Page 115 - Atlas 2024 - (14-02-2025)

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Total Contestants 2024 contd.

T36.4 Contesting Candidates [1977] T36.5 Contesting Candidates [2014 & 2019]

State / UT Nominations Filed State / UT Contestants in 2014 Contestants in 2019
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 15 15
Andhra Pradesh 165 Andhra Pradesh 598 319
Arunachal Pradesh 11 12
Arunachal Pradesh 4
Assam 162 145
Assam 40
Bihar 607 626
Bihar 340 Chandigarh 17 36
Chandigarh 10 Chhattisgarh 211 166
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 11 11
Goa, Daman & Diu 15 Daman & Diu 4 4
Goa 19 12
Gujarat 112
Gujarat 334 371
Haryana 50
Haryana 230 223
Himachal Pradesh 14
Himachal Pradesh 38 45
Jammu & Kashmir 29 Jammu & Kashmir 77 79
Karnataka 98 Jharkhand 240 229
Kerala 63 Karnataka 434 478
Lakshadweep 2 Kerala 269 227
Lakshadweep 6 6
Madhya Pradesh 152
Madhya Pradesh 378 438
Maharashtra 211
Maharashtra 897 867
Manipur 11 Manipur 18 19
Meghalaya 7 Meghalaya 10 9

Mizoram 4 Mizoram 3 6
Nagaland 2 Nagaland 3 4
NCT of Delhi 150 164
NCT of Delhi 41
Odisha 196 174
Odisha 61
Puducherry 30 18
Puducherry 4 Punjab 253 278
Punjab 79 Rajasthan 320 249
Rajasthan 102 Sikkim 6 11
Sikkim 1 Tamil Nadu 845 850
Telangana 0 443
Tamil Nadu 195
Tripura 25 23
Tripura 8
Uttar Pradesh 1228 979
Uttar Pradesh 443 Uttarakhand 74 52
West Bengal 171 West Bengal 472 466
All India 2439 All India 8251 8054

T36.6 Contesting Candidates Over The Years [1951-2024]
Lok Sabha Election Year Total Contestants Lok Sabha Election Year Total Contestants
1st 1951-52 1874 10th 1991-92 8749
2nd 1957 1519 11th 1996 13952
3rd 1962 1985 12th 1998 4750
4th 1967 2369 13th 1999 4648
5th 1971 2784 14th 2004 5435
6th 1977 2439 15th 2009 8070
7th 1980 4629 16th 2014 8251
8th 1984-85 5492 17th 2019 8054
9th 1989 6160 18th 2024 8360

91