The document provides statistics and information about the democratic system and governance structure in India. It discusses that India has a population of 120 crore people and uses a representative democracy with elected members at the national and state levels. At the national level there are 550 Members of Parliament. At the state level there are around 4200 Members of the Legislative Assembly who represent constituencies of around 2-3 lakh people each. It also provides numbers related to voters, polling stations and local governance responsibilities.

1. STATS

2. • India is democratic country.
• Broadly speaking it means::
• Meaning everybody is allowed to participate on how nations natural
resources and human resources be used for common good of all citizens.
• And this we achieve by , framing laws together to govern our social ,
economic and cultural lives .
• Initial hard-work of Codifying the laws and Structure to ensure the
above two , were documented in form of constitution.
• In a way , it’s assumed that , who ever is part of this country , has
voluntary signed this contract named “Constitution”.

3. • Given the huge size of country ( 120cr ppl ) , to ensure participation we
needed a hierarchical approach in decision making .
• So , what we did , at National level , we created a system of people
representative , one guy to represent opinion/well being of whole bunch of
people .
• To throw some number , 10-20 lakh ppl are represented by a Guy , we call
MP.
• Overall we have around 550 of them for Voting population of 70cr(ppl
above age 18).

4. • Next question, that may come to our mind , what’s use of states then ,
• Clearly though we would like to think that all these 120 crore , suddenly
one fine day decided to form a nation , to use the geographically unevenly
distributed natural resources for benefit of all .
• But this isn’t the reality , it took lot of convincing and sometimes force , to
combine these states ( once independently ruled units ) into a one big
nation.
• Though we showed them the big picture but convincing people to let go
their freedom , isn’t a easy affair , so we struck a deal in between .
• Making us to follow two level of management.
• We repeated the structure that we have for Centre , in these states too.
• Representative System , Here we call these folks as MLA’s.
• Overall we have around 4200 of them

5. • Now what we have got , 2 –level of management structure.
• At Centre : MP ( Parliament | Sansad )
• At States : MLA ( State Assembly | Vidhan Sabha)
• MP ~ 10-20 lakh ppl.
• MLA ~ 2-3 lakh ppl.
• thumb_rule:: MP (area) = Sum of 6-8 MLA(areas)

6. • Clearly people are people , no matter where on this surface of earth they
are , in their lifetime most of them will end up following overall the same
general templates of life ( barring few exceptions) .
• 90% stick by the time tested templates of life.
• Lets ask this question, what are the common things that
everybody(family) needs, house/food , 24X7 water , 24X7 electricity ,
Sewage & Sanitation facility to keep houses/roads/ city/constituency clean
, good roads , good public transportation , trust worthy Law & Order ,
education , healthcare , entertainment , tourism , employment etc.
• One can add more and more items to the list , as the economy grows , lot
more newer product & services gets added , thus expanding the needs.
• But for now, lets focus on basic ones : 24X7 electricity , 24X7 water ,
high quality sewage & sanitation , good roads , public transportation and
trustworthy law & Order.

7. • Let see how we can ensure above mentioned things to all the residents of
our smaller unit , assembly constituency .
• As discussed in our story of the nation , most basic things are delivered by
system , and people can participate in that via feedbacks/complaints.
• More ever, how system ( Government Department ) works is made
available to the residents via citizen charter , how was a particular
decision was made or file moved in the system one can get under RTI act.
• So what we thought lets use modern day information technology to
develop the means for them to participate, thus effectively controlling the
governance in the smaller unit.

8. STATS RECAP
• Total population of India 120cr.
• Total number of voters : 75 Crore.
• Total Assembly constituencies : ~ 4200
• Average Number of voters per AC ~ 2lacs
• Total polling booths :7,00,000
• Average polling booths per AC : 200
• Average voter per booth: 1071 ppl.

9. • Total number of city assembly constituencies:
• 3800x1/5 ~ 800
• Total big cities ( top 6 ) constituencies
• 227
• Total voters there ~ 5 crore
• Total smartphones ~ 1.5 crore
• Android powered 60%.

10. • Where govt. lacks , NGO’s fill in
• In this country we have close to 33 lakhs registered NGO’s , roughly 1 per 400
ppl , and most of them active in traditional area of concern of government.
• Like education , water supply , electricity , health etc.
• Tells a lot about the frustration of people with the government.
• People just don’t trust government machineries.
• They have taken things into their own hands forming a govt. equivalent
machinery outside the government.
• Clearly, Not good for any country.
• Says a lot about the rampant Mis-governance in the country.
• Mis-governance prevails when people don’t have voice , system goes from non-
responsive to exploitative one.
• Rahne do yaar , chalta hain attitude becomes the norm.

11. • What everybody wants from government:
• At local level, basic amenities : 24X7 water , 24X7 electricity , Good Roads ,
Affordable high quality Public transportation , world class sewage & sanitation
system , trustworthy Law & Order system etc.
• On top , Time bound delivery of public services.
• Govt. departments deliver it , and they are answerable to people
representatives.
• Public representative are to people .
• Looking at volume, it’s hard for every one to talk , in person with MLA.
• At local level people care about , water electricity , sewage & sanitation ,roads ,
transportation , law & order .
• All big things are of concern to only 10% of population.

12. • To efficiently deliver governance , one needs to involve common man ,
they will be involved only if you ask something he/she understands.
• Ask his/her view on policy and you get garbage, ask his/her feedback on
quality of things you get opinions.
• Design engineered templates and then you ask him/her to express , you
get perfect data points .
• Which has potential to change the course of local politics.
• From focusing on winning elections , to solving people’s problem , thus
ensuring system is up and running through out the tenure.

