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50. State/UT-wise Average Number of Candidates

per Parliamentary Constituencies in

General Elections 2019

Indian democracy, owing to the diverse heterogenous population of the nation witnesses large
amount of diversity in the candidates contesting for general elections in order to get elected to
the lower house of parliament. Below is the data regarding the state-wise average number of

candidates per parliamentary seats who contested in 2019 general elections.

In 2019 general elections, the state with highest average number of candidates contesting for
seventeenth Lok Sabha was 26 from Telangana. While in union territory, with 36 candidates
Chandigarh stood first, up from 17 candidates in 2014 general elections.

State/UT-wise Average Number of Candidates per Parliamentary Constituencies in General Elections 2019
Sl. No. State/UT General Election 2014 General Election 2019
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 15 15
2 Andhra Pradesh 14 13
3 Arunachal Pradesh 5 6
4 Assam 11 10
5 Bihar 15 16
6 Chandigarh 17 36
7 Chhattisgarh 19 15
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 11 11
9 Daman & Diu 4 4
10 Goa 9 6
11 Gujarat 12 14
12 Haryana 23 22
13 Himachal Pradesh 9 11
14 Jammu & Kashmir 12 13
15 Jharkhand 17 16
16 Karnataka 15 17
17 Kerala 13 11
18 Lakshadweep 6 6
19 Madhya Pradesh 13 15
20 Maharashtra 18 18
21 Manipur 9 10
22 Meghalaya 5 5
23 Mizoram 3 6
24 Nagaland 3 4
25 NCT of Delhi 21 23
26 Odisha 9 8
27 Puducherry 30 18
28 Punjab 19 21
29 Rajasthan 12 10
30 Sikkim 6 11
31 Tamil Nadu 21 22
32 Telangana - 26
33 Tripura 12 12
34 Uttar Pradesh 16 12
35 Uttarakhand 14 10
36 West Bengal 11 11
ALL INDIA 15 15

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