Lok Sabha Election-wise percentage of Independent Candidates who forfeited their deposits across all Lok Sabha Elections
This dataset contains the Lok Sabha Election year-wise total number of Lok Sabha Seats, Total number of contestants, Total number of independent contestants, and the number of winners among the independent contestants, across all Lok Sabha Elections held in India.
Note: Data is as per the source and some columns may be empty where data was not provided by the source.
Lok Sabha Election-wise percentage of Independent Candidates who forfeited their deposits across all Lok Sabha Elections
This dataset contains the Lok Sabha Election year-wise total number of Lok Sabha Seats, Total number of contestants, Total number of independent contestants, and the number of winners among the independent contestants, across all Lok Sabha Elections held in India.
Note: Data is as per the source and some columns may be empty where data was not provided by the source.
The calendar year of the election to which the independent candidate statistics pertain.
category
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The electoral statistic being reported, such as the total number of independent candidates or the number of independent candidates who forfeited their deposit.
value
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36
The absolute count of independent candidates corresponding to the given year and category.
units
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The unit of measurement for the reported value, expressed as an absolute number.
notes
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Supplementary remarks or clarifications pertaining to the electoral statistics, if any.
Citation
Election Commission of India. (2026). Lok Sabha Election-wise percentage of Independent Candidates who forfeited their deposits across all Lok Sabha Elections [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19724
