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How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1997

Closest contest
0.19%
Nagaur · BJP
Biggest landslide
43.76%
Baghpat · BKKP
Decided by under 1%
1
of 7 contests
Decided by under 5%
2
28.6% of contests
Contests
7
1997 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first
  1. 0.19%
    NagaurBharatiya Janata PartyBhanuprakash Mirdha · Rajasthan
  2. 1.61%
    ErnakulumIndependentAdv. Sebastian Paul · Kerala
  3. 5.62%
    ChhindwaraBharatiya Janata PartySunderlal Patwa · Madhya Pradesh
  4. 14.63%
    AskaJanata DalNabeen Patnaik · Odisha
  5. 15.78%
    RoparShiromani Akali DalSatwinder Kaur · Punjab
  6. 22.56%
    EastdelhiBharatiya Janata PartyLal Bihari Tiwari · Delhi
  7. 43.76%
    BaghpatBharatiya Krantikari Kammand PartyAjit Singh · Uttar Pradesh

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first
  1. 43.76%
    BaghpatBharatiya Krantikari Kammand PartyAjit Singh · Uttar Pradesh
  2. 22.56%
    EastdelhiBharatiya Janata PartyLal Bihari Tiwari · Delhi
  3. 15.78%
    RoparShiromani Akali DalSatwinder Kaur · Punjab
  4. 14.63%
    AskaJanata DalNabeen Patnaik · Odisha
  5. 5.62%
    ChhindwaraBharatiya Janata PartySunderlal Patwa · Madhya Pradesh
  6. 1.61%
    ErnakulumIndependentAdv. Sebastian Paul · Kerala
  7. 0.19%
    NagaurBharatiya Janata PartyBhanuprakash Mirdha · Rajasthan

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were
Under 1% 114.3%
1-5% 114.3%
5-10% 114.3%
10-20% 228.6%
20%+ 228.6%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1997 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled

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