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How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1977

Closest contest
0.0%
Kolhapur · PWPI
Biggest landslide
80.84%
Hajipur · BLD
Decided by under 1%
7
of 540 contests
Decided by under 5%
49
9.1% of contests
Contests
540
1977 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first
  1. 0.0%
    KolhapurPeasants and Workers Party of IndiaDesai Dajiba Balwantrao · Maharashtra
  2. 0.2%
    DhubriIndian National CongressAhmmad Hossen · Assam
  3. 0.3%
    HassanBharatiya Lok DalS. Nanjesha Gowda · Karnataka
  4. 0.5%
    GodhraIndian National CongressDesai Hitendrabhai Kanaiyalal · Gujarat
  5. 0.7%
    VelloreIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Dhandayuthapani V. · Tamil Nadu
  6. 0.7%
    JangipurCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sasankasekher Sanyal · West Bengal
  7. 0.9%
    MukundapuramIndian National CongressA. C. George · Kerala
  8. 1.04%
    ChhindwaraIndian National CongressGargishankar Ramkrishna Mishra · Madhya Pradesh
  9. 1.1%
    KanakapuraIndian National CongressM. V. Chandrasekhara Murthy · Karnataka
  10. 1.1%
    JamnagarBharatiya Lok DalVinodbhai B. Sheth · Gujarat

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first
  1. 80.84%
    HajipurBharatiya Lok DalRam Vilas Paswan · Bihar
  2. 79.3%
    FerozepurShiromani Akali DalMohinder Singh Sayanwala · Punjab
  3. 77.36%
    ChapraBharatiya Lok DalLalu Prasad · Bihar
  4. 71.32%
    VaishaliBharatiya Lok DalDigvijoy Narain Singh · Bihar
  5. 70.89%
    NawadaBharatiya Lok DalNathuni Ram · Bihar
  6. 65.91%
    MuzaffarpurBharatiya Lok DalGeorge Fernandes · Bihar
  7. 65.5%
    KarnalBharatiya Lok DalBhagwat Dayal · Haryana
  8. 65.1%
    RohtakBharatiya Lok DalSher Singh · Haryana
  9. 64.74%
    PatnaBharatiya Lok DalMaha Maya Prasad Sinha · Bihar
  10. 64.5%
    SonepatBharatiya Lok DalMukhtiar Singh · Haryana

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were
Under 1% 71.3%
1-5% 427.8%
5-10% 499.1%
10-20% 12823.7%
20%+ 31458.1%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1977 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled

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