Analysis · side by side

The states, ranked

Lok Sabha 1967. 27 states and union territories, 523 seats, ranked side by side.

States compared

1967 · 523 seats in total

Highest turnout

81.4%

Lakshadweep

Lowest turnout

43.7%

Odisha

Closest contests

3.27%

Lakshadweep · median margin

Most crowded ballot

10.0

Chandigarh · candidates per seat

[01]Turnout

Votes as a share of electors · 1967

Lakshadweep 81.4%1 seats

Andaman and Nicobar I… 78.05%1 seats

Kerala 75.64%19 seats

Puducherry 74.85%1 seats

Tripura 74.84%2 seats

Tamil Nadu 74.24%39 seats

Haryana 72.61%9 seats

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 71.87%1 seats

Punjab 71.12%13 seats

Daman and Diu 68.37%2 seats

Manipur 67.24%2 seats

Delhi 66.55%7 seats

West Bengal 66.03%40 seats

Maharashtra 64.77%46 seats

[02]How close the contests were

Median winning margin · closest first

Lakshadweep 3.27%1 seats

Daman and Diu 4.7%2 seats

Manipur 4.8%2 seats

Delhi 6.25%7 seats

Puducherry 6.4%1 seats

Haryana 7.2%9 seats

Punjab 7.7%13 seats

Uttar Pradesh 8.28%85 seats

Gujarat 8.5%25 seats

West Bengal 8.6%40 seats

Bihar 10.89%53 seats

Tamil Nadu 11.48%39 seats

Maharashtra 12.65%46 seats

Rajasthan 12.9%24 seats

[04]Candidates per seat

How crowded the ballot paper was

Chandigarh 10.010 candidates

Daman and Diu 8.016 candidates

Haryana 7.467 candidates

Delhi 6.646 candidates

Andaman and Nicobar I… 6.06 candidates

Uttar Pradesh 6.0507 candidates

Bihar 5.9315 candidates

Punjab 5.875 candidates

Rajasthan 5.2124 candidates

Manipur 5.010 candidates

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 5.05 candidates

Lakshadweep 5.05 candidates

Madhya Pradesh 4.7174 candidates

Himachal Pradesh 4.225 candidates

[05]Party fragmentation

Effective number of parties by vote share · most fragmented first

Bihar 5.07 of 9 parties won

Uttar Pradesh 4.89 of 9 parties won

Kerala 4.66 of 10 parties won

Punjab 4.53 of 10 parties won

West Bengal 4.48 of 11 parties won

Odisha 4.05 of 7 parties won

Rajasthan 3.74 of 11 parties won

Assam 3.64 of 8 parties won

Maharashtra 3.66 of 10 parties won

Madhya Pradesh 3.64 of 9 parties won

Haryana 3.63 of 9 parties won

Andhra Pradesh 3.44 of 9 parties won

Manipur 3.32 of 4 parties won

Karnataka 3.25 of 8 parties won

[06]Deposits lost

Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote

Daman and Diu 75.0%12 of 16

Haryana 74.63%50 of 67

Chandigarh 70.0%7 of 10

Delhi 69.57%32 of 46

Andaman and Nicobar I… 66.67%4 of 6

Bihar 61.27%193 of 315

Manipur 60.0%6 of 10

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 60.0%3 of 5

Rajasthan 59.68%74 of 124

Punjab 58.67%44 of 75

Uttar Pradesh 58.38%296 of 507

Madhya Pradesh 57.47%100 of 174

Maharashtra 49.21%93 of 189

Himachal Pradesh 48.0%12 of 25

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary

Turnout ranged from 81.4% in Lakshadweep to 43.7% in Odisha — a spread of 37.7 points.
81.4 - 43.7 across 26 states
Lakshadweep was the hardest fought: its middle seat was won by 3.27%, against 30.15% in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
median winning margin, 1 seats against 1
Chandigarh had the most crowded ballot at 10.0 candidates a seat, and 70.0% of them lost their deposit.
10 candidates over 1 seats
8 states and UTs returned a clean sweep — every seat went to a single party.
8 of 27 scopes with PartiesWon = 1