MPs with Top 5 victory margins in Lok Sabha Election 2019
Counting of votes in the Lok Sabha election 2019 is almost over and the results show a landslide win for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The BJP has, on its own, managed to cross the 300 mark. Its current tally stands at 303 -- 21 more than 2014’s 282.
The Congress, however, finds itself in double digits for the second consecutive time with most of their major leaders losing from their respective seats.
Here's a short list of five highest victory margins in the 2019 Lok Sabha election:
C R Patil of the Bharatiya Janta Party
BJP leader CR Patil won from Navsari seat of Gujarat by 6.89 lakh votes. CR Patil was seeking a re-election from Navsari. Patil who secured 9,72,739 votes defeated Patel Dharmeshbhai Bhimbhai (2,83,071) by a huge margin of 6.89 lakh votes.
BJP President Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah recorded a victory by 5.55 lakh votes from Gandhinagar. Amit Shah went past party patriarch LK Advani’s winning tally of 4.83 lakh votes.
BJP candidate from Surat Darshana Jardosh
Surat BJP candidate Darshana Jardosh won her seat by a margin of 5.47 lakh votes. She secured a total of 7.95 lakh votes and defeated Ashok Patel of the Congress party who could only get 2.47 lakh votes.
BJP candidate from Vadodara Ranjan Bhatt
BJP’s Ranjan Bhatt won from Vadodara by 5.90 lakh votes. Vadodara was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second constituency in 2014 -- along with Varanasi.
PM Modi retained the Prime Minister’s Office and won Varanasi by a margin of 4.8 lakh votes. Samajwadi Party’s Shalini Yadav came second with 1.95 lakh votes which was almost 5 lakh less than Modi’s tally of 6.74 lakh votes.