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Close contests · 1999

Tightest races by winning margin for the 1999 general election.

Closest Lok Sabha races · 1999
Constituency State Winner Runner-up Margin
Ghatampur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Pyare Lal Sankhwar (BSP) Arun Kumari Kori (SP) 105 (0.0%)
Tenkasi Tamil Nadu Murugesan,S. (ADMK) Arumugam,S. (BJP) 887 (0.1%)
Barh Bihar 1947 1999 Nitish Kumar (JD(U)) Vijay Krishna (RJD) 1,335 (0.2%)
Fatehpur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Ashok Patel (BJP) Surya Bali Nishad (BSP) 1,063 (0.2%)
Gurdaspur Punjab Vinod Khanna (BJP) Sukhbuns Kaur (INC) 1,399 (0.2%)
Chhota Udaipur Gujarat Ramsinh Rathawa (BJP) Naranbhai Rathawa (INC) 1,198 (0.2%)
Basti Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Shriram Chauhan (BJP) Lal Mani Prasad (BSP) 1,832 (0.3%)
Araria Bihar 1947 1999 Sukdeo Paswan (RJD) Parmanand Rishidev (BJP) 2,169 (0.3%)
Sheohar Bihar 1947 1999 Md Anwarul Haque (RJD) Anand Mohan (BPSP) 2,535 (0.4%)
Chandrapur Maharashtra Puglia Nareshkumar Chunnalal (INC) Ahir Hansraj Gangaram (BJP) 2,837 (0.4%)
Karur Tamil Nadu Chinnasamy, M. (ADMK) Palanisamy, K.C. (DMK) 2,847 (0.4%)
Nizamabad Andhra Pradesh 27 Ganga Reddy Gaddam (TDP) S.Santosh Reddy (INC) 3,436 (0.5%)
Chirayinkil Kerala Varkala Radhakrishnan (CPM) M.I. Shanavas (INC) 3,128 (0.5%)
Bilhaur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Shyam Bihari Mishra (BJP) Raja Ram Pal (BSP) 3,223 (0.5%)
Tiruchengode Tamil Nadu Kannappan, M. (MDMK) Palanisamy, K. (ADMK) 4,556 (0.5%)
Bobbili Andhra Pradesh 27 Botcha Satyanarayana (INC) Aruna Padala (TDP) 3,821 (0.6%)
Satna Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 Ramanand Singh (BJP) Rajendra Kumar Singh (INC) 3,405 (0.6%)
Faridkot Punjab Jagmeet Singh Brar (INC) Sukhbir Singh Badal (SAD) 5,148 (0.6%)
Bhandara Maharashtra Chunnilalbhau Thakur (BJP) Dr Shrikant Jichkar (INC) 3,819 (0.6%)
Dhenkanal Orissa Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (INC) Tathagata Satpathy (BJD) 3,674 (0.6%)
Kheri Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Ravi Prakash Verma (SP) Rajendra Kumar Gupta (BJP) 4,515 (0.6%)
Anand Gujarat Patel Dipakbhai Chimanbhai (Sathi) (BJP) Chavda Ishvarbhai Khodabhai (INC) 3,661 (0.7%)
MALEGAON Maharashtra Mahale Haribahu Shankar (JD(S)) Gangurde Babanrao Lahanu (BJP) 4,392 (0.7%)
Misrikh Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Sushila Saroj (SP) Ram Shankar Bhargav (BSP) 4,207 (0.7%)
Mumbai North East Maharashtra Kirit Somaiya (BJP) Adv Kamat Gurudas (INC) 7,276 (0.8%)
Sidhi Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 Chandra Pratap Singh ( Baba Sahab) (BJP) Tilakraj Singh (INC) 4,855 (0.8%)
Dumka Bihar 1947 1999 Babu Lal Marandi (BJP) Rupi Soren Kisku (JMM) 4,648 (0.9%)
Khammam Andhra Pradesh 27 Renuka Chowdhury (INC) Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni (TDP) 8,398 (0.9%)
dausa Rajasthan Rajesh Pilot (INC) Rohitash Kumar Sharma (BJP) 6,902 (0.9%)
Bahraich Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Padamsen Chaudhary (BJP) Arif Mohammad Khan (BSP) 5,751 (1.0%)
Hardoi Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Jai Prakash (ABLTC) Usha Verma (SP) 5,404 (1.0%)
CHANDNI CHOWK Delhi Vijay Goel (BJP) Jai Prakash Agarwal (INC) 1,995 (1.0%)
Raigarh Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 Vishnudeo Sai (BJP) Pushpa Devi Singh (INC) 5,773 (1.0%)
Lohardaga Bihar 1947 1999 Dukha Bhagat (BJP) Indra Nath Bhagat (INC) 3,823 (1.1%)
Ramanathapuram Tamil Nadu Malaisamy.K. (ADMK) Bhavani Rajenthiran.M.S.K. (Tmt.) (DMK) 6,646 (1.1%)
Pratapgarh Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Rajkumari Ratna Singh (INC) Abhai Pratap Singh (BJP) 6,003 (1.1%)
Wardha Maharashtra Prabha Rao (INC) Suresh Ganpatrao Waghmare (BJP) 7,062 (1.1%)
Kutch Gujarat Gadhvi Pushpadan Sambhudan (BJP) Babubhai Meghji Shah (INC) 4,315 (1.1%)
Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Aditya Nath (BJP) Jamuna Prasad Nishad (SP) 7,339 (1.1%)
Dhandhuka Gujarat Varma Ratilal Kalidas (BJP) Manubhai Parmar (INC) 5,223 (1.1%)
Cannanore Kerala A.P. Abdullakkutty (CPM) Mullappally Ramachandran (INC) 10,247 (1.2%)
Mangalore Karnataka V.Dhananjaya Kumar (BJP) M.Veerappa Moily (INC) 8,469 (1.2%)
Idukki Kerala K. Francis George (KEC) Prof. P.J.Kurian (INC) 9,298 (1.2%)
Kishanganj Bihar 1947 1999 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (BJP) Taslimuddin (RJD) 8,648 (1.2%)
Jalesar Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel (SP) Ompal Singh Nidar (BJP) 8,062 (1.2%)
Jaunpur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Chinmayanand (BJP) Paras Nath Yadav (SP) 8,635 (1.2%)
Akola Maharashtra Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant (BBM) Fundkar Pandurang Pundlik (BJP) 8,716 (1.3%)
Chitradurga Karnataka Shashi Kumar (JD(U)) C.P.Mudalagiriyappa (INC) 11,178 (1.3%)
Hooghly West Bengal Rupchand Pal (CPM) Tapan Das Gupta (AITC) 12,485 (1.4%)
Mandla Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 Faggan Singh Kulaste (BJP) Devendra Tekam (INC) 6,572 (1.4%)
Tindivanam Tamil Nadu Ramachandran N. Gingee. (MDMK) Ramamurthee K. (INC) 9,350 (1.4%)
Salempur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Babban Rajbhar (BSP) Hari Vansh Sahai (SP) 9,050 (1.4%)
Kanara Karnataka Margaret Alva (INC) Anant kumar (BJP) 10,591 (1.4%)
Kottayam Kerala Suresh Kurup (CPM) P.C. Chacko (INC) 10,599 (1.5%)
Contai West Bengal Neetish Sengupta (AITC) Sudhir Giri (CPM) 12,133 (1.5%)
Mysore Karnataka Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (INC) C.H.Vijayashankar (BJP) 13,431 (1.5%)
Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Manoj (BJP) Om Prakash (SP) 11,033 (1.5%)
Maharajganj Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Akhilesh Singh (SP) Pankaj Chaudhary (BJP) 10,644 (1.6%)
Pollachi Tamil Nadu Krishnan, Dr.C. (MDMK) Thiyagarajan, M. (ADMK) 9,515 (1.6%)
Tirupathi Andhra Pradesh 27 Dr.N.Venkataswamy (BJP) Chintha Mohan (INC) 12,497 (1.6%)
Trichur Kerala A.C. Jose (INC) V.V. Raghavan (CPI) 11,632 (1.6%)
Samastipur Bihar 1947 1999 Manjay Lal (JD(U)) Ashok Singh (RJD) 12,688 (1.6%)
Warangal Andhra Pradesh 27 Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu (TDP) Dr. T. Kalpanadevi (INC) 13,366 (1.6%)
Narasaraopet Andhra Pradesh 27 Janardhanareddy Nedurumalli (INC) Lal Janbasha S.M (TDP) 13,882 (1.6%)
Bansgaon Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Raj Narayan Pasi (BJP) Subhawati Paswan (SP) 9,688 (1.6%)
Koppal Karnataka H.G.Ramulu (INC) Basavaraj Rayareddy (JD(U)) 12,512 (1.6%)
Ichalkaranji Maharashtra Mane Nivedita Sambhajirao (NCP) Awade Kallappa Baburao (INC) 12,812 (1.6%)
Hapur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Ramesh Chand Tomar (BJP) Trilok Tyagi (RLD) 11,958 (1.7%)
Kodarma Bihar 1947 1999 Tilakdhari Pd Singh (INC) Ritlal Prasad Verma (BJP) 10,178 (1.7%)
Ottapalam Kerala S. Ajayakumar (CPM) Pandalam Sudhakaran (INC) 13,715 (1.8%)
Ramtek Maharashtra Subodh Mohite (SHS) Purohit Banwari Lal (INC) 11,689 (1.8%)
Ladakh Jammu Kashmir Hassan Khan (JKN) Thupstan Chhewang (INC) 2,090 (1.8%)
Peddapalli Andhra Pradesh 27 Dr.Smt.C. Suguna Kumari (TDP) G.Venkat Swamy (INC) 15,889 (1.8%)
Inner Manipur Manipur Th. Chaoba (MSCP) Khaidem Mani (MPP) 8,195 (1.9%)
Chengalpattu Tamil Nadu Moorthy, A.K. (PMK) Thirunavukkarasu, S.S. (ADMK) 12,811 (1.9%)
Dhanbad Bihar 1947 1999 Rita Verma (BJP) A K Roy (MCO) 14,226 (1.9%)
Hamirpur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel (BSP) Rajnarain Alias Rajju Maharaj (SP) 11,664 (1.9%)
Davangere Karnataka G.Mallikarjunappa (BJP) Shamanur Shivashankarappa (INC) 16,269 (1.9%)
Trivandrum Kerala Advocate V.S. Sivakumar (INC) Kaniyapuram Ramachandran (CPI) 14,485 (1.9%)
Buxar Bihar 1947 1999 Lal Muni Choubey (BJP) Shivanand Tiwary (RJD) 11,606 (1.9%)
Chandigarh Chandigarh Pawan Kumar Bansal (INC) Krishan Lal Sharma (BJP) 5,449 (1.9%)
Mangaldoi (SC) Assam Madhab Rajbangshi (INC) Munindra Singha Lahkar (BJP) 16,434 (2.0%)
Ferozepur Punjab Zora Singh (SAD) Hans Raj (INC) 14,861 (2.0%)
Chamarajanagar Karnataka V.Sreenivasaprasad (JD(U)) A.Siddaraju (INC) 16,146 (2.1%)
Janjgir Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 Dr. Charandas Mahant (INC) Dr. Banshilal Mahto (BJP) 14,233 (2.1%)
Robertsganj Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Ram Shakal (BJP) Hari Prasad Alias Ghamdi Singh (SP) 15,928 (2.1%)
Parvathipuram Andhra Pradesh 27 Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao (TDP) Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo Vyricherla (INC) 13,281 (2.2%)
Sabarkantha Gujarat Nisha Amarsinh Chaudhary (INC) Patel Kanubhai Ravjibhai (BJP) 14,376 (2.2%)
Koraput Orissa Hema Gamang (INC) Jayaram Pangi (BJD) 12,154 (2.2%)
DHULE Maharashtra Ramdas Rupla Gavit (BJP) Chaure Bapu Hari (INC) 12,985 (2.2%)
Jahanabad Bihar 1947 1999 Arun Kumar (JD(U)) Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD) 17,287 (2.2%)
Chittoor Andhra Pradesh 27 Noothana Kalva Ramakrishna Reddy (TDP) R.Gopinath (INC) 18,638 (2.2%)
Mahasamund Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 Shyama Charan Shukla (INC) Chandra Shekhar Sahu " Champu" (BJP) 15,435 (2.3%)
Jalaun Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Brij Lal Khabri (BSP) Bhanu Pratap Singh Varma (BJP) 13,352 (2.3%)
bhilwara Rajasthan Vijayendra Pal Singh (BJP) Rampal Upadhayay (INC) 14,229 (2.4%)
Sultanpur Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 Jai Bhadra Singh (BSP) Ram Lakhan Verma (SP) 14,599 (2.4%)
Balia Bihar 1947 1999 Ramjivan Singh (JD(U)) Ashok Kumar (RJD) 12,032 (2.4%)
Karimnagar Andhra Pradesh 27 Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (BJP) Anand Rao Chelimeda (INC) 19,370 (2.4%)
Damoh Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmaria (BJP) Tilak Singh Lodhi (INC) 13,719 (2.4%)
Nowrangpur Orissa Parsuram Majhi (BJP) Chandra Sekhar Majhi (INC) 16,151 (2.5%)
All close contests · 1999
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
GhatampurGENPyare Lal Sankhwar (bsp)105 (0.0%)
TenkasiGENMurugesan,s. (admk)887 (0.1%)
BarhGENNitish Kumar (jd(u))1,335 (0.2%)
FatehpurGENAshok Patel (bjp)1,063 (0.2%)
GurdaspurGENVinod Khanna (bjp)1,399 (0.2%)
Chhota UdaipurGENRamsinh Rathawa (bjp)1,198 (0.2%)
BastiGENShriram Chauhan (bjp)1,832 (0.3%)
ArariaGENSukdeo Paswan (rjd)2,169 (0.3%)
SheoharGENMd Anwarul Haque (rjd)2,535 (0.4%)
ChandrapurGENPuglia Nareshkumar Chunnalal (inc)2,837 (0.4%)
KarurGENChinnasamy, M. (admk)2,847 (0.4%)
NizamabadGENGanga Reddy Gaddam (tdp)3,436 (0.5%)
ChirayinkilGENVarkala Radhakrishnan (cpm)3,128 (0.5%)
BilhaurGENShyam Bihari Mishra (bjp)3,223 (0.5%)
TiruchengodeGENKannappan, M. (mdmk)4,556 (0.5%)
BobbiliGENBotcha Satyanarayana (inc)3,821 (0.6%)
SatnaGENRamanand Singh (bjp)3,405 (0.6%)
FaridkotGENJagmeet Singh Brar (inc)5,148 (0.6%)
BhandaraGENChunnilalbhau Thakur (bjp)3,819 (0.6%)
DhenkanalGENKamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (inc)3,674 (0.6%)
KheriGENRavi Prakash Verma (sp)4,515 (0.6%)
AnandGENPatel Dipakbhai Chimanbhai (sathi) (bjp)3,661 (0.7%)
MALEGAONGENMahale Haribahu Shankar (jd(s))4,392 (0.7%)
MisrikhGENSushila Saroj (sp)4,207 (0.7%)
Mumbai North EastGENKirit Somaiya (bjp)7,276 (0.8%)
SidhiGENChandra Pratap Singh ( Baba Sahab) (bjp)4,855 (0.8%)
DumkaGENBabu Lal Marandi (bjp)4,648 (0.9%)
KhammamGENRenuka Chowdhury (inc)8,398 (0.9%)
dausaGENRajesh Pilot (inc)6,902 (0.9%)
BahraichGENPadamsen Chaudhary (bjp)5,751 (1.0%)
HardoiGENJai Prakash (abltc)5,404 (1.0%)
CHANDNI CHOWKGENVijay Goel (bjp)1,995 (1.0%)
RaigarhGENVishnudeo Sai (bjp)5,773 (1.0%)
LohardagaGENDukha Bhagat (bjp)3,823 (1.1%)
RamanathapuramGENMalaisamy.k. (admk)6,646 (1.1%)
PratapgarhGENRajkumari Ratna Singh (inc)6,003 (1.1%)
WardhaGENPrabha Rao (inc)7,062 (1.1%)
KutchGENGadhvi Pushpadan Sambhudan (bjp)4,315 (1.1%)
GorakhpurGENAditya Nath (bjp)7,339 (1.1%)
DhandhukaGENVarma Ratilal Kalidas (bjp)5,223 (1.1%)
CannanoreGENA.P. Abdullakkutty (cpm)10,247 (1.2%)
MangaloreGENV.dhananjaya Kumar (bjp)8,469 (1.2%)
IdukkiGENK. Francis George (kec)9,298 (1.2%)
KishanganjGENSyed Shahnawaz Hussain (bjp)8,648 (1.2%)
JalesarGENProf. S.P. Singh Baghel (sp)8,062 (1.2%)
JaunpurGENChinmayanand (bjp)8,635 (1.2%)
AkolaGENAmbedkar Prakash Yashwant (bbm)8,716 (1.3%)
ChitradurgaGENShashi Kumar (jd(u))11,178 (1.3%)
HooghlyGENRupchand Pal (cpm)12,485 (1.4%)
MandlaGENFaggan Singh Kulaste (bjp)6,572 (1.4%)

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