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Close contests · 2009

Tightest races by winning margin for the 2009 general election.

Closest Lok Sabha races · 2009
Constituency State Winner Runner-up Margin
Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Rajasthan Namo Narain (INC) Kirori Singh Bainsla (BJP) 317 (0.0%)
Hoshiarpur Punjab Santosh Chowdhary (INC) Som Parkash (BJP) 366 (0.0%)
Chandauli Uttar Pradesh Ramkishun (SP) Kailash Nath Singh Yadav (BSP) 459 (0.1%)
Kozhikode Kerala M.K. Raghavan (INC) Adv. P.A. Mohamed Riyas (CPM) 838 (0.1%)
Kheda Gujarat Dinsha Patel (INC) Chauhan Devusinh Jesingbhai (BJP) 846 (0.1%)
Narasaraopet Andhra Pradesh 27 Modugula Venugopala Reddy (TDP) Balashowry Vallabhaneni (INC) 1,607 (0.1%)
Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh 27 Aruna Kumar Vundavalli (INC) M. Murali Mohan (TDP) 2,147 (0.2%)
Davanagere Karnataka G.M. Siddeswara (BJP) S.S. Mallikarjuna (INC) 2,024 (0.2%)
Palakkad Kerala M.B. Rajesh (CPM) Satheesan Pacheni (INC) 1,820 (0.2%)
Bellary Karnataka J. Shantha (BJP) N.Y. Hanumanthappa (INC) 2,243 (0.3%)
Panchmahal Gujarat Chauhan Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh (BJP) Vaghela Shankarsinh Laxmansinh (INC) 2,081 (0.3%)
Viluppuram Tamil Nadu Anandan M (ADMK) Swamidurai K (VCK) 2,797 (0.4%)
Buxar Bihar Jagada Nand Singh (RJD) Lal Muni Choubey (BJP) 2,238 (0.4%)
dhar Madhya Pradesh Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi (INC) Mukam Singh Kirade (BJP) 2,661 (0.4%)
Chamarajanagar Karnataka R.Dhruvanarayana (INC) A.R.Krishnamurthy (BJP) 4,002 (0.4%)
Sivaganga Tamil Nadu Chidambaram P (INC) Raja Kannappan R.S. (ADMK) 3,354 (0.4%)
Mumbai North East Maharashtra Sanjay Dina Patil (NCP) Kirit Somaiya (BJP) 2,933 (0.4%)
Arunachal West Arunachal Pradesh Takam Sanjoy (INC) Kiren Rijiju (BJP) 1,314 (0.5%)
Maharajganj Bihar Uma Shanaker Singh (RJD) Prabhu Nath Singh (JD(U)) 2,797 (0.5%)
Dadra And Nagar Haveli Dadra Nagar Haveli Patel Natubhai Gomanbhai (BJP) Delkar Mohanbhai Sanjibhai (INC) 618 (0.6%)
Medak Andhra Pradesh 27 Vijaya Shanthi .M (TRS) Narendranath .C (INC) 6,077 (0.6%)
Balurghat West Bengal Prasanta Kumar Majumdar (RSP) Biplab Mitra (AITC) 5,105 (0.6%)
Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu Kumar.P (ADMK) Sarubala.R.Thondaiman (INC) 4,335 (0.6%)
reva Madhya Pradesh Deoraj Singh Patel (BSP) Sunder Lal Tiwari (INC) 4,021 (0.7%)
satna Madhya Pradesh Ganesh Singh (BJP) Sukhlal Kushwaha (BSP) 4,418 (0.7%)
Osmanabad Maharashtra Patil Padamsinha Bajirao (NCP) Gaikwad Ravindra Vishwanath (SHS) 6,787 (0.7%)
Theni Tamil Nadu Aaron Rashid.J.M (INC) Thanga Tamilselvan (ADMK) 6,302 (0.8%)
Mysore Karnataka Adagur H Vishwanath (INC) C.H.Vijayashankar (BJP) 7,691 (0.8%)
Godda Jharkhand Nishikant Dubey (BJP) Furkan Ansari (INC) 6,407 (0.8%)
Surendranagar Gujarat Koli Patel Somabhai Gandalal (INC) Mer Laljibhai Chaturbhai (BJP) 4,831 (0.8%)
Amritsar Punjab Navjot Singh Sidhu (BJP) Om Parkash Soni (INC) 6,858 (0.8%)
