Analysis · competitiveness

How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1996

Closest contest

0.0%

Baroda · INC

Biggest landslide

64.2%

Tura · INC

Decided by under 1%

of 543 contests

Decided by under 5%

154

28.4% of contests

Contests

543

1996 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first

0.0%
BarodaIndian National CongressGaekwad Satyajitsinh Dilipsinh · Gujarat
0.1%
PondicherryIndian National CongressM.O.H. Farook · Puducherry
0.1%
KotaBharatiya Janata PartyDau Dayal Joshi · Rajasthan
0.1%
BulsarBharatiya Janata PartyManibhai Ramjibhai Chaudhari · Gujarat
0.2%
TrichurCommunist Party of IndiaV.V.Raghavan · Kerala
0.2%
KaliaborAsom Gana ParishadKeshab Mahanta · Assam
0.21%
EluruTelugu Desam PartyBolla Buli Ramaiah · Andhra Pradesh
0.23%
BalaghatIndian National CongressVishveshwar Bhagat · Madhya Pradesh
0.3%
MoradabadSamajwadi PartyShafiqur Rahman Warq · Uttar Pradesh
0.35%
SaharanpurBharatiya Janata PartyNakli Singh · Uttar Pradesh

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first

64.2%
TuraIndian National CongressPurno Agitok Sangma · Meghalaya
47.08%
PurneaSamajwadi PartyRajesh Ranjan · Bihar
46.9%
Madras CentralDravida Munnetra KazhagamMurasoli Maran · Tamil Nadu
46.2%
SikkimSikkim Democratic FrontBhim Prasad Dahal · Sikkim
44.9%
Madras NorthDravida Munnetra KazhagamSomu N.V.N · Tamil Nadu
44.02%
GwaliorMadhya Pradesh Vikas CongressMadhavrao Scindhiya · Madhya Pradesh
42.82%
PilibhitJanata DalManeka Gandhi · Uttar Pradesh
41.9%
JhargramCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Rupchand Murmu · West Bengal
38.51%
MadhepuraJanata DalSharad Yadav · Bihar
38.3%
Madras SouthDravida Munnetra KazhagamBaalu T.R · Tamil Nadu

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were

Under 1% 285.2%

1-5% 12623.2%

5-10% 14226.2%

10-20% 13825.4%

20%+ 10920.1%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1996 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled