
Jharkhand, states/ UTs like Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand,
Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Puducherry
had no winners who could get as many votes. In Delhi, six out of seven MPs won
with 50% or more votes.
Following
table shows state wise number of winning candidates who secured 50 or more of
the total votes polled in 2009 General Elections-
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Sl No
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State/ UT
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Total Seats
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Winners who got 50% or more of total
votes polled
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Percentage of such winners vis-à-vis
Total Seats
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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42
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1
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2.38
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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2
|
1
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50
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3
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Assam
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14
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1
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7.14
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4
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Bihar
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40
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4
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10
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5
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Chhattisgarh
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11
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2
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18.18
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6
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Goa
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2
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0
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0
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7
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Gujarat
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26
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8
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30.76
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8
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Haryana
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10
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1
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10
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9
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Himachal Pradesh
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4
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2
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50
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10
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Jammu and Kashmir
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6
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1
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16.66
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11
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Jharkhand
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14
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0
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0
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12
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Karnataka
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28
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5
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17.85
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|
13
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Kerala
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20
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8
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40
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14
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Madhya Pradesh
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29
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7
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24.13
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15
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Maharashtra
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48
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10
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20.83
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16
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Manipur
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2
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0
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0
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17
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Meghalaya
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2
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0
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0
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18
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Mizoram
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1
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1
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100
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19
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Nagaland*
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1
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1
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100
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20
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Odisha
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21
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5
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23.80
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21
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Punjab
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13
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3
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23.07
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|
22
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Rajasthan
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25
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15
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60
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|
23
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Sikkim
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1
|
1
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100
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|
24
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Tamil Nadu
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39
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3
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7.69
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|
25
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Tripura
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2
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2
|
100
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|
26
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Uttarakhand
|
5
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0
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0
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|
27
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Uttar Pradesh
|
80
|
9
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11.25
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|
28
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West Bengal
|
42
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21
|
50
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|
29
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Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
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1
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0
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0
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30
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Chandigarh
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1
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0
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0
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31
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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1
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0
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0
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32
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Delhi
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7
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6
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85.71
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|
33
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Daman and Diu
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1
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1
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100
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|
34
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Lakshadweep
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1
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1
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100
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35
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Puducherry
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1
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0
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0
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Total
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543
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120
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22.09
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