Closest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

1984 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by margin (votes)

In the 1984 Lok Sabha election, the closest result was in Ludhiana (Punjab), where Mewa Singh (Shiromani Akali Dal) won by just 140 votes (0.00% 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. Smaller = closer race.

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Rank Constituency State Winner Party Margin (votes)
1 Ludhiana Punjab Mewa Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 140 (0.00%)
2 Arunachal West Arunachal Pradesh P.K.Thangon Indian National Congress 461 (0.30%)
3 Jagatsinghpur Odisha Lakshman Mallick Indian National Congress 958 (0.20%)
4 Mavelikara Kerala Thampan Thomas Janta Party 1,287 (0.30%)
5 Sasaram SC Bihar Jagjiwan Ram Indian Congress (J) 1,372 (0.30%)
6 Darjeeling West Bengal Ananda Prasad Pathak Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1,389 (0.20%)
7 Bikramganj Bihar Tapeshwar Singh Indian National Congress 1,413 (0.20%)
8 Lakshadweep ST Mohammad Sayeed Padannatha Indian National Congress 1,699 (8.90%)
9 Medak Andhra Pradesh P.Manik Reddy Telugu Desam Party 1,816 (0.30%)
10 Nagapattinam SC Tamil Nadu Mahalingam M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,289 (0.40%)
11 Mathurapur SC West Bengal Manoranjan Halder Indian National Congress 2,299 (0.40%)
12 Bijapur Karnataka Guraddi Shivashankareppa Mallappa Janta Party 2,419 (0.60%)
13 Nizamabad Andhra Pradesh Tadur Bala Goud Indian National Congress 2,447 (0.50%)
14 Dum Dum West Bengal Asutosh Law Indian National Congress 2,703 (0.30%)
15 Gandhinagar Gujarat G.I.Patel Indian National Congress 2,754 (0.50%)
16 Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh Santosh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress 2,786 (0.70%)
17 Sonipat Haryana Dharam Pal Singh Indian National Congress 2,941 (0.60%)
18 Baharampur West Bengal Atish Chandra Sinha Indian National Congress 3,047 (0.50%)
19 Chail SC Uttar Pradesh Bihari Lal Shailesh Indian National Congress 3,418 (1.00%)
20 Etah Uttar Pradesh Muhammad Mehfooj Ali Khan Alias Pyarey Main Lok Dal 3,431 (1.00%)
21 Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh Sultan Salahuddin Owaise Independent 3,481 (0.60%)
22 Tripura West Tripura Ajoy Biswas Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 3,520 (0.70%)
23 Chikkodi SC Karnataka B. Shankaranad Indian National Congress 3,645 (0.70%)
24 Diamond Harbour West Bengal Amal Datta Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 4,673 (0.80%)
25 Krishnanagar West Bengal Renu Pada Das Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 4,787 (0.80%)

Why this list matters

Constituencies with the closest margins are the bellwethers of Indian electoral politics. A seat won by a few hundred or even a few thousand votes is one where a small shift in turnout, alliance arithmetic, or local sentiment can flip the result entirely. These "marginal seats" are where parties concentrate campaign resources, where star candidates are sometimes parachuted in, and where post-result petitions and recounts happen most often.

Click any constituency above to see the full candidate list, vote shares, and historical context.

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