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How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1991

Closest contest
0.0%
Churu · BJP
Biggest landslide
84.6%
Sikkim · SIKKIM
Decided by under 1%
23
of 534 contests
Decided by under 5%
131
24.5% of contests
Contests
534
1991 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first
  1. 0.0%
    ChuruBharatiya Janata PartyRam Singh · Rajasthan
  2. 0.03%
    AkbarpurJanata DalRam Awadh · Uttar Pradesh
  3. 0.1%
    TamlukCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Satyagopal Misra · West Bengal
  4. 0.1%
    DavangereIndian National CongressChannaiah Odeyar · Karnataka
  5. 0.18%
    BapatlaTelugu Desam PartyVenkateswara Rao Daggubati · Andhra Pradesh
  6. 0.2%
    ChirayinkilCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Suseela Gopalan (W) · Kerala
  7. 0.23%
    RaipurIndian National CongressVidyacharan Shukla · Madhya Pradesh
  8. 0.3%
    MaldaIndian National CongressAbdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Choudhary · West Bengal
  9. 0.3%
    FerozepurBahujan Samaj PartyMohan Singh S/o Kansha Singh · Punjab
  10. 0.31%
    FirozabadBharatiya Janata PartyPrabhu Dayal Katheria · Uttar Pradesh

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first
  1. 84.6%
    SikkimSikkim Sangram ParishadDil Kumari Bhandari (W) · Sikkim
  2. 74.8%
    Tripura WestIndian National CongressSantosh Mohan Deo · Tripura
  3. 72.7%
    Tripura EastIndian National CongressBibhu Kumari Devi (W) · Tripura
  4. 56.8%
    BaramatiIndian National CongressAjit Annatrao Pawar · Maharashtra
  5. 56.3%
    Tarn TaranIndian National CongressSurinder Singh Kairon · Punjab
  6. 54.01%
    CuddapahIndian National CongressY.S. Rajasekhar Reddy · Andhra Pradesh
  7. 49.6%
    IchalkaranjiIndian National CongressMane Balaso Alias Rajaram Shankarrao · Maharashtra
  8. 49.44%
    HajipurJanata DalRam Sunder Das · Bihar
  9. 48.8%
    PandharpurIndian National CongressThorat Sandipan Bhagwan · Maharashtra
  10. 48.4%
    TiruchendurIndian National CongressDhanushkodi Athinthan R. · Tamil Nadu

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were
Under 1% 234.3%
1-5% 10820.2%
5-10% 12122.7%
10-20% 15028.1%
20%+ 13224.7%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1991 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled

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