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AN ANALYSIS OF THE INDIAN ELECTORATE FROM 1998 TO 2014

CHANGE IN SIZE AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIAN ELECTORATE

BETWEEN THE 12th AND THE 16th GENERAL ELECTIONS

INDIAN ELECTORATE GROWS IN SIZE BY 34.45% BETWEEN 1998 AND 2014

New Delhi: 23rd February, 2014

A comparison of the electoral data as per the final publication of summary revision 2014

(released by the Election Commission of India on 14th

February, 2014) with that of last four

General Elections (from 1998 onwards) shows that the total electorate size of the country grew

by 34.45% from 605,880,192 electors in 1998 to reach 814,591,184 in 2014. This growth was

21.31% relative to an electorate size of 671,487,930 in 2004. Among the 28 states and 7 union

territories, Dadra & Nagar Haveli at 53.9% registered the highest rate of growth in electorate size

during the period from 2004 to 2014, next followed by Puducherry at 39.1%. Among states,

West Bengal registered the highest rate of growth at 31.7%. Among all states and UTs, Andaman

& Nicobar Islands registered the lowest rate of growth at 6.7%, next followed by Jammu &

Kashmir at 8.9%. In absolute numbers, Uttar Pradesh registered the highest growth in electorate

size relative to 2004, while Lakshadweep the lowest.

Table 1: Number of Electors in States/UTs in General Elections

No: of

Electors in:Election Year

State/UT 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

Andaman &

Nicobar

Islands

232,013 247,384 241,645 265,108 257,856

Andhra

Pradesh49,133,135 49,654,389 51,146,342 57,892,259 62,385,949

Arunachal

Pradesh565,621 611,572 684,034 734,541 753,216

Assam 14,277,806 14,290,673 15,014,874 17,470,329 18,723,032

Bihar 58,766,580 58,788,098 50,559,672 54,505,246 62,108,447

Chandigarh 531,146 585,006 527,684 524,444 580,700

Chattisgarh* 0 0 13,719,442 15,476,577 17,521,563

Dadra & Nagar

Haveli95,832 98,376 122,681 150,704 188,783

Daman & Diu 71,934 72,216 79,232 95,382 102,260

Goa 880,746 908,849 941,167 1,020,794 1,043,304

Gujarat 28,770,306 29,512,402 33,675,062 36,484,281 39,871,571


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No: of

Electors in:Election Year

State/UT 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

Haryana 11,086,895 11,038,955 12,320,557 12,087,710 15,594,427

Himachal

Pradesh3,628,864 3,786,479 4,181,995 4,606,674 4,674,187

Jammu &Kashmir

5,022,782 5,030,094 6,368,115 6,572,896 6,933,118

Jharkhand* 0 0 16,812,339 17,934,095 19,948,683

Karnataka 33,098,338 34,284,098 38,592,095 41,790,939 44,694,658

Kerala 21,188,712 22,058,901 21,125,473 21,859,536 23,792,270

Lakshadweep 36,738 37,619 39,033 45,983 47,972

Madhya

Pradesh44,607,368 46,915,473 38,390,101 38,085,179 47,544,647

Maharashtra 56,205,250 56,853,196 63,012,208 72,954,058 78,966,642

Manipur 1,330,209 1,372,339 1,536,510 1,736,251 1,739,005

Meghalaya 1,157,494 1,178,250 1,289,374 1,277,739 1,553,028

Mizoram 442,457 449,406 549,959 629,374 696,448

Nagaland 926,569 955,914 1,041,433 1,321,878 1,174,663

NCT OF Delhi 8,297,622 8,712,530 8,763,475 11,096,854 12,060,493

Odisha 23,393,600 24,187,490 25,651,989 27,194,864 28,880,803

Puducherry 665,486 701,990 636,667 762,440 885,458

Punjab 15,344,540 15,717,304 16,615,399 16,958,380 19,207,230

Rajasthan 29,751,400 31,106,488 34,712,385 37,060,011 42,559,543Sikkim 236,494 255,377 281,937 300,584 362,326

Tamil Nadu 45,577,788 47,733,664 47,252,271 41,620,460 53,752,682

Tripura 1,727,463 1,796,055 1,978,222 2,082,265 2,379,541

Uttar Pradesh 101,982,480 102,946,404 110,624,490 116,006,374 134,351,297

Uttarakhand* 0 0 5,562,637 5,887,724 6,786,394

West Bengal 46,846,524 47,649,856 47,437,431 52,493,168 62,468,988

Total 605,880,192 619,536,847 671,487,930 716,985,101 814,591,184

*States constituted after 1999

Data Source: Election Commission of India (data as on 14thFebruary, 2014)

Table 2: Distribution of Electors between States & Union Territories

Election Year

1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

% of Electors in UTs 1.64% 1.69% 1.55% 1.80% 1.73%

% of Electors in States 98.36% 98.31% 98.45% 98.20% 98.27%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Data Source: Election Commission of India (data as on 14 thFebruary, 2014)


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Table 3: States/UTs having Largest number of Electors

Election Year

1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

State/UTElectors

(%)*State/UT

Electors(%)*

State/UTElectors

(%)*State/UT

Electors(%)*

State/UTElec

(%

1Uttar

Pradesh16.8%

Uttar

Pradesh16.6%

Uttar

Pradesh16.5%

Uttar

Pradesh16.2%

Uttar

Pradesh16

2 Bihar 9.7% Bihar 9.5% Maharashtra 9.4% Maharashtra 10.2% Maharashtra 9.7

3 Maharashtra 9.3% Maharashtra 9.2%Andhra

Pradesh7.6%

Andhra

Pradesh8.1%

West

Bengal7.7

4Andhra

Pradesh8.1%

Andhra

Pradesh8.0% Bihar 7.5% Bihar 7.6%

Andhra

Pradesh7.7

5West

Bengal7.7% Tamil Nadu 7.7% West Bengal 7.1% West Bengal 7.3% Bihar 7.6

Largest

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51.6% 51.0% 48.1% 49.4% 49.

* Electors (%) is the number of Electors from the respective state/UT as a proportion of total electors of the country for that yea


Table 4: States having Smallest number of Electors

Election Year

1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

StateElectors

(%)*State

Electors(%)*

StateElectors

(%)*State

Electors(%)*

StateElector

(%)*

1Sikkim 0.0390% Sikkim 0.0412% Sikkim 0.0420% Sikkim 0.0419% Sikkim 0.0445%

2Mizoram 0.0730% Mizoram 0.0725% Mizoram 0.0819% Mizoram 0.0878% Mizoram 0.0855%

3

Arunachal

Pradesh0.0934%

Arunachal

Pradesh0.0987%

Arunachal

Pradesh0.1019%

Arunachal

Pradesh0.1024%

Arunachal

Pradesh0.0925%

4Goa 0.1454% Goa 0.1467% Goa 0.1402% Goa 0.1424% Goa 0.1281%

5Nagaland 0.1529% Nagaland 0.1543% Nagaland 0.1551% Meghalaya 0.1782% Nagaland 0.1442%

Smallest

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0.5037% 0.5135% 0.5210% 0.5527% 0.4947%

* Electors (%) is the number of Electors from the respective state as a proportion of total electors of the country for that year


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