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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha election results to be declared tomorrow will decide the fate of more than 8000 candidates. Of the 8000 candidates, 16 per cent were fielded by national parties. 6 per cent candidates were fielded by state-level parties. The PRS Legislative Research report says that 47 per cent candidates stood as independents.
The 2024 general elections were held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1. The results of these seven phases of voting will be announced tomorrow. According to PRS, 8360 candidates from 744 parties were contesting on a total of 543 seats. Candidates from six national parties are also included.
Of the six national parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fielded the most number of candidates at 488. This was followed by the BJP with 441, Congress with 328, CPI(M) with 52 and Aam Aadmi Party with 22 candidates. Among state-level parties, the Samajwadi Party fielded 71 candidates, Trinamool with 48. AIADMK fielded 36 candidates, CPIA with 30, YSRCP with 25, RJD with 24 and DMK with 22 candidates.
Talking about unofficial parties, Social Unity Centre of India (Communist) fielded the maximum number of 150 candidates, People's Party of India (Democratic) fielded 79 candidates. The average number of candidates per seat is 15. Tamil Nadu's Karur seat had the maximum number of 64 candidates. Out of which 46 i.e. 85% candidates were independent. The average age of the candidates contesting the election was 48 years.
327 MPs elected in the 17th Lok Sabha are contesting elections again this time. 53 current ministers are also contesting again. According to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), out of a total of 8360 candidates, 2572 candidates were crorepatis, while 1643 candidates have pending criminal cases, out of which 1191 have serious criminal cases.