Interesting Facts Of India's General Elections 2014

The 16th Lok Sabha polls registered a record average voter turnout of 66.4%.Dhubri of Assam witnessed the highest turnout at 88.22% followed by Nagaland at 87.82%; Srinagar of J&K registered the lowest turnout at 25.90%, followed by Anantnag of the same state.

Table 1: Top 10 Parliamentary Constituencies in terms of Voter Turnout

Sl. No	Parliamentary Constituency	State/UT	Voter Turnout
1	Dhubri	Assam	88.22%
2	Nagaland	Nagaland	87.82%
3	Tamluk	West Bengal	87.59%
4	Bishnupur	West Bengal	86.72%
5	Lakshadweep	Lakshadweep	86.61%
6	Kanthi	West Bengal	86.61%
7	Bardhaman Purba	West Bengal	86.21%
8	Tripura West	Tripura	85.92%
9	Basirhat	West Bengal	85.45%
10	Birbhum	West Bengal	85.33%
Source: Election Commsion of India

Table 2: Bottom 10 Parliamentary Constituencies in terms of Voter Turnout

Sl. No	Parliamentary Constituency	State/UT	Voter Turnout
1	Srinagar	Jammu &Kashmir	25.90%
2	Anantnag	Jammu &Kashmir	28.84%
3	Baramulla	Jammu &Kashmir	39.13%
4	Kalyan	Maharashtra	42.88%
5	Patna Sahib	Bihar	45.33%
6	Bhind	Madhya Pradesh	45.62%
7	Nalanda	Bihar	47.22%
8	Mumbai North Central	Maharashtra	48.61%
9	Arrah	Bihar	48.75%
10	Bansgaon	Uttar Pradesh	49.88%

Being Worlds largest democracy General Election 2014 had the highest number of voters in the world.

Over 150 million new voters are expected to exercise in this General Elections.

Election commission of India is the agency that conducts election

For the first time in history the electoral body had introduced “none of the above” option available for those who do not wish to vote for any of the candidate.

1.8 million machines were used in the elections with 814 million registered voters.11 million officials were appointed for this duty.

6 National Parties 50 Regional Parties and over 1500 unrecognized registered regional party.

No single party has won a majority in since 1989.

What are the weaknesses of the contest of elections.

1 The often repeated concerns of india is corruption, lack of transparency and accountability

2 Some are frustrated with multiparty democracy, causes national level political issues related to caste religion and community.

3 Uneducated candidates, Criminals cases over them

4 The major weakesness id the gap between politician and the people, as a result many don’t even know the locale candidates.

What the aam aadmi the common man wants as per the polls

1 Economic development – jobs , technology , tourism, economic equality , industrial expansion.

2 Removing corruption

3 Better infrastructure

4 Better living conditions and roads.