Results/Margins
Results/Margins
ECI results
Analysis · competitiveness
How close was it?
Lok Sabha nationally, 1989
Closest contest
0.0%
Anakapalli · INC
Biggest landslide
96.0%
Anantnag · JKNC
Decided by under 1%
19
of 528 contests
Decided by under 5%
112
21.2% of contests
Contests
528
1989 · national
[01]Closest contests
- 0.0%
AnakapalliIndian National CongressKonathala Ramakrishna · Andhra Pradesh
- 0.2%
HowrahCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sushanta Chakarborty · West Bengal
- 0.2%
PalghatCommunist Party of India (Marxist)A. Vijayaraghavan · Kerala
- 0.2%
SalumberBharatiya Janata PartyNand Lal Meena · Rajasthan
- 0.2%
BhavnagarIndian National CongressJamod Shashikant Mavjibhai · Gujarat
- 0.2%
KasaragodCommunist Party of India (Marxist)M. Rammana Rai · Kerala
- 0.25%
GarhwalJanata DalChandra Mohan · Uttar Pradesh
- 0.3%
BeedJanata DalDhakno Babanrao Dadaba · Maharashtra
- 0.33%
HindupurIndian National CongressS.Gangadhara · Andhra Pradesh
- 0.4%
RaiganjIndian National CongressGolam Yazdani · West Bengal
[02]Biggest landslides
- 96.0%
AnantnagJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceP.L.Handoo · Jammu and Kashmir
- 90.0%
BaramullaJammu & Kashmir National ConferenceSaif Ud Din Soze · Jammu and Kashmir
- 80.2%
Tarn TaranShiromani Akali Dal (SIMRANJIT SINGH MANN)Simaranjit Singh Mann · Punjab
- 68.95%
HajipurJanata DalRam Vilas Paswan · Bihar
- 68.2%
SataraIndian National CongressBhosale Prataprao Baburao · Maharashtra
- 64.81%
BhagalpurJanata DalChun Chun Prasad Yadav · Bihar
- 50.26%
SheoharJanata DalHari Kishor Singh · Bihar
- 50.22%
AmethiIndian National CongressRajiv Gandhi · Uttar Pradesh
- 45.3%
PandharpurIndian National CongressThorat Sandipan Bhagwan · Maharashtra
- 45.3%
SikkimSikkim Sangram ParishadNandu Thapa · Sikkim
[03]Seats by winning margin
Under 1%
193.6%
1-5%
9317.6%
5-10%
9718.4%
10-20%
15629.5%
20%+
16330.9%
SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1989 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled