- Â Following are some facts about the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections that begin Monday:
* Total electorate – 81.4 million (814,591,184).
* Male voters – 42.6 million (426,615,513), Female – 38.7 million (387,911,330) and Others – 28,341.
* First time voters – over 2.3 million (23,161,296).
* Polling stations – 930,000.
* 8 million civilians and 3 million security personnel deployed.
* NOTA (None Of The Above) option will be used for the first time in a parliamentary poll.
* India is the 12th country to use NOTA.
* A voter can get enrolled at one place only.
* One can contest from any constituency except autonomous districts of Assam, Lakshadweep and Sikkim.
