In the General Elections 2009 out of 543 Lok Sabha seats 120 seats were won by the candidates who secured 50% or more of the total votes polled in their respective constituencies. This meant that on remaining 423 seats the winning candidates could not secure 50% of total votes polled. 

Out of 42 Lok Sabha Seats in West Bengal half of the seats were won by candidates securing 50% or more of the total votes polled number-wise the highest among all states. Rajasthan had 15 such winners out of 25 Lok Sabha seats which meant every third out of five successful candidates from the state got 50% or more of the votes polled. Not far behind was the state of Maharashtra where 10 successful contestants got 50% or more of total votes polled.

Uttar Pradesh though came fourth with nine such winners percentage wise only one out of 10 successful candidates got victory with this margin given the total number of Lok Sabha seats in the state is 80. Following UP, Gujarat and Kerala both had eight winners who got 50% or more of the total votes. Out of 42 seats in Andhra Pradesh, only one winner could get as many votes to win with such margin.

Amid states with 10 or more Lok Sabha seats, Jharkhand was the only state where none of the winners could get 50% or more of total votes polled. Apart from Jharkhand states UTs like Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Puducherry had no winners who could get as many votes. In Delhi, six out of seven MPs won with 50% or more votes.