evidence: In Chandigarh, the BJP lost by a razor-thin margin of 2,504 votes, while in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, the gap was a mere 2,629 votes. Similar narrow defeats were seen in places like Salempur, Uttar Pradesh (3,573 votes), Dhule, Maharashtra (3,831 votes), and Dhaurahra, Uttar Pradesh (4,449 votes). Then there were some other seats, where the margin was higher than that in Chandigarh and Dhule, yet slender in the larger picture like South Goa (13,535 votes), Thirupathi, Andhra Pradesh (14,569 votes), and Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (16,077 votes). The highest margins among these narrow losses were in constituencies such as Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh (33,199 votes), and Kheri, Uttar Pradesh (34,329 votes). Keeping in mind the future elections, these are some of the seats, where BJP might have to convert narrow defeats into victories.