BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR RAJASTHAN

General Elections to the Lok Sabha of Rajasthan 1998

1 No. of seats 25
2 No. of contestants 219
3 ELECTORS
   

Men

Women

Total

i No. of Electors

15,664,725

14,086,675

29,751,400

ii No. of Voters

10,151,008

7,776,085

17,927,093

iii Polling Percentage

64.80

55.20

60.26

4 No. of valid votes 17,650,528
5 Votes rejected + Missing 276,565 (1.54 %)
6 No. of polling stations 40,133
7 Average No. of electors per polling station 741
  Performance of parties
  Party

No. of Candidates

Seats
Won

% of Votes Polled

  BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY

25

5

41.65

  INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

25

18

44.45

  BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY (BSP)

22

0

2.12

  COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

5

0

0.62

  COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (Marxist)

2

0

1.28

  JANATA DAL

17

0

2.31

  SAMATA PARTY

6

0

0.06

 

NATIONAL PARTIES

102

23

92.49

  ALL INDIA INDIRA CONGRESS (Secular)

1

1

1.92

  SHIVASENA

12

0

0.26

  SAMAJVADI PARTY

11

0

0.44

 

STATE PARTIES

24

1

2.62

  REGD. PARTIES

43

0

1.08

  INDEPENDENTS

50

1

3.80

 

TOTAL

219

25

100.00

Source: CEO, Rajasthan

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