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42. CONTESTANTS AND WINNERS IN GENERAL

ELECTIONS

1951-52 TO 2019

Number of Constestants & Winners in General elections 1951-52 to 2019
Male Female Third Gender
Average
Total Total Electe Percenta Total Electe Percenta Total Electe Percenta
Total Number
General Number of number d ge number d ge number d ge
Year No. of of
Elections Constestan of winning of winning of winning
Seats Contestan
ts contestan contestan contestan
ts per seat
ts ts ts
First 195 489 1874 4.67 - - -
1-52
Second 1957 494 1519 3.77 1474 472 32.02 45 22 48.89 - - -
Third 1962 494 1985 4.02 1919 463 24.12 66 31 46.97 - - -
Fourth 1967 520 2369 4.56 2302 491 21.32 67 29 43.28 - - -
Fifth 1971 518 2784 5.37 2698 497 18.42 86 21 24.41 - - -
Sixth 1977 542 2439 4.5 2369 523 22.07 70 19 27.14 - - -
Seventh 1980 529/54 4629 8.75 4486 514 11.45 143 28 19.58 - - -
2
Eighth 198 541/54 5492 10.15 5321 500 9.39 171 43 25.14 - - -
4-85 2
Ninth 1989 529/54 6160 11.64 5962 514 8.62 198 29 14.65 - - -
3
Tenth 199 534/54 8789 16.38 8419 496 5.89 330 38 11.51 - - -
1-92 3
Eleventh 1996 543 13952 25.69 13353 503 3.76 599 40 6.68 - - -
Twelth 1998 543 4750 8.75 4476 500 11.17 274 43 15.69 - - -
Thirteenth 1999 543 4648 8.56 4346 494 11.31 284 49 17.25 - - -
Fourteent 2004 543 5435 10.01 5080 498 9.8 355 45 12.68 - - -
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Fifteenth 2009 543 8070 14.86 7514 484 6.44 556 59 10.61 - - -
Sixteenth 2014 543 8251 15 7577 481 6.35 668 62 9.3 - - -
Seventeen 2019 543 8054 14.83 7322 465 6.34 726 78 10.74 6 0 -
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