Page 54 - General Election

Below is the data regarding the number of contestants and winners in all the general elections
from 1951-52 to 2019.

Number of Contestants & Winners in General elections 1951-52 to 2019

Average
Total Male Female Third Gender
Total Number
Number Total Elect Percent Total Elect Percent Total Elect Percent
General No. of
Elections Year of of Contest number ed age number ed age number ed age
Contest of winning of winning of winning
Seats ants per
ants contest contest contest
seat
ants ants ants
1951-
First 52 489 1874 4.67 - - -
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 - - -
529/5
Seventh 1980 42 4629 8.75 4486 514 11.45 143 28 19.58 - - -
1984- 541/5
Eighth 85 42 5492 10.15 5321 500 9.39 171 43 25.14 - - -
529/5
Ninth 1989 43 6160 11.64 5962 514 8.62 198 29 14.65 - - -
1991- 534/5
Tenth 92 43 8789 16.38 8419 496 5.89 330 38 11.51 - - -
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 - - -
Thirteen
th 1999 543 4648 8.56 4346 494 11.31 284 49 17.25 - - -
Fourteen
th 2004 543 5435 10.01 5080 498 9.8 355 45 12.68 - - -
Fifteenth 2009 543 8070 14.86 7514 484 6.44 556 59 10.61 - - -
Sixteent
h 2014 543 8251 15 7577 481 6.35 668 62 9.3 - - -
Sevente
enth 2019 543 8054 14.83 7322 465 6.34 726 78 10.74 6 0 -

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