16th Lok Sabha Election and Results : Brief Facts to be remember
Party Wise Performance
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 282 (Voting percentage 31) |
| Communist Party of India | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 |
| Indian National Congress | 44 (Voting percentage 19.3) |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 6 |
| Aam Aadmi Party | 4 |
| AIADMK | 37 |
| All India N.R. Congress | 1 |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 34 (Voting percentage 3.8) |
| All India United Democratic Front | 3 |
| Biju Janata Dal | 20 |
| Indian National Lok Dal | 2 |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 2 |
| J&K Peoples Democratic Party | 3 |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 2 |
| Janata Dal (United) | 2 |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 2 |
| Kerala Congress (M) | 1 |
| Lok Jan Shakti Party | 6 |
| Naga Peoples Front | 1 |
| National Peoples Party | 1 |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1 |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 |
| Samajwadi Party | 5 (Voting percentage 3.4) |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 4 |
| Shivsena | 18 |
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 1 |
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 11 |
| Telugu Desam | 16 |
| All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul (M) | 1 |
| Apna Dal | 2 |
| Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 3 |
| Swabhimani Paksha | 1 |
| YSR Congress Party | 9 |
| Independent | 3 |
| Total | 543 |
Political Parties in 16th General Election
- Total 464 Political Parties Participated in the 16th General Elections out of which 6 national parties, 39 state parties and 419 unrecognized parties.
- In the 2009 General Elections, 363 parties participated; comprising 7 national parties, 34 state parties and 322 unrecognized parties.
Total 43 Delegates from 18 Countries Witness Lok Sabha Elections 2014
- The Electoral Commissioner of Mauritius and the UNDP Resident Representative visited a Counting Centre here today as part of the Election Visitors Programme.
- Other countries which participated in the 16th Lok Sabha Election 2014 are Namibia, Nigeria, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Uganda, Kenya, Bhutan and several member-countries of the League of Arab States (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Somalia, Palestine, Iraq, Yemen and Oman).
Highest number of Women in 16th Lok Sabha
- The 16th Lok Sabha has the highest number of women members i.e. 61, compared to 59 Women members in 2009.
- In the 2014 Elections, 8251 candidates contested the elections, out of which 668 were women and 7,578 were men. 5 Transgenders also contested the polls this Elections.
- The winning percentage of women in the 16th General Elections is 9.13% while that of Men’s is 6.36%.The Average number of contestants per seat is 15.2 in 2014.
Voter turnout and number of Candidates and Electors
- A total 8251 candidates contested in the General Elections 2014for which Election Commission set up 9,19,452 polling stations.
- The National average of voter turnout is 66.4%, Nagaland being the leading state with 87.82%.
- Dhubri of Assam was the parliamentary constituency that recorded the highest turnout at 88.22%
- Nagaland at 87.82%; Srinagar of J&K recorded the lowest turnout at 25.90%, followed by Anantnag of the same state.
Lowest Ever Number of Independent Candidates Elected
- There was the lowest ever number of Independent candidates in the General Election getting elected. Out of a total of 8251 contestants, 3234 were Independent candidates; out of this, 3 candidates have been elected.
- In the previous General Elections held in 2009, the total number of Independent candidates was 3831 out of which 9 were elected.
- The highest ever number of Independents elected is 42 (Second General Elections, 1957); the number of Independent candidates contested was highest at 10635 in 11th General Elections, held in 1996. (Source ECI)