Analysis · side by side

The states, ranked

Vidhan Sabha 2014. 9 states and union territories, 1,081 seats, ranked side by side.

States compared

2014 · 1,081 seats in total

Highest turnout

83.47%

Sikkim

Lowest turnout

63.33%

Maharashtra

Closest contests

6.1%

Andhra Pradesh · median margin

Most crowded ballot

15.0

Haryana · candidates per seat

[01]Turnout

Votes as a share of electors · 2014

Sikkim 83.47%32 seats

Andhra Pradesh 78.92%177 seats

Haryana 76.63%90 seats

Odisha 73.86%147 seats

Telangana 69.03%119 seats

Arunachal Pradesh 67.48%60 seats

Jharkhand 66.55%81 seats

Jammu and Kashmir 66.37%87 seats

Maharashtra 63.33%288 seats

[02]How close the contests were

Median winning margin · closest first

Andhra Pradesh 6.1%177 seats

Jharkhand 7.5%81 seats

Haryana 8.15%90 seats

Jammu and Kashmir 8.6%87 seats

Arunachal Pradesh 9.3%60 seats

Odisha 10.0%147 seats

Maharashtra 10.4%288 seats

Telangana 10.4%119 seats

Sikkim 13.85%32 seats

[03]NOTA

None of the above, as a share of votes cast

Jharkhand 1.7%2,35,045 votes

Sikkim 1.44%4,460 votes

Odisha 1.26%2,71,336 votes

Arunachal Pradesh 1.05%5,323 votes

Jammu and Kashmir 1.02%49,129 votes

Maharashtra 0.91%4,83,459 votes

Telangana 0.78%1,52,077 votes

Andhra Pradesh 0.54%1,57,316 votes

Haryana 0.43%53,613 votes

[04]Candidates per seat

How crowded the ballot paper was

Haryana 15.01,351 candidates

Maharashtra 14.34,119 candidates

Telangana 14.01,669 candidates

Jharkhand 14.01,136 candidates

Andhra Pradesh 12.82,262 candidates

Odisha 9.71,420 candidates

Jammu and Kashmir 9.6831 candidates

Sikkim 3.8121 candidates

Arunachal Pradesh 2.6155 candidates

[05]Party fragmentation

Effective number of parties by vote share · most fragmented first

Jharkhand 5.711 of 66 parties won

Maharashtra 5.413 of 91 parties won

Jammu and Kashmir 5.38 of 34 parties won

Telangana 4.710 of 69 parties won

Haryana 4.47 of 44 parties won

Odisha 3.46 of 43 parties won

Arunachal Pradesh 2.84 of 7 parties won

Andhra Pradesh 2.55 of 66 parties won

Sikkim 2.12 of 6 parties won

[06]Deposits lost

Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote

Andhra Pradesh 83.82%1,896 of 2,262

Jharkhand 83.54%949 of 1,136

Maharashtra 83.13%3,424 of 4,119

Haryana 83.05%1,122 of 1,351

Telangana 82.62%1,379 of 1,669

Odisha 75.78%1,076 of 1,420

Jammu and Kashmir 75.45%627 of 831

Sikkim 47.11%57 of 121

Arunachal Pradesh 25.16%39 of 155

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary

Turnout ranged from 83.47% in Sikkim to 63.33% in Maharashtra — a spread of 20.14 points.
83.47 - 63.33 across 9 states
Andhra Pradesh was the hardest fought: its middle seat was won by 6.1%, against 13.85% in Sikkim.
median winning margin, 177 seats against 32
Haryana had the most crowded ballot at 15.0 candidates a seat, and 83.05% of them lost their deposit.
1,351 candidates over 90 seats
NOTA was highest in Jharkhand at 1.7% — 2,35,045 voters rejected every candidate on the paper.
235,045 NOTA votes over 81 seats