A hard look at Indian polls

There was just one voter in polling station No. 29 in Arunachal East Parliamentary constituency. The EC, however, did not reveal at what time the lone voter decided to exercise his franchise did he keep those on duty at that polling station waiting till evening?

And proving that every vote counts, in the Karnataka Assembly elections in 119-Santhemarahalli Assembly the winning margin was only one vote. In the Lok Sabha polls, the minimum margin of victory in Lok Sabha was in Lakshadweep a paltry 71 votes, with Speaker PM Sayeed being at the losing end.

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The maximum votes secured was by Sajjan Kumar of Congress in Outer Delhi 8,55,543.

The minimum votes secured by a candidate (Ashok Kumar) was in Chandni Chowk only 45.

The maximum margin of victory was in Arambagh in West Bengal 5,92,502 votes. Here, the runner-up lost his deposit.

The Parliamentary constituency with the largest area is Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir (173266.37 sq km), and the smallest constituency is Chandni Chowk, in Delhi, which has an area of 10.59 sq km.