India Election Statistics

No	Particulars	Description
1	No. of States	28
2	No. of Union territories (UT)	7
3	No. of constituencies	543
4	No. of National Political Parties	6
5	No. of State Political Parties	45
6	No. of candidates	5,435
7	No. of polling booths	8,28,804
8	No. of registered voters	71,40,00,000
9	No. of electronic voting machines (EVM)	10,75,000
10	No. of election personnel engaged	61,00,000
11	Legal limit of campaign spending by individual candidates	Rs.2,500,000
12	No. of counting centres	1,200
13	No. of bottles of indelible ink used	2,000,000
14	smallest constituency (based on electorate)	Lakshadweep
15	largest constituency	Delhi
16	estimated cost of 2009 election	Rs.1,00,00,00,00,000
17	No. of Constituencies Reserved for SC/ST Candidates	120
18	No. of women candidates	354
19	No. of Registered Unrecognised Parties	702