Lowest Voter Turnout Lok Sabha Constituencies

1998 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by turnout

In the 1998 Lok Sabha election, the lowest voter turnout was in Anantnag () at just 28.15%. 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 Anantnag Mufti Mohmad Sayeed Indian National Congress 28.15%
2 Srinagar Omar Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 30.06%
3 Thane Maharashtra Paranjpe Prakash Vishwanath Shiv Sena 32.95%
4 Jorhat Assam Bijoy Krishna Handique Indian National Congress 34.54%
5 Dibrugarh Assam Paban Singh Ghatowar Indian National Congress 40.31%
6 Dahanu ST Maharashtra Nam Shankar Sakharam Indian National Congress 41.03%
7 Bastar ST Madhya Pradesh Baliram Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 41.33%
8 Baramulla Professor Saifuddin Soz Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 41.94%
9 Chail SC Uttar Pradesh Shailendra Kumar Samajwadi Party 42.81%
10 Gauhati Assam Bhubaneswar Kalita Indian National Congress 43.81%
11 Patna Sahib Bihar C.P.Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 44.70%
12 Tehri Garhwal Uttar Pradesh Manabendra Shah Bharatiya Janata Party 44.83%
13 Nagaland Nagaland K. Asungba Sangtam Indian National Congress 45.41%
14 Khurja SC Uttar Pradesh Ashok Kumar Pradhan Bharatiya Janata Party 46.10%
15 Dhule ST Maharashtra D.S.Ahire Indian National Congress 46.11%
16 Outer Manipur ST Manipur Kim Gangte Communist Party Of India 46.37%
17 Almora Uttar Pradesh Bachi Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 46.45%
18 Chennai North Tamil Nadu Kuppusami C Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 46.58%
19 Surat Gujarat Kashiram Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 47.14%
20 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 47.18%
21 Mumbai North Maharashtra Ram Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 47.32%
22 Koraput ST Odisha Giridhar Gamang Indian National Congress 47.34%
23 Chennai South Tamil Nadu Baalu T.R. Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 47.35%
24 Bansgaon SC Uttar Pradesh Raj Narain Pashi Bharatiya Janata Party 47.36%
25 Hathras SC Uttar Pradesh Kishan Lal Diler Bharatiya Janata Party 47.58%

Why this list matters

The lowest-turnout constituencies are typically dense urban ones — Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, parts of Delhi — and Jammu & Kashmir constituencies during periods of unrest. Urban apathy is a long-running concern in Indian politics: cities with educated, connected electorates often turn out at lower rates than the rural seats they criticise. Low turnout can favour parties with the most committed voter base, since they're the ones who show up.

"Lowest turnout" here is filtered to constituencies with valid electors and votes-polled data on file.

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