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How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 2006

Closest contest
0.02%
Bobbili · INC
Biggest landslide
70.83%
Raebareilly · INC
Decided by under 1%
1
of 12 contests
Decided by under 5%
1
8.3% of contests
Contests
12
2006 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first
  1. 0.02%
    BobbiliIndian National CongressJhansi Lakshmi Botcha · Andhra Pradesh
  2. 9.66%
    MaldaIndian National CongressAbu Hasem Khan Choudhury (E) · West Bengal
  3. 10.98%
    BhagalpurBharatiya Janata PartySyed Shahnawaz Husain · Bihar
  4. 12.19%
    PeruliaAll India Forward BlocNarahari Mahato 'E' · West Bengal
  5. 13.35%
    SangliIndian National CongressPatil Pratik Prakashbapu · Maharashtra
  6. 13.57%
    VidishaBharatiya Janata PartyRampal Singh · Madhya Pradesh
  7. 20.65%
    KatwaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Abu Ayes Mondal · West Bengal
  8. 25.39%
    KarimnagarBharat Rashtra SamithiK. Chandra Shakher Rao (E) · Andhra Pradesh
  9. 25.62%
    KodermaIndependentBabu Lal Marandi · Jharkhand
  10. 28.18%
    TuraNationalist Congress PartyPurno Agitok Sangma · Meghalaya

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first
  1. 70.83%
    RaebareillyIndian National CongressSonia Gandhi · Uttar Pradesh
  2. 37.47%
    NalandaJanata Dal (United)Ramswaroop Prasad · Bihar
  3. 28.18%
    TuraNationalist Congress PartyPurno Agitok Sangma · Meghalaya
  4. 25.62%
    KodermaIndependentBabu Lal Marandi · Jharkhand
  5. 25.39%
    KarimnagarBharat Rashtra SamithiK. Chandra Shakher Rao (E) · Andhra Pradesh
  6. 20.65%
    KatwaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Abu Ayes Mondal · West Bengal
  7. 13.57%
    VidishaBharatiya Janata PartyRampal Singh · Madhya Pradesh
  8. 13.35%
    SangliIndian National CongressPatil Pratik Prakashbapu · Maharashtra
  9. 12.19%
    PeruliaAll India Forward BlocNarahari Mahato 'E' · West Bengal
  10. 10.98%
    BhagalpurBharatiya Janata PartySyed Shahnawaz Husain · Bihar

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were
Under 1% 18.3%
5-10% 18.3%
10-20% 433.3%
20%+ 650.0%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 2006 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled

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