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This is a list of states and union territories of India by the number of voters polled in the fifteen Lok Sabha elections between 1951 and 2009, based on data released by the Election Commission of India. In the 2009 general election, the Indian electorate was estimated to total approximately 714 million individuals, out of whom around 415 million cast a vote. [1] [2]
| State / Union Territory | 1951 | 1957 | 1962 | 1967 | 1971 | 1977 | 1980 | 1984 | 1989 | 1991 | 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2004 | 2009 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman & Nicobar | — | — | — | 36,924 | 44,531 | 60,590 | 81,146 | 91,093 | 115,403 | 108,822 | 130,918 | 147,698 | 147,102 | 153,841 | 169,535 | 190,328 |
| Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad) | 4,854,862 | 9,531,373 | 12,302,352 | 14,124,097 | 13,420,873 | 17,220,943 | 17,363,759 | 23,136,116 | 29,916,616 | 26,176,731 | 31,196,679 | 32,425,649 | 34,332,073 | 35,776,275 | 41,865,931 | 48,358,545 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | — | — | — | — | — | 52,764 | 182,909 | 240,762 | 281,665 | 266,324 | 299,680 | 334,705 | 441,231 | 385,446 | 499,579 | 596,956 |
| Ajmer | 178,999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Assam | 2,647,127 | 2,292,612 | 2,607,519 | 3,157,355 | 3,177,170 | 3,965,448 | 645,560 | 7,815,702 | Unknown | 8,935,495 | 9,880,989 | 8,717,775 | 10,182,919 | 10,377,354 | 12,141,171 | 15,085,883 |
| Bhopal | 169,457 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bihar | 9,992,451 | 10,007,876 | 10,386,746 | 14,289,861 | 15,186,628 | 21,264,278 | 20,600,067 | 25,484,520 | 31,441,378 | 30,449,327 | 34,744,087 | 37,963,068 | 36,143,272 | 29,332,306 | 24,232,597 | 35,885,366 |
| Bilaspur | 68,130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chandigarh | — | — | — | 49,829 | 73,418 | 108,494 | 125,944 | 158,050 | 219,697 | 215,637 | 263,189 | 285,149 | 282,879 | 269,849 | 345,538 | 453,455 |
| Chhattisgarh | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7,146,189 | 8,497,792 | 12,255,579 |
| Coorg | 63,813 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | — | — | — | 23,144 | 23,037 | 25,706 | 33,378 | 40,331 | 54,200 | 49,863 | 73,032 | 74,205 | 73,507 | 84,703 | 110,348 | 165,286 |
| Daman & Diu | — | — | — | 286,050 | 243,341 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 37,451 | 38,786 | 49,606 | 52,389 | 51,811 | 55,591 | 67,997 | 87,233 |
| Delhi | 655,900 | 811,344 | 924,885 | 1,170,743 | 1,314,480 | 1,816,372 | 1,991,869 | 2,254,869 | 3,096,655 | 2,946,814 | 4,079,296 | 4,255,606 | 3,793,697 | 4,126,443 | 5,750,309 | 8,271,766 |
| Goa | — | — | — | — | — | 299,786 | 363,126 | 421,257 | 427,065 | 319,727 | 489,547 | 538,664 | 409,944 | 553,105 | 564,255 | 817,000 |
| Gujarat | — | — | 5,526,904 | 6,818,682 | 6,401,309 | 8,353,883 | 9,141,539 | 10,916,331 | 13,281,560 | 10,950,062 | 10,248,650 | 17,062,837 | 13,878,611 | 15,213,501 | 17,472,865 | 25,824,003 |
| Haryana | — | — | — | 3,185,295 | 3,068,699 | 4,224,405 | 4,476,526 | 5,163,799 | 6,207,111 | 6,403,796 | 7,860,863 | 7,649,088 | 7,029,964 | 8,097,064 | 8,156,553 | 11,495,150 |
| Himachal Pradesh | — | — | — | 1,582,315 | 1,708,667 | 1,961,050 | 2,175,326 | 2,314,024 | 2,983,359 | 3,076,182 | 3,536,517 | 3,628,864 | 3,786,479 | 4,181,995 | 2,690,290 | 3,098,501 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | — | — | — | 872,104 | 1,219,085 | 1,479,514 | 1,377,988 | 2,258,113 | 1,066,879 | Unknown | 2,181,594 | 2,220,371 | 1,626,945 | Unknown | 2,607,335 | 3,566,863 |
| Jharkhand | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9,363,363 | 9,122,151 | 12,982,940 |
| Karnataka (Mysore) | 2,824,427 | 5,798,440 | 6,733,403 | 8,044,053 | 7,917,061 | 10,596,342 | 11,289,532 | 13,857,272 | 19,320,008 | 15,807,311 | 19,155,432 | 21,488,648 | 23,168,337 | 25,139,122 | 24,544,066 | 31,038,888 |
| Kerala | — | 6,050,246 | 5,645,940 | 6,517,765 | 6,593,446 | 9,077,000 | 8,246,713 | 11,011,029 | 15,007,250 | 14,413,243 | 14,701,014 | 14,972,844 | 15,482,676 | 15,093,960 | 15,993,463 | 17,975,893 |
| Kutch | 119,580 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11,897 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lakshadweep | — | — | — | — | — | 16,480 | 17,860 | 19,105 | 25,555 | 25,449 | 30,373 | 31,264 | 30,174 | 31,820 | 39,509 | 43,239 |
| Madhya Bharat | 1,953,571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,192,591 | 7,614,222 | 7,109,378 | 9,833,743 | 9,397,900 | 12,512,691 | 13,058,719 | 16,190,117 | 20,368,256 | 16,726,540 | 23,748,322 | 27,541,607 | 25,746,824 | 18,463,451 | 19,359,320 | 29,693,796 |
| Maharashtra | 11,528,290 | 16,760,285 | 11,721,955 | 14,391,706 | 14,391,012 | 17,404,823 | 19,018,800 | 22,451,250 | 28,256,668 | 23,708,067 | 28,979,021 | 32,096,449 | 34,660,007 | 34,263,317 | 36,963,831 | 48,718,844 |
| Manipur | 152,467 | 174,091 | Unknown | 324,796 | 265,495 | 473,895 | 742,442 | 869,614 | 875,158 | 858,194 | 968,783 | 755,960 | 901,242 | 1,035,696 | 1,338,561 | 1,412,637 |
| Meghalaya | — | — | — | — | — | 264,544 | 115,575 | 409,212 | 486,967 | 506,636 | 673,372 | 860,890 | 661,657 | 679,321 | 822,325 | 1,078,058 |
| Mizoram | — | — | 252,965 | Unknown | Unknown | 102,075 | 129,533 | Unknown | 228,202 | 242,999 | 299,593 | 307,767 | 293,513 | 349,799 | 318,981 | 433,201 |
| Nagaland | — | — | 264,770 | 0 | 148,125 | 250,016 | 294,009 | 394,820 | 607,429 | 628,015 | 772,402 | 420,714 | 728,843 | 955,690 | 1,189,012 | 1,038,910 |
| Odisha | 3,659,493 | 4,440,490 | 2,070,142 | 4,318,749 | 4,693,064 | 5,603,842 | 6,413,550 | 8,407,165 | 11,523,099 | 10,656,213 | 13,277,697 | 13,574,771 | 13,456,534 | 16,945,092 | 17,747,370 | 21,532,275 |
| Patiala and East Punjab States Union | 1,475,112 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puducherry | — | — | — | 162,193 | 172,992 | 219,560 | 256,539 | 275,654 | 383,306 | 401,741 | 477,437 | 417,786 | 444,174 | 484,336 | 607,641 | 740,017 |
| Punjab | 4,992,338 | 7,183,830 | 7,028,778 | 4,489,663 | 4,163,167 | 5,725,795 | 6,103,192 | 7,232,374 | 8,114,095 | Unknown | 9,019,302 | 9,217,254 | 8,819,200 | 10,233,165 | 11,832,399 | 13,84 |
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