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How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 2002

Closest contest
0.67%
Mirzapur · SP
Biggest landslide
83.32%
Amalapuram · TDP
Decided by under 1%
1
of 12 contests
Decided by under 5%
2
16.7% of contests
Contests
12
2002 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first
  1. 0.67%
    MirzapurSamajwadi PartyRam Rati Bind · Uttar Pradesh
  2. 3.74%
    KanakapuraJanata Dal (Secular)H.D.Devegowda · Karnataka
  3. 6.38%
    AkbarpurBahujan Samaj PartyTribhuvan Dutt · Uttar Pradesh
  4. 7.62%
    JammuJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceChowdhary Talib Hussain · Jammu and Kashmir
  5. 11.55%
    MehsanaBharatiya Janata PartyThakor Punjaji Sadaji · Gujarat
  6. 12.96%
    GoddaBharatiya Janata PartyPradeep Yadav · Bihar
  7. 16.47%
    DumkaJharkhand Mukti MorchaShibu Soren · Bihar
  8. 22.07%
    TripurawestCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Khagen Das · Tripura
  9. 26.94%
    NainitalIndian National CongressMahendra Singh Pal · Uttar Pradesh
  10. 28.62%
    KaliaborIndian National CongressDip Gogoi · Assam

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first
  1. 83.32%
    AmalapuramTelugu Desam PartyGanti Vijayakumari · Andhra Pradesh
  2. 56.37%
    GunaIndian National CongressJyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia · Madhya Pradesh
  3. 28.62%
    KaliaborIndian National CongressDip Gogoi · Assam
  4. 26.94%
    NainitalIndian National CongressMahendra Singh Pal · Uttar Pradesh
  5. 22.07%
    TripurawestCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Khagen Das · Tripura
  6. 16.47%
    DumkaJharkhand Mukti MorchaShibu Soren · Bihar
  7. 12.96%
    GoddaBharatiya Janata PartyPradeep Yadav · Bihar
  8. 11.55%
    MehsanaBharatiya Janata PartyThakor Punjaji Sadaji · Gujarat
  9. 7.62%
    JammuJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceChowdhary Talib Hussain · Jammu and Kashmir
  10. 6.38%
    AkbarpurBahujan Samaj PartyTribhuvan Dutt · Uttar Pradesh

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were
Under 1% 18.3%
1-5% 18.3%
5-10% 216.7%
10-20% 325.0%
20%+ 541.7%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 2002 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled

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