GENERAL ELECTIONS 2014: LOWEST EVER NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES ELECTED
GENERAL
ELECTIONS 2014: LOWEST EVER NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES ELECTED
New Delhi: 21st May, 2014
General Elections 2014 has seen the lowest ever number of
Independent candidates 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.
Table
1: Performance of Independent Candidates in General Elections 1951-52 ̶
2014
|
General
Elections
|
Year
|
Total No. of
Contestants
|
Total No. of
Independent Candidates
|
No. of Independent
Candidates Elected
|
|
First
|
1951
- '52
|
1874
|
533
|
37
|
|
Second
|
1957
|
1519
|
481
|
42
|
|
Third
|
1962
|
1985
|
479
|
20
|
|
Fourth
|
1967
|
2369
|
866
|
35
|
|
Fifth
|
1971
|
2784
|
1134
|
14
|
|
Sixth
|
1977
|
2439
|
1224
|
9
|
|
Seventh
|
1980
|
4629
|
2826
|
9
|
|
Eighth
|
1984
-'85
|
5492
|
3797
|
5
|
|
Ninth
|
1989
|
6160
|
3712
|
12
|
|
Tenth
|
1991
-'92
|
8749
|
5546
|
5
|
|
Eleventh
|
1996
|
13952
|
10635
|
9
|
|
Twelfth
|
1998
|
4750
|
1915
|
6
|
|
Thirteenth
|
1999
|
4648
|
1945
|
6
|
|
Fourteenth
|
2004
|
5435
|
2385
|
5
|
|
Fifteenth
|
2009
|
8070
|
3831
|
9
|
|
Sixteenth
|
2014
|
8251
|
3234
|
3
|
|
Source: Election Commission of India
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