Election Trivia

Loksabha Election 2014:

• The largest constituency by area is Ladakh (1.73 Lakh sq-km) and the smallest is Chandani Chowk (10.59 sq-km)
• The most remote polling booth is one in Gujrat's Gir Forest, set up to enable a lone voter, a priest, to cast his vote
• The word candidate comes from the Latin 'candidatus', meanings, 'one clad in white'
• 'Ballot' and 'Bullet' are bothe derived from words for 'balls'. The greeks dropped a white ball when they favored a candidate, and a black one when they were against him 
• Elections in the 1950s were carried out sing different ballot boxes for each candidate, rather than voting on ballot paper. Different coloured boxes represented different parties
• Atal bihari Vajpayee is the only politician who has won from six different constituency: Balarampur in 1957 and 1967; Gawlior in 1971; New Delhi in 1977 and 1980; Vidisha in 1991; Gandhinagar in 1996; Lucknow in 1991, 1996 and 1998

2009's Kangal XI: Candidates with the lowest declared assets in the 2009 LS polls

CANDIDATE	CONSTITUENCY	PARTY	EDUCATION	ASSETS
Kumar Rajesh	Nalanda	IND	Graduate	Rs 2
Ajay Pratap Singh	Aonla	IND	Not Given	Rs 31
Ghouse Mohinudclin	Mahnubnagar	IND	Not Given	Rs 40
Bhagauti	Barabanki	AD	5th Pass	Rs 100
Kunjan Pulayan	Thrissur	IND	5th Pass	Rs 220
Chiyar Peethambaran	Idukki	IND	12th Pass	Rs 270
Govindbhai Padhiyar	Jamnagar	IND	Literate	Rs 300
Haynath Waghode	Kalyan	KM	12th Pass	Rs 388
Bankar Milind Ranuji	Aurangabad	IND	8th Pass	Rs 457
Chandrakant Phupane	Palghar	BBM	Literate	Rs 500
Kambale Bansilal	Latur	IND	Literate	Rs 500