Hisar Haryana Bhajan Lal S/O Kheraj (HJCBL) Sampat Singh (INLD) 6,983 (0.8%)
Mumbai North Maharashtra Sanjay Brijkishorlal Nirupam (INC) Ram Naik (BJP) 5,779 (0.8%)
Gurdaspur Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa (INC) Vinod Khanna (BJP) 8,342 (0.9%)
Valsad Gujarat Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel (INC) Patel Dhirubhai Chhaganbhai (Dr. D.C.Patel) (BJP) 7,169 (0.9%)
Bhavnagar Gujarat Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana (Rajubhai Rana) (BJP) Gohilmahavirsinhbhagir Athsinh (INC) 5,893 (0.9%)
LATUR Maharashtra Awale Jaywant Gangaram (INC) Gaikwad Sunil Baliram (BJP) 7,975 (1.0%)
Chittoor Andhra Pradesh 27 Naramalli Sivaprasad (TDP) Thippeswamy M (INC) 10,659 (1.0%)
Jalna Maharashtra Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Patil (BJP) Dr. Kale Kalyan Vaijinathrao (INC) 8,482 (1.1%)
Gauhati Assam Bijoya Chakravarty (BJP) Capt. Robin Bordoloi (INC) 11,855 (1.1%)
AONLA Uttar Pradesh Menka Gandhi (BJP) Dharmendra Kumar (SP) 7,681 (1.1%)
Durg Chhattisgarh Saroj Pandey (BJP) Pradeep Choubey (INC) 9,954 (1.1%)
Karimganj Assam Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya (INC) Rajesh Mallah (AUDF) 7,920 (1.2%)
Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 27 Lagadapati Raja Gopal (INC) Vamsi Mohan Vallabhaneni (TDP) 12,712 (1.2%)
Machilipatnam Andhra Pradesh 27 Konakalla Narayana Rao (TDP) Badiga Ramakrishna (INC) 12,456 (1.2%)
Kheri Uttar Pradesh Zafar Ali Naqvi (INC) Iliyas Azmi (BSP) 8,777 (1.2%)
Bareilly Uttar Pradesh Praveen Singh Aron (INC) Santosh Gangwar (BJP) 9,338 (1.3%)
Rajmahal Jharkhand Devidhan Besra (BJP) Hemlal Murmu (JMM) 8,983 (1.4%)
Jalaun Uttar Pradesh Ghansyam Anuragi (SP) Tilak Chandra Ahirwar (BSP) 11,409 (1.4%)
FATEHPUR SIKRI Uttar Pradesh Seema Upadhyay (BSP) Raj Babbar (INC) 9,936 (1.4%)
Indore Madhya Pradesh Sumitra Mahajan (Tai) (BJP) Satynarayan Patel (INC) 11,480 (1.4%)
ALMORA Uttarakhand Pradeep Tamta (INC) Ajay Tamta (BJP) 6,950 (1.4%)
Agra Uttar Pradesh Dr. Ramshankar (BJP) Kunwar Chand (Vakil) (BSP) 9,715 (1.5%)
Sundargarh Orissa Hemanand Biswal (INC) Jual Oram (BJP) 11,624 (1.5%)
churu Rajasthan Ram Singh Kaswan (BJP) Rafique Mandelia (INC) 12,440 (1.6%)
Ernakulam Kerala Prof. K V Thomas (INC) Sindhu Joy (CPM) 11,790 (1.6%)
Lohardaga Jharkhand Sudarshan Bhagat (BJP) Chamra Linda (IND) 8,283 (1.6%)
Banaskantha Gujarat Gadhvi Mukeshkumar Bheiravdanji (INC) Chaudhary Haribhai Parathibhai (BJP) 10,301 (1.6%)
ANANTNAG Jammu Kashmir Mirza Mehboob Beg (JKN) Peer Mohd Hussain (JKPDP) 5,224 (1.6%)
Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu Viswanathan.P (INC) Ramakrishnan.Dr.E (ADMK) 13,103 (1.7%)
Ambala Haryana Selja (INC) Rattan Lal Kataria (BJP) 14,570 (1.7%)
Palghar Maharashtra Jadhav Baliram Sukur (BVA) Adv. Chintaman Vanga (BJP) 12,360 (1.7%)
Chelvella Andhra Pradesh 27 Jaipal Reddy Sudini (INC) A.P.Jithender Reddy (TDP) 18,532 (1.7%)
Zahirabad Andhra Pradesh 27 Suresh Kumar Shetkar (INC) Syed Yousuf Ali (TRS) 17,407 (1.7%)
Andaman And Nicobar Islands Andaman Nicobar Islands Shri. Bishnu Pada Ray (BJP) Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma (INC) 2,990 (1.8%)
Gulbarga Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge (INC) Revunaik Belamgi (BJP) 13,404 (1.8%)
Madhubani Bihar Hukmadeo Narayan Yadav (BJP) Abdulbari Siddiki (RJD) 9,927 (1.8%)
Junagadh Gujarat Solanki Dinubhai Boghabhai (BJP) Barad Jashubhai Dhanabhai (INC) 13,759 (1.8%)
Tirupati Andhra Pradesh 27 Chinta Mohan (INC) Varla Ramaiah (TDP) 19,276 (1.8%)
Ranchi Jharkhand Subodh Kant Sahay (INC) Ram Tahal Choudhary (BJP) 13,350 (1.8%)
Sambalpur Orissa Amarnath Pradhan (INC) Rohit Pujari (BJD) 14,874 (1.9%)
Katihar Bihar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary (BJP) Shah Tariq Anwar (NCP) 14,015 (1.9%)
MANDI Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh (INC) Maheshwar Singh (BJP) 13,997 (2.0%)
BHADOHI Uttar Pradesh Gorakhnath (BSP) Chhotelal Bind (SP) 12,963 (2.0%)
devas Madhya Pradesh Sajjan Singh Verma (INC) Thavarchand Gehlot (BJP) 15,457 (2.0%)
SAMBHAL Uttar Pradesh Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq (BSP) Iqbal Mehmood (SP) 13,464 (2.0%)
Jaipur Rajasthan Mahesh Joshi (INC) Ghanshyam Tiwari (BJP) 16,099 (2.0%)
Virudhunagar Tamil Nadu Manicka Tagore (INC) Vaiko (MDMK) 15,764 (2.1%)
Dum Dum West Bengal Sougata Ray (AITC) Amitava Nandy (CPM) 20,478 (2.1%)
Shahdol Madhya Pradesh Rajesh Nandini Singh (INC) Narendra Singh Maravi (BJP) 13,415 (2.1%)
Purulia West Bengal Narahari Mahato (AIFB) Shantiram Mahato (INC) 19,301 (2.1%)
Gautam Buddh Nagar Uttar Pradesh Surendra Singh Nagar (BSP) Mahesh Kumar Sharma (BJP) 15,904 (2.2%)
North Goa Goa Shripad Yesso Naik (BJP) Jitendra Raghuraj Deshprabhu (NCP) 6,353 (2.2%)
Mahbubnagar Andhra Pradesh 27 K. Chandrasekhar Rao (TRS) Devarakonda Vittal Rao (INC) 20,184 (2.2%)
Ramtek Maharashtra Wasnik Mukul Balkrishna (INC) Tumane Krupal Balaji (SHS) 16,701 (2.2%)
Udhampur Jammu Kashmir Ch. Lal Singh (INC) Dr. Nirmal Singh (BJP) 13,394 (2.2%)
Ferozpur Punjab Sher Singh Ghubaya (SAD) Jagmeet Singh Brar (INC) 21,071 (2.2%)
Hindupur Andhra Pradesh 27 Kristappa Nimmala (TDP) P Khasim Khan (INC) 22,835 (2.2%)
Mandya Karnataka N Cheluvaraya Swamy @ Swamygowda (JD(S)) M H Ambareesh (INC) 23,500 (2.3%)
Kollam Kerala N.Peethambarakurup (INC) P.Rajendran (CPM) 17,531 (2.3%)
Ujjain Madhya Pradesh Guddu Premchand (INC) Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya (BJP) 15,841 (2.4%)
Tumkur Karnataka G.S. Basavaraj (BJP) Muddahanumegowda S.P. (JD(S)) 21,445 (2.4%)
Sabarkantha Gujarat Chauhan Mahendrasinh (BJP) Mistry Madhusudan (INC) 17,160 (2.4%)
ALIGARH Uttar Pradesh Raj Kumari Chauhan (BSP) Zafar Alam (SP) 16,557 (2.4%)
Kolar Karnataka K.H.Muniyappa (INC) D.S.Veeraiah (BJP) 23,006 (2.5%)
Alathur Kerala P.K Biju (CPM) N.K Sudheer (INC) 20,960 (2.5%)
Attingal Kerala Adv. A Sampath (CPM) Prof.G Balachandran (INC) 18,341 (2.5%)
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP) Mukhtar Ansari (BSP) 17,211 (2.6%)
kanker Chhattisgarh Sohan Potai (BJP) Smt. Phoolo Devi Netam (INC) 19,288 (2.6%)
bilaspur Chhattisgarh Dilip Singh Judev (BJP) Dr.Renu Jogi (INC) 20,139 (2.6%)
All close contests · 2009
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
Tonk-Sawai MadhopurGENNamo Narain (inc)317 (0.0%)
HoshiarpurGENSantosh Chowdhary (inc)366 (0.0%)
ChandauliGENRamkishun (sp)459 (0.1%)
KozhikodeGENM.K. Raghavan (inc)838 (0.1%)
KhedaGENDinsha Patel (inc)846 (0.1%)
NarasaraopetGENModugula Venugopala Reddy (tdp)1,607 (0.1%)
RajahmundryGENAruna Kumar Vundavalli (inc)2,147 (0.2%)
DavanagereGENG.M. Siddeswara (bjp)2,024 (0.2%)
PalakkadGENM.B. Rajesh (cpm)1,820 (0.2%)
BellaryGENJ. Shantha (bjp)2,243 (0.3%)
PanchmahalGENChauhan Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh (bjp)2,081 (0.3%)
ViluppuramGENAnandan M (admk)2,797 (0.4%)
BuxarGENJagada Nand Singh (rjd)2,238 (0.4%)
dharGENGajendra Singh Rajukhedi (inc)2,661 (0.4%)
ChamarajanagarGENR.dhruvanarayana (inc)4,002 (0.4%)
SivagangaGENChidambaram P (inc)3,354 (0.4%)
Mumbai North EastGENSanjay Dina Patil (ncp)2,933 (0.4%)
Arunachal WestGENTakam Sanjoy (inc)1,314 (0.5%)
MaharajganjGENUma Shanaker Singh (rjd)2,797 (0.5%)
Dadra And Nagar HaveliGENPatel Natubhai Gomanbhai (bjp)618 (0.6%)
MedakGENVijaya Shanthi .m (trs)6,077 (0.6%)
BalurghatGENPrasanta Kumar Majumdar (rsp)5,105 (0.6%)
TiruchirappalliGENKumar.p (admk)4,335 (0.6%)
revaGENDeoraj Singh Patel (bsp)4,021 (0.7%)
satnaGENGanesh Singh (bjp)4,418 (0.7%)
OsmanabadGENPatil Padamsinha Bajirao (ncp)6,787 (0.7%)
TheniGENAaron Rashid.j.m (inc)6,302 (0.8%)
MysoreGENAdagur H Vishwanath (inc)7,691 (0.8%)
GoddaGENNishikant Dubey (bjp)6,407 (0.8%)
SurendranagarGENKoli Patel Somabhai Gandalal (inc)4,831 (0.8%)
AmritsarGENNavjot Singh Sidhu (bjp)6,858 (0.8%)
HisarGENBhajan Lal S/o Kheraj (hjcbl)6,983 (0.8%)
Mumbai NorthGENSanjay Brijkishorlal Nirupam (inc)5,779 (0.8%)
GurdaspurGENPartap Singh Bajwa (inc)8,342 (0.9%)
ValsadGENKishanbhai Vestabhai Patel (inc)7,169 (0.9%)
BhavnagarGENRajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana (rajubhai Rana) (bjp)5,893 (0.9%)
LATURGENAwale Jaywant Gangaram (inc)7,975 (1.0%)
ChittoorGENNaramalli Sivaprasad (tdp)10,659 (1.0%)
JalnaGENDanve Raosaheb Dadarao Patil (bjp)8,482 (1.1%)
GauhatiGENBijoya Chakravarty (bjp)11,855 (1.1%)
AONLAGENMenka Gandhi (bjp)7,681 (1.1%)
DurgGENSaroj Pandey (bjp)9,954 (1.1%)
KarimganjGENLalit Mohan Suklabaidya (inc)7,920 (1.2%)
VijayawadaGENLagadapati Raja Gopal (inc)12,712 (1.2%)
MachilipatnamGENKonakalla Narayana Rao (tdp)12,456 (1.2%)
KheriGENZafar Ali Naqvi (inc)8,777 (1.2%)
BareillyGENPraveen Singh Aron (inc)9,338 (1.3%)
RajmahalGENDevidhan Besra (bjp)8,983 (1.4%)
JalaunGENGhansyam Anuragi (sp)11,409 (1.4%)
FATEHPUR SIKRIGENSeema Upadhyay (bsp)9,936 (1.4%)

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