Analysis · competitiveness

How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1972

Closest contest

0.48%

Mayurbhanj · UC

Biggest landslide

89.71%

Raiganj · INC

Decided by under 1%

of 14 contests

Decided by under 5%

7.1% of contests

Contests

1972 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first

0.48%
MayurbhanjUtkal CongressC.Sinha · Odisha
6.18%
MizoramIndependentSangliana · Mizoram
8.13%
MandyaIndian National CongressChikklingaiah.K · Karnataka
10.43%
IndoreIndian National CongressR.Bhai · Madhya Pradesh
12.38%
MurshindabadIndependentS.Badrudduja · West Bengal
12.71%
AhmedabadIndependentP.G.Mavalankar · Gujarat
20.19%
DarbhangaIndian National CongressL.N.Misra · Bihar
21.74%
KoraputIndian National CongressG.Gomango · Odisha
38.19%
AmritsarIndian National CongressR.L.Bhatia · Punjab
39.38%
TuraAll Party Hill Leaders ConferenceK.Marak · Meghalaya

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first

89.71%
RaiganjIndian National CongressM.Ray · West Bengal
59.73%
RajkotIndian National CongressP.A.K.Mohanlal · Gujarat
50.35%
AkolaIndian National CongressS.V.Purushottam · Maharashtra
43.75%
DiphuIndian National CongressB.Ssingner · Assam
39.38%
TuraAll Party Hill Leaders ConferenceK.Marak · Meghalaya
38.19%
AmritsarIndian National CongressR.L.Bhatia · Punjab
21.74%
KoraputIndian National CongressG.Gomango · Odisha
20.19%
DarbhangaIndian National CongressL.N.Misra · Bihar
12.71%
AhmedabadIndependentP.G.Mavalankar · Gujarat
12.38%
MurshindabadIndependentS.Badrudduja · West Bengal

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were

Under 1% 17.1%

5-10% 214.3%

10-20% 321.4%

20%+ 857.1%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1972 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled