2014 India General Elections were the biggest elections in democracy that humans have ever witnessed. The elections were held from April 7th 2014 to May 12th 2014 in 9 phases. A total of 814.5 million voters were eligible to vote and about 553.8 million votes were casted. Taking the data available in the public domain, I ran some analytics and found some interesting results.
Top 5 parties with maximum number of seats PARTY SEATS BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 282 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 44 ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM 37 ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS 34 BIJU JANATA DAL 20
Well, everyone knows that isn't it? Let's see top 5 parties with maximum number of 2nd place. Top 5 parties with maximum number of 2nd place PARTY SEATS INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 224 BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 54 BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY 36 SAMAJWADI PARTY 31 COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) 30
Which party fielded maximum number of candidates? Maximum number of candidates - Party Wise NO. OF CANDIDATES PARTY 503 BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY 464 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 432 AAM AADMI PARTY 428 BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 232 BAHUJAN MUKTI PARTY
Well, Well, Who got maximum number of votes? Maximum number of votes CANDIDATE PARTY CONSTITUENCY VOTES RAMCHARAN BOHARA BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY JAIPUR 863358 SUMITRA MAHAJAN (TAI) BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY INDORE 854972 NARENDRA MODI BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY VADODARA 845464 C. R. PATIL BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY NAVSARI 820831 L.K.ADVANI BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY GANDHINAGAR 773539
Which constituency had maximum number of votes casted? Constituency with maximum number of voters STATE CONSTITUENCY TOTAL VOTES ANDHRA PRADESH MALKAJGIRI 1620397 ASSAM GAUHATI 1511729 KARNATAKA BANGALORE RURAL 1455244 ASSAM DHUBRI 1369624 WEST BENGAL GHATAL 1366709
Let's look at the vote shares of Top 10 parties. Vote Shares PARTY PARTY VOTES TOTAL VOTES VOTE SHARE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 171657549 553801801 0.31 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 106938242 553801801 0.1931 BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY 22946182 553801801 0.0414 ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS 21259681 553801801 0.0384 SAMAJWADI PARTY 18672916 553801801 0.0337 ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM 18115825 553801801 0.0327 COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) 17986773 553801801 0.0325 INDEPENDENT 16743719 553801801 0.0302 TELUGU DESAM 14094545 553801801 0.0255 YUVAJANA SRAMIKA RYTHU CONGRESS PARTY 13991280 553801801 0.0253
Who were the undisputed winners of 2014? Winner by maximum vote share CANDIDATE PARTY CONSTITUENCY VOTES TOTAL VOTES VOTE SHARE DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY SURAT 718412 947922 0.7579 NARENDRA MODI BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY VADODARA 845464 1161577 0.7279 C. R. PATIL BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY NAVSARI 820831 1160747 0.7072 GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY MUMBAI NORTH 664004 946562 0.7015 NEIPHIU RIO NAGA PEOPLES FRONT NAGALAND 713372 1038910 0.6867
Who lost the maximum deposit? No. of seats with < 1/6 votes NO OF CANDIDATES PARTY 448 BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY 414 AAM AADMI PARTY 232 BAHUJAN MUKTI PARTY 178 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 140 SAMAJWADI PARTY
Who won with maximum difference in votes? Maximum Difference CONSTITUENCY WINNER CANDIDATE WINNER PARTY WINNER VOTES RUNNER UP CANDIDATE RUNNER UP PARTY RUNNER UP VOTES DIFFERENCE IN VOTES VADODARA NARENDRA MODI BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 845464 MISTRI MADHUSUDAN DEVRAM INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 275336 570128 GHAZIABAD VIJAY KUMAR SINGH BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 758482 RAJ BABBAR INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 191222 567260 NAVSARI C. R. PATIL BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 820831 MAKSUD MIRZA INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 262715 558116 JAIPUR RAMCHARAN BOHARA BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 863358 DR. MAHESH JOSHI INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 324013 539345 SURAT DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 718412 DESAI NAISHADHBHAI BHUPATBHAI INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 185222 533190
Who won with least difference in votes? Nail Biting Finishes CONSTITUENCY WINNER CANDIDATE WINNER PARTY WINNER VOTES RUNNER UP CANDIDATE RUNNER UP PARTY RUNNER UP VOTES DIFFERENCE IN VOTES LADAKH THUPSTAN CHHEWANG BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 31111 GHULAM RAZA INDEPENDENT 31075 36 MAHASAMUND CHANDU LAL SAHU (CHANDU BHAIYA) BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 503514 AJIT JOGI INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 502297 1217 RAICHUR B.V.NAYAK INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 443659 ARAKERA SHIVANAGOUDA NAYAK BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 442160 1499 LAKSHADWEEP MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P. NATIONALIST CONGRESS PARTY 21665 HAMDULLAH SAYEED INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 20130 1535 HINGOLI RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 467397 WANKHEDE SUBHASH BAPURAO SHIVSENA 465765 1632
Which constituency had maximum number of candidates? All want to be leaders here CONSTITUENCY NO OF CANDIDATES CHENNAI SOUTH 43 VARANASI 43 HISAR 42 CHENNAI NORTH 41 BEED 40
EC allowed up to INR 70 Lakhs for election expenditure. Assuming that every candidate spent exactly 70 lakhs, we see some interesting results. Cost per seat excludes parties that won no seats.
