Analysis · competitiveness

How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1967

Closest contest

0.1%

Karnal · INC

Biggest landslide

63.46%

Guna · SWA

Decided by under 1%

of 518 contests

Decided by under 5%

115

22.2% of contests

Contests

518

1967 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first

0.1%
KarnalIndian National CongressM. Ram · Haryana
0.1%
TumkurPragati Sheel PartyK. Lakkappa · Karnataka
0.1%
TiruchendurSwatantra PartySantosham · Tamil Nadu
0.12%
SagarBharatiya Jana SanghRamsingh · Madhya Pradesh
0.14%
SitamarhiIndian National CongressN.P. Yadav · Bihar
0.17%
KannaujSikkim Sangram ParishadR.M. Lohia · Uttar Pradesh
0.2%
AliporeCommunist Party of IndiaI. Gupta · West Bengal
0.3%
Bombay North WestIndian National CongressS. H. Shah · Maharashtra
0.3%
PandharpurIndian National CongressT. H. Sonavane · Maharashtra
0.37%
KatiharIndian National CongressS. Keshari · Bihar

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first

63.46%
GunaSwatantra PartyV.R. Scindhia · Madhya Pradesh
61.0%
BikanerIndependentK. Singh · Rajasthan
54.94%
ShahdolIndian National CongressG. Kumari · Madhya Pradesh
51.7%
KaradIndian National CongressD. R. Chavan · Maharashtra
48.11%
GwaliorBharatiya Jana SanghR. Avtar · Madhya Pradesh
47.1%
SuratIndian National CongressM.R. Desai · Gujarat
44.6%
MahasuIndian National CongressV. Singh · Himachal Pradesh
43.6%
SirsaIndian National CongressD. Singh · Haryana
42.63%
NandyalIndian National CongressP. V.Subbaiah · Andhra Pradesh
41.95%
BagalkotIndian National CongressS. B. Patil · Karnataka

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were

Under 1% 285.4%

1-5% 8716.8%

5-10% 11121.4%

10-20% 15429.7%

20%+ 13826.6%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1967 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled