January 16, 2002

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ASSEMBLY ELECTION- 2002

BACKGROUNDER –4

PUNJAB ASSEMBLY ELECTION -1997

HIGHLIGHTS
  1. NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES
    2. TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY

    GEN

    SC

    ST

    TOTAL
    NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES

    88

    29

    0

    117

     

  2. NO. OF CANDIDATES
    3. NO. OF CANDIDATES IN A CONSTITUENCY 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 Above 30
    NO. OF SUCH

    CONSTITUENCIES

    		 0 1 8 20 25 61 2 0 0 0 0

    TOTAL CANDIDATES IN FRAY : 693

    AVERAGE CANDIDATES PER CONSTITUENCY : 06

    MINIMUM CANDIDATES IN A CONSTITUENCY : 02

    MAXIMUM CANDIDATES IN A CONSTITUENCY : 14

  3. ELECTORS
 

MEN

WOMEN

TOTAL
i. NO. OF ELECTORS

8042108

7183287

15225395
ii. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED

5590390

4873478

10463868
iii. POLLING PERCENTAGE

69.51%

67.84%

68.73%

4. NO. OF VALID VOTES 10289814

5. NO. OF VOTES REJECTED 173151

(1.65 % of total votes polled)

6. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS 18051

7. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION 843

  1. PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN CANDIDATES VIS-A-VIS MEN CANDIDATES
 

MEN

WOMEN

TOTAL
i. NO. OF CANDIDTES

641

52

693
ii. ELECTED

110

07

117
iii. FORFEITED DEPOSITS

381

39

420