2022 Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections metrics



1. 2022 & 2017: Total number of contestants 2. 2022 & 2017: Percentage of women contestants 3. 2022 & 2017: Total number of political parties 4. 2022 & 2017: Percentage of rerunning incumbents 5. 2022 & 2017: Average age of contestants 6. 2017 Parties contested and represented 7. 2017 Percentage of first time MLAs 8. 2017 Party-wise first time MLAs 9. 2017 Turncoats 10. 2017 Turncoats by party 11. 2017 Voter Turnout 12. Constituencies 13. 2017 Representation by Gender 14. 2017 Party Seat Share 15. 2017 Seat Share across States (INC & BJP)

1.   2022 & 2017: Total number of contestants

(red shows decrease, green shows an increase)




State 2017: Total Contestants 2022: Total Contestants Link to historical data
Gujarat 1828 1621 Link for Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh 338 412 Link for Himachal_Pradesh

Note:
1. NOTA is not included in total candidate count.

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2.  2022 & 2017: Percentage of women contestants




State 2017: Women Contestants 2022: Women Contestants
Gujarat 126 139
Himachal Pradesh 19 24
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3.  2022 & 2017: Total number of political parties




State 2017: Parties Contested 2022: Parties Contested Link to historical data
Gujarat 66 72 Link for Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh 19 15 Link for Himachal_Pradesh

Note:
1. NOTA is not included in total party count.

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4.  2022 & 2017: Percentage of rerunning incumbents




State 2017: Rerunning Incumbent Count 2017: Total Contestants 2022: Rerunning Incumbent Count 2022: Total Contestants Link to historical data
Himachal Pradesh 56 338 56 412 Link for Himachal_Pradesh
Gujarat 110 1828 119 1621 Link for Gujarat

Note:
1. Refer to Lok Dhaba Documentation to understand how rerunning incumbents are calculated.

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5.  2022 & 2017: Average age of contestants




State 2017: Age 2022: Age
Gujarat 45.36 46.30
Himachal Pradesh 50.91 50.31
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6.  2017: Parties contested and represented

State Name 2012: Parties Contested 2012: Parties Represented 2017: Parties Contested 2017: Parties Represented Link to historical data
Gujarat 41 6 66 5 Link for Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh 16 4 19 4 Link for Himachal_Pradesh


Note:
1. Party represented contains any party that secured atleast one seat in the state
2. Party contested contains any party that contested election atleast one seat in the state

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7.  2017: Percentage of first time MLAs







State First time MLAs from Major Parties First time MLAs Total_Seats Link to historical data
Gujarat 72 76 182 Link for Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh 9 11 68 Link for Himachal_Pradesh


Note:
1. First time MLA refers to an elected candidate that contested election for the first time, including 2017 election
2. First time contestant refers to any candidate that contested election for the first time, including 2017 election
3. Percentage contribution of major parties in first-time contestants and MLAs is percentage calculated as a function of total first-time contestant and MLAs in the state, respectively.
4. Major Parties are parties that secured a vote share greater or equal to 5% in the state (Vote Share = Total votes secured by the party in the state * 100 / Total votes polled in the state)

Gujarat: BJP, INC
Himachal Pradesh: BJP, INC

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8.  2017: Party-wise first time MLAs


Note:
1. Percentage formula considered: [ Count of first time MLAs from the party / Count of first time MLAs (total) ] *100
2. Presence of state's name without any bar reflect that party participated in the state but value stood zero for first time MLAs from party

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9.  2017: Turncoats

State 2012: Total Turncoat 2012: Total Contestants 2017: Total Turncoat 2017: Total Contestants Link to historical data
Gujarat 37 1666 50 1828 Link for Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh 30 459 13 338 Link for Himachal Pradesh


Note:
1. Percentage formula considered: [ Count of turncoats / Count of total contestants] *100

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10.  2017: Turncoats by party


Note:
1. Percentage formula considered: [ Count of turncoats in the party / Count of total turncoats in the state] *100

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11.  2017: Voter turnout



State 2012 2017 Link to historical data
Gujarat 71.96 68.96 Link for Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh 73.37 75.30 Link for Himachal_Pradesh
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12.  Constituency Type

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13.  2017: Percentage of winners and contestants by gender




Note:
1. Total contestants also contain 4 records marked as 'Other' (Lok Dhaba)

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14.  2017: Seat share of major parties




Note:
1. The remaining parties are clubbed under 'Other'

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15.  2017: INC and BJP seat share across states



State_Name Party Seat Count Total Seats Percentage
Gujarat INC 77 182 42.31
Himachal Pradesh INC 21 68 30.88
State_Name Party Seat Count Total Seats Percentage
Gujarat BJP 99 182 54.40
Himachal Pradesh BJP 44 68 64.71
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