16. FEW MORE NUMBERS:
• Typical city assembly constituencies area 40km^2
• Typical voter population : 2,00,000
• Total grid points per 1km^2 ~ 100
• Total grid points per assembly constituency ~ 4000
• People per grid point ~ 50 ( 2lak/4kpts.)
• Whether that zone has quality public utilities & services.
• Let people be the judge , let people from that point tell.

17. STATE /UT
Type of Constituencies on the
basis of the Delimitation Order
1976
TOTA
L
Type of
Constituencies on
the basis of the
Delimitation
Order 2008
Gen. SC ST Gen. SC ST
States
Andhra Pradesh 240 39 15 294 227 48 19
Arunachal Pradesh 1 - 59 60 1 - 59
Assam 102 8 16 126 102 8 16
Bihar 204 39 - 243 203 38 2
Chhattisgarh 46 10 34 90 51 10 29
Goa 39 1 - 40 39 1 -
Gujarat 143 13 26 182 142 13 27
Haryana 73 17 - 90 73 17 -
Himachal Pradesh 49 16 3 68 48 17 3
Jammu & Kashmir* 80 7 - 87* -* -* -*
Jharkhand 44 9 28 81 44 9 28
Karnataka 189 33 2 224 173 36 15
Kerala 126 13 1 140 124 14 2
Madhya Pradesh 156 33 41 230 148 35 47
Maharashtra 248 18 22 288 234 29 25
Manipur 40 1 19 60 40 1 19
Meghalaya 5 - 55 60 5 - 55
Mizoram 1 - 39 40 1 - 39
Nagaland 1 - 59 60 1 - 59
Orissa 91 22 34 147 90 24 33
Punjab 88 29 - 117 83 34 -
Rajasthan 143 33 24 200 141 34 25
Sikkim** 18 2 12 32** 17** 2** 12**
Tamil Nadu 189 42 3 234 188 44 2
Tripura 33 7 20 60 30 10 20
Uttar Pradesh 314 89 - 403 318 85 -
Uttarakhand 55 12 3 70 55 13 2

18. Number of Polling
Stations
Sl. No. States/Union Territory
Number of Polling
Station
General Elections 1999
Number of Polling
Station General
Elections 2004
1 Adhra Pradesh 60,960 56,036
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1,741 1,756
3 Assam 17,653 17,646
4 Bihar 83,170 49,683
5 Chhattisgarh * 0* 15,669
6 Goa 1,135 1,003
7 Gujarat 35,053 36,826
8 Haryana 15,449 12,574
9 Himachal Pradesh 6,230 6,232
10 Jammu & Kashmir 6,513 7,215
11 Jharkhand * 0* 17,061
12 Karnataka 44,497 39,788
13 Kerala 23,007 20,333
14 Madhya Pradesh 56,455 42,312
15 Maharashtra 74,111 62,476
16 Manipur 2,001 2,003
17 Meghalaya 1,576 1,582
18 Mizoram 782 798
19 Nagaland 1,581 1,586
20 Orissa 30,015 26,250
21 Punjab 18,220 15,649
22 Rajasthan 40,869 35,835
23 Sikkim 336 349
24 Tamil Nadu 54,847 45,729
25 Tripura 2,367 2,372
26 Uttar Pradesh 123,862 102,359
27 Uttarakhand * 6,819
28 West Bengal 61,514 48,775

19. • Andaman Nicobar Islands = MLA s: 0, MP s: 1
• Andhra pradesh = MLA s: 294, MP s: 43
• Arunachal Pradesh = MLA s: 60, MP s: 2
• ASSAM = MLA s: 126, MP s: 14
• Bihar = MLA s: 244, MP s: 40 ,
• Chatisgargh = MLA s: 90, MP s: 11 ,
• Dadra And Nagar Haveli = MLA s: 0, MP s: 1
• Daman and diu = MLA s: 0, MP s: 1
• Goa = MLAs: 41, MP s: 2
• Gujarat = MLAs: 232, MP s: 26
• Haryana =MLA s: 118, MP s: 10
• Jammu and Kashmir = MLA s: 87, MP s: 7
• Himachal Pradesh = MLA s: 68, MP s: 4
• Jharkhand = MLAs: 81, MP s: 14,
• Lakshadweep = MLAs: 0, MP s: 1
• Karnataka = MLAs: 255,MP s: 29,
• Kerala = MLA s: 169, MP s: 22
• Madhya Pradesh = MLA s: 232,MP s: 29
• Maharashtra = MLA s: 316, MP s: 50
manipur = MLA s: 60, MP s: 2
Mizoram = MLA s: 34,f MP s: 1 ,
Nagaland = MLA s: 60, MP s: 1
New Delhi = MLA s: 69, MP s: 7
Orissa = MLA s: 147, MP s: 21
Pondicherry = MLA s: 36, MP s: 1
Punjab = MLA s: 116, MP s: 15,
Rajastan = MLA s: 201, MP s: 26
Sikkim = MLA s: 32, MP s: 1
Tamil Nadu = MLA s: 274, MP s: 40
Tripura = MLA s: 6
Uttar Pradesh = MLA s: 403, MP s: 80
Uttarakhand = MLA s: 70, MP s: 5
West Bengal = MLA s: 294, MP s: 43
Total MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly)s of all states in India
=4215.
Total MP (Member of Parliament) s in India = 545.

20. SOURCES FOR STATS
• http://www.helpyourngo.com/search-ngo.html#DETAILS
• http://ngo.india.gov.in/auth/default.php
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/seat_in_legislativeassembilies.aspx
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ElectionStatistics.aspx
• http://rti.aidindia.org/content/view/221/76/
• http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/