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How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 2008

Closest contest
0.52%
Warangal · TD
Biggest landslide
29.84%
Hamirpur · BJP
Decided by under 1%
1
of 10 contests
Decided by under 5%
2
20.0% of contests
Contests
10
2008 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first
  1. 0.52%
    WarangalTDErrabelli Dayakar Rao · Andhra Pradesh
  2. 2.14%
    KarimnagarBharat Rashtra SamithiK.Chandra Shekhar Rao · Andhra Pradesh
  3. 5.4%
    BetulBharatiya Janata PartyKhandelwal Hemant Vijay Kumar · Madhya Pradesh
  4. 7.2%
    HanamkondaBharat Rashtra SamithiBoianapalli Vinod Kumar · Andhra Pradesh
  5. 7.23%
    AdilabadIndian National CongressAllola Indrakaran Reddy · Andhra Pradesh
  6. 8.9%
    AzamgarhBahujan Samaj PartyAkbar Ahamad Dampi · Uttar Pradesh
  7. 10.22%
    ThaneSSAnand Prakash Paranjpe · Maharashtra
  8. 11.1%
    KhalilabadBahujan Samaj PartyBhishma Shanker Alias Kushal Tiwari · Uttar Pradesh
  9. 24.24%
    BaliaSamajwadi PartyNeeraj Shekhar · Uttar Pradesh
  10. 29.84%
    HamirpurBharatiya Janata PartyAnurag Singh Thakur · Himachal Pradesh

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first
  1. 29.84%
    HamirpurBharatiya Janata PartyAnurag Singh Thakur · Himachal Pradesh
  2. 24.24%
    BaliaSamajwadi PartyNeeraj Shekhar · Uttar Pradesh
  3. 11.1%
    KhalilabadBahujan Samaj PartyBhishma Shanker Alias Kushal Tiwari · Uttar Pradesh
  4. 10.22%
    ThaneSSAnand Prakash Paranjpe · Maharashtra
  5. 8.9%
    AzamgarhBahujan Samaj PartyAkbar Ahamad Dampi · Uttar Pradesh
  6. 7.23%
    AdilabadIndian National CongressAllola Indrakaran Reddy · Andhra Pradesh
  7. 7.2%
    HanamkondaBharat Rashtra SamithiBoianapalli Vinod Kumar · Andhra Pradesh
  8. 5.4%
    BetulBharatiya Janata PartyKhandelwal Hemant Vijay Kumar · Madhya Pradesh
  9. 2.14%
    KarimnagarBharat Rashtra SamithiK.Chandra Shekhar Rao · Andhra Pradesh
  10. 0.52%
    WarangalTDErrabelli Dayakar Rao · Andhra Pradesh

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were
Under 1% 110.0%
1-5% 110.0%
5-10% 440.0%
10-20% 220.0%
20%+ 220.0%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 2008 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled

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