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34. Winners with the highest margin of victory in

General Elections

Several candidates in various general elections have recorded impressive victory, by winning by

vote margin of more than one lakh votes. Below is the data of the highest recorded victory
margins in the successive general elections.

Winners with highest margins of victory 1962 - 2019
General Name of Parl. Name of Political Highest Victory
Elections Name of Candidate Constituency State Party Margins
1962 Gayatri Devi Jaipur Rajasthan Swatantra 157692
1967 K. Singh Bikaner Rajasthan Independent 193816
Indian National
1971 M.S. Sanjeevi Rao Kakinada Andhra Pradesh Congress 292926
1977 Ram Vilas Paswan Hajipur Bihar Bhartiya Lok Dal 424545

1980 Maharaja Martand Singh Rewa Madhya Pradesh Independent 238251
Indian National
1984 Rajiv Gandhi Amethi Uttar Pradesh Congress 314878
1989 Ram Vilas Paswan Hajipur Bihar Janata Dal 504448
Indian National
1991 Santosh Mohan Deo Tripura West Tripura Congress 428984
Dravida Munnetra
1996 Somu N.V.N Madras North Tamil Nadu Kazhagam 389617
Dr. Kathiriya Vallabhbhai Bharatiya Janata
1998 Ramjibhai Rajkot Gujarat Party 389617
Indian National
1999 K. Asungba Sangtam Nagaland Nagaland Congress 353598
Communist Party of
2004 Anil Basu Arambagh West Bengal India (Marxist) 592502
Nagaland People's
2009 C.M. Chang Nagaland Nagaland front 483021
Bharatiya Janata
2014 Narendra Modi Vadodara Gujarat Party 570128
Bharatiya Janata
2019 CR Patil Navsari Gujarat Party 689668

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