Lok Sabha Question No. 1394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Percentage of voting
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Balak Nath, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sunil Kumar Singh, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1394

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 10 TH FEBRUARY 2021

## PERCENTAGE OF VOTING

- +1394. SHRI BALAK NATH:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  percentage  of  voting  in  General  Elections,  2014  and 2019, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) the efforts being made by the Government to increase the parentage of voting;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  considering  the  essentiality  of  voting certificate  to  receive  the  benefits  of  Government  schemes  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is considering the proposal of 'one nation one election' to hold the elections of Legislative Assemblies, Lok Sabha and other elections simultaneously along with the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a): The Election Commission of India (ECI has provided relevant information which is enclosed at Annexures I and II.
- (b): The Commission has informed that it has conducted various programmes and  schemes  to  enhance  voting  percentage  such  as  Systematic  Voters Education  and  People's  Participation  (SVEEP),  Electoral  Literacy  Clubs (ELCs), Interactive School Engagement Programme, National Elections Quiz,

2018,  Millennium  Voters  Initiative,  Inclusion  of  Persons  with  Disabilities (PwDs) in the Electoral Process, Targeting Service Voters, Community Radio Program,  VoICE  Network, Voters Awareness  Forums,  National Media Campaign, Voter Verification and Information Programme (VVIP), e-Electoral Photo Identity Card etc.

(c): No, Sir. (d)  to  (e):  The  Department  Related  Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice had examined the issue of simultaneous  elections  to  Lok  Sabha  and  State  Legislative  Assemblies  in consultation  with  various  stake-holders  including  Election  Commission  of India. The Committee has given certain recommendations in this regard in its 79th  Report.  The  matter  now  stands  referred  to  the  Law  Commission  for further  examination  to  work  out  practicable  road  map  and  framework  for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.

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Annexure I Voting percentage (State wise) in General Election 2014

| S.No.   | State/UT                 | Electors                 | Electors   | Voters   | Voters   | Voters Turn Out (%)   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|         |                          | General (including NRIs) | Service    | EVM      | Postal   |                       |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 268940                   | 420        | 190213   | 133      | 70.67                 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 64887809                 | 46329      | 48163703 | 304018   | 74.64                 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 757493                   | 1851       | 581748   | 19080    | 79.12                 |
| 4       | Assam                    | 18804981                 | 32732      | 15083544 | 8843     | 80.12                 |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 63723810                 | 76350      | 35873132 | 19327    | 56.26                 |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 613939                   | 1275       | 453324   | 138      | 73.71                 |
| 7       | Chattisgarh              | 17657867                 | 6653       | 12254339 | 2623     | 69.39                 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | 196577                   | 20         | 165286   | 38       | 84.09                 |
| 9       | Daman & Diu              | 111817                   | 10         | 87228    | 5        | 78.01                 |
| 10      | Goa                      | 1059953                  | 824        | 814647   | 2793     | 77.06                 |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 40578577                 | 24527      | 25703177 | 146478   | 63.66                 |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 15995014                 | 102219     | 11493217 | 8034     | 71.45                 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 4744215                  | 65856      | 3092923  | 7276     | 64.45                 |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir          | 7123277                  | 59852      | 3564418  | 7119     | 49.72                 |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 20336193                 | 13603      | 12982533 | 4092     | 63.82                 |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 46171176                 | 38637      | 31025019 | 28564    | 67.20                 |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 24251942                 | 74708      | 17951637 | 35487    | 73.94                 |
| 18      | Lakshadwee p             | 49821                    | 101        | 43239    | 3        | 86.62                 |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh           | 48090968                 | 30333      | 29621413 | 26692    | 61.61                 |
| 20      | Maharashtra              | 80651094                 | 147729     | 48669154 | 71249    | 60.32                 |
| 21      | Manipur                  | 1764794                  | 9575       | 1414487  | 644      | 79.75                 |
| 22      | Meghalaya                | 1565820                  | 1421       | 1077986  | 309      | 68.80                 |

| 23   | Mizoram       |    697867 |    4303 |    426150 |    8812 |   61.95 |
|------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|---------|
| 24   | Nagaland      |   1177596 |    5376 |   1039224 |     738 |   87.91 |
| 25   | NCT of Delhi  |  12706375 |    4789 |   8257636 |   17510 |   65.1  |
| 26   | Odisha        |  29152514 |   43531 |  21503645 |   39079 |   73.79 |
| 27   | Puducherry    |    900874 |     483 |    739750 |     303 |   82.1  |
| 28   | Punjab        |  19527114 |   81047 |  13844306 |    5190 |   70.63 |
| 29   | Rajasthan     |  42895854 |   98803 |  27034158 |   99618 |   63.11 |
| 30   | Sikkim        |    370066 |     704 |    299567 |   10528 |   83.64 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |  55042876 |   71991 |  40555458 |   88824 |   73.74 |
| 32   | Tripura       |   2385559 |    3263 |   2011740 |   16967 |   84.92 |
| 33   | Uttar Pradesh | 138672171 |  138386 |  81052079 |   66536 |   58.44 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand   |   7041765 |   85292 |   4377071 |   18490 |   61.67 |
| 35   | West Bengal   |  62740481 |   92632 |  51573497 |   89067 |   82.22 |
|      | Total         | 832717189 | 1365625 | 553020648 | 1154607 |   66.44 |

