India General Elections 2004: Facts and figures
Number of seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament): 545 (of which two are appointed by the President)
Total number of candidates: 5,398
Total votes polled: 38,74,53,223
Average votes per candidate: 70,665
Number of registered voters: 675 million
Number of polling stations: 7,00,000
Duration of election: Three weeks (four rounds)
Lowest number of votes: 45 (Ashok Kumar, independent candidate from Chandni Chowk, Delhi)
Highest number of votes: 8,55,543 (Sajjan Kumar, Congress candidate from Outer Delhi, Delhi)
Highest number of candidates in a constituency: 35 (Madras South in Tamil Nadu)
Lowest number of candidates in a constituency: 2 (Cuttack in Orissa, Godhra in Gujarat and Tura in Meghalaya)
Highest polling booth in India: Fastan village in Ladakh (5,180 metres altitude, 26 km from the nearest road)
Largest parliamentary constituency: Ladakh (1,73,265 square kilometres)
Total number of parties: 220
Total number of independent candidates: 2,369
Seats needed for majority: 272
Total cost of the election: Rs 100 million (approx.)
Voter turnout: About 56%, or nearly 380 million people
Number of constituencies in India: 543
STATISTICS ON ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVM)
Total EVM's used: 10.25 lakh
Operational speed of EVMs: maximum of five votes per minute
Number of votes one EVM can register: 3,840
Number of candidates an EVM can hold: Maximum of 64
Amount of paper not being used due to EVMs: 8,000 metric tonnes
EVMs first used in India: 1989-90 in 16 assembly constituencies in three states.
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