Cost per vote. Best Performers. PARTY TOTAL COST VOTES PARTY GOT COST PER VOTE SWABHIMANI PAKSHA 14000000 1105073 12.6688 NAGA PEOPLES FRONT 14000000 994505 14.0774 TELUGU DESAM 210000000 14094545 14.8994 ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM 280000000 18115825 15.4561 BIJU JANATA DAL 147000000 9491497 15.4875
Cost per vote. Worst Performers. PARTY TOTAL COST VOTES PARTY GOT COST PER VOTE BHARAT VISHAL PARTY 7000000 161 43478.2609 RASHTRIYA JANKRANTI PARTY 7000000 217 32258.0645 RASHTRIYA JATIGAT AARAKSHAN VIRODHI PARTY 7000000 259 27027.027 AKHIL BHARATIYA ASHOK SENA 7000000 296 23648.6486 VISHVA SHAKTI PARTY 7000000 263 26615.9696
Cost per seat. Best Performers. PARTY TOTAL COST SEATS PARTY WON TOTAL PARTICIPATED SEATS SUCCESS RATIO COST PER SEAT ALL INDIA N.R. CONGRESS 7000000 1 1 1 7000000 KERALA CONGRESS (M) 7000000 1 1 1 7000000 SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT 7000000 1 1 1 7000000 BIJU JANATA DAL 147000000 20 21 0.9524 7350000 ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM 280000000 37 40 0.925 7567567.568
Cost per seat. Worst Performers. PARTY TOTAL COST SEATS PARTY WON TOTAL PARTICIPATED SEATS SUCCESS RATIO COST PER SEAT SAMAJWADI PARTY 1379000000 5 197 0.0254 275800000 JANATA DAL (UNITED) 651000000 2 93 0.0215 325500000 COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA 469000000 1 67 0.0149 469000000 AAM AADMI PARTY 3024000000 4 432 0.0093 756000000 INDEPENDENT 22645000000 3 3235 0.0009 7548333333
A total of 17 Candidates contested from 2 constituencies* I shall represent this and that CANDIDATECANDIDATE A.K.Aggarwal Arvind Kumar Ashok Kumar Ashok Singh Bhola Singh Dinesh Kumar Harekrishna Sarkar Jaswant Singh Mulayam Singh Yadav Narendra Modi Sanjay Kumar Sunil Kumar Sutharapu Padmaiah Thakur Hemendra Veer Singh Vijay Kumar Singh Vinod Kumar But did it really help them? Not exactly. Vijay Kumar Singh won and lost in one each. Narendra Modi, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bhola Singh won in both. Other 13 candidates lost in both. Report Card these winning Candidates CANDIDATE PARTY CONSTITUENCY VOTES VIJAY KUMAR SINGH BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY GHAZIABAD 758482 NARENDRA MODI BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY VADODARA 845464 NARENDRA MODI BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY VARANASI 581022 MULAYAM SINGH YADAV SAMAJWADI PARTY AZAMGARH 340306 MULAYAM SINGH YADAV SAMAJWADI PARTY MAINPURI 595918 BHOLA SINGH BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY BEGUSARAI 428227 BHOLA SINGH BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY BULANDSHAHR 604449
You can get all the complete set of reports here on GitHub. * A string match of Names and Party were done. This is not fool proof. There could be 2 individuals with same name and belonging to the same party. Edit: Earlier ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS were shown to have 44 seats, but it's 34. It was a typo. Thanks to Anand Kislay Singh for pointing out this error.
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