Analysis · competitiveness

How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1982

Closest contest

4.81%

Jabalpur · BJP

Biggest landslide

30.7%

Lohardaga · INC

Decided by under 1%

of 9 contests

Decided by under 5%

11.1% of contests

Contests

1982 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first

4.81%
JabalpurBharatiya Janata PartyB.Pananjpe · Madhya Pradesh
10.34%
GarhwalIndependentH.N.Bahuguna · Uttar Pradesh
11.45%
MathurapurCommunist Party of India (Marxist)N.Sinha · West Bengal
12.32%
UdaipurIndian National CongressD.Verma · Rajasthan
13.26%
ThaneBharatiya Janata PartyP.J.Shiavram · Maharashtra
13.75%
PeriyakulamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJakkay.S.T.K · Tamil Nadu
23.88%
Diamond HarbourCommunist Party of India (Marxist)A.Datta · West Bengal
30.0%
BayanaIndian National CongressL.R.Ken · Rajasthan
30.7%
LohardagaIndian National CongressS.Oraon(W) · Bihar

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first

30.7%
LohardagaIndian National CongressS.Oraon(W) · Bihar
30.0%
BayanaIndian National CongressL.R.Ken · Rajasthan
23.88%
Diamond HarbourCommunist Party of India (Marxist)A.Datta · West Bengal
13.75%
PeriyakulamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJakkay.S.T.K · Tamil Nadu
13.26%
ThaneBharatiya Janata PartyP.J.Shiavram · Maharashtra
12.32%
UdaipurIndian National CongressD.Verma · Rajasthan
11.45%
MathurapurCommunist Party of India (Marxist)N.Sinha · West Bengal
10.34%
GarhwalIndependentH.N.Bahuguna · Uttar Pradesh
4.81%
JabalpurBharatiya Janata PartyB.Pananjpe · Madhya Pradesh

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were

1-5% 111.1%

10-20% 555.6%

20%+ 333.3%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1982 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled