New Record in 16th Loksabha Election: Modi Effect

India is waiting for the results of Loksabha General Election 2014 - Country’s biggest election which was completed on Monday after 36 days (Since 7^th April) in 9 phases. All records were broken by the voters of India by making 66.38% which is 2.39 % more voting than the previous record in 1984 when voters of India casted 64% votes to make Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister against the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

With the grand entry of Shri Narendra Modi at National level, it is noteworthy that enthusiastic citizens of India have indicated a drastic change in Indian politics. On Monday, voting for the remaining 41 seats were also done with a high tempo. Now, all the 81.4 crore voters are waiting for new government which is going to be disclosed on 16^th May.

Glimpses of General Election – 2014
·         First time in 9 phases
·         More than 12 crores new voters
·         2.31 voters b/w age of 18-19 years
·         Modi disclosed name of his wife, Jashodaben

The following states increased the number of voters:

State	percentage	Increased by		State	Percent	Increased by
Goa	76.82	21.54		Gujarat	63.31	15.41
Rajasthan	63.02	14.62		Chhattisgarh	69.48	14.20
Delhi	64.77	12.92		Jharkhand	63.73	12.75
Madhyapradesh	62.23	11.07		Asam	80.13	10.60
Mizoram	62.20	10.40		Karnataka	67.28	8.47
Odisha	73.78	8.45		Hariyana	73.00	5.51
Maharashtra	56.00	5.29		Panjab	73.00	3.00
Arunachal	71.00	2.84		Tamilnadu	73.68	0.65