Biggest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

1977 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by margin (votes)

In the 1977 Lok Sabha election, the biggest landslide was in Hajipur (Bihar), where Ram Vilas Paswan (Bharatiya Lok Dal) won by 424,545 votes (80.20% margin). The full ranked list of the top 25 constituencies is below — click any constituency to see its complete candidate-wise result.

Difference in votes between the winner and the runner-up. Bigger = more one-sided.

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Rank Constituency State Winner Party Margin (votes)
1 Hajipur SC Bihar Ram Vilas Paswan Bharatiya Lok Dal 424,545 (80.20%)
2 Barabanki Bihar Lalu Prasad Bharatiya Lok Dal 373,800 (76.80%)
3 Misrikh Bihar Digvijoy Narain Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 365,497 (70.80%)
4 Robertsganj SC Bihar Nathuni Ram Bharatiya Lok Dal 362,701 (70.00%)
5 Sitapur Bihar George Fernandes Bharatiya Lok Dal 334,217 (65.20%)
6 Banda Bihar Karpoori Thakur Bharatiya Lok Dal 327,434 (63.00%)
7 Basti Bihar Maha Maya Prasad Sinha Bharatiya Lok Dal 323,125 (63.80%)
8 Kaiserganj Haryana Mukhtiar Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 280,223 (64.50%)
9 Karnal Haryana Bhagwat Dayal Bharatiya Lok Dal 276,836 (65.50%)
10 Barh Bihar Shyam Sunder Gupta Bharatiya Lok Dal 270,282 (54.30%)
11 Maharajganj Haryana Sher Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 259,645 (65.10%)
12 Khalilabad Bihar Ram Deo Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 251,898 (56.20%)
13 Jahanabad Bihar Hari Lal Prasad Sinha Bharatiya Lok Dal 250,970 (50.30%)
14 Kurukshetra Haryana Raghbir Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 250,842 (58.90%)
15 Jaunpur SC Bihar Ishwar Chaudhry Bharatiya Lok Dal 248,318 (55.80%)
16 Salempur SC Bihar Jagivan Ram Bharatiya Lok Dal 243,810 (57.30%)
17 Hissar Haryana Inder Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 243,384 (59.40%)
18 Amethi Bihar Mirtanjay Prasad Verma Bharatiya Lok Dal 231,076 (52.50%)
19 Khurja SC Uttar Pradesh Mohan Lal Bharatiya Lok Dal 225,817 (61.90%)
20 Mandvi Uttar Pradesh Raghunath Singh Verma Bharatiya Lok Dal 225,122 (60.10%)
21 Pudukottai Tamil Nadu Elanchezhian V.S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 223,615 (42.00%)
22 Palani Tamil Nadu Subramaniam C. Indian National Congress 221,768 (44.10%)
23 Meerut Uttar Pradesh Maniram Bharatiya Lok Dal 215,265 (54.90%)
24 Darbhanga Bihar Surendra Jha Suman Bharatiya Lok Dal 212,002 (50.20%)
25 Akbarpur SC Uttar Pradesh Mangal Deo Visharad Bharatiya Lok Dal 211,826 (57.60%)

Why this list matters

The biggest-margin constituencies are India's "safe seats" — places where one party or candidate has built a deep organisational base, demographic fit, or personal following large enough that competitors don't really threaten them. Landslide wins of 5 lakh or more votes are not uncommon in India's largest constituencies, especially when a high-profile leader contests against a fragmented opposition.

Margin alone doesn't tell the whole story — open any constituency to see vote share percentages and the gap to the runner-up.

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