In the results for the 16th lok Sabha, Madhya Pradesh has got the distinction of sending one of its parliamentarians among the top ten candidates winning with the largest margin in the country.
Indore's Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sumitra Mahajan defeated her nearest rival Congress' Satyanarayan Patel by a huge margin of 4,66,901 votes by securing 64.93 per cent of the total votes polled and registering her name in the top ten big margin winners in the country. In the top ten tally of largest margin winners in the country Mahajan is placed at number nine.
Mahajan might have found himself in the top ten big margin winners in terms of votes polled but she is behind her own party's another woman candidate Sushma Swaraj in terms of percentage of votes as Swaraj polled 66.55 of the total votes polled in her constituency.Swaraj tops the chart in the State in terms of the percentage of votes while Mahajan tops the chart in the State with biggest win in terms of victory margin. Swaraj defeated her nearest Congress rival laxman Singh by a margin of 4, 10, 698 votes.
Besides, the victory of Sumitra Mahajan from Indore lok Sabha seat has gone into record book for various reasons as she happens to be the only BJP candidate in Madhya Pradesh who has won by a record margin of over 4.66 lakh votes.Mahajan has also become the only MP in the whole country who has emerged victorious from a single parliamentary constituency for a record eighth consecutive time. Another record which has gone into her favour is that she has become the only female parliamentarian in the country who has been elected for eight consecutive term in the lok Sabha election.