Analysis · side by side

The states, ranked

Lok Sabha 2004. 35 states and union territories, 543 seats, ranked side by side.

States compared

2004 · 543 seats in total

Highest turnout

91.38%

Nagaland

Lowest turnout

35.06%

Jammu and Kashmir

Closest contests

0.22%

Lakshadweep · median margin

Most crowded ballot

21.0

Puducherry · candidates per seat

[01]Turnout

Votes as a share of electors · 2004

Nagaland 91.38%1 seats

Lakshadweep 81.52%1 seats

West Bengal 77.73%42 seats

Sikkim 76.36%1 seats

Puducherry 76.07%1 seats

Kerala 71.23%20 seats

Daman and Diu 70.16%1 seats

Andhra Pradesh 69.92%42 seats

Assam 69.09%14 seats

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 69.04%1 seats

Manipur 67.38%2 seats

Tripura 66.67%2 seats

Odisha 66.04%21 seats

Haryana 65.67%10 seats

[02]How close the contests were

Median winning margin · closest first

Lakshadweep 0.22%1 seats

Daman and Diu 1.09%1 seats

Punjab 4.5%13 seats

Karnataka 5.2%28 seats

Uttar Pradesh 6.25%80 seats

Maharashtra 6.35%48 seats

Himachal Pradesh 6.4%4 seats

Gujarat 6.45%26 seats

Odisha 6.9%21 seats

Mizoram 6.9%1 seats

Assam 7.3%14 seats

Uttarakhand 7.7%5 seats

Kerala 8.55%20 seats

Jammu and Kashmir 9.8%6 seats

[04]Candidates per seat

How crowded the ballot paper was

Puducherry 21.021 candidates

Delhi 18.4129 candidates

Chandigarh 17.017 candidates

Haryana 16.0160 candidates

Tamil Nadu 14.6571 candidates

Uttar Pradesh 14.21,138 candidates

Jammu and Kashmir 13.883 candidates

Jharkhand 13.0182 candidates

Andaman and Nicobar I… 12.012 candidates

Bihar 11.6462 candidates

Punjab 10.9142 candidates

Uttarakhand 10.854 candidates

Madhya Pradesh 10.1294 candidates

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 10.010 candidates

[05]Party fragmentation

Effective number of parties by vote share · most fragmented first

Manipur 6.62 of 9 parties won

Bihar 5.55 of 39 parties won

Tamil Nadu 5.46 of 23 parties won

Maharashtra 5.45 of 40 parties won

Jharkhand 5.25 of 27 parties won

Uttar Pradesh 5.09 of 77 parties won

Jammu and Kashmir 5.04 of 20 parties won

Kerala 4.47 of 17 parties won

West Bengal 4.46 of 27 parties won

Assam 4.34 of 18 parties won

Punjab 3.93 of 22 parties won

Haryana 3.82 of 25 parties won

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 3.81 of 9 parties won

Odisha 3.44 of 15 parties won

[06]Deposits lost

Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote

Puducherry 90.48%19 of 21

Delhi 89.15%115 of 129

Chandigarh 88.24%15 of 17

Tamil Nadu 86.34%493 of 571

Haryana 85.63%137 of 160

Jammu and Kashmir 84.34%70 of 83

Jharkhand 83.52%152 of 182

Andaman and Nicobar I… 83.33%10 of 12

Bihar 81.17%375 of 462

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 80.0%8 of 10

Uttar Pradesh 79.7%907 of 1,138

Uttarakhand 79.63%43 of 54

Madhya Pradesh 78.91%232 of 294

Punjab 78.87%112 of 142

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary

Turnout ranged from 91.38% in Nagaland to 35.06% in Jammu and Kashmir — a spread of 56.32 points.
91.38 - 35.06 across 35 states
Lakshadweep was the hardest fought: its middle seat was won by 0.22%, against 52.6% in Tripura.
median winning margin, 1 seats against 2
Puducherry had the most crowded ballot at 21.0 candidates a seat, and 90.48% of them lost their deposit.
21 candidates over 1 seats
11 states and UTs returned a clean sweep — every seat went to a single party.
11 of 35 scopes with PartiesWon = 1