LS polls: 178 members win with 30% or less votes in 2024, up from 125 in 2019
Millennium Post Delhi|December 28, 2024
ECI REPORT HIGHLIGHTS LOW VOTE SHARE FOR MANY MPs
SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE

NEW DELHI: An analysis of data released by the Election Commission of India has revealed that 178 members of the 17th Lok Sabha were elected with 30 per cent or fewer votes from their respective constituencies. This represents a significant rise from 125 members in the 2019 elections, marking nearly one-third of the 542 seats in the lower house. The trend highlights the increasingly fragmented nature of India's electoral landscape, raising questions about the representativeness of elected officials under the first-past-the-post system.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which emerged as the single largest party with 240 seats, saw 57 of its MPs securing victory with less than 30 per cent of the vote share in their constituencies. Similarly, the Congress party, which won 99 seats, had 30 MPs elected with this marginal voter backing.

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