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Election Deposit Trend in 2026
May 15 , 2026
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- Around 83% of candidates in Tamil Nadu lost their election security deposit in the 2026 Assembly elections.
- An election security deposit is the amount paid to the Returning Officer while filing nomination papers for an election.
- The deposit is forfeited if a candidate gets less than one-sixth (1/6) of the total valid votes polled in the constituency.
- Tamil Nadu recorded the highest percentage of candidates losing deposits, followed by West Bengal, where 78% of candidates lost their deposits.
- In Tamil Nadu, 3,352 candidates lost their deposits out of 4,023 candidates who contested the Assembly elections.
- In West Bengal, 2,298 candidates forfeited their deposits out of 2,920 candidates in the election fray.
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