## Annexure II

## Voting percentage (State wise) in General Election 2019

| S.No.   | State/UT                 | Electors                 | Electors   | Voters   | Voters   | Voters Turn Out (%)   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|         |                          | General (including NRIs) | Service    | EVM      | Postal   |                       |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 317878                   | 593        | 207080   | 318      | 65.12                 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 39345717                 | 60250      | 31386624 | 287902   | 80.38                 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 798249                   | 5314       | 626977   | 32789    | 82.11                 |
| 4       | Assam                    | 21991112                 | 58947      | 17932885 | 59868    | 81.60                 |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 71063620                 | 152670     | 40667344 | 163109   | 57.33                 |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 646084                   | 645        | 456207   | 438      | 70.61                 |
| 7       | Chattisgarh              | 18999239                 | 17223      | 13582366 | 40259    | 71.64                 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | 250021                   | 8          | 198925   | 59       | 79.58                 |
| 9       | Daman & Diu              | 121729                   | 11         | 87441    | 32       | 71.85                 |
| 10      | Goa                      | 1135811                  | 302        | 851251   | 2473     | 75.14                 |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 45125680                 | 26693      | 28931509 | 196855   | 64.51                 |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 17951151                 | 105859     | 12657847 | 73182    | 70.34                 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 5262126                  | 68028      | 3801766  | 58174    | 72.42                 |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir          | 7844887                  | 77651      | 3509007  | 53737    | 44.97                 |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 22364480                 | 40376      | 14923414 | 43367    | 66.80                 |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 51051432                 | 43098      | 35053660 | 105788   | 68.81                 |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 26151534                 | 53302      | 20311641 | 85527    | 77.84                 |
| 18      | Lakshadwee p             | 55057                    | 132        | 46877    | 149      | 85.21                 |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh           | 51794677                 | 72797      | 36836951 | 91391    | 71.20                 |
| 20      | Maharashtra              | 88564535                 | 112411     | 53838389 | 272649   | 61.02                 |
| 21      | Manipur                  | 1939244                  | 20319      | 1606408  | 14043    | 82.69                 |
| 22      | Meghalaya                | 1911372                  | 3424       | 1365074  | 2685     | 71.43                 |
| 23      | Mizoram                  | 787777                   | 4687       | 496780   | 3561     | 63.14                 |

| 24   | Nagaland      |   1206287 |    7490 |   1002142 |    5295 |    83 |
|------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-------|
| 25   | NCT of Delhi  |  14316644 |   11005 |   8663777 |   18589 | 60.6  |
| 26   | Odisha        |  32454405 |   43357 |  23720930 |   96239 | 73.29 |
| 27   | Puducherry    |    973161 |     249 |    790252 |     643 | 81.25 |
| 28   | Punjab        |  20781210 |  111463 |  13708085 |   69210 | 65.94 |
| 29   | Rajasthan     |  48819218 |  136595 |  32255531 |  220950 | 66.34 |
| 30   | Sikkim        |    432306 |    1822 |    339880 |   13535 | 81.41 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |  59875322 |   66510 |  43185964 |  233789 | 72.44 |
| 32   | Telangana     |  29697279 |   11336 |  18626253 |   20603 | 62.77 |
| 32   | Tripura       |   2605325 |    9393 |   2142275 |   12275 | 82.4  |
| 33   | Uttar Pradesh | 145858553 |  276050 |  86220645 |  311327 | 59.21 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand   |   7765473 |   90845 |   4777548 |   83867 | 61.88 |
| 35   | West Bengal   |  69891751 |  109533 |  57097266 |  132752 | 81.76 |
|      | Total         | 910150346 | 1800388 | 611876971 | 2807427 | 67.4  |

## Disclaimer

This  report  is  based  on  Index  Cards  data  made  available  by  concerned Returning Officers on the basis of Statutory data maintained in the forms.  In case  of  any  dispute,  the  data  maintained  in  the  Statutory  Forms  by  the concerned Returning Officers shall prevail.

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