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How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1968

Closest contest
2.21%
Ghosi · CPI
Biggest landslide
59.36%
Madhugiri · INC
Decided by under 1%
0
of 9 contests
Decided by under 5%
2
22.2% of contests
Contests
9
1968 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first
  1. 2.21%
    GhosiCommunist Party of IndiaJharkhandev · Uttar Pradesh
  2. 3.4%
    DausaIndian National CongressN.Kishore · Rajasthan
  3. 17.31%
    MadhipuraIndependentB.P.Mandal · Bihar
  4. 17.32%
    KrishnagarIndian National CongressI.P.Chaoudhuri · West Bengal
  5. 20.79%
    MandyaPragati Sheel PartyS.M.Krishna · Karnataka
  6. 27.54%
    BijapurIndian National CongressG.B.D.Kadappa · Karnataka
  7. 38.26%
    HazaribaghJanata PartyM.S.Oberoi · Bihar
  8. 52.44%
    KokrajharIndian National CongressD.B.Matary · Assam
  9. 59.36%
    MadhugiriIndian National CongressS.V.Reddy · Karnataka

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first
  1. 59.36%
    MadhugiriIndian National CongressS.V.Reddy · Karnataka
  2. 52.44%
    KokrajharIndian National CongressD.B.Matary · Assam
  3. 38.26%
    HazaribaghJanata PartyM.S.Oberoi · Bihar
  4. 27.54%
    BijapurIndian National CongressG.B.D.Kadappa · Karnataka
  5. 20.79%
    MandyaPragati Sheel PartyS.M.Krishna · Karnataka
  6. 17.32%
    KrishnagarIndian National CongressI.P.Chaoudhuri · West Bengal
  7. 17.31%
    MadhipuraIndependentB.P.Mandal · Bihar
  8. 3.4%
    DausaIndian National CongressN.Kishore · Rajasthan
  9. 2.21%
    GhosiCommunist Party of IndiaJharkhandev · Uttar Pradesh

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were
1-5% 222.2%
10-20% 222.2%
20%+ 555.6%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1968 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled

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