Fact File of Fifth Phase of the Polls


Total number of parliamentary constituencies:       86

States/union territories going to polls

 

 

 

 



  • Himachal Pradeshi
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Punjab
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • West Bengal
  • Uttarkhand
  • Chandigarh
  • Puducherry
Total number of voters        107.8 million
Polling stations        121,632
Total polling officials        500,000
Observers        254 (plus 10 additional observers)
Villages and hamlets found vulnerable
       5,995
Total number of women candidates        93
Number of parliamentary constituencies having more than 16 candidates        30 .
Parliamentary constituencies having more than 32 candidates
  • Chennai South - 43 candidates
  • Karur - 38 candidates
  • Chennai Central - 37 candidates

Party-wise list of candidates:
Bharatiya Janata Party       53
Bhujan Samaj Party       83
Communist Party of India-Marxist       14
Congress       49
Nationalist Congress Party       6
Communist Party of India       7
Rashtriya Janata Dal       1
State Parties       192
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties       248
Independents       779