Close contests · 1989
Tightest races by winning margin for the 1989 general election.
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anakapalli | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Konathala Ramakrishna (INC) | Appalanarasimham (TDP) | 9 (0.0%) |
| Bhavnagar | Gujarat | Jamod Shashikant Mavjibhai (INC) | Jadeja Pravinsinhi (JD) | 552 (0.2%) |
| Palghat | Kerala | A. Vijayaraghavan (CPM) | V. S. Vijayaraghavan (INC) | 1,286 (0.2%) |
| Howrah | West Bengal | Sushanta Chakarborty (CPM) | Priya Ranjan Das Munshi (INC) | 1,432 (0.2%) |
| Kasaragod | Kerala | M. Rammana Rai (CPM) | I. Rama Rai (INC) | 1,546 (0.2%) |
| salumbar | Rajasthan | Nand Lal Meena (BJP) | Bheru Lal Meena (INC) | 878 (0.2%) |
| Garhwal | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Chandra Mohan (JD) | Satpalji Maharaj (INC) | 1,007 (0.3%) |
| Beed | Maharashtra | Dhakno Babanrao Dadaba (JD) | Kshirsagar Kesharbai Sonajirao (INC) | 1,985 (0.3%) |
| Hindupur | Andhra Pradesh 27 | S.Gangadhara (INC) | K.Rameschandra Reddy (TDP) | 2,168 (0.3%) |
| Raiganj | West Bengal | Golam Yazdani (INC) | Subrata Mukherjee (CPM) | 2,899 (0.4%) |
| Hardwar | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Jagpal Singh (INC) | Dharam Singh (JD) | 2,463 (0.5%) |
| Mahendragarh | Haryana | Birender Singh (JD) | Ram Singh (INC) | 3,510 (0.6%) |
| Chirayinkil | Kerala | Thalekunnil Basheer (INC) | Susheela Gopalan (CPM) | 5,130 (0.7%) |
| Lalganj | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Ram Dhan (JD) | Chhangur Ram (INC) | 4,082 (0.8%) |
| Trichur | Kerala | P. A. Antony (INC) | Meenakshy Thampan (CPI) | 6,235 (0.9%) |
| JALGAON | Maharashtra | Mahajan yadav Shivram (INC) | Gunwant Rambhu Sarode (BJP) | 5,436 (0.9%) |
| Erandol | Maharashtra | Patil Uttamrao Laxmanrao (BJP) | Patil Vijay Naval (INC) | 4,557 (0.9%) |
| Nowrangpur | Orissa | Khagapati Pradhani (INC) | Jadab Majhi (JD) | 3,452 (1.0%) |
| Kaiserganj | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Rudra Sen Chaudhary (BJP) | Ram Veer SIngh (INC) | 3,827 (1.0%) |
| Pratapgarh | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Raja Dinesh Singh (INC) | Abhai Pratap Singh (JD) | 4,206 (1.0%) |
| Badagara | Kerala | k. p. uNNIKRISHNAN (ICS(SCS)) | A. Sujanapal (INC) | 8,209 (1.0%) |
| Bilaspur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Resham Lal Jangade (BJP) | Khelan Ram Jangade (INC) | 5,171 (1.1%) |
| Khunti | Bihar 1947 1999 | karia Munda (BJP) | Miral Enem Horo (JKD) | 3,785 (1.1%) |
| Pune | Maharashtra | Gadgil Vitthalaro Narhar (INC) | Anna Joshi (BJP) | 8,181 (1.2%) |
| Faizabad | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Mitra Sen (CPI) | Nirmal Khatri (INC) | 5,855 (1.3%) |
| Phillaur | Punjab | Harbhajan Lakha (BSP) | Charanjit Singh (SAD(B)) | 8,124 (1.4%) |
| Tripura East | Tripura | Manikya Bikram Kishore Debbarma Bahadur (INC) | Baju Banriyan (CPM) | 8,401 (1.4%) |
| Bombay North Central | Maharashtra | Vidyadhar Sambhaji Gokhale (SHS) | Dighe Sharad Shankar (INC) | 8,185 (1.4%) |
| Karnal | Haryana | Chiranjit Lal (INC) | Sushma Swaraj (BJP) | 8,673 (1.5%) |
| Farrukhabad | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Santosh Bhartiya (JD) | Salman Khurshid (INC) | 7,484 (1.5%) |
| Nalanda | Bihar 1947 1999 | Ram Saroop Prasad (INC) | Vijoy Kumar Yadav (CPI) | 11,212 (1.6%) |
| Giridih | Bihar 1947 1999 | Ram Das Singh (BJP) | Binod Bihari Mahto (IND) | 8,182 (1.7%) |
| Etah | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Mahadeepk SIngh (BJP) | Saleem Iqbal Shervani (INC) | 7,473 (1.7%) |
| Jamshedpur | Bihar 1947 1999 | Shailendra Mahto (JMM) | Chandan Bagchi (INC) | 8,884 (1.7%) |
| Shahabad | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Dharamgaj Singh (INC) | Surendra Vikram Singh (JD) | 7,275 (1.8%) |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Harmohan Dhawan (JD) | Jagan Nath Kaushal (INC) | 3,974 (1.8%) |
| Bijnor | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Mayawati (BSP) | Mangal Ram Premi (JD) | 8,879 (1.8%) |
| Inner Manipur | Manipur | N.Tombi Singh (INC) | Haobam Bhuban (MRP) | 7,551 (1.9%) |
| Shahjahanpur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Satay Pal Singh (JD) | Kunwar Jotender Prasad (INC) | 9,438 (2.0%) |
| Balaghat | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Kankar Munjare (IND) | K.D.Deshmukh (JD) | 10,466 (2.0%) |
| Azamgarh | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Ram Kishana (BSP) | Tridurari Pujan Pratap SIngh alias Bachcha Babu (JD) | 9,081 (2.0%) |
| Sitapur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (INC) | Shiv Sevak (JD) | 9,158 (2.0%) |
| Narasapur | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Bhupatiraju Vijaya Kumar Raju (TDP) | Nachu Seshagiri Rao (INC) | 13,802 (2.1%) |
| Dhanbad | Bihar 1947 1999 | A.K.Roy (M-COR) | Samresh Singh (BJP) | 13,571 (2.1%) |
| Krishnagar | West Bengal | Ajoy Mukherjee (CPM) | Bhattacharya Jyotirmoy(Nitu) (INC) | 16,153 (2.2%) |
| Bansgaon | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Mahabir Prasad (INC) | Phirangi Prasad Visharad (IND) | 10,329 (2.2%) |
| Rampur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Zulfiqar Ali Khan (INC) | Rajendra Kumar Sharma (BJP) | 10,792 (2.2%) |
| Dhar | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Suraj Bhanu Shiv Bhanu Solanki (INC) | Umarao Singh Parwat Singh (BJP) | 11,771 (2.3%) |
| Bombay South Central | Maharashtra | Vamanrao Mahadik (IND) | Dadasaheb Rupwate (INC) | 10,466 (2.3%) |
| Mahasamund | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Vidyacharan Shukla (JD) | Pawan Diwan (INC) | 12,894 (2.4%) |
| KAROL BAGH | Delhi | Kalka Dass (BJP) | Dharam Dass Shastri (INC) | 6,969 (2.4%) |
| Mukundapuram | Kerala | Savithri Lakshmanan (INC) | C. O. Poulose Master (CPM) | 18,754 (2.5%) |
| Aurangabad | Maharashtra | Moroshwar Save (IND) | Suresh Patil (INC) | 17,824 (2.7%) |
| Basirhat | West Bengal | Monoranjan Sur (CPI) | Sardar Amjad Ali (INC) | 20,343 (2.7%) |
| KHED | Maharashtra | Bankhele Kisanrao Baburao (JD) | More Ramkrishan Sadashiv (INC) | 15,796 (2.9%) |
| Tehri Garhwal | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Brahm Dutt (INC) | Indramani Badoni (IND) | 12,384 (3.0%) |
| Arrah | Bihar 1947 1999 | Rameshwar Prasad (IPF) | Tulsi Singh (JD) | 16,440 (3.0%) |
| MALEGAON | Maharashtra | Mahale Haribhau (JD) | Chavan Harishchandra Deoram (INC) | 14,054 (3.0%) |
| Almora | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (INC) | Kashi Singh Airi (IND) | 10,801 (3.1%) |
| Maharajganj | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Harsh Vardhan (JD) | Jitender Singh (INC) | 14,990 (3.1%) |
| Mathurapur | West Bengal | Radhikaranjan Pramanik (CPM) | Manoranjan Halder (INC) | 22,632 (3.1%) |
| Nagapattinam | Tamil Nadu | Selvarasu, M (CPI) | Veeramurasu, N.S. (INC) | 21,523 (3.1%) |
| Adoor | Kerala | Kodikunnil Suresh (INC) | N. Rajan (CPI) | 21,542 (3.1%) |
| Berhampur | Orissa | Gopinath Gajpathi Narayan Deo (INC) | Surjya Narayan Patro (JD) | 14,746 (3.1%) |
| Tamluk | West Bengal | Satyagopal Mistra (CPM) | Joyanta Bhattacharyya (INC) | 24,656 (3.1%) |
| Ranchi | Bihar 1947 1999 | Subodh Kant Sahay (JD) | Ram Tahal Choudhary (BJP) | 14,986 (3.2%) |
| Chail | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Ram Nihor Rakesh (INC) | Bhagwant Prasad (JD) | 12,053 (3.3%) |
| Alleppey | Kerala | Vakkom Purushotham (INC) | K. V. Devadas (CPM) | 25,123 (3.4%) |
| Calcutta South | West Bengal | Biplab Dasgupta (CPM) | Bholanath Sen (INC) | 25,156 (3.5%) |
| Patna | Bihar 1947 1999 | Shailendra Nath Srivastava (BJP) | C.P.Thakur (INC) | 21,593 (3.5%) |
| Jadavpur | West Bengal | Malini Bhattacharya (CPM) | Mamata Banerjee (INC) | 30,900 (3.5%) |
| Belgaum | Karnataka | Sidnal Shanmukappa Bassappa (INC) | Amar Vasantrao Patil (JD) | 23,048 (3.6%) |
| Quilon | Kerala | S. Krishnakumar (INC) | Bagu Divakaran (RSP) | 27,462 (3.6%) |
| Koppal | Karnataka | Basavaraj Patil (JD) | H.G.Ramulu (INC) | 23,088 (3.6%) |
| Ottapalam | Kerala | K. R. Narayanan (INC) | Lenin Rajendran (CPM) | 26,187 (3.7%) |
| Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Uma Gajapathi Raju Poosapati (INC) | M.V.V.S. Murthy (TDP) | 25,733 (3.7%) |
| Calicut | Kerala | K. Muraleedharan (INC) | E. K. Imbichibava (CPM) | 28,957 (3.7%) |
| Nizamabad | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Taduri Bala Goud (INC) | P.Srinivas Reddy (TDP) | 24,099 (3.7%) |
| CHANDNI CHOWK | Delhi | Jai Prakash Aggarwal (INC) | Satish Chander Khandelwal (BJP) | 9,431 (3.8%) |
| Ratnagiri | Maharashtra | Nikam Govind Sawaji (INC) | Natushridhar Dattaray (BJP) | 18,488 (3.8%) |
| Jammu | Jammu Kashmir | janak Rai Gupta (INC) | Rajinder Singh Chib (JD) | 21,695 (3.8%) |
| Contai | West Bengal | Sudhir Giri (CPM) | Abha Maiti (INC) | 27,080 (3.8%) |
| Ambala | Haryana | Ram Parkash (INC) | Suraj Bhan (BJP) | 22,649 (4.0%) |
| Malda | West Bengal | Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Choudhury (INC) | Sunil Sen (CPM) | 29,897 (4.1%) |
| Jaunpur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Raja Yadvendra Dutta (BJP) | Kamla Prasad Singh (INC) | 19,290 (4.2%) |
| Chidambaram | Tamil Nadu | Vallalperuman, P. (INC) | Ayyasamy, A. (DMK) | 28,283 (4.3%) |
| NANDED | Maharashtra | kabde Venkatesh Rukhmaji (JD) | Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (INC) | 24,113 (4.3%) |
| Balurghat | West Bengal | Palas Barman (RSP) | Satyendra Nath Roy (INC) | 33,526 (4.3%) |
| Nainital | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Mahendra Singh Pal (JD) | Satyaendra Chandra Guriya (INC) | 20,448 (4.3%) |
| Bhadrachalam | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Kariyeddula Kamala Kumari (INC) | Ramaith Sode (CPI) | 23,986 (4.3%) |
| Dharwad South | Karnataka | Mujahid B.M. (INC) | B.G.Banakar (JD) | 28,648 (4.3%) |
| Wardha | Maharashtra | Sathe Vasant Purushottam (INC) | Ghangare Ramchandra Marotrao (CPM) | 25,830 (4.4%) |
| Miryalguda | Andhra Pradesh 27 | B.N.Reddy (INC) | Narsimha Reddy Bheemireddy (CPM) | 34,995 (4.4%) |
| Lakshadweep | Lakshadweep | P. M. Sayeed (INC) | Mohammed Koya Kunnamkulam (IND) | 1,156 (4.5%) |
| Shillong | Meghalaya | Peter G.Marbaning (INC) | G.G.Swell (IND) | 13,285 (4.5%) |
| Bombay South | Maharashtra | Deora Murli (INC) | Sharma Premkumar Shankardatt (BJP) | 17,739 (4.5%) |
| Calcutta North East | West Bengal | Ajit Kumar Panja (INC) | Satyasadhan Chakraborty (CPM) | 27,629 (4.7%) |
| Mohanlalganj | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Sarju prasad Saroj (JD) | Jagannath prasad (INC) | 18,176 (4.7%) |
| Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Mandhata Singh (JD) | Dauji (INC) | 15,296 (4.7%) |
| Ernakulam | Kerala | K. V. Thomas (INC) | P. Subramnoian Poti (IND) | 36,465 (4.7%) |
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anakapalli | GEN | Konathala Ramakrishna (inc) | — | — | 9 (0.0%) | — |
| Bhavnagar | GEN | Jamod Shashikant Mavjibhai (inc) | — | — | 552 (0.2%) | — |
| Palghat | GEN | A. Vijayaraghavan (cpm) | — | — | 1,286 (0.2%) | — |
| Howrah | GEN | Sushanta Chakarborty (cpm) | — | — | 1,432 (0.2%) | — |
| Kasaragod | GEN | M. Rammana Rai (cpm) | — | — | 1,546 (0.2%) | — |
| salumbar | GEN | Nand Lal Meena (bjp) | — | — | 878 (0.2%) | — |
| Garhwal | GEN | Chandra Mohan (jd) | — | — | 1,007 (0.3%) | — |
| Beed | GEN | Dhakno Babanrao Dadaba (jd) | — | — | 1,985 (0.3%) | — |
| Hindupur | GEN | S.gangadhara (inc) | — | — | 2,168 (0.3%) | — |
| Raiganj | GEN | Golam Yazdani (inc) | — | — | 2,899 (0.4%) | — |
| Hardwar | GEN | Jagpal Singh (inc) | — | — | 2,463 (0.5%) | — |
| Mahendragarh | GEN | Birender Singh (jd) | — | — | 3,510 (0.6%) | — |
| Chirayinkil | GEN | Thalekunnil Basheer (inc) | — | — | 5,130 (0.7%) | — |
| Lalganj | GEN | Ram Dhan (jd) | — | — | 4,082 (0.8%) | — |
| Trichur | GEN | P. A. Antony (inc) | — | — | 6,235 (0.9%) | — |
| JALGAON | GEN | Mahajan Yadav Shivram (inc) | — | — | 5,436 (0.9%) | — |
| Erandol | GEN | Patil Uttamrao Laxmanrao (bjp) | — | — | 4,557 (0.9%) | — |
| Nowrangpur | GEN | Khagapati Pradhani (inc) | — | — | 3,452 (1.0%) | — |
| Kaiserganj | GEN | Rudra Sen Chaudhary (bjp) | — | — | 3,827 (1.0%) | — |
| Pratapgarh | GEN | Raja Dinesh Singh (inc) | — | — | 4,206 (1.0%) | — |
| Badagara | GEN | K. P. Unnikrishnan (ics(scs)) | — | — | 8,209 (1.0%) | — |
| Bilaspur | GEN | Resham Lal Jangade (bjp) | — | — | 5,171 (1.1%) | — |
| Khunti | GEN | Karia Munda (bjp) | — | — | 3,785 (1.1%) | — |
| Pune | GEN | Gadgil Vitthalaro Narhar (inc) | — | — | 8,181 (1.2%) | — |
| Faizabad | GEN | Mitra Sen (cpi) | — | — | 5,855 (1.3%) | — |
| Phillaur | GEN | Harbhajan Lakha (bsp) | — | — | 8,124 (1.4%) | — |
| Tripura East | GEN | Manikya Bikram Kishore Debbarma Bahadur (inc) | — | — | 8,401 (1.4%) | — |
| Bombay North Central | GEN | Vidyadhar Sambhaji Gokhale (shs) | — | — | 8,185 (1.4%) | — |
| Karnal | GEN | Chiranjit Lal (inc) | — | — | 8,673 (1.5%) | — |
| Farrukhabad | GEN | Santosh Bhartiya (jd) | — | — | 7,484 (1.5%) | — |
| Nalanda | GEN | Ram Saroop Prasad (inc) | — | — | 11,212 (1.6%) | — |
| Giridih | GEN | Ram Das Singh (bjp) | — | — | 8,182 (1.7%) | — |
| Etah | GEN | Mahadeepk Singh (bjp) | — | — | 7,473 (1.7%) | — |
| Jamshedpur | GEN | Shailendra Mahto (jmm) | — | — | 8,884 (1.7%) | — |
| Shahabad | GEN | Dharamgaj Singh (inc) | — | — | 7,275 (1.8%) | — |
| Chandigarh | GEN | Harmohan Dhawan (jd) | — | — | 3,974 (1.8%) | — |
| Bijnor | GEN | Mayawati (bsp) | — | — | 8,879 (1.8%) | — |
| Inner Manipur | GEN | N.tombi Singh (inc) | — | — | 7,551 (1.9%) | — |
| Shahjahanpur | GEN | Satay Pal Singh (jd) | — | — | 9,438 (2.0%) | — |
| Balaghat | GEN | Kankar Munjare (ind) | — | — | 10,466 (2.0%) | — |
| Azamgarh | GEN | Ram Kishana (bsp) | — | — | 9,081 (2.0%) | — |
| Sitapur | GEN | Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (inc) | — | — | 9,158 (2.0%) | — |
| Narasapur | GEN | Bhupatiraju Vijaya Kumar Raju (tdp) | — | — | 13,802 (2.1%) | — |
| Dhanbad | GEN | A.k.roy (m-cor) | — | — | 13,571 (2.1%) | — |
| Krishnagar | GEN | Ajoy Mukherjee (cpm) | — | — | 16,153 (2.2%) | — |
| Bansgaon | GEN | Mahabir Prasad (inc) | — | — | 10,329 (2.2%) | — |
| Rampur | GEN | Zulfiqar Ali Khan (inc) | — | — | 10,792 (2.2%) | — |
| Dhar | GEN | Suraj Bhanu Shiv Bhanu Solanki (inc) | — | — | 11,771 (2.3%) | — |
| Bombay South Central | GEN | Vamanrao Mahadik (ind) | — | — | 10,466 (2.3%) | — |
| Mahasamund | GEN | Vidyacharan Shukla (jd) | — | — | 12,894 (2.4%) | — |
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