Analysis · side by side

The states, ranked

Lok Sabha 1952. 7 states and union territories, 89 seats, ranked side by side.

States compared

1952 · 89 seats in total

Highest turnout

74.31%

Punjab

Lowest turnout

45.95%

Rajasthan

Closest contests

—%

— · median margin

Most crowded ballot

7.0

Manipur · candidates per seat

[01]Turnout

Votes as a share of electors · 1952

Punjab 74.31%15 seats

Assam 63.91%10 seats

West Bengal 60.91%26 seats

Manipur 51.07%2 seats

Tripura 47.72%2 seats

Odisha 47.48%16 seats

Rajasthan 45.95%18 seats

[02]How close the contests were

Median winning margin · closest first

[04]Candidates per seat

How crowded the ballot paper was

Manipur 7.014 candidates

Punjab 6.7101 candidates

West Bengal 5.7148 candidates

Rajasthan 4.174 candidates

Assam 4.040 candidates

Odisha 3.658 candidates

Tripura 3.57 candidates

[05]Party fragmentation

Effective number of parties by vote share · most fragmented first

Manipur 6.62 of 9 parties won

West Bengal 4.25 of 13 parties won

Punjab 4.12 of 11 parties won

Rajasthan 3.64 of 11 parties won

Assam 3.62 of 9 parties won

Odisha 3.54 of 6 parties won

Tripura 2.21 of 4 parties won

[06]Deposits lost

Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote

Punjab 67.33%68 of 101

Manipur 64.29%9 of 14

West Bengal 58.11%86 of 148

Tripura 57.14%4 of 7

Rajasthan 43.24%32 of 74

Assam 37.5%15 of 40

Odisha 32.76%19 of 58

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary

Turnout ranged from 74.31% in Punjab to 45.95% in Rajasthan — a spread of 28.36 points.
74.31 - 45.95 across 7 states
Manipur had the most crowded ballot at 7.0 candidates a seat, and 64.29% of them lost their deposit.
14 candidates over 2 seats
1 state or UT returned a clean sweep — every seat went to a single party.
1 of 7 scopes with PartiesWon = 1