Highest Voter Turnout Lok Sabha Constituencies

1980 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by turnout

In the 1980 Lok Sabha election, the highest voter turnout was recorded in Lakshadweep () at 88.78% — 17,860 votes polled out of 20,117 electors. The full ranked list of the top 25 constituencies is below — click any constituency to see its complete candidate-wise result.

Percentage of registered electors who cast a vote.

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Rank Constituency State Winner Party Turnout
1 Lakshadweep ST Muhammad Sayeed Padannatha Indian National Congress (U) 88.78%
2 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress (I) 84.45%
3 Panskura West Bengal Gita Mukherjee Communist Party Of India 83.96%
4 Outer Manipur ST Manipur Gouzagin Indian National Congress (I) 82.18%
5 Inner Manipur Manipur Ngangom Mohendra Communist Party Of India 81.16%
6 Nagapattinam SC Tamil Nadu Karunanithi-Thazhai Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 80.86%
7 Pudukottai Tamil Nadu V.N. Swamynathan Indian National Congress (I) 80.71%
8 Tripura West Tripura Ajoy Biswas Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 80.55%
9 Puducherry Pondicherry P. Shanmugam Indian National Congress (I) 80.36%
10 Arambagh West Bengal Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 80.34%
11 Murshidabad West Bengal Masudal Hassain Syed Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 80.31%
12 Krishnanagar West Bengal Renupada Das Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 79.71%
13 Tamluk West Bengal Misra Satyagopal Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 79.60%
14 Tripura East ST Tripura Bajuban Riyan Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 79.38%
15 Basirhat West Bengal Indrajit Gupta Communist Party Of India 78.93%
16 Nabadwip SC West Bengal Bidha Gohse (Goswami) Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 78.29%
17 Thanjavur Tamil Nadu Singaravadivel S. Indian National Congress (I) 77.60%
18 Katwa West Bengal Saifuddin Chwdhury Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 77.00%
19 Mayiladuturai Tamil Nadu Kudanthai Ramalingam N. Indian National Congress (I) 76.99%
20 Mathurapur SC West Bengal Mukundaram Mandal Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 76.87%
21 Jhargram ST West Bengal Hasada Matilal Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 76.24%
22 Bishnupur SC West Bengal Ajit Kumar Saha Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 76.18%
23 Jaynagar SC West Bengal Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 75.97%
24 Balurghat SC West Bengal Barman Palas Revolutionary Socialist Party 75.63%
25 Malda West Bengal Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chawdhury Indian National Congress (I) 75.54%

Why this list matters

The highest-turnout constituencies tend to be in states with a strong tradition of civic participation — often rural, often in the Northeast, Kerala, West Bengal, or hill states — where parties have well-organised booth-level workers and voters treat polling day as a community event. High turnout doesn't favour any one party uniformly; it tends to amplify whichever side has the better organisation on the ground.

Turnout figures are computed from the official electoral roll size and votes-polled count.

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