Within the 17 Lok Sabha elections held between 1951 and 2019, a complete of 48,103 unbiased candidates have tried their luck however solely 234 managed to make it to the Home, whereas at the least 47,163 misplaced their deposits.
An unbiased candidate is one who contests an election however isn’t affiliated with any political celebration or affiliation.
The second Lok Sabha, elected in 1957, noticed the very best variety of unbiased candidates — 42 — adopted by the primary Lok Sabha in 1951 that elected 37 unbiased candidates to the Home. The final time the variety of elected unbiased candidates reached double digits was in 1989.
Only one unbiased candidate was elected in 1991 — the bottom until date. Because the 1991 elections, unbiased candidates in single digits have been profitable, information from the Election Fee of India (ECI) exhibits.
The evaluation additionally exhibits that in each Lok Sabha election, the candidates of nationwide events took up greater than 60 per cent seats, the higher sealing touching even 90 per cent a couple of instances.
The nation has entered into ballot temper, with the primary part of voting for the 18th Lok Sabha held on Friday. This time, within the first two phases, a complete of 1,458 unbiased candidates try their luck – 889 within the first part and 569 within the second part going for polls on April 26.
In whole, there are 2,823 candidates within the first two phases and virtually 52 per cent are independents.
Any particular person in India can combat Lok Sabha elections. They only must be above the age of 25 years and shouldn’t have been convicted. A sound voter in India can contest from any a part of the county besides autonomous districts of Assam, Lakshadweep and Sikkim.
For combating independently, a candidate wants to provide at the least 10 proposals for nomination. Additionally, an individual can not contest from greater than two constituencies in Lok Sabha.
Solely House For Nationwide Events
Since 1951, a complete of 23,739 candidates from nationwide events contested the elections and seven,185 had been elected. The variety of candidates from nationwide events who misplaced their deposit was 8,545.
Between 1951 and 1996, in each election, greater than 400 candidates from nationwide events had been making it to the Home. The best variety of MPs from nationwide events was elected in 1980 when 485 candidates made it to the Home.
Since 1998, the variety of nationwide celebration MPs within the Home had not crossed 400, with the very best touching 397 in 2019.
The best variety of candidates fielded by nationwide events collectively stood at 1,855 (in 1991) whereas the very best variety of unbiased candidates contesting one election was 10,636 in 1996.
The second Lok Sabha elections, that noticed the very best variety of unbiased candidates making it to the Home, additionally noticed the least variety of unbiased candidates contesting the elections.
The quantity analysed by News18 additionally exhibits that since 1951, a complete of 91,159 candidates have contested elections — throughout events and independents — and 71,264 have misplaced deposits. Impartial candidates make up for greater than 66 per cent of this share.
In keeping with ECI guidelines, a candidate from common class contesting the Lok Sabha ballot has to make a deposit of Rs 25,000 whereas submitting the nomination. Within the case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the quantity is half.
The candidate loses the deposit in the event that they fail to get a minimal of one-sixth of the full legitimate votes polled, in any other case they’re eligible to take again the quantity.
In virtually every election, of the full candidates who lose the deposit, near half are unbiased. In 2019, a complete of 6,923 candidates misplaced deposit and three,449 had been unbiased, whereas 670 had been from the nationwide events. Earlier than that, in 2014, 7,000 candidates misplaced deposit and three,218 had been unbiased and 807 from nationwide events.
In 2009, a complete of three,806 unbiased candidates misplaced the deposit out of the 6,829. A complete of 779 candidates had been from nationwide events.
The elections for the 18th Lok Sabha will conclude on June 1 and the counting of the votes will happen on June 4.
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