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Interesting facts about Elections 2009

Some interesting facts about Elections 2009

Some interesting facts about Elections 2009

  • The category of as many as 11 Lok Sabha constituencies have undergone change from General to Reserve in the 2009 parliamentary elections.
  • The number of Parliamentary constituencies reserved for SC has been increased from 79 to 84, while for ST it has risen from 41 to 47, a net addition of 11 seats.
  • The general elections will be held in 543 Parliamentary constituencies out of which 499 will be newly delimited constituencies.
  • The entire country, except the three states of Assam, Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir, would be using the photo electoral rolls for the first time.
  • Out of 543 parliamentary seats, photo electoral rolls will be used in 522 constituencies as well as in all the legislative constituencies I Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Orissa.
  • Photographs of 82% electors are printed in the electoral rolls, except Assam where the scheme could not be implemented.
  • The latest delimitation exercise has added 43 million new voters in the country. In 2004 polls, there were 671 million voters and in 2009 the number has increased to 714 million.
  • Presently, there are 8,28,804 polling stations in the country, as compared to 6,87,402 polling stations in 2004 Lok Sabha polls.
  • Of these, as many as 12,901 new polling stations have been set up for villages having less than 300 electors.
  • Unnao emerges as largest LS constituency, Lakshadweep smallest after the latest delimitation exercise.
  • The number of electorate in Unnao will be 18,97,474 while those in Lakshadweep will be nearly 44,424
  • UP has the highest number of polling stations i.e. 1,28,112 while the lowest number are in Sikkim with 581.
  • In 2004, there were 6,87,402 polling stations and this year it has increased to 8,28,804.
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