Data of Lok Sabha Elections 2024

• 28 Dec 2024

Source: PIB 

Why in News? 

Recently, the Election Commission of India has released comprehensive data for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to enhance transparency and accessibility for all stakeholders. 

What are the Key Highlights of the Data? 

• Electors: There were 97,97,51,847 registered electors, marking a 7.43% increase from 91,19,50,734 in 2019.  
  • A total of 64.64 crore votes were cast, compared to 61.4 crore in 2019.  
    • Dhubri (Assam) recorded the highest turnout at 92.3%, while Srinagar (J&K) had the lowest at 38.7%, (up from 14.4% in 2019). 
  • NOTA received 63,71,839 votes (0.99%) in 2024, and transgender voter turnout stood at 27.09%. 
• Polling Stations: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there were 10,52,664 polling stations, an increase from 10,37,848 in 2019.  
  • Bihar saw the highest increase in polling stations, adding 4,739, followed by West Bengal (1,731). 
  • Repoll held only in 40 Polling Stations (0.0038% of Total Polling Stations) compared to 540 in 2019. 
• Nominations: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 12,459 nominations were filed, up from 11,692 in 2019.  
  • Malkajgiri (Telangana) had the highest with 114 nominations, while Dibrugarh (Assam) had the lowest with 3 nominations (excluding Surat). 
• Women Empowerment: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there were 47,63,11,240 female electors (48.62% of total electors), up from 43,85,37,911 (48.09%) in 2019. 
  • Highest percentage share of Female electors in 2024: Puducherry (53.03%) followed by Kerala (51.56%). 
    • Dhubri (Assam) recorded the highest female voter turnout at 92.17%, followed by Tamluk (West Bengal) with 87.57%. 
  • The number of female electors per 1,000 male electors increased to 946 in 2024, up from 926 in 2019. 
    • State with the highest number of Female Contesting candidates: Maharashtra (111) followed by UP (80) and Tamil Nadu (77). 
• Inclusive Elections: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, third-gender electors rose by 23.5% to 48,272 (39,075 in 2019), with Tamil Nadu having the highest at 8,467.  
  • Voter turnout among transgender voters nearly doubled to 27.09% from 14.64% in 2019.  
  • The number of registered persons with disabilities (PwD) electors rose to 90,28,696, compared to 61,67,482 in 2019.  
  • 1,19,374 overseas electors were registered in 2024 (99,844 overseas electors in 2019). 
• Results: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, six national parties participated, securing a combined vote share of 63.35% of the total valid votes. 
  • The Surat (Gujarat) constituency was uncontested.  
  • Of the 3,921 independent candidates, only 7 were elected.  
  • Independent candidates received 2.79% of the total valid votes, with 279 independent female candidates.

Note: The winning candidate won the Surat Lok Sabha seat unopposed after the nomination of one candidate was rejected, and eight other candidates withdrew their nominations.

UPSC Civil Services Examination, Previous Year Questions (PYQs) 

Prelims  

Q. Consider the following statements: (2017)

1. The Election Commission of India is a five-member body.
2. Union Ministry of Home Affairs decides the election schedule for the conduct of both general elections and bye-elections.
3. Election Commission resolves the disputes relating to splits/mergers of recognised political parties.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

(a) 1 and 2 only 

(b) 2 only 

(c) 2 and 3 only 

(d) 3 only 

Ans: (d)