Closest Margin Lok Sabha Constituencies

2024 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by margin (votes)

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the closest result was in Mumbai North West (Maharashtra), where Ravindra Dattaram Waikar (Shiv Sena) won by just 48 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 Mumbai North West Maharashtra Ravindra Dattaram Waikar Shiv Sena 48 (0.00%)
2 Attingal Kerala Adv Adoor Prakash Indian National Congress 684 (0.10%)
3 Jajpur SC Odisha Rabindra Narayan Behera Bharatiya Janta Party 1,587 (0.10%)
4 Jaipur Rural Rajasthan Rao Rajendra Singh Bharatiya Janta Party 1,615 (0.10%)
5 Kanker ST Chhattisgarh Bhojraj Nag Bharatiya Janta Party 1,884 (0.10%)
6 Chandigarh Manish Tewari Indian National Congress 2,504 (0.60%)
7 Hamirpur Uttar Pradesh Ajendra Singh Lodhi Samajwadi Party 2,629 (0.20%)
8 Lakshadweep Muhammed Hamdullah Sayeed Indian National Congress 2,647 (5.40%)
9 Farrukhabad Uttar Pradesh Mukesh Rajput Bharatiya Janta Party 2,678 (0.30%)
10 Bansgaon SC Uttar Pradesh Kamlesh Paswan Bharatiya Janta Party 3,150 (0.30%)
11 Firozpur Punjab Sher Singh Ghubaya Indian National Congress 3,242 (0.30%)
12 Salempur Uttar Pradesh Ramashankar Rajbhar Samajwadi Party 3,573 (0.40%)
13 Dhule Maharashtra Bachhav Shobha Dinesh Indian National Congress 3,831 (0.30%)
14 Phulpur Uttar Pradesh Praveen Patel Bharatiya Janta Party 4,332 (0.40%)
15 Virudhunagar Tamil Nadu Manickam Tagore B Indian National Congress 4,379 (0.40%)
16 Dhaurahra Uttar Pradesh Anand Bhadauriya Samajwadi Party 4,449 (0.40%)
17 Mahbubnagar Telangana Aruna. D. K Bharatiya Janta Party 4,500 (0.40%)
18 Bishnupur SC West Bengal Khan Saumitra Bharatiya Janta Party 5,567 (0.40%)
19 Daman and Diu Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai Independent 6,225 (6.70%)
20 Arambagh SC West Bengal Bag Mitali All India Trinamool Congress 6,399 (0.40%)
21 Beed Maharashtra Bajrang Manohar Sonwane Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar 6,553 (0.40%)
22 Balurghat West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar Bharatiya Janta Party 10,386 (0.80%)
23 Meerut Uttar Pradesh Arun Govil Bharatiya Janta Party 10,585 (0.90%)
24 Anandpur Sahib Punjab Malvinder Singh Kang Aam Aadmi Party 10,846 (1.00%)
25 Mavelikara SC Kerala Kodikunnil Suresh Indian National Congress 10,868 (1.20%)

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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