Closest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

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

In the 1991 Lok Sabha election, the closest result was in Akbarpur (Uttar Pradesh), where Ram Awadh (Janata Dal) won by just 156 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 Akbarpur SC Uttar Pradesh Ram Awadh Janata Dal 156 (0.00%)
2 Churu Rajasthan Ram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 168 (0.00%)
3 Davanagere Karnataka Channaiah Odeyar Indian National Congress 455 (0.10%)
4 Raipur Madhya Pradesh Vidyacharan Shukla Indian National Congress 959 (0.20%)
5 Tamluk West Bengal Satyagopal Misra Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1,062 (0.10%)
6 Bapatla Andhra Pradesh Venkateswara Rao Daggubati Telugu Desam Party 1,097 (0.20%)
7 Chirayinkil Kerala Suseela Gopalan (W) Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1,106 (0.20%)
8 Firozpur Punjab Mohan Singh S/o Kansha Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 1,296 (0.30%)
9 Firozabad SC Uttar Pradesh Prabhu Dayal Katheria Bharatiya Janata Party 1,332 (0.30%)
10 Rajgarh Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh Indian National Congress 1,470 (0.30%)
11 New Delhi Delhi Lal Krishna Advani Bharatiya Janata Party 1,589 (0.70%)
12 Diphu Gujarat K.D. Jeswani Bharatiya Janata Party 1,688 (0.50%)
13 Sambhal Uttar Pradesh Sri Pal Singh Janata Dal 1,705 (0.40%)
14 Malda West Bengal Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Choudhary Indian National Congress 1,820 (0.30%)
15 Karolbagh SC Delhi Kalka Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 2,500 (1.00%)
16 Chandni Chowk Delhi Tara Chand Khandelwal Bharatiya Janata Party 2,774 (1.20%)
17 Hassan Karnataka H D Devegowda Jharkhand Party 3,191 (0.50%)
18 Pratapgarh Uttar Pradesh Abhai Pratap Singh Janata Dal 3,696 (1.00%)
19 Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 3,738 (0.80%)
20 Hingoli Maharashtra Gundewar Vilasrao Nagnathrao Shiv Sena 3,793 (0.80%)
21 Barabanki SC Uttar Pradesh Ram Sagar Jharkhand Party 3,798 (0.80%)
22 Rae Bareli Uttar Pradesh Sheila Kaul (W) Indian National Congress 3,917 (0.80%)
23 Hamirpur Uttar Pradesh Vishwanath Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 4,045 (1.00%)
24 Mumbai South Central Maharashtra Mohan Rawale Shiv Sena 4,402 (1.30%)
25 Ghosi Uttar Pradesh Kalp Nath Indian National Congress 4,429 (0.90%)

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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