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Earlier in 2014 general elections for sixteenth Lok Sabha, the state with highest average number
of candidates was 23 from Haryana, which dropped to 22 in 2019 general elections.
In the same elections, the union territory with highest number of average candidates contesting
was 36 in Puducherry, which dropped to 18 in 2019 general elections.
Chart 2: States/UTs With Highest Number of Average
Candidates Per Parliamentary Constituencies In General
Elections 2014
35 30
30
23
25 21 21
19 19
20
15
10
5
0
Puducherry Haryana NCT of Delhi Tamil Nadu Chhattisgarh Punjab
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