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Around 83% of candidates successful Tamil Nadu mislaid their deposit successful the precocious concluded Assembly polls, followed by West Bengal, wherever 78% mislaid their information amount.
While 3,352 candidates forfeited their deposit successful Tamil Nadu, successful West Bengal, the fig stood astatine 2,298. Tamil Nadu besides saw the largest fig of candidates successful the canvass fray astatine 4,023, portion the commensurate fig for West Bengal was 2,920, according to the information made disposable done the Election Commission website and the ECINET App.
An predetermination information deposit is an magnitude that is to beryllium deposited with the Returning Officer erstwhile a campaigner files his oregon her nomination. The deposit has to beryllium forfeited astatine an predetermination if the fig of valid votes polled by the campaigner is little than 1/6th of the full fig of valid votes polled.
As acold arsenic percent was concerned, the slightest fig (63%) of candidates mislaid their deposit successful Assam, portion successful implicit numbers it was the Union Territory of Puducherry which astatine 220 saw the slightest fig of contestants forfeiting their deposit.
Puducherry besides had the slightest fig of candidates successful fray astatine 290.
While 563 retired of 883 candidates forfeited their deposit successful Kerala (63.75%), successful Assam, 455 retired of 722 candidates (63%) mislaid their stakes.
Tamil Nadu polled a full of 4,93,89,958 votes retired of which 4,91,24,329 were valid, and successful Kerala, the votes polled were 2,16,30,208 and retired of them 2,14,71,988 were valid. Women voters recorded a turnout of 86.2% successful Tamil Nadu, higher than the 83.77% among men. In Kerala, pistillate elector information stood astatine 81.17% against 74.9% among men.
The Union Territory of Puducherry saw 8,66,932 votes being cast, retired of which 8,59,506 were valid.
The Index Cards and Statistical Reports person been published for each 830 Assembly constituencies which went to polls. Re-poll has been scheduled astatine 144-Falta constituency successful West Bengal for May 21, 2026.
