Closest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

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

In the 1999 Lok Sabha election, the closest result was in Ghatampur (Uttar Pradesh), where Pyare Lal Sankhwar (Bahujan Samaj Party) won by just 105 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 Ghatampur SC Uttar Pradesh Pyare Lal Sankhwar Bahujan Samaj Party 105 (0.00%)
2 Tenkasi SC Tamil Nadu Murugesans. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 887 (0.10%)
3 Fatehpur Uttar Pradesh Ashok Patel Bharatiya Janata Party 1,063 (0.20%)
4 Chhota Udaipur ST Gujarat Ramsinh Rathawa Bharatiya Janata Party 1,198 (0.20%)
5 Barh Bihar Nitish Kumar Janata Dal (United) 1,335 (0.20%)
6 Gurdaspur Punjab Vinod Khanna Bharatiya Janata Party 1,399 (0.20%)
7 Basti SC Uttar Pradesh Shriram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 1,832 (0.30%)
8 Chandni Chowk Delhi Vijay Goel Bharatiya Janata Party 1,995 (1.00%)
9 Ladakh Hassan Khan Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 2,090 (1.80%)
10 Araria SC Bihar Sukdeo Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,169 (0.30%)
11 Sheohar Bihar Md Anwarul Haque Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,535 (0.30%)
12 Chandrapur Maharashtra Puglia Nareshkumar Chunnalal Indian National Congress 2,837 (0.30%)
13 Karur Tamil Nadu Chinnasamy M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,847 (0.40%)
14 Chirayinkil Kerala Varkala Radhakrishnan Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 3,128 (0.50%)
15 Lakshadweep ST P.M. Sayeed Indian National Congress 3,189 (10.60%)
16 Bilhaur Uttar Pradesh Shyam Bihari Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party 3,223 (0.50%)
17 Daman and Diu Patel Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai Indian National Congress 3,226 (6.20%)
18 Satna Madhya Pradesh Ramanand Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 3,405 (0.50%)
19 Nizamabad Andhra Pradesh Ganga Reddy Gaddam Telugu Desam Party 3,436 (0.40%)
20 Anand Gujarat Patel Dipakbhai Chimanbhai (Sathi) Bharatiya Janata Party 3,661 (0.70%)
21 Dhenkanal Odisha Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Indian National Congress 3,674 (0.60%)
22 Bhandara Maharashtra Chunnilalbhau Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 3,819 (0.60%)
23 Bobbili Andhra Pradesh Botcha Satyanarayana Indian National Congress 3,821 (0.50%)
24 Lohardaga ST Bihar Dukha Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party 3,823 (1.00%)
25 Misrikh SC Uttar Pradesh Sushila Saroj Samajwadi Party 4,207 (0.70%)

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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