Election Commission of India- State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Madhya Pradesh

HIGHLIGHTS

1. NO OF CONSTITUENCIES

TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY GEN SC ST TOTAL

NO OF CONSTITUENCIES 148 35 47 230

2. NO OF CONTESTANTS

NO. OF CONTESTANTS
1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 Above15
IN A CONSTITUENCY
NO. OF SUCH
0 0 0 1 4 79 67 79
CONSTITUENCIES

TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN FRAY : 3179

AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY : 13
MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 4
MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 33

3. ELECTORS

MALE FEMALE TOTAL

i. NO. OF ELECTORS 19136733 17130236 36266969

ii. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED 13835577 11290419 25125996

iii. POLLING PERCENTAGE 72.30 % 65.91 % 69.28 %

4. NO. OF VALID VOTES : 25101121

5. NO. OF VOTES REJECTED (Postal) : 24875

6. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS : 47222

7. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS : 59518

PER POLLING STATION

8. PERFORMANCE OF FEMALE CANDIDATES VIS-A-VIS MALE CANDIDATE

MALE FEMALE TOTAL

i. NO. OF CONTESTANTS 2953 226 3179

ii. ELECTED 205 25 230

iii. FORFEITED DEPOSITS 2487 167 2654