Out of 211 candidates who were in the fray for entry into the lok Sabha from Chhattisgarh, only 22 managed to save their security deposit.
As many as 189 candidates did not receive one-sixth of the total valid votes and thus their security deposit was forfeited. It is after 1986 general elections, such great number of candidates have contested in the lok Sabha polls in the State. But most of them failed to impress the voters despite increase in polling percentage.
Those who managed to get one-sixth of the total valid votes were the 11 victorious candidates and 11 candidates who remained on second position. All others failed to cross the one-sixth mark and lost their deposit. As per the records, as many as 176 candidates had contested in the 2009 lok Sabha elections out of which 151 had lost security deposit.
Similarly in 2004 as many as 109 had contested out of which 79 had lost their deposit. In the 1999 elections as many as 104 candidates had contested out of which 71 had lost their security deposit.