Biggest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

1999 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by margin (votes)

In the 1999 Lok Sabha election, the biggest landslide was in Nagaland (Nagaland), where K. Asungba Sangtam (Indian National Congress) won by 353,598 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 Nagaland Nagaland K. Asungba Sangtam Indian National Congress 353,598 (48.50%)
2 Burdwan West Bengal Sar Nikhilananda Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 301,683 (30.60%)
3 Amethi Uttar Pradesh Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 300,012 (47.00%)
4 Baramati Maharashtra Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Nationalist Congress Party 298,903 (32.40%)
5 Sonipat Haryana Kishan Singh Sangwan Bharatiya Janata Party 266,138 (40.40%)
6 Pandharpur SC Maharashtra Athawale Ramdas Bandu Independent 259,505 (31.40%)
7 Aska Odisha Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal 256,736 (52.90%)
8 Purnia Bihar Rajesh Ranjan Independent 252,566 (35.90%)
9 Surat Gujarat Kashiram Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 249,197 (39.60%)
10 Ranchi Bihar Ram Tahal Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 241,177 (41.30%)
11 Chennai South Tamil Nadu Baalu T.R. Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 240,184 (25.60%)
12 Pilibhit Uttar Pradesh Maneka Gandhi Independent 239,855 (31.70%)
13 Bhubaneswar Odisha Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 233,961 (37.40%)
14 Keonjhar ST Odisha Ananta Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party 222,553 (35.30%)
15 Sirsa SC Haryana Dr. Sushil Kumar Indora Indian National Lok Dal 219,726 (34.30%)
16 Guna Madhya Pradesh Madhav Rao Scindia Indian National Congress 214,428 (31.10%)
17 Kolkata Dakshin West Bengal Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress 214,008 (26.60%)
18 Chikballapur Karnataka R.L. Jalappa Indian National Congress 211,186 (24.80%)
19 Cuttack Odisha Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 205,317 (32.90%)
20 Bhiwani Haryana Ajay Singh Chautala Indian National Lok Dal 203,406 (27.50%)
21 Outer Delhi Delhi Sahib Singh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party 202,472 (15.70%)
22 Tripura West Tripura Samar Chowdhury Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 198,399 (30.10%)
23 Gandhinagar Gujarat Lal Krishna Advani Bharatiya Janata Party 188,944 (25.50%)
24 Chhindwara Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath Indian National Congress 188,928 (29.70%)
25 Bolpur West Bengal Somnath Chatterjee Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 186,389 (23.50%)

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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