Biggest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

1991 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by margin (votes)

In the 1991 Lok Sabha election, the biggest landslide was in Tripura West (Tripura), where Santosh Mohan Deo (Indian National Congress) won by 428,984 votes (74.80% 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 Tripura West Tripura Santosh Mohan Deo Indian National Congress 428,984 (74.80%)
2 Kadapa Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy Indian National Congress 418,925 (53.50%)
3 Hajipur SC Bihar Ram Sunder Das Janata Dal 367,752 (49.10%)
4 Tripura East ST Tripura Bibhu Kumari Devi (W) Indian National Congress 346,653 (72.70%)
5 Baramati Maharashtra Ajit Annatrao Pawar Indian National Congress 336,263 (56.80%)
6 Tiruchengode Tamil Nadu Soundaram K.S. (W) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 314,481 (39.40%)
7 Madhepura Bihar Sharad Yadav Janata Dal 285,377 (40.50%)
8 Salem Tamil Nadu Rangarajanm Kumaramangalam Indian National Congress 282,568 (44.90%)
9 Rasipuram SC Tamil Nadu Devarajan B. Indian National Congress 272,985 (42.80%)
10 Karur Tamil Nadu Murugesan N. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 269,969 (38.30%)
11 Kokrajhar ST Assam Satyendra Nath Brohmo Choudhury Independent 263,139 (31.50%)
12 Rosera SC Bihar Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal 260,484 (42.70%)
13 Palani Tamil Nadu Senapathi Gounder A. Indian National Congress 260,142 (38.70%)
14 Tiruchendur Tamil Nadu Dhanushkodi Athinthan R. Indian National Congress 258,776 (48.40%)
15 Ichalkaranji Maharashtra Mane Balaso Alias Rajaram Shankarrao Indian National Congress 257,059 (49.60%)
16 Gobichettipalayam Tamil Nadu Narayanan P.G. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 249,161 (40.70%)
17 Madurai Tamil Nadu Ram Babu A.G.S. Indian National Congress 242,160 (37.50%)
18 Samastipur Bihar Manjay Lal Janata Dal 239,032 (33.50%)
19 Pandharpur SC Maharashtra Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan Indian National Congress 234,808 (48.80%)
20 Sitamarhi Bihar Nawal Kishore Ray Janata Dal 229,151 (31.10%)
21 Sivaganga Tamil Nadu Chindambaram P. Indian National Congress 228,597 (36.70%)
22 Bolpur West Bengal Somnath Chatterjee Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 226,624 (31.70%)
23 Dindigul Tamil Nadu C. Srinivasan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 224,417 (35.20%)
24 Burdwan West Bengal Sudhir Ray Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 221,892 (25.90%)
25 Pudukottai Tamil Nadu Sundararaj N. Indian National Congress 219,721 (29.40%)

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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