Analysis · competitiveness

How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 2018

Closest contest

2.33%

Gorakhpur · SP

Biggest landslide

37.71%

Uluberia · AITC

Decided by under 1%

of 13 contests

Decided by under 5%

30.8% of contests

Contests

2018 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first

2.33%
GorakhpurSamajwadi PartyPravin Kumar Nishad · Uttar Pradesh
3.33%
PalgharBharatiya Janata PartyGavit Rajendra Dhedya E · Maharashtra
4.53%
KairanaRashtriya Lok DalTabassum Begum € · Uttar Pradesh
4.87%
ShimogaBharatiya Janata PartyB.Y. Raghavendra 'E' · Karnataka
5.07%
Bhandara - GondiyaNationalist Congress PartyKukade Madhukrao Yashwantrao · Maharashtra
5.96%
ArariaRashtriya Janata DalSarfaraz Alam · Bihar
6.99%
AjmerIndian National CongressRaghu Sharma · Rajasthan
8.14%
PhulpurSamajwadi PartyNagendra Pratap Singh Patel · Uttar Pradesh
17.06%
NagalandNationalist Democratic Progressive PartyTokheho · Nagaland
17.42%
AlwarIndian National CongressDr.Karan Singh Yadav · Rajasthan

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first

37.71%
UluberiaAll India Trinamool CongressSajda Ahmed · West Bengal
36.41%
MandyaBharatiya Janata PartyL.R, Shivarame Gowda 'E' · Karnataka
23.22%
BelloryHandV.S. Ugrappa · Karnataka
17.42%
AlwarIndian National CongressDr.Karan Singh Yadav · Rajasthan
17.06%
NagalandNationalist Democratic Progressive PartyTokheho · Nagaland
8.14%
PhulpurSamajwadi PartyNagendra Pratap Singh Patel · Uttar Pradesh
6.99%
AjmerIndian National CongressRaghu Sharma · Rajasthan
5.96%
ArariaRashtriya Janata DalSarfaraz Alam · Bihar
5.07%
Bhandara - GondiyaNationalist Congress PartyKukade Madhukrao Yashwantrao · Maharashtra
4.87%
ShimogaBharatiya Janata PartyB.Y. Raghavendra 'E' · Karnataka

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were

1-5% 430.8%

5-10% 430.8%

10-20% 215.4%

20%+ 323.1%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 2018 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled