Biggest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

1998 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by margin (votes)

In the 1998 Lok Sabha election, the biggest landslide was in Rajkot (Gujarat), where Dr.Kathiriya Vallabhbhai Ramjibhai (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 354,187 votes (48.50% 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 Rajkot Gujarat Dr.Kathiriya Vallabhbhai Ramjibhai Bharatiya Janata Party 354,187 (48.50%)
2 Surat Gujarat Kashiram Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 304,022 (34.00%)
3 Nagaland Nagaland K. Asungba Sangtam Indian National Congress 291,438 (69.30%)
4 Jhargram ST West Bengal Murmu Rupchand Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 287,188 (35.00%)
5 Gandhinagar Gujarat Lal Krishna Advani Bharatiya Janata Party 276,701 (29.80%)
6 Medinipur West Bengal Indrajit Gupta Communist Party Of India 275,519 (31.50%)
7 Burdwan West Bengal Sar Nikhilananda Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 272,253 (27.30%)
8 Baramati Maharashtra Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Indian National Congress 268,184 (32.70%)
9 Bolpur West Bengal Somnath Chatterjee Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 251,092 (31.30%)
10 Thane Maharashtra Paranjpe Prakash Vishwanath Shiv Sena 249,579 (26.40%)
11 Kaliabor Assam Tarun Gogoi Indian National Congress 232,335 (35.00%)
12 Khurja SC Uttar Pradesh Ashok Kumar Pradhan Bharatiya Janata Party 229,399 (39.60%)
13 Barpeta Assam A.F.Golam Osmani United Minorities Front Assam 224,462 (35.90%)
14 Kolkata Dakshin West Bengal Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Trinamool Congress 224,081 (25.50%)
15 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 216,263 (28.70%)
16 Pilibhit Uttar Pradesh Maneka Gandhi Independent 211,876 (30.10%)
17 Maharajganj Bihar Prabhunath Singh Samata Party 205,553 (30.60%)
18 Alipurduars ST West Bengal Joachim Baxla Revolutionary Socialist Party 195,599 (23.60%)
19 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Sushil Chandra Verma Bharatiya Janata Party 193,932 (22.20%)
20 Dhubri Assam Abdul Hamid Indian National Congress 193,638 (25.00%)
21 Bikaner Rajasthan Balram Jakhar Indian National Congress 190,625 (18.30%)
22 Murshidabad West Bengal Moinul Hassan Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 190,466 (20.30%)
23 Mathura Uttar Pradesh Tejveer Bharatiya Janata Party 190,030 (30.10%)
24 Arambagh West Bengal Anil Basu Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 187,300 (19.90%)
25 Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh Bandaru Dattatreya Bharatiya Janata Party 185,910 (20.50%)

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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