Women still short of half century mark in Lok Sabha!

The representation of women in the Lok Sabha yet to touch the mark of 50. The nearest when women members could reach this mark was in the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 General Elections when 49 women candidates were elected which was barely 9.02% of the total Lok Sabha Seats .

However, in the General Elections 2004, the number of women elected to the Lower House again came down to 45, which, incidentally, was the second highest representation of women in the Lok Sabha since its inception. Percentage-wise, it was only 8.29% of the total seats.

Apart from the above two, there were only three other occasions when women candidates could touch the figure of 40 in the Lok Sabha. In the 8th Lok Sabha (General Elections-1984) 42 women, in the 11th Lok Sabha (General Elections-1996) 40 women and in the 12th Lok Sabha (General Elections-1998) 43 women were elected to the Lower House. This also means that prior to 1996, there was only one occasion (in 1984) when the women elected to Lok Sabha could even touch the figure of forties.

The lowest number of women elected to the Lok Sabha was in the General Elections in 1977 when only 19 women reached the Lower House which was only 3.50% of the total Lok Sabha seats (542 at that time). There was no other occasion in the history of Lok Sabha when the women did not even reach the mark of 20.

As far as number of women contestants is concerned, there were 599 women aspirants were in fray in the General Elections-1996 followed by 355 women candidates in 2004 and 326 in 1991. It may also be mentioned here that it was only in 1980 General Elections for the 7th Lok Sabha when the women contestants crossed the mark of 100 as prior to that, the number of women contestant was always below 100. (PIB)

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India Votes - 2009: 250 graduates, what have they done?

The fourteenth Lok Sabha had 157 post-graduate members which was the highest figure in all the Lok Sabhas.
There were 249 graduate members in the 14th Lok Sabha though the 13th Lok Sabha had registered the highest figure of 256.
There were 22 Doctorates in the 14th Lok Sabha as compared to highest figure of 29 recorded in 11th Lok Sabha.

India Votes - 2009: Crores and crores of expenditure

The following statement shows the total expenditure incurred in the revision of electoral rolls and the conducting of Elections to the Lok Sabha, since the First General Elections held in 1952
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Year of Elections and Total Amount (in Rs.) (Provisional)
1952 10,45,00,000
1957 5,90,00,000
1962 7,32,00,000
1967 10,79,69,000
1971 11,60,87,450
1977 23,03,68,000
1980 54,77,39,000
1984 81,51,34,000
1989 1,54,22,00,000
1991 359,10,24,679
1996 597,34,41,000
1998 666,22,16,000*
1999 880,00,00,000**
2004 1300,00,00,000***

* Including the demand of election expenditure incurred on Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra
**Approximate figures
*** Provisional

India Votes 2009 - Every vote counts!

There is only 1 (One) voter in Polling Station No. 3 – Banez under 12-Una Assembly Constituency, Junagad District in Gujarat State (Gir Forest Area).

There are 2 (two) voters in Polling Station No.126 – Sheradand under 1– Bharatpur Sonhat (ST) AC in Chhattisgarh State.

There are only 3(three) electors each in Polling Station No.13-Lumta under 12–Pakke Kessang (ST), Polling Station No. 40–Mramboo under 41–Anini (ST) and Polling Station No. 35–Upper Modoi Deep under 49– Bordumsa–Diyum ACs in Arunachal Pradesh State.