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Many enthusiastic Independents in poll
Bhopal, Nov 20: Undeterred by crushing defeats, loss of money, energy and time, a large number of independent candidates jump into the fray regularly in elections to cross swords with party heavyweights.
Bhopal, Nov 20: Undeterred by crushing defeats, loss of money, energy and time, a large number of independent candidates jump into the fray regularly in elections to cross swords with party heavyweights.
Their enthusiasm can be gauged from the candidates' list for the December 1 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh where as many as 878 hopefuls are fighting the electoral battle as independent candidates.
Though their number has marginally declined from that in the 1998 assembly elections in the state when 900 Independent candidates had contested the polls, they still constitute more than 40 per cent of the total number of 2,171 aspirants in the race for the 230-member house.
A close scrutiny of past election statistics shows that Independents have always been a special feature in all elections despite most of them facing defeat.
In 1998 assembly polls which witnessed 900 Independent candidates in the field, barely one per cent of them emerged victorious while a total of 868 had to bite the dust.
The number of independent candidates in the 1993 assembly elections in the state was much higher at 1,792 while eight of them could taste victory at the Hustings. Out of those who lost the battle, 1,744 had to lose their deposits.
There were altogether 2,707 independent candidates in the race for the 1990 assembly elections out of whom ten emerged victorious while 2,665 had to forfeit their deposits.
Bureau Report
Though their number has marginally declined from that in the 1998 assembly elections in the state when 900 Independent candidates had contested the polls, they still constitute more than 40 per cent of the total number of 2,171 aspirants in the race for the 230-member house.
A close scrutiny of past election statistics shows that Independents have always been a special feature in all elections despite most of them facing defeat.
In 1998 assembly polls which witnessed 900 Independent candidates in the field, barely one per cent of them emerged victorious while a total of 868 had to bite the dust.
The number of independent candidates in the 1993 assembly elections in the state was much higher at 1,792 while eight of them could taste victory at the Hustings. Out of those who lost the battle, 1,744 had to lose their deposits.
There were altogether 2,707 independent candidates in the race for the 1990 assembly elections out of whom ten emerged victorious while 2,665 had to forfeit their deposits.
Bureau Report