Biggest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

1989 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by margin (votes)

In the 1989 Lok Sabha election, the biggest landslide was in Hajipur (Bihar), where Ram Vilas Paswan (Janata Dal) won by 504,448 votes (68.50% 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 Janata Dal 504,448 (68.50%)
2 Tarn Taran Punjab Simaranjit Singh Mann Shiromani Akali Dal (SIMRANJIT SINGH MANN) 480,417 (80.20%)
3 Bhagalpur Bihar Chun Chun Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 435,398 (63.70%)
4 Satara Maharashtra Bhosale Prataprao Baburao Indian National Congress 316,991 (68.20%)
5 Sheohar Bihar Hari Kishor Singh Janata Dal 314,475 (49.60%)
6 Madhepura Bihar Ramesh Kumar Yadav Ravi Janata Dal 292,948 (43.50%)
7 Muzaffarpur Bihar George Farnandes Janata Dal 285,010 (39.20%)
8 Saharsa Bihar Surya Nr. Yadav Janata Dal 277,081 (36.00%)
9 Tiruchengode Tamil Nadu Palanisamy K.C. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 272,271 (33.30%)
10 Pudukottai Tamil Nadu Sundaraja N. Indian National Congress 271,136 (34.40%)
11 Gandhinagar Gujarat Veghela Shankarji Laxmanji Bharatiya Janata Party 268,492 (35.20%)
12 Durgapur SC West Bengal Purna Chandra Malik Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 262,624 (35.80%)
13 Kanakapura Karnataka M.V.Chandrashekhara Murthy Indian National Congress 255,221 (27.60%)
14 Gaya SC Bihar Inswar Chaudhary Janata Dal 252,923 (37.40%)
15 Rasipuram SC Tamil Nadu Devarajan B. Indian National Congress 251,975 (39.40%)
16 Banaskantha Gujarat Shah Jayantilal Virchandbhai Janata Dal 250,251 (43.60%)
17 Mysore Karnataka Srikantadatta Narasimbharaj Wadeyar Indian National Congress 249,364 (34.00%)
18 Baghpat Uttar Pradesh Ajeet Singh Janata Dal 244,647 (42.30%)
19 Salem Tamil Nadu Rangarajan Kumarmangalam Indian National Congress 241,770 (36.20%)
20 Bangalore South Karnataka R.Gundu Rao Indian National Congress 239,854 (32.20%)
21 Karur Tamil Nadu Thambithurai M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 238,751 (31.90%)
22 Samastipur Bihar Manjai Lal Janata Dal 237,681 (33.70%)
23 Dindigul Tamil Nadu Srinivasan C. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 235,368 (35.90%)
24 Pollachi SC Tamil Nadu Raja Ravi Varma B. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 231,309 (35.70%)
25 Jhargram ST West Bengal Matilal Hansda Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 230,898 (32.50%